The Horace Mann Record, Issue 21

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MARCH 16TH, 2018 || VOLUME 115, ISSUE 21

STUDENT WALKOUT On Weds., March 14th, students and faculty assembled outside of Tillinghast Hall during break to commemorate the 17 lives lost in the Parkland shooting and discuss gun control. The walkout was part of a nationally scheduled movement, in which thousands of other high schools held similar walkouts.

Reporting by Staff Writer Megha Nelivigi, art by Staff Artist Liz Fortunato, and photos by Photo Editor Freya Lindvall.

Several of the 17 students that sat to represent the lives lost in Parkland, Florida.

“It left a huge impression on me because I’m actually not all that for gun control, but afterwards, I was kind of confused on what I really wanted or how I really perceived gun control laws, so I think it was pretty helpful because it allowed me to really look internally and see what I actually believe in.”

- Nyle Hutchinson (11)

Students and faculty line the field during a moment of silence.

“I think everyone had mutual respect and I was really proud of the HM community today...

Even after the moment of silence it was still silent, so I felt the impact and the energy... I know at [another school] they’re having finals or testing week, and their administration was like ‘oh if the walkout somehow affects your testing or you’re late and your teacher decides to penalize you for that, you’re at fault.’ I thought that was really shocking and it made me feel grateful for the administration that we have here.”

- Dakota Stennett-Neris (11)

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“I was really happy that it turned out the way it did, because everyone was stressing out over it, and it was really worrisome--we were really hoping that it was going to turn out well, so I’m glad a lot of people went.

We definitely need to think about this and not brush it off. We should know that we have the right to not be scared wherever we go and that we have the ability to change that.”

- Alba Bryant (11)

“I, as well as some of my friends, felt that the gathering was political in nature and not just an apolitical mourning, and because of that I didn’t want to go somewhere where the basic sentiment goes against my views.”

- Oliver Chonoles (12) “I thought it was really powerful, and I thought it was great how everyone was reciting poems, and quotes, and their own thoughts about what happened, because I think it’s still really important to keep talking about it. It was really touching-- I was tearing up.”

- Olivia Klein (11)

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REED ABOUT IT Annette Gordon-Reed leads an assembly.

The role of student government is investigated through the years.

Leonora Gogos Staff Writer

This past Tuesday, Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History at Harvard University and Pulitzer Prize winner Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed answered student and faculty questions in a moderated, interactive assembly. The following period, Dr. GordonReed spoke in further detail during a catered lunch in History Department Chair Dr. Daniel Link’s AP US History class.

Gordon-Reed has earned the National Humanities Medal, published essays and articles for publications such as The New York Times, and written six books, including The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize in history.

The assembly featured a moderated Q&A format, in which four students posed questions to Gordon-Reed. Link moderated the panel, while Comparative Race and Ethnicity students Emily Yu (11), Kyle Gaillard (11), Elizabeth Raab (12), and Yasmin McLamb (11) asked Gordon-Reed one questions on the panel. Students in the class have all read

Dr. Gordon-Reed’s book, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family.

McLamb asked Gordon-Reed how her research on Thomas Jefferson has shaped her view on Charlottesville. “It’s really interesting because it’s not something that most people cover, and the narrative for Jefferson by historians is really just one-sided,” McLamb said. “I was really curious as to why she wanted to bridge that gap and break the binary,” she said.

McLamb described speaking to an author whose works she’d analyzed in class to be an “out-of-body experience,” since doing reading for homework is very different than speaking to the author in person. “You don’t normally put a face to the topic, you read about it to learn the historical information,” McLamb said.

In response, Gordon-Reed discussed the South’s history of racism and how it has not been properly dealt with, which causes people to stand around Jefferson and claim him as what America should be.

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Jahmire Cassanova (12) wins New York Times College Scholarship After writing five essays and completing three interviews, Jahmire Cassanova (12) became one of 10 recipients of this year’s New York Times College Scholarship, which provides tuition money, mentorship, and a summer job at the Times for students who have excelled under unfavorable circumstances.

In some of his essays, Cassanova wrote about persevering through a difficult family situation and a period of homelessness.

Cassanova’s college counselor recommended that he apply for the award at the beginning of the year, he said.

Cassanova found out that he had won the award on Sunday, March 4, when the leader of the program called him.

“I have a feeling that the award is going to lead to a lot of good things,” Cassanova said.

“The only concrete thing is that I will not have college debt, and that’s going to be big, but I think even in the short run there are going to be a bunch of opportunities that open up during and after the internship.”

In the initial application, Cassanova wrote two essays about his background and challenges that he has faced over his lifetime.

Then, when he was selected as a semifinalist, he wrote three more essays that focused on larger societal questions. As a finalist, Cassanova completed an interview with three people at the New York Times.

