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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2020 || VOLUME 117, JUNIOR ISSUE 1

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ZOOM PANEL Pictures of Virtual Wellness Week 2020’s workshops and webinar.

Devin Allard-Neptune and Emily Sun Staff and Contributing Writers

At a time when self care is more important than ever, the school has come together to relieve stress during Wellness Week. Through online workshops, a virtual assembly, and videos from faculty, the tradition that usually exists in person has transferred online.

“Wellness Week was created because mental health and the overall wellbeing of students at Horace Mann is something that is really important and not talked about enough,” Wellness Initiative Club (WIC) Co-Leader Natalie Baer (12) said.

The coronavirus pandemic has heightened the necessity for Wellness Week. “Making sure that students feel like HM is there for them is more important now than it usually would be,” Baer said.

Since September, the WIC and The Counseling and Guidance Department have been meeting regularly to generate

potential ideas and eventually decided to focus the week on stress, WIC CoLeader Emily Marks (11) said.

When moving Wellness Week online, the committee brainstormed new initiatives, created Zoom workshops, and reworked the format of the assembly, Marks said. The theme for the week expanded to include pertinent information about wellness under quarantine, Psychologist Dr. Ian Pervil said.

When selecting this year’s speaker, the committee wanted to find someone accessible to students, WIC Co-Leader Kate Bown (11) said. They decided on Dr. Ali Mattu, a clinical psychologist who specializes in treating anxiety.

“He seemed perfect because he was funny, casual, and charismatic,” Bown said. “He also had a lot of important stuff to share about managing anxiety which we thought a lot of people could benefit from.”

During the assembly, Mattu spoke about his life while under quarantine, and panel members from the WIC and Counseling and Guidance asked him

“I get stressed about little things, but now I realize that I can control them. It’s good to focus on that when we can’t control what’s going on in the outside world. ” -Ana Aguilar (9) To end the webinar, Mattu provided the community with ways to alleviate anxiety, including creating a physical and psychological distance between work and relaxation, lowering one’s body temperature, and briefly submerging one’s face in cold water.

Students may also learn more about wellness from workshops, but after going online, this year’s committee planned to reduce the number of workshops because they didn’t want to add to people’s stress, Pervil said.

Nevertheless, many members of the community are still participating,

Pervil said. “People have said they want to do things, and people we’ve reached out to have been so excited about participating that we have increased the number [of workshops] as the week has gone on.”

For example, Upper Division Director of Student Activities Caroline Bartels invited students to join her daily yoga practice, and teachers from the Athletics and Health and Physical Education Departments ran workout sessions consisting of isometric exercises, pilates, and more.

Students and faculty also relieved their stress at a therapy dog workshop.

Even though the participants could not interact with the dogs online, volunteers from New York Therapy Animals still brought them in front of the screen.

“It was nice [to see the dogs], but I feel like it wasn’t as impactful because it’s not super therapeutic to just look at [them],” Willa Davis (9) said. However, she enjoyed when the volunteers introduced themselves, their pets, and the program, and shared how their dogs helped them in the quarantine.

To compensate for offering fewer workshops, the WIC sent out daily clips of faculty members demonstrating what they do to stay well at home and compiled a Wellness Week video.

“Something that’s always good for wellness and people’s health is social connectedness,” Psychologist Dr. Liz Westphal said.

Upper Division Director of Counseling and Guidance Dr. Daniel Rothstein also wanted the videos to remind students that everyone is going through the pandemic at the same time, albeit differently, he said.

“Everybody’s struggling in their own way, whether socially, academically, or emotionally,” Marks said. “Remember that taking care of yourself is the number one priority.”

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Feldman (11) and family develop and administer COVID-19 test Arushi Talwar and Zachary Kurtz Staff and Contributing Writers Throughout the past few months, Ben Feldman (11) has been working on the COVID-19 Response Team at his father’s company, Vault Health. They have been developing and administering the salivabased COVID-19 test, which has recently been made available to the public. The test will be the first FDA EUA (Emergency Use Authorization) approved of its kind, which allows the FDA to facilitate its availability during public health emergencies. This test will have the same effectiveness as the more commonly used swab test.

Vault collaborated with the Rutgers Clinical Genomics Laboratory to develop the test, CEO and Co-Founder of Vault Health Jason Feldman P’21 said.

“It involved careful communication and coordination to build a physician-ordered, provider-supervised, and physician report test flow that has never existed.”

To receive a test, individuals go to Vault’s website to answer three questions about virus exposure and symptoms, Ben said. From there, a Vault physician prescribes the test and sends it to the customer overnight. When it arrives, the individual logs onto a Zoom call with a Vault Health provider to oversee the saliva collection, he said. This test gets sent back to the lab, and results come back anywhere between 48 to 72 hours.

Before the release of the test, Ben’s main responsibility was administrative tasks pertaining to the company’s exapansion across U.S. markets, as Vault Health is primarily a men’s health platform, he said. Now, he focuses on reporting test results as required to applicable health care government authorities for their public health activities.

Kelly said that Ben’s accomplishment will significantly impact others. “Whether Ben’s contributions are large or small, he’s chosen to lean into the discomfort caused by the pandemic by channeling his work ethic into something positive for humankind,” he said.

This testing will help millions of people by reassuring them that they can take care of family members or get

COVID-19 TEST The unpackaged saliva-based test developed by Vault Health. back to work, or indicating that they should take the appropriate actions to continue their quarantine, Ben said.

There are also economic benefits to this novel form of testing, as people beginning to safely come back to work safely will restart the economy, Jason said.

The main concern pertaining to the virus is the multitude of people who appear to be asymptomatic with this pathogen, biology teacher Dr. Matthew Wallenfang said. “We need a means of identifying those people who are potentially contagious so that we can limit the isolation to those individuals.”

According to their website, Vault’s goal is to eliminate the very significant and widespread possibility of person-to-person transmission, as well as to preserve the already limited supply of personal protective equipment.

“We are stretching ourselves by working with Rutgers to make the availability of testing more consistent and accessible than finding a physical location and risking unnecessary contact with others who might be exposed,” Jason said. “We expect that adding several thousand or tens of thousands of tests per day will make a dent in the testing capacity of the US.”

Wallenfang said having a test that people can administer themselves at home could be a notable advancement, especially when dealing with such an easily transmittable pathogen.

Vault’s simplified testing process still has inherent challenges, specifically because it involves regulations from state and federal agencies, Ben said. “Over 500 people had to be trained across the US over a limited time period, and the complexity in scheduling across 50 states is a challenge all in itself,” he said.

Despite companies trying to refine the test, Kelly said its existence gives people hope for other tests similar to this one, as well as a possible new vaccine.

As Vault continues its efforts in making testing more consistent across the country, the team is fully committed to helping people in need, Jason said.

“Millions of people are looking for an answer and peace of mind about their health during these uncertain times,” Ben said. “The work being done at Vault Health and the Rutgers Genomics Laboratory are not just going to help the community, it is going to help the entire country.”

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questions about stress that students had submitted.

Mattu described how the pandemic has raised society’s stress levels; people might function worse and experience varying symptoms of mental illnesses and trauma. However, students can turn stress into a positive force if they uncover the factors behind it and communicate that to others, he said.

“I get stressed about little things, but now I realize that I can control them,” Ana Aguilar (9) said. “It’s good to focus on that when we can’t control what’s going on in the outside world.”

Debate Tournament of Champions moves online

As a consequence of COVID-19, the Public Forum Debate Tournament of Champions (TOC), one of the largest and most competitive tournaments of the year, was forced to occur over Zoom this past weekend instead of at the University of Kentucky. The switch posed challenges that were overcome by the team as Co-Presidents of Debate Saif Moolji (12) and Taimur Moolji (12) advanced to the semi-finals.

Despite prior warning, the debate community was saddened after hearing the news of the tournament’s transition to an online format, Leyli Granmayeh (11) said.

Debaters had to deal with the challenges that are inherent to using Zoom, as many had to rely on separate calls to speak privately with their partners and others wrangled with bad internet connection.

“For one of my debates, our opponents during their speech kept cutting out relatively fast as well, and it was difficult to hear some of their responses,” Ben Lee (12) said.

Debates were also more hectic “because we usually needed to rely on their body cues and body language to start speaking,” Granmayeh said.

“It was nice to end our four years of debate on a good note with our team and coaches, Matt and Amala, supporting us,” Saif said.

Julia Robbins (12) interviews historian Zelizer

With coronavirus festering as a national crisis, Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University Julian Zelizer P’19 P’20 P’22 P’22 spoke about the topic in a Zoom interview with Editor-in-Chief of The Record Julia Robbins (12).

“When big things are constantly happening and you’re studying the context, you know some of the background, it’s as if you’re watching the history unfold,” Zelizer said.

He provided historical examples related to the pandemic, including the 1918 flu and the AIDS crisis.

Eliza Bender (12) said that some of the points brought up connected to her studies in AP U.S. History where she is learning about the New Deal and helped her realize the way history echoes throughout time.

“By seeing how previous elections were put on hold and the certain economic stimulus packages the government has had to produce, looking at the past is definitely relevant to today,” she said.

The crisis is also pertinent to future conversations.

Zelizer said people will start to gravitate towards careers in medicine as a result of seeing seemingly heroic medical professionals risk their lives to treat patients broadcasted on television and online.

“We are living through a very important historical moment,” History Department Chair Dr. Daniel Link said. “One day our children and grandchildren will be asking about why the pandemic came about and what the response was.”

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THE RECORD OPINIONS APRIL 24, 2020

Virtual hand in hand: A community despite COVID-19

Luke Weber I’m not going to make any big declarations. I’m not about to tell you that the seniors have it worse than everybody else right now. I’m not interested in pity or lamentation. I just want to talk.

It feels like we’re going through this big, Hollywood-style journey. We’ve struggled for years along this path, developed as humans, created eternal bonds, and had to wrestle with who we are. But at the end of the journey, there’s supposed to be this great, big triumph; a celebration. Where’s our celebration? Since Ms. Benasuli taught me how to use a computer in 4th grade, I’ve been typing “June 2020,” over and over again for years. In June 2020, I’m going to be sitting at home, still. A couple of weeks ago, on a regular Monday, my friend MoMo Campbell and I approached Dr. Kelly in his office and explained why he needed to shut the school down for the time being. We cited the cases in Westchester and warned him that this corona thing is gonna be big.

We didn’t know how right we were.

In the first week, it seemed like a fun break. Sure, I wouldn’t be spending spring break in Morocco with my best friend, but three weeks of break sounded awesome.

On that last day of school, I ran around campus, excited about what MoMo and I had done. We thought we got school canceled and that we were heroes. But we didn’t get school canceled. We weren’t aware of how scary the approaching forces were. We were simply making our Midnight Ride, saying the virus is coming and we better do something. I started making plans with my friends. We could spend three weeks hanging out in the park or playing board games together. It took me a while to realize that this wasn’t just a staycation, this was a global crisis.

I started to miss my friends. At first, I

could FaceTime them every day, but then they stopped picking up, and I was alone. I missed my teachers. I missed walking into Concert Glee and saying hi to Mr. Ho and Dr. Amir. I missed meeting with Mr. Bauld, and I missed seeing Ms. Capolupo in the Music Office. I missed all the friendly faces.

I missed bumping into Mr. Engelstein and talking with him. I missed seeing Mr. Shaw in the testing center. I missed Jimmy, the security guards, Marianna, and all of the Flik workers. Spending 15 years of my life at Horace Mann, there are so many things I got used to, and I didn’t realize how hard it was to live without them. A Horace Mann day without a security guard greeting me on my way in is not a Horace Mann day.

This place has become a huge part of my life, and right now it feels like it’s been sucked into the coronavirus black hole. The journey just stopped; there’s no clear path ahead of me anymore.

Since I started here, I’ve been waiting for the day everything at Horace Mann would magically be fixed. In fourth grade, when I

party and started thanking my lucky stars that I had seven incredible friends to hang out with on Friday afternoons. I stopped lamenting that I wasn’t as good as everyone else. I stopped crying about everything I couldn’t do and started doing my best with what I could do. And I stopped waiting for myself to suddenly have a BFF, to suddenly be in a “cute high school couple,” to be the captain of the football team or the school’s greatest performer.