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Renowned historian speaks at assembly

Betsey Bennett Staff Writer

Students and faculty hold handmade signs protesting gun violence.

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Solomon Katz (11) reviews Bronx Museum of the Arts exhibition.

According to Cassanova, as a young boy he lived with a biological father who was an alcoholic and abusive to his mother.

“Then we met my dad now, Keith, and we sort of formed our own little family with him,” Cassanova said. “And then after we had started to become comfortable with each other, we became homeless, so there were some nights where we were in hotels or motels, but for the most part it was just in the car in lots by bridges.”

Cassanova did not tell anyone at school about these experiences until this year, he said.

Oliver Chonoles (12) was not surprised to hear that Cassanova received the scholarship.

“It’s a very big award, so anything can happen, but if there’s a person that deserves to get it, he’s that person,” Chonoles said.

“Whenever he faces some kind of problem, he never whines about it, and he’s really solutionoriented.”

“I was absolutely thrilled to learn that he had won the New York Times College Scholarship,” History teacher Dr. Ellen Bales, who taught Cassanova in ninth and 10th grade, said.

“He is highly deserving of this honor, and it is wonderful to see a student who is not only intelligent and insightful, but who has also shown exceptional perseverance and personal gravitas, receive an award of this magnitude.”

Cassanova looks forward to working at the Times this summer, either in a business internship or in the newsroom.

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Winter athletic banquet awards are shared.

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THE RECORD OPINIONS MARCH 16TH, 2018

Un-“covering”: life without a father

Noah Phillips “Are your parents divorced?”

“No.” “Did your dad die?”

“No.” “Are you adopted?”

“No.” “So, do you have a dad?”

It’s always an awkward exchange as I try to sound matter-of-fact about growing up without a father, while others try to sound sympathetic, yet curious to know more. After the quick conversation, I usually look down and check my phone or leave to rush to class or somewhere else–anywhere else– so that the moment doesn’t linger.

I know I’m not alone or unique in this scenario. The U.S. Census data from 2016 shows that 23% of children under age 18 are growing up in single parent households

led by a mother. So I’m part of a growing demographic. But each single parent household is different– divorce and death in family are most common, and I have to admit that I have blurred my responses over the years to sometimes imagine myself in those situations. At our school, we have spent time in recent weeks thinking about personal identity. Kenji Yoshino’s presentation made me wonder about my own efforts to “cover” and “pass” this part of my identity. As a young kid, I played and was an avid fan of ice-hockey and soccer, which may have been my way of “covering” my identity as a boy without a father through association with rugged, male sports to fit into the mainstream.

Or maybe I gravitated towards activities with male coaches who represented father figures?

Yet I’m not sure this is real or valid, since I have always had loving uncles and a grandfather actively involved in my life, but it nonetheless has me thinking.

My family reality is different.

My biological father is very much alive and I met him for the first time as a thirteen-year-old. For

years, I wondered what he looked like and sounded like. What are his habits, interests, and everything else?

For inquiring minds, the quick summary is that my parents were in a long-term relationship, but they split when my mom was pregnant with me. I now know with certainty where my height and lankiness come from, but, more than that, I’m starting to make sense of my world with the man who created me in it.

I haven’t yet uttered the word “Dad” or “Father,” since those feel fake, but who knows what the future will bring?

Being the son of a single mother is not a focal point of my existence and there’s nothing in my life that makes me feel deprived. At the same time, up until this personal narrative right now, I haven’t been quick to advertise my family structure, even with teammates and others who’ve known me for a while. I know from the census data that many other kids share my family situation, but may not vocalize it, so this is my first attempt to put it out there and see what that’s like.

Editorial

By students, for students Student leadership and participation in the creation of school policies has been rolled back over the past couple of years. While this trend is visible in many facets of the school’s organization, it is most visible in the reduction of powers of the Community Council (CC), formerly the Governing Council (GC). Currently, because of deliberate structural decisions made by the administration, it is difficult for the body to pass legislation that makes a significant impact in the school community. Though the CC is filled with thoughtful, impassioned student leaders, our current student government has no autonomy. The Record Editorial Board believes that giving the CC the legitimate power to act will directly lead to tangible improvements in the Horace Mann community.

The members of the Record Editorial Board believe that it is beneficial for students to be able to take on different tasks and facilitate the changes that they deem to be necessary. We recognize the importance of faculty involvement in the proposals and implementations of policies for the betterment of student life, but student leadership positions should hold more power to create policies by students for students.

Currently, a select group of students are tasked with being on the school’s Disciplinary Council, which deliberates student infractions and appropriate punishments. If students have input into a possible suspension, they should also be able to propose and pass significant school initiatives beyond suggesting food for the cafeteria and organizing games.