When I came back to HM in 10th grade, I began to see the Horace Mann community like I’ve never seen it before.

At no other place in the world can I randomly walk into the Music Office and see everyone look up at me and say hi. At no other place in the world can I walk into One Acts rehearsal and be filled with a rush of joy from seeing my castmates and Ms. V. Some things are just unique. There is only one Coach Cullen, who enthusiastically leads the school in a two-hour intense cycling session. There is only one Mr.

“Spending 15 years of my life at Horace Mann, there are so many things I got used to, and I didn’t realize how hard it was to live without them.” relapsed with cancer, I hated people staring at me, calling me “baldy.” I hated the way first graders looked at me and laughed about the fact that most of them were taller than me. I hated the way people talked to me, sympathetically, and I hated the faces people made when I asked to play football or basketball with them. So I gave up on being the “cool kid” and chose to wait.

I would wait for the day I would become the “king of school,” and everybody would like me, and when people would want to be around me. There were many times when I thought that magic moment would come.

The fifth-grade dance: if you can work up the courage to ask somebody, you will finally be normal. Nope. The sixth-grade musical: if I get a lead role, now people will ask me to hang out with them on the weekends. Nope. My Bar Mitzvah: if I can do something completely different, people will finally respect me. Nope. Eventually, I just stopped waiting. But that was when I finally felt like I belonged. I stopped wishing I could get invited to a certain

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Timko, with whom one can have the most intriguing conversations in the world with.

There is only one Dr. Delanty to help us with our crazy dreams for the Cancer Awareness Club (CAC). There is only one CAC, a community of truly incredible people. As we get closer and closer to what would’ve been our graduation, I, like many other seniors, am frustrated. This is not what we worked for. And as we go through the many bumps in the road of HM Online (including but not limited to the failed fight for the pass/fail, the cancellation of Urinetown, and the drastic end to the senior slump), many of us feel hopeless and lonely. But if the Variety Show proved anything, it proved that we are still in this together, even though we are apart.

So whether you are a senior, a teacher, a parent, or anybody going through a tough time right now (which is pretty much everybody), let’s get through this uphill battle, virtual hand in virtual hand, and when it’s over, the celebration will be even more meaningful.

5 Lessons from Luke about dealing with COVID 1. Hope. This might seem really tough. I know it’s hard for me, and it’s gotta be even harder for the many people whose families are being impacted directly during this time. But even in the darkest days, we need to keep our heads up and remember that this will end. All of us will have changed as people by the time this is over.

But how we change is up to us, not the virus.

2. Learn to be empathetic, not sympathetic.

Everybody is taking this situation differently, so instead of taking pity on people, try and understand what they are going through. I’ve learned a lot about Covid-19 just by having conversations with other people. I’ve spent my whole life in fear of a disease, and I know that the best thing we can do to get through this is by fighting back. I don’t mean doing anything crazy, but just putting a smile on somebody’s face can make a big difference.

3. Don’t forget that your health comes first. We are in the midst of a global crisis. Your number one concern shouldn’t be a physics test. If you are having a tough time, talk to somebody. HM students are incredible at pushing themselves beyond their limits, but right now, let’s just take it at 100%, not 6.022 × 1023%.

4. Talk to everybody you can. One of the worst things about this time is how lonely it feels.

All I want is to be in the cafeteria with my friends again. But right now, the best we can do is Zoom, or FaceTime, or Snapchat. And it’s not great, but it’ll have to make do. Talking to people, even people you don’t know that well, makes it a lot easier. It’s a nice reminder that we’re not alone.

5. Lastly, it’s okay to be upset. It’s okay to miss HM. I miss it a lot. This is a really depressing time, and we can’t just forget about it or ignore it. But acknowledging it comes in many different forms. You can sing about it, write poems about it, or even write Record opinion articles about it (I highly recommend the last one). The one thing we can’t do is give up, though. It’s up to us to stay strong. It’s up to us to make the best of the situation and to help others do the same. It’s up to us to care for others and to give optimism to the pessimists. Forget tomorrow, it’s up to us to be the leaders of today.

RECORD CARTOON

Staff Writers Adrian Arnaboldi, Sogona Cisse, Jack Crovitz, Andie Goldmacher, Julia Goldberg, Yesh Nikam, Henry Owens, Samuel Singer, Sasha Snyder, Joshua Underberg, Devin Allard-Neptune, Chloe Choi, Emma Colacino, Yin Fei, Lucas Glickman, Claire Goldberg, Liliana Greyf, Lauren Ho, Hanna Hornfeld, Rowan Mally, Arushi Talwar, Katya Tolunsky, Max Chasin Staff Photographers Daniel Lee, Ava Merker, Kelly Troop, Halley Robbins, Jackson Feigin,Sophie Gordon, Amanda Wein, Emma Colacino, AJ Walker, Lucas Glickman, Lauren Ho Staff Artists Wilder Harwood, Rachel Zhu, Felix Brenner, Riva Vig

“You’re not going to like my prediction for this year”

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HORACE MANN FEATURES APRIL 24, 2020

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Remote ROmance: How couples handle COVID-19 Hanna Hornfeld and Clio Rao given them the ability to help each other through these hard times. “We Staff and Contributing Writers Two weeks ago, Grace Wilson (10) bought a set of Bond Touch bracelets—a pair of bracelets that both vibrate whenever one person touches theirs. The bracelets are a way for Wilson to stay connected with her boyfriend Raff Brown, a junior at Fordham Prep, from separate locations, she said. During quarantine, many couples like Wilson and Brown have found creative ways to adapt their relationships to changes in their everyday lives.

Some couples, like Eden Plepler (11) and Oliver Peck, a junior at Dalton, have quarantined together. Their families, longtime friends, stayed together during spring break, Plepler said. To make up for the time they would have to spend apart after break, Plepler and Peck spent their days baking, watching movies, playing board games, and taking walks, she said.

Sam Harris ‘18 has been quarantined with his girlfriend Grace Taylor and his family for over five weeks. Initially, she was just going to visit for a few weeks, but she ended up staying when her flight home to England was cancelled, Harris said.