So many of the things that define our school, policies, and student life would not have been done without the GC. They implemented the mandatory signing of the honor code, availability of books for classes in the school store, an arts appreciation requirement, and the use of ID cards as debit cards. GC representatives, as a committee of students and teachers, were best positioned to pinpoint and address student concerns. The Editorial Board is confident this trend would continue if the CC’s powers were appropriately increased.

Choosing self-empowerment: inspiration from Dr. Eger Dr. Deborah Kassel On March 8, 2018 a flurry of fortuitous events coalesced to honor the miraculous arrival of our esteemed guest. A decision to see Hello Dolly on Wednesday turned out to be a snow day that luckily didn’t carry into Thursday, which also happened to mark International Women’s Day— and no less propitiously- the penultimate day of HM Wellness Week. The Fates also managed to secure a stay on a repair project to Gross theatre just in time to allow as many HMers’ as possible to be in the dynamic presence of internationally renowned clinical psychologist, author, and Holocaust survivor, Dr. Edith Eger. Since “can’t is not a word in [Dr. Edie’s] vocabulary,” she had no choice but to bounce back after life-threatening surgery, fly across country from California, be personally presented with the 2017 National Book Award and The Christopher Award in New York and have a microphone in her hand by the start of C period.

On the heals of an apparent series of coincidences—but mostly due to her own indomitable will—Dr. Edith Eger at 90 danced onto the HM stage in flats, multi- colored sneakers that sparkled with her signature athleticism and

uncannily nurturing optimism.

And then of course there was the complementary Gucci scarf that Zsa Zsa Gabor couldn’t have worn any better. Who knew that a famous Hungarian trauma specialist, once an Olympics-bound gymnast, could also compete as a fashion trendsetter?

Dr. Eger’s father was, after all, a tailor by profession who dedicated himself to making clothes that would inspire his daughters to look, feel, and do their best— dressed for success and ready to meet the world.

But the world came to them in Gestapo uniforms, soldiers just following orders, who rounded up her family and lovely fabrics and shoved them into airless, waterless, cattle-cars bound for the gates of Hell where the Angel of Death awaited them and their fellow millions.

No matter that he was an educated physician of internal medicine, Dr. Mengele was above all a scientist who enjoyed experimenting on twins without anesthesia and ripping nine month old fetus’s from their mothers’ wombs for the benefit of the Aryan kind. Is that your mother or your sister?” he demanded of the 16year -old daughter shivering in the soiled and tattered clothing her father had so lovingly made for her. “My mother, “ she blurted

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SPREADING SELF-LOVE Dr. Edith Eger and Dr. Deborah Kassel

out. The rest was silence. Two roads diverged in a concentration camp—and one of them led to a gas chamber. Had the 16-year old answered differently would it have made the all the difference?

Mother or sister? Dr. Eger’s gift to the world comes out of a split second decision in diction, which she has been turning over and over in her head ever since. If only she had chosen a different word she

Volume 115 Editorial Board Managing Editor Eve Kazarian

Editor in Chief Gustie Owens

Issues Editor Mahika Hari

Features Tiffany Liu Natasha Poster

News Sam Heller Yeeqin New

Opinions Seiji Murakami Rebecca Salzhauer

A&E Jonathan Katz Joanne Wang

Lions’ Den Peter Borini Ricardo Pinnock

Photography Amrita Acharya Freya Lindvall Abigail Kraus

Middle Division Ella Feiner Sarah Shin

Design Editors Evan Megibow Nikki Sheybani Lisa Shi

Art Director Ariella Greenberg

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Columnists Lutie Brown Amir Moazami

Online Editor Michael Truell

has repeated to herself in selfflagellating refrain—if only, if only—maybe her mother would have been spared. Such was her endlessly torturous thought, her own “selection” that both haunted and drove her to The Choice— an uncannily moving and empowering account of her own story and how she has used it to help her patients and readers overcome every conceivable kind of trauma.

Staff Writers Abigail Salzhauer, Betsey Bennett, Caroline Goldenberg, Charlie Silberstein,Connor Morris, Edwin Jin, Jeren Wei, Katie Goldenberg, Lynne Sipprelle, Megha Nelivigi, Noah Phillips, Sadie Schwartz, Sandhya Shyam, Solomon Katz, Surya Gowda, Tenzin Sherpa, Amelia Feiner, Jude Herwitz, Julia Robbins, Becca Siegel, Eliza Poster, Leonora Gogos, William Han, Benjamin Wang, Peri Brooks, Nishtha Sharma, Sam Keimweiss, Victor Dimitrov, Madison Li, Malhaar Agrawal, Robbie Werdiger, Simon Yang, Nelson Gaillard, Abigail Goldberg, Georgi Verdelis, Griffin Smith, Gabby Kepnes, Abigail Goldberg, Kiara Royer, Mayanka Dhingra, Spencer Kahn, Isabella Zhang, Natasha Stange, Brody McGuinn Staff Photographers Iliana Dezelic, Eva Fortunato, Miyu Imai, Abigail Kraus, Daniel Lee, Mimi Morris, Benjamin Parker, Tatiana Pavletich Staff Artists Elizabeth Fortunato, Sofia Gonzalez, Surya Gowda, Damali O’Keefe, Spyridoula Potamopoulou, Jackson Roberts, Zoe Vogelsang