Like Plepler and Peck, Harris and Taylor have gone on walks, played board games, and cooked, Harris said. Once a week, they cook dinners with themes such as English pub and Japanese and next week, they are planning on cooking an Aprèss k i themed d i n n e r, he said.

Beatrix Bondor ‘18 and Connor Morris ‘19 have quarantined together since March 18th. They are devoting much of their time to their courses, which are still graded, but spend their free time together and with family, Bondor said.

Plepler said that having time together before online school started brought her and Peck closer together which makes it easier to be apart now.

“I have no idea how I would deal with the separation without having had that time together.”

Quarantining together hasn’t had an effect on Bondor and Morris’s relationship, since they already live together at college, Bondor said. “Given the seriousness of the pandemic, we feel extremely fortunate to be healthy and together,” she said. “One of the best parts of such a bad situation has been getting to be together all the time.”

While some couples quarantined together, others, like Isha Agarwal (12) and Griffin Smith (12) have been apart since social distancing became the norm in NYC. The couple has been dating for a year, and their abrupt separation has been difficult, Agarwal said. “It was a hard transition going from being so connected to having to stay in touch just through texts and FaceTimes.

Ethan Waggoner (10) and Claire Goldberg (10) haven’t seen each other in person since school closed on March 9th. However, being apart hasn’t harmed their relationship because they have been dating for a long time and developed a strong connection, Waggoner said. “We’re both really comfortable around each other, and we love talking to each other and we make each other happy,” he said.

“We can still have a similar relationship even though we’re FaceTiming.”

Wilson said that already having a strong relationship with Brown has

can talk about anything,” she said.

“If one of us is having a really hard day because of quarantine we can talk about it and make the other person feel better.”

For Catherine Mignone (10), that emotional foundation is necessary, because it’s difficult to start lasting relationships over the internet from scratch, she said. Communicating solely over social media isn’t the same as getting to know somebody in person, she said.

Even longtime couples are facing challenges while online dating. For Agarwal, maintaining a strong emotional connection over text can be difficult, she said. “Being in the presence of the person is so important to be able to see their facial expressions, their body language, and just in general being able to feel closer to them.”

Online communication can’t replace in-person interactions, but it makes a difference. Claremont Graduate University Professor of economics, psychology, and management Paul Zak said in a Time Magazine article titled “Why lack of human touch can be difficult amid Coronavirus” that video calls have around 80% of the positive psychological impacts of talking in person. Having a meaningful conversation over FaceTime causes the brain to release oxytocin, reduces anxiety, and can still lead to interpersonal connections, Zak said.

However, it can Sarah Sun/Art Director be difficult to coordinate times t o FaceTime b e cause schedules in quarantine are so unpredictable, Waggoner said.

Between the inconsistency of online classes and increased family time, Waggoner doesn’t always know when he can call Goldberg, he said.

Since Plepler’s boyfriend goes to a different school, it can be hard to find time to balance work and friendships from two separate schools with their relationship, she said. She and Peck make an effort to communicate

throughout the day by FaceTiming and watching Netflix together with the Netflix Party Chrome extension.

Wilson has been communicating with Brown frequently over FaceTime, and while it helps, adjusting to the lack of physical contact has been a Sarah Sun/Art Director challenge.

“I got so used to holding his h a n d every d a y a n d h a v ing him give me a hug,” Wilson said. “That’s no longer a daily thing.”

Wilson is not alone in this feeling.

The Time article investigates the negative effects of the “touch deprivation” people are currently experiencing. According to the article, positive touch releases oxytocin, lowering stress levels in a stressful time. “[Positive] touch activates a big bundle of nerves in your body that improves your immune system, regulates digestion and helps you sleep well. It also activates parts of your brain that help you empathize,” said Dacher Keltner, a psychology professor at University of California, Berkeley.

The decrease in time spent together has been the hardest part of quarantine, Brown said. “You go from seeing the most special person in your life every day to just not having that.

That’s the person you’re laughing with and smiling with the most. It’s hard to go from having such a regular experience to not having that outlet at all.”

For Wilson, not seeing Brown as frequently is challenging, but she enjoys having more time to herself. She has noticed Brown struggling more with their separation, she said. Wilson has tried to help him through this by FaceTiming as frequently as possible and buying the Bond Touch bracelets to bridge the distance between them, she said. “It’s better than nothing, but nothing is going to replace actual time together.

Brown had initially worried that being separated from Wilson would lead to tension between them. Now, he said that getting through this separation will make their relationship stronger in the end because it will prove they can get through anything.

In some cases, spending time apart from a significant other has been found to strengthen relationships.

A study by Haverford College called “Missing you maintains us” and another from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee called “Relating at a Distance: Negotiating being together and apart in long-distance relationships” found that when couples reunite after a period of physical separation, t h e i r rel at ionships are healthier, more open, and more positive.

Plepler tries to keep all of the challenges in perspective with the difficulties that the world is currently facing, she said. “I keep reminding myself that my problems aren’t as severe as what a lot of people are dealing with right now, instead of worrying about not being with my boyfriend.”

Many couples have found unexpected highlights of online dating during quarantine. Emily Marks (11) and Bradley Bennett (11) have weekly virtual date nights during which they eat, talk, and play online games, Marks said. During each date, they attempt to replicate something they missed because of self-quarantine, she said. For example, they changed their Zoom backgrounds to a college dining hall for a college touring-themed dinner date.

Whether quarantined together or apart, having dates is fundamental to maintaining relationships, marriage and family therapist Dr. Racine Henry said in an article for The New York Times called “For the Asking, Quarantine-Approved Dates.” “Similar to normal life, when we were purposeful about having date nights to break up routine, this is the same thing,” Henry said. “You still want to remind yourself why you’re together and recreate those good vibes and memories as much as possible.”

Waggoner and Goldberg made a bucket list of fun activities they wouldn’t normally do, like going to Coney Island or Six Flags. Waggoner is happy that when quarantine is over, their time together will be even more special, he said.

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We asked seniors how they’ve been staying in touch with their loved ones during quarantine. Here are some of their tips and tricks!

“I love discord (a chat channel for text, image, and audio communication) and it brought the debate team together during the Tournament of Champions, a turbulent time.”

– Owen Karpf

“Although the circumstances are different, maintaining the same activities as pre-quarantine but through a different medium has helped me pass time and connect with people that I wouldn’t normally connect with in zoom classes.” – Paul Wang

“Since we are missing our senior spring, some of my friends have been making video compilations using clips from high school and passing them around. It’s a great way to reminisce and connect with each other while we are living in the q!”

– Sarah Acocelli

“If you see something that reminds you of someone – text them!”

– Claire Griffin

“Personally, video games have kept me talking to and close to my friends. I also play card/board games with my family every night. I’m a person who kind of needs to be doing something while hanging out with friends to bond with them and of course that’s not as easy in quarantine but we still have fun.”

– Daniel Lee

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HORACE MANN THE RECORD ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT APRIL 24, 2020

Together in talent: Virtual variety show As theater teacher Benjamin Posner sang the Toy Story classic, “You’ve Got A Friend In Me,” accompanied by a piano performance, the audience sat captivated behind their screens and flooded the chat section of the Zoom with encouragement and support. Posner’s performance was one of the many acts that entertained audience members last Saturday evening.

Last Saturday, students logged onto Zoom at seven p.m., ready to watch singing, acting, poetry, and monologue performances in the first-ever HM Variety Show. The performance featured students from all different grades, as well as teachers and an enthusiastic 80 member audience.

During the show, 14 performers displayed their talents, which ranged from singing to reciting poetry or monologues to acting, with narration from host Spencer Kahn (12).

The Variety Show was planned

by Horace Mann Theater Company (HMTC) Co-Presidents Dylan Chin (12) and Henry Owens (11), as

Emma Colacino Staff Writer well as the rest of the HMTC leadership.

“We were brainstorming ways to keep the community engaged and interested in theater, and the idea of a talent show came up pretty quickly,” Jordan Ferdman (11), co-Publicity Officer of the HMTC, said.

The show was created to bring the student body entertainment, as well as feature student talent, Owens said. “We just wanted to do this fun event that anyone at HM could tune into that would showcase student talent and provide some entertainment when there aren’t many outlets for that right now.”

Performing in front of friends can help to bring individuals closer together despite the distance between them, Posner said. “These moments where you can see your friends perform, even in a random Zoom call, [and] it helps to bridge that gap a little bit.”

In preparation for the show, a survey was sent out to the entire school to find students who wanted to perform, Owens said.

HMTC leadership also reached out to Poetry Out Loud because they wanted more poetry readers to be featured, Owens said.

Preparation for the show also involved testing the Zoom webinar feature, Chin said. This feature allows panelists to show their screen and perform while members of the audience do not have their video shared.

Because the HMTC had never held a Variety Show online before, performers had concerns about what the outcome would be, Owens said.

Specifically, there was a concern of technological failure. “I was worried that my sound wouldn’t go through, that it would be delayed, that the computer would mess up my voice,” performer Luke Weber (12) said. “I just had a lot of technical concerns where I was very worried that something was going to go wrong.”

The performers came together for the first time to do a soundcheck on the night of the show when they rehearsed the last 10 seconds of each act and practiced transitions and cues, Alex Rosenblatt (10) said.

The show exceeded many of the audience members’ expectations. “The transitions between performers were great, Spencer as an emcee was fantastic, and all the performers were super good,” Dalia Pustilnik (10) said.

Another positive aspect of the show was the varied performances. “We had a really good mix of talents, from music to the films to acting,” Kahn said.

“I expected people to show different talents like singing; I didn’t expect all the poetry and I didn’t know there would be as many people that were going to perform,” said AJ Walker (10), who attended the show.

During the show, audience members were able to use a chat function, which allowed them to send messages to the rest of the audience and the performers. “The comment section was very active throughout the performance, which was not something I had expected,” Owens said.

Sharing art while apart: Fisher Hall Gallery goes virtual Rowan Mally and Max Chasin Staff Writers As the quarantine prevents students from admiring the artistic works of their peers in the rotunda, the Visual Arts department not only transferred the adorned walls of Fisher Hall to students’ homes, but also expanded their creative capacity through a new online gallery.

Currently, the artwork featured on the gallery website includes artwork from Music Week, works made by Middle Division (MD) students, various films, and pottery made in ceramics. “It might be [organized by class] in the future, but for now it’s more open-ended,” Drawing and Painting teacher

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VIRTUAL POTTERY Ceramic piece in the gallery

Kim Do said. “Since we no longer have access to the physical spaces, this is our best alternative for sharing students’ visions with the community.”

Visual Arts Department Chair Dr. Anna Hetherington said that the gallery received department-wide support. “A number of teachers immediately had the idea of showing online the work made by students,” she said. “So the idea for the HM Gallery website grew from that.”

To Studio Manager Emily Lombardo, the gallery was very important, she said. “We programmed the [in school] gallery a year in advance and did not want to let that work go unseen.”

Writer and director of the film Bad HM Tour Jaden Kirshner (11) said that the gallery was a new form of much-needed interaction with peers and classmates.

Kirshner’s film featured a peculiar prospective family seeking a tour of the school, which provided both mysterious and comedic aspects to the film.

Bad HM Tour was “hilarious,” filmmaking teacher Jordan Rathus said. While the film was shot prior to the school’s closure, it provides critical comic relief during difficult circumstances, she said.

“The online HM art gallery is another great way through which the HM community is staying connected,” Kirshner said. “It’s always great seeing what your fellow peers have been making, especially during this quarantine era.”

The gallery is able to truly immerse students in the work of their peers, Lombardo said. “The virtual gallery tour lets students enter a gallery, see the work together in a virtual space, and click on each piece for a closer look.”

The new gallery provides a creative outlet to students during recently difficult times, Hetherington said. “We would like for others to have a place where their creative output can be displayed

“It was encouraging to watch people cheering me on and cheering each other on during their performances in the chat,” Rosenblatt said. “It added a very cool, very unique metric that we would not have had otherwise.”

Because of the success of the first Variety Show, the HMTC leadership said that they would like to have another Variety Show by the end of the year. “Next time we want it to be bigger, better, with more actors, different kinds of displays of performance,” Chin said.

The Variety Show helped unite the community together in a time of separation. “It’s hard to feel cohesive as a school community when we are not seeing each other, so I think this show was a great way to bring people together,” Owens said. “Overall, I couldn’t have asked for a better evening.”