A diplomate in Logotherapy trained by none other than Viktor Frankl, Dr. Eger purposes to teach us that the worst part of PTSD comes not from an external enemy but from an internalized, everpunishing voice that refuses to forgive our captors—our own unforgiving selves. “I didn’t need Hitler to punish me—I had me,” Dr. Eger explained to a spell-bound audience of HM students, faculty and staff last week.

The opposite of depression Dr. Eger tells us is expression. If you have a secret, don’t keep it—or it will keep you, she warns. Whether you have experienced the horrors of daily combat in Afghanistan or between endlessly-arguing parents; whether you have been discriminated against for the color of your skin or mocked for a mismatched outfit; whether you have experienced the death of a loved one or been de-friended on Facebook, faced eviction from your home or been rejected by your first choice college, no individual’s suffering is any more valid than another’s, Dr. Eger tells us. Great is the pain and it prevails in the individual’s mind—no matter how relatively inconsequential it may appear to others.

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HORACE MANN NEWS FEBRUARY 16TH, 2018

Feiner (12) presents research in D.C. as Regeneron Science Talent Search finalist Caroline Goldenberg Staff Writer

This past Wednesday, Ella Feiner (12), a finalist in The Regeneron Science Talent Search for her work exploring posterior growth in D. rerio with a live cell cycle biosensor, returned from eight days in Washington D.C. spent experiencing judge interviews, presenting her work, exploring the capital, and most memorably, according to Feiner, spending time with the other 39 finalists.

“This was the best week of my entire life,” Feiner said. “It was an incredible opportunity to meet 39 other incredibly engaging, incredibly curious, incredibly smart high school seniors.”

During the week, Feiner presented work that she had developed this summer during her participation in the seven week Simons Summer Research Program at Stony Brook University.

Feiner’s project deals with cancer metastasis, which is the process in which “cells from the primary tumor engage out through the membrane surrounding the tumor into the blood stream,” forming other tumors around the body, Feiner said. This is the leading cause of death in cancer, and Feiner wanted to explore the possibility that metastasizing cells are halting the cell cycle, she said.

Feiner used new tools she developed at the lab to draw connections to a similar process that occurs in typical embryonic development and studied zebra fish development to examine this process, she said.

Feiner found that stopping cells from reproducing pushed them to invade more, she said.

During the week, the finalists explored D.C., participated in judging interviews, attended dinner events where they had the opportunity to meet past finalists,

Courtesy of Dr. Kalil Oldham

LOST AND FOUND Seniors go on overnight hike as part of Searchers program last weekend.

Searchers embark on first overnight hike

Eliza Poster Staff Writer

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FEINER THAN YOU Feiner (12) and science teacher Dr. Christine Leo at Regeneron Pubic Exhibition Day.

and presented their projects to judges and to the public in the exhibition museum, Feiner said.

“It was incredible to present my original work in a Smithsonian museum…It was so great to interact with all the public; a lot of local kids came, and local teachers.”

Science teacher Dr. Christine Leo, who assisted Feiner in the continuation of her research this year, attended the Public Exhibition Day in D.C. with her husband.

This past Wednesday, the last day of the trip, the finalists visited Capitol Hill and met their representatives and senators and explain about their work, Feiner said. Feiner met Senator Corey Booker and House Representative Josh Gottheimer.

On the last night of the trip, the finalists attended an awards gala, where Feiner was awarded the Glenn Seaborg Award, and gave

Continued from pg. 1 Jefferson made disparaging remarks towards African Americans, but also signed the Declaration of Independence and advocated against slavery, which makes him the quintessential “American dilemma,” Gordon-Reed said.

Yu found speaking to an author whose works she read in class to be fascinating, she said. “I just think she’s a really great historian,” Yu said.

“She has a huge range of things she’s interested in and writes about.”

History teacher Barry Bienstock hoped that students would be able to learn from Gordon-Reed’s wide

range of knowledge, both in terms of history and law, which she could apply to any discussion about race or gender, he said. “I would certainly be very happy if more students read her books,” Bienstock said.

The interactive format of the assembly helped keep everyone engaged, Diana Shaari (10) said.

Ella Anthony (10) also found the assembly to be very informative. “I could tell Dr. Gordon-Reed was very passionate about her writing because of how informed her answers were,” Anthony said.

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a speech at the gala in front of 800 people to represent her class of science talent search finalists, Feiner said.