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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! Kahn stars in Bad HM Tour featured in the gallery and to encourage people to remember that even that they are going through the same thing, she said. in this wild time, they are making, creating, putSpencer Kahn (12), who acted in the film Bad HM ting amazing things out into the world,” she said. Tour, said the HM online gallery seemed to be a natThe ability to share artwork with her peers remind- ural step in light of the school’s transfer to online eded Elena Zhu (7) that she is not alone and gave her ucation. “Given the current circumstances, moving hope, she said. Zhu is one of the many middle school- HM Gallery online makes perfect sense,” he said. ers who participated in the MD online gallery that “I wasn’t very surprised to hear that it happened.” documented their lives during these difficult times, Even after school reopens, the virtual gallery sharing her drawing “6 Things I Did In Quarantine.” will maintain a permanent presence, Hetherington There are creative advantages to the new on- said. “We have been planning to create an HM line format, and Hetherington said she hopes that Gallery website for years, so it’s very fortuitous students will be further encouraged to showcase that we now have the platform and the beginnings their art. “[The artwork] can be something hum- of one,” she said. “We will certainly keep it going.” ble or super ambitious,” she said. “One of the adThe HM online gallery is still accepting art subvantages to an online platform is that there is no missions. “Are you creating art while in quarantine? space limitation and everyone can be represented.” Baking beautiful bread? Getting really great at neeThe online gallery encouraged Zhu to expand her dlepoint? If so, the HM community would love to artistic perspective, she said. “As for what inspired me, see what you are working on,” Lombardo wrote in an I would say trying something new,” she said. “I had email to the school. “We have created an HM Galnever drawn a comic or anything of the sort before, lery website and would love to see you represented.” and I figured I would try it out.” Zhu hopes that her piece and the work of her peers can show each other

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HORACE MANN MIDDLE DIVISON APRIL 24TH, 2020

Middle Division students left to their own devices during remote learning katya tolunsky and Louise Kim Staff and Contributing Writers

A month ago, Nusaiba Ashraf (8) only used her phone to listen to music and to check Instagram on the bus, she said. Now, given the new reality of remote learning, she uses her phone at various times during the “school day” for these purposes as well as to communicate with her friends.

Many Middle Division (MD) students have noticed a dramatic increase in their screen time since remote learning began as compared to on-campus where MD students are prohibited from using their phones.

Kaitlyn Chang’s (8) average screen time was three to five hours a day before HM Online, but now it has increased to around nine hours a day,

she said.

“If I was going to school or extracurricular activities, I would probably use my phone less because I would be interacting with others in person,” said Jisang Kymm (8), who is using his phone to stay in contact with his peers.

Similarly, Ashraf fears she will lose touch with friends, so she has felt the need to talk to them for a longer time than usual, which detracts from her studying time, she said. “I feel guilty at the end of the day for procrastinating by using my phone and not getting done what I intended on [doing for] the day,” Ashraf said.

In an email, Coordinator of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment and MD history teacher Eva Abbamonte expressed the importance of maintaining balance between socializing online and being productive. “The ability to stay in touch and see other people’s faces while staying at home is very important for positive mental health,” she said. “Of course, it’s all a matter of balance. Multitasking decreases productivity, so it’s best to schedule when one is working and when one

is socializing.”

Because MD students don’t have classes frequently, they are usually left to use their own devices, which can make it easier to be distracted, Kymm said. It is also harder to focus and maintain a learning mindset at home, he said.

MD Spanish teacher Rachael Cooper is concerned about the many distractions HM online can present, she wrote in an email. “On Zooms, I have noticed students might lose focus because of a family member walking by, sudden background conversations or noises, or even a family pet making a surprise appearance. Technology issues can cause students’ focus to drift too,” Cooper said.

“Students do have many tools of distraction at their disposal. For some, they could be staring into the Zoom camera while also busying themselves with other methods of communication,” Head of Middle Division Javaid Khan wrote in an email.

“I think distractions, like cell phones, present more of a problem in Zoom classrooms than in regular

classrooms because students have to monitor themselves more effectively since they can’t rely on their teachers and classmates to help them selfmonitor,” Abbamonte said.

Engagement and cooperation are much harder to enforce in Zoom sessions than during in-person classes, Ashraf said. Some students look down during Zoom calls, presumably checking their phones, she said.

The shift to remote learning has also changed students’ attitudes towards the repercussions of using their devices during class. “During HM Online, a lot of people have the mindset that there are no real consequences to using your phone,” Brooke Gomez (8) said. Because a teacher is not physically there to take students’ phones away, students feel more freedom, she said.

Both teachers and students should work towards eliminating distractions, Abbamonte said. “It is the responsibility of teachers to make online learning so engaging that students are less tempted to wander during live classes or while working asynchronously, and it is the

responsibility of students to challenge themselves to resist temptations that distract them,” she said.

To be more productive when working, Gomez keeps her phone in another room, since she knows it is tempting to go back to her phone, she said. She also monitors her technology use because it would be unhealthy for her to constantly be on her laptop and phone, she said.

Charlotte Henes (7) also has methods to reduce her phone use. “I have been trying to go on walks or ride my bike to reduce the amount of time I spend on my screen, and I often try to spend time with my siblings and play games with them like cards or Monopoly,” she said.

Sammy Underberg (7) tries to resist using her phone all day in order to imitate the school’s campus environment. “My time on my phone has increased, but I’m trying to distance myself from it at the same time because I want to treat [HM Online] like normal school,” she said. “I want HM to be the same as before when we go back to campus, and to do that, I should continue this habit at home.”

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To meet or not to meet: MD implements more virtual classes Liliana greyf Staff Writer As Middle Division (MD) students continue to conduct their classes virtually, various changes in scheduling and potentially to grading systems have altered the structure of MD HM Online. As the administration has reached various scheduling conclusions, members of the community have expressed a mix of opinions on what grading and scheduling systems they believe to be most effective.

Since the beginning of HM Online, the MD has cycled through three different scheduling systems. “At first, we had no academic classes on Zoom, just advisory every other day,” Julia Lourenco (6) said. The MD then implemented 15-minute advisory meetings every day, and has since added two 25-minute classes per day as well.