Feiner was invited back to the Capitol to participate in The Legacy Prize, which brings together members from different disciplines, she said. Partnered organizations will attend to select a creative leader from each discipline.

The competition began with a pool of about 2000 entrants. Feiner received an award of $2000, with an additional $2000 given to the school for becoming a semifinalist and another $25,000 in scholarship money for the finals.

Feiner hopes to “help people” with her research, especially in the future, she said, which is something “unique about the research [she] did,” she said.

Eight seniors forged new friendships while battling New England’s harsh and snowy terrain in an overnight hiking trip as part of the Searchers program.

The seniors, as well as faculty advisors Dr. Kalil Oldham and Camilla Nivison, departed school last Friday for Dorr, where students learned how to use snow shoes in preparation for their first winter camping trip, Oldham said.

After a 5:30 a.m. wakeup, the Searchers took a bus to Mount Washington State Park in Massachusetts. They hiked for six hours in approximately two feet of snow. With temperatures dipping below 20 degrees at night, students worked to set up and maintain camp for a night.

“In general, the cold weather made doing normally simple tasks, like setting up a stove or putting on gear, much harder because my fingers would become numb pretty fast,” Elizabeth Raab (12) said.

“The snow also made trails hard to identify and hiking less efficient.”

Created in 1968 by English teacher Alan Breckenridge, Searchers is a learning program created to challenge students’ minds, bodies and spirits while

immersed in the outdoors, Dorr Director Glenn Sherratt said.

“It’s something so alien to our general experience here at school.

It’s difficult, but it’s incredibly fun,” Jordan Kinard (12) said.

Despite the frigid climate, students were enthusiastic and took care of each other as well as themselves, Oldham said.

“I love the group, they’re really supportive, super nice. It’s fun being out there with everyone, talking to new kids who I’ve never spoken to in my six years at Horace Mann,” Anabel Henick (12) said.

The camaraderie between members of the program is one of its greatest appeals, Kinard said.

“I wanted to make new friends and being with people in the middle of the woods seemed like a good way to bond with them,” he said.

The Searchers program is designed to prepare students for independence after high school, Oldham said. At the end of the year, the Searchers will set off on a five day expedition in the Adirondack Mountains without any teachers.

“It’s about growing up, knowing your own limits and finding out when you need someone to support you and when you need to feel, ‘I did this on my own, and I’m proud of myself,’” Henick said.

Model UN wins Award of Distinction Edwin Jin Staff Writer The Model United Nations (MUN) team gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the 44th annual National High School Model United Nations (NHSMUN) conference, where they earneed the most distinguished team prize, the Award of Distinction.

From March 7 to March 10, 35 members of the team attended individual committees and then 13 delegates advanced to the General Assembly. The General Assembly invites the the top delegate from

each of the 15 committees.

“It couldn’t have gone better,” MUN co-Secretary General Jenna Freidus (12) said.

The NHSMUN General Assembly convened in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations Headquarters.

“Going into that room is something special because it connects us to what we’re doing,” MUN co-Secretary General Evan Megibow (12) said.

A specific focus of the conference was to integrate underclassmen into larger roles in their conferences.

The sophomores were particularly

successful in achieving this goal and many advanced to the General Assembly, Megibow said.

In contrast to most events, the NHSMUN conference does not issue individual awards.

“Our result at this conference demonstrated the power of MUN when we act as a family,” Arman Kumar (10) said.

The team will finish the season with conferences at Cornell and Dalton.

Freidus is ecstatic with the team’s performance this year and expects it to complete the season performing well, she said.

April 7, 2018 8:30 AM - 1 PM Theme: Intersectionality

Program will include plenary address and keynote speaker, and small group workshops with students from all over NYC. *Information on how to RSVP was emailed via FirstClass.

MUNEY Model UN team poses with Award of Distinction at NHSMUN last week.

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THE RECORD FEATURES MARCH 16TH, 2018

The Power

of Student Government

Ariella Greenberg/Art Director

Lynne Sipprelle & Sam Keimweiss Staff Writers

Less than a decade ago, the Governing Council (GC), the school’s student government oversaw the allocation of funds to clubs and publications and drafted a new honor code for the school.

Today, the Community Council (CC), which replaced the GC after it was abolished, proposes and oversees events and initiatives with the approval of the administration.

The change is one of several ways in which the students involved in school government have less autonomy and formal responsbility than they did in the past.

The GC and SBP branches of government were first created in 1971 by Headmaster R. Inslee Clark, Director of the Center for Community Values & Action Dr. Jeremy Leeds ‘73 said. Leeds, a senior at the time, was elected the first SBP. “A lot of the actual governance of the school was under the authority of this new system,” a system that was still undefined,

Leeds said.

The GC existed through

“I think the essential question is what is the best way for students to be able to discuss issues important to the school,” -Dr. Glenn Wallach the 2011-2012 school year, after which the school administration abolished it.

During the GC’s 40 years of existence, student-

elected representatives and faculty members wrote and passed legislative bills following American parliamentary procedure and a constitution of their own making.

When Justin Lerer ‘95 served as Chair of the GC, the council consisted of twice as many students as teachers, but each teacher had two votes. “I thought it was really nice that students and teachers worked together on it,” Lerer said.

Students and faculty had equal say during Dean of the Class of 2018 Dr. Glenn Wallach’s time as a GC representative from 20032006, Wallach said.

Nathan Raab ‘13 served a year and a half on the GC before becoming the coChair of the new CC during his senior year.

After the GC passed legislature, it was sent to the administration, who could either implement the changes or veto the bill, Raab said. A standard GC bill was formatted as, “The head of the school shall do x by y date,” Raab said.

“There was a sense among

BLAST FROM THE PAST The 1973 GC conducts a meeting.

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CCOMMUNITY The 2012-2013 student government poses for a group photo.

administrators that that was not necessarily an appropriate way of running the school,” Raab said.

“My understanding is that it stopped functioning in mature fashion,” Lerer said.

“I think frankly the teachers stopped being involved as much.”

In the 2001-2002 school year, for example, the GC passed bills concerning the organization of halfperiod club meetings and the transition from eighth to ninth grade, among others. They also passed a bill bridging teachers’ rights and students’ rights with regards to mandatory review days that was vetoed by the administration, according to the 2002 Mannikin.

Clubs and publications also brought proposals regarding their funds for the year to the GC, and the GC decided how to allocate the school budget, Delanty said.

Nshera Tutu (9) wished the CC still had power over the budget since that would allow them to make more meaningful changes, she said.

Should the CC have power over the budget, allocations would best reflect “the sentiment among the student body,” CC Chair

Amir Moazami (12) said.

The goal would be to have “some vague understanding of how much money is going to which club and if that really makes sense,” Moazami said.

However, students on the GC would sometimes allocate club funding in a biased manner, Raab said.

“Some students thought that they were the final official group that could say things about what would happen to the allocation of the school’s resources,” he said.

“It’s a much different school now; it’s run much differently. It’s also a different time in the way we think about education,” - Dr. Jeremy Leeds The GC’s power with the budget caused many arguments and complaints, Wallach said. He also pointed out the steadily increasing power of students as an issue. Some members thought that the GC was led by students, a conception that “did not reflect the reality of the school,” Wallach said.

The CC is much more inclusive and community-

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oriented, Delanty said. “I think the idea and purpose of it as something that brings the community together and makes sure everyone is included really works.”

The recent forum on the Parkland shooting is an example of a coordinated, comprehensive student response that the CC can organize, Wallach said. “I think the essential question is what is the best way for students to be able to discuss issues important to the school,” he said.

The CC’s informality makes it more accessible and creates a better working relationship between students and faculty, Raab said. However, the parliamentary procedure of the GC ensured all students were heard and taught students to write, debate, and be more thoughtful, he said.

Current Student Body President (SBP) Daniel Posner (12) believes that student government has numerous benefits for students.

“What student government allows us to do is to practice the skills, the knowledge, the processes of democratic government.

Lerer said.

English teacher Dr. David Schiller did not respond to questions about the changes implemented during his tenure as Head of School.

“The Governing Council is in many ways an artifact of a particular moment in school government,” Wallach said.

“It’s a much different school now; it’s run much differently. It’s also a different time in the way we think about education,” Leeds said. While there is still much to learn from the past, “I don’t think the best answer to most things

assisting students to figure out where they might make a difference in the school,” Milkes said. “Our intention was to be encouraging and to point out the positive progress that had been made.”

“We have a lot of faculty advisors on our side, so I think we really do have enough power to do what we want to do and make change,” Kukreja said.

“There is power in the fact that we are a community and we have a lot of voices together and we can bring people together, but at the end of the day you still ultimately have to follow what the says,” “We don’t really have administration Moazami said. However, the power to broadly Moazami has never had an change school policy, so initiative blocked by the we divert attention from administration, he said.

The role of the SBPs has that kind of stuff,” also changed because of - co-CP Philip Shen (11) incidents such as the racially insensitive joke told in this year’s first SBP assembly is to go back to an old way, and the controversial 2016 because things have moved SBP video. on,” he said.

A faculty assembly While the CC has less committee that reviews power than the GC did, CC SBP assembly material now member Malhaar Agrawal exists, Delanty said. Similar (10) thinks people discount assembly committees the CC’s power, he said. have existed periodically The administration often throughout the school’s history, Delanty said.

The Assembly Committee reviews speeches and advises speakers to ensure nothing offensive is said and students sound good, Director of Student Activities Caroline Bartels said. “At this point we ask [students] to give us anything they’re going to say on stage. They have to have it written down.”