Head of Middle Division Javaid Khan sent an email to the MD with the new schedules earlier this week. According to the email, the new schedules are split up between “A” and “B” class periods, each listed with time frames and class names. “A” and “B” period classes are divided into four parts, each lasting 25 minutes, and students attend a virtual class during one of “A” period’s sections and during one of “B” period’s sections. For the remaining 75 minutes of the period, students do independent work.

From Monday to Thursday, after “B” period ends at 1:10, students can get extra help, attend activities, and have “Guidance Drop-Ins” or “Dean Drop-Ins.” “Barring any unforeseen circumstances, this will be your schedule going forward,” Kahn wrote in the email. “Much like the other Divisions, the MD is a mix of synchronous and asynchronous instruction including two modified periods of live instruction for the

Math, History, Science and World Languages, and additional opportunities for live advisory, PE, support, Dean’s meetings and Robotics,” Head of School Dr. Tom Kelly wrote in an email.

Khan also offered various optional activities such as “Live PE Drop-In Classes” and virtual time in The Writing Center.

Isabella Ciriello (8) is satisfied with the new schedule. “It’s a good balance between doing independent work and still being able to ask your teacher questions,” she said.

Upper Division (UD) system and would like the same for the MD, she said. “The students in the middle division would benefit from more human classes and teacher interaction,” she said.

Because Romero has witnessed the differences between the divisions’ systems, she shared her views with the administration. “I actually sent a note to Mr. Khan and Dr. Kelly because I had thought that they weren’t implementing more classes [on Zoom],” she said.

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Parents also recognize the importance of a virtual classroom setting. “Even just adding the extra 25 minutes on Zoom this week made a major difference for my son,” Aleida Hornfeld P’22 P’26 said.” [The students] get much more excited and engaged when they can see their teachers and friends.Even when they are physically distant, they are socially together.”

This new scheduling system is the most successful one thus far, Hornfeld said. Michelle Romero P’22 P’24 has noticed the success of the

However, Kelly’s response made Romero realize that there were other factors behind the decision making process, she said. “I grew to learn that the teaching body [of the MD] had unfortunately been affected by COVID [more than other divisions], which was what prompted their decision to have fewer classes at first,” she said.

Even though Romero did not originally understand the rationale behind the MD scheduling, she is pleased with the amount of

communication from the faculty, she said. “I recognize and appreciate that there is a lot that goes into a decision for all types of students in all types of scenarios,” she said.

In addition to changes to the class schedules, Kelly and Khan have been discussing the possibility of changing the MD to a Pass/Fail grading system.

On Wednesday, April 15th, Kelly held a virtual Town Hall to discuss the future of HM Online for MD students. During the town hall, Kelly made it clear that the administration was still deciding what to do about the grading system, Romero said.

However, Jojo Mignone (8) was told by her family, who attended the meeting, that a Pass/ Fail system was to be implemented, she said.

Similarly, Tyler Rosenberg (8) was told by her advisor that the MD was going forward with Pass/Fail grades, she said.

Rosenberg was encouraged by the prospect of Pass/Fail grades. “It would get rid of a lot of pressure and worries about online school, because now everything is more stressful [due to the virus],” she said.

Khan and Kelly both declined to be interviewed about the possibility of a Pass/Fail grading system until they publicly announced a decision.

However, some parents want their children to receive letter grades on their report card.

Romero said that it is important for all divisions to remain as consistent with one another as possible.

Even though many changes have been made and some details are still being worked out, Hornfeld supports the administration’s decision-making process, she said. “I trust that whatever decision the administration makes will be the right one.”

Additional Reporting by Oliver Lewis

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APRIL 24TH, 2020

The road to recruitment: HM student-athletes take the next step Lauren Ho and Jacob Shaw

Staff and Contributing Writers

Since freshman year, Kiara Royer (12) has spent days at universities around the country, already knee-deep in the college process. She didn’t spend this time in a library, but rather on a soccer field, as coaches from prospective colleges watched her every move with a careful eye, gauging if she had what it took to earn one of the few spots on their varsity soccer team.

Royer, along with golfer Stephen Sloan (12) and squash player Lily Seckendorf (12), have had to juggle their academics and athletics and have all been recruited to play at the collegiate level in the fall of 2020. Royer will attend Williams College, Sloan will attend Colgate University, and Seckendorf will attend Brown University.

Getting recruited for colleges requires a large time commitment and constant work, Seckendorf said. All three athletes began playing their respective sports when they were young: Royer when she was three, Sloan when Courtesy of Stephen Sloan

EYE ON THE PRIZE Sloan admiring his shot

he was three or four, and Seckendorf when she was eight.

Throughout high school, each athlete spent time conditioning and attending tournaments, practices, clinics, and camps. Royer would spend hours playing soccer at such camps as coaches watched her, forming relationships with coaches from different colleges and feeling out different schools in the process, she said.

Seckendorf has distinguished herself in monthly tournaments around the country, which have allowed her to advance her national ranking, she said. Likewise, Sloan has frequently attended tournaments, even taking the third trimester of his sophomore year off for an intensive golfing program in Florida.

The recruitment process varies from sport to sport. For team sports like soccer, even if an athlete is qualified enough to join the team, their recruitment is ultimately dictated by each team’s needs at the time, Royer said. No matter how well she played, if a prospective college team did not need another midfielder, she would not get recruited, she said.

Many [squash] teams only recruit about three players per year, Seckendorf said. Lily’s commitment was verbal, meaning that her acceptance was not official until she got in Early Decision, Seckendorf said. “Even after I committed, I needed to maintain my grades and performance in tournaments, especially because most college squash teams have a high required academic index for incoming players,” she said.

Throughout the recruitment process, athletes must constantly spend time improving as a player. While he has seen many students go through the recruitment process, Tim Sullivan, coach of the Girls’ Varsity Soccer team said that

Royer was exceptional in many ways. “She’s the only two-year captain I have ever had,” Sullivan said.

Sullivan also coached Sloan. While most of his out-of-school competitions were individual, Sloan played on the school’s golf team last year.

Sloan was then ranked as the second-best golfer in the Ivy Preparatory League and was projected to reach first this season, Sullivan said.