“Everything I say onstage is reviewed,” Posner said.

Courtesy of Mannikin Being SBP is about POWER TO THE PEOPLE The GC of 1993 hard at work. knowing he has a platform and a voice at moments And if we are to be takes a hands-off attitude when everyone in the successful, contributing towards the CC’s initiatives school is together, Posner members to our democracy, and works to compromise said. He wants to use these and if our democracy is to whenever possible, Agrawal opportunities to create sustain itself, particularly said. meaningful experiences for as its now under stress, The CC meets every other the school community, he whats more important than Tuesday as a collective said. continuing to practice these group, and Moazami and In 2006, a Student Body vital skills,” Posner said.

CC Secretary Janvi Kukreja Vice President role was Lerer believes the school (11) have had three to four created, and in 2012, Alex should have kept the GC, he meetings with CC faculty Posner ‘13 and Charles said. “While I wasn’t at the advisers since the beginning Scherr ‘13 created the coschool when it was changed, of the school year, Kukreja SBP positions we have and I have tremendous said. today, Delanty said. respect for Dr. Schiller, who History teacher Dr. Elisa The history around SBP made the change, it seems Milkes was a CC faculty assemblies and SBP videos to me that the school could advisor from the beginning has made junior co-CPs have tried to fix what it had of the CC until 2017. “You David Shen (11) and Philip instead of getting rid of it,” have the responsibility of Shen (11) more careful

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CREATING BILLS A student on the 1982 GC speaks before the council.

GOVERNING The 1982 GC conducts a meeting.

when they produced a grade music video, they said.

Senior co-CP Ben Heller (12) has become more cautious when speaking in public since the SBP assembly this year, he said.

“If I’m speaking at a grade meeting, it makes me more aware and open making sure nothing like that happens. If you want to be funny during a meeting, just be really careful with that,” Heller said.

Sophomore co-CP’s Ella Anthony (10) and Roey Nornberg (10) primarily plan assemblies and work with class apparel, Anthony said.

Nornberg and Anthony meet with Dean of the Class of 2020 Stephanie Feigin at least once every two weeks.

“Whoever is in the [CP] role takes on whatever they want to take on,” Delanty said. “There hasn’t been a job description.”

Senior co-CP Rachel Okin (12) wanted to be class president so she could make daily school life more enjoyable for the members of her grade “and, of course, for the ability to send multicolored grade-wide emails,” she said.

David and Philip have been able to accomplish almost all of their initiatives working with the

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administration, but they have always been realistic in terms of what they can achieve, Philip said.

“We don’t really have the power to broadly change school policy, so we divert attention from that kind of stuff,” Philip said.

The only initiative put forth by David and Philip that was blocked by the administration was bobbing for apples because of sanitary concerns, David said. Similar to the CC, both David and Philip wish for more control over a larger budget, as price restraints have prevented them from getting nicer class apparel and hosting events such as a fall pancake-fest, they said.

Heller wonders if there is a need for both CC members and CPs. “Just because when they all are essentially representatives of their grades, it’s the same as being on the Community Council,” Heller said.

“I think it’s always a good question how to get the student voice heard,” Leeds said.

Maybe in the future there should be more defined roles in student government and fewer of them, Dean of Student Life Dr. Susan Delanty said.

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THE RECORD ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT MARCH 16TH, 2018

HM 246 presents gallery to Bronx community Jeren Wei Staff Writer On Wednesday, the school hosted an event in Fisher Gallery to celebrate the work of students in the HM 246 service-learning program.

The space featured everything from tote bags to original music and was open to the entire school community as well as HM 246’s partner organizations, the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center, PS37, and other local public schools. The celebration lasted from 3:30-5:00 p.m. and was catered by FLIK. HM 246 is a program in which Upper Division (UD) students host classes or activities on the school’s campus for elementary and middle school students in the Bronx community every Wednesday after school until 6, the Director of the Center for Community of Values and Action Dr. Jeremy Leeds said.

“The program is called HM 246 because Horace Mann is on 246th street, and we want to emphasize that we are a part of the Bronx community with open doors to our partners,” Leeds said.

“One of the overall objectives of the service learning program is to leave people who were involved with it wanting to work more,” he said.

HM 246 is a platform for growth for both the UD student leaders and the younger students that enroll in the programs, Leeds said.

The activities and workshops hosted by HM 246 are diverse,

COMMUNITY CELEBRATION HM246 presents work from after-school program in Fisher Gallery.

ranging from entrepreneurship to music production and technology.

“I think the program is a fantastic outlet for these kids to explore their interests. A lot of these activities are not something they could pursue in school, and it’s a great way to meet new people as well,” Gallery Coordinator Grace Hill (12) said.