These athletes have not been alone through the recruitment process. Sloan, Seckendorf, and Royer have been supported along the way from all sides.

“Everyone at the school has been so supportive of helping me through this process, including Dr. Kelly, Dean Levenstein, Dr. Delanty, Coach Sullivan, and Coach Annunziata, among many others,” Sloan said.

“The school has been very understanding throughout my time here about missing school for tournaments,” Seckendorf said.

The athletes’ parents helped them in the process as well. “My parents have been extremely supportive, especially with all the travel involved in going to soccer tournaments every weekend, and I’m really grateful for them,” Royer said.

Similarly, Seckendorf appreciates her parents’ dedication. “The number of random places that squash has brought my family to is absurd,” she said. “We’ve stayed in more Marriotts in rural Ohio than could be healthy for any family.”

However, not everyone is as supportive of athletes going through the recruitment process. It was crushing to hear that some of her friends attributed her success to “luck,” Seckendorf said. “I did not find myself in this

position because of luck; I pushed myself into this opportunity through a decade of hard work and sacrifice, and thankfully, it paid off.”

Courtesy of Kiara Royer

DRIBBLING DOWNFIELD Royer looks to pass Indeed, there are many misconceptions about recruited athletes, Royer said. Royer, Seckendorf, and Sloan have found that some of their friends believe that recruited athletes do not have to work as hard in school.

Ultimately, “[athletes] have to constantly juggle maintaining good grades and a high performance in [their] sport in order to potentially play at the college level,” Seckendorf said.

Sullivan said that the recruitment process “almost feels like it’s twice as hard” as the normal college application process. “They don’t take shortcuts, they work as hard as they can, no matter what they’re doing. And I think that’s why they have incredible success,” he said.

Horace Mann stays active in quarantine Claire Goldberg

Staff Writer

In order to stay active during quarantine, members of the school’s community have been finding ways to keep active regardless of the location. Students and faculty have been watching videos online, ordering new workout equipment, and plugging into sports communities in order to get exercise.

Many students have had to find other creative ways to stay active from their homes if they cannot go outside. Steve Yang (9) hasn’t left his apartment since March 10, the day after school ended. Yang does push-ups inside, and he tries to walk around his apartment, he said.

“Sometimes I wish I could go outside but I try to make do and understand the circumstances,” he said. “I just try to move around in the limited space I have.”

Rugby player Catherine Mignone (10) said that she and her rugby team have been improvising with workout equipment to make sure that everyone stays in shape. “Since not everyone has weights in their houses, people have been filling backpacks with textbooks and using them for strength building exercises,” she said.

Workout videos allow people to stay in shape without leaving the house. Julia Grant (10), who dances both in and out of school, has been using both the ClassPass app and Peloton app to keep active, while Scarlett Goldberg (10) has been doing workout videos with her family.

Physical Education teacher Meredith Cullen has also been using live workout videos to keep

active, specifically focusing on her flexibility, she said. “It is very easy to lose your flexibility when you are home sitting at a computer for a long time.”

Associate Athletic Director Ray Barile creates fitness videos for students with his son, Coach Colin Barile, he said. “We’re trying to make sure that all of our students understand how important being active is for our mental state” he said. “We want to stay in contact and make sure that everyone’s staying healthy, both physically and mentally.”

TikTok dances have also been a key part of Grant’s workout regiment, she said “I’ve been really active on Tiktok; I keep learning a lot of different dances and posting videos of myself,” she said. Grant has made up her own dances and had over a thousand views on one of her posts.

With the increased difficulty of going outside, Dean of Students Michael Dalo has purchased resistance bands, done yoga, and installed his own pull-up bar in his house to keep active, he said. Nevertheless, he wishes

that he could be more active, he said.

While some people have started working out from home, others are still staying active by exercising outdoors. Justin Gurvitch (10) regularly runs in Central Park, he said. “I try to vary my route every day,” he said. “I’m not in it to become a professional runner. I just think that it is really important to maintain a healthy body, especially when we are sitting around all

measures to ensure their safety when they exercise outside. Grant wears a mask, gloves,

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day.”

Gurvitch runs every morning to keep himself motivated for the day, he said. “It helps me wake up and not be a zombie in my first few classes,” he said. “Hopefully when we get back to school I will continue this regiment.”

Basketball player Ailill Walsh (10) has also been able to run in Van Cortlandt Park, he said. In addition, he practices basketball in his backyard, he said. “This might sound crazy, but I work out two to three hours a day. I just have so much more time now,” he said.

When the weather’s nice, math teacher

Charles Worrall takes advantage of the spacious Van Cortlandt Park by biking with his partner, he said. “There’s a continuous bike path through it that goes up to 60 miles north of here, and while we haven’t gone on anything longer than 20 miles, it’s been wonderful to get out and see the spring creeping forward day by day,” he said. “What a relief to have some time outside each day.”

To make sure he’s in shape for recruitment, squash player Daanyal Agboatwalla (11) has been staying active by doing sprints and movement exercises in the driveway, he said.

Despite keeping active, Agboatwalla has also been fasting every other day in preparation for a religious fasting holiday that starts in a few days, he said. “It hasn’t been too hard for me, especially because I haven’t been going to the gym,” he said.

Students have adapted precautionary

and sunglasses when she goes on walks outside, she said.

Likewise, Gurvitch practices social distancing when running or walking in public places, he said. “People in the park are always hyper-aware of social distancing, so they’re always sure to give one another space,” he said.

For some students, the quarantine has decreased their activity. Tennis player Sabrina Freidus (11) has been injured since the fall so she hasn’t been exercising as much during quarantine, she said. “Quarantine has decreased my drive because this is the time that I’d be going back to playing tennis. It has definitely made tennis a smaller part of my life.”

While the quarantine is hard for everyone in different ways, Barile has used it as an opportunity to get into better shape, he said.

“Out of bad came something good for me. I’m thinking more about my health, which I’ve always wanted to do and now I have the time to do it.”

Especially during trying times, staying active is extremely important, Head of Upper Division Jessica Levenstein said. “It’s easy to forget that being active is part of our emotional well-being,” she said. “Even if you’re stuck indoors, there’s a lot you can do and there are so many videos that you can do to get moving!”