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“The purpose of the gallery is to showcase the work of the students who participated in each of the programs- we have objects from fashion, entrepreneurship, women in science and engineering, and other programs,” Hill said.

For the Art Detectives program, an art history class led by Sasha Matt (11) and Louis Toberisky

(12), the students created magazine collages, Sasha said.

“I think the gallery was very well done, and I think it’s exciting for kids to feel like they have done something that can be presented to the gallery,” she said In the entrepreneurship program led by Tyler Jonas (11), the kids learned about the fundamentals

Solomon Katz Staff Writer

home, Matta-Clark made his work relatable to a larger audience.

Often the tasks of his projects required a large group of people: for example, a construction crew to dismantle a building. In that way, Matta-Clark was able to put his values of community into practice.

A common theme of MattaClark’s projects was graffiti, an icon of the Bronx. Matta-Clark himself was not a graffiti artist, so he invited anyone in the Bronx to spray paint on his canvas.

Sometimes his canvas was a brick wall, and sometimes it was a vehicle, which he could use to parade the collaborative success around the neighborhood.

Matta-Clark’s work is reminiscent of projects at the school due to the centrality of community in both. From the Middle Mania banners, to the bottles hanging on the wall, to the torn-up newspapers that spelled out love after the 2016 presidential election.

However, Upper Division students often create for a particular purpose.

The banners are made to root for teams, the bottles to advocate recycling, and the newspapers to make a statement.

Matta-Clark manages to incorporate a community aspect without any clear motives. It is purely art for the sake of art. While it is modern art, it more easily resonates with the viewer.

That said, the curation is not

of building a business. “We taught them how to develop a business plan and create an elevator pitch, and we created posters and took photographs to make a bio for each of the projects,” Jonas said.

“The kids learned how to write songs lyrics, rhyme schemes, song structure, and digital production,” teacher of the music production and technology class Ethan Matt (12) said.

“They learned how to take creative risks and how to express themselves,” he said.

The gallery is a nice way to close the year and celebrate all the work that was accomplished for both the participants and the leaders, Ethan Matt said.

“I think it was great that (the students) were able to engage in the work of their peers while showcasing their own,” Nikhil Mehta (12), instructor of the Robotics and Computer Science class said.

Although this year’s HM 246 Gallery may be the first, the program plans to expand and continue the gallery in future years. “We are looking forward to expand and deepen service learning initiatives that already have such a wonderful impact on our community,” Leeds said “I think that the kids will come out of this experience being more confident and outspoken. Seeing their projects in a gallery will be so exciting for them,” Hill said.

Review of “Gordon Matta-Clark: Anarchitect”

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GALLERY SHOT Views of “Gordon Matta-Clark: Anarchitect.”

Entering the Bronx Museum of Arts, a venue that features artists throughout the borough, I realized the museum was as relevant to my community as the artworks both in Fisher Gallery and scattered throughout the hallways.

The museum is currently showing the exhibit, “Gordon Matta-Clark: Anarchitect.” MattaClark, a New Yorker who lived in the Bronx during the 1970s, a time of economic decline, made his name by using unorthodox mediums for his art: buildings.

While people despaired about losing their homes, Matta-Clark saw the abandoned structures as an opportunity to create.

By using a medium in a completely new style, MattaClark exemplifies the epitome of modernism.

I often get frustrated when observing modern art. Modernists, in an attempt to be innovative, often create works that seem too abstract. When a white canvas is sold for $15 million at MOMA, I think it’s fair to ask the question of whether modern artists actually try hard, when they can succeed for doing almost nothing.

However, Matta-Clark pioneered a form of hands on modernism that is much more interactive than that of other artists. By using the concrete jungle that serves as our

conducive to understanding his work. The purpose of MattaClark’s “Anarchitecture” was to defy the mainstream conception of architecture. He put pieces together that would not have been together otherwise.

The exhibit, for the most part, did not include Matta-Clark’s works but rather photographs of the actual pieces. In this way, the exhibit separated the audience from the work, the opposite of the artist’s intention.

If Matta-Clark curated the exhibit, he might have cut the graffiti out of whatever surface it was on in order to be displayed, as he did many times when he was alive.

For example, when someone showed any interest in his graffiti covered vehicle, he would cut that section out of it and hand it to them.

The show’s major attraction, a sculpture comprised of everyday objects, was sectioned off by a barrier of 20 feet, deterring viewers who should be able to interact with the piece.

Despite the limited interaction with the pieces, the show enlightened me to an influential artist who turned the school’s borough into his canvas.

See the show: Bronx Museum of the Arts 1040 Grand Concourse Bronx, NY 10456

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HORACE MANN MIDDLE DIVISION MARCH 16TH, 2018

MD robotics teams attend NYC FLL championship Vivian Sweet Contributing Writer

This past Sunday, the Dandylions, an all-girls robotics group composed of sixth and seventh grade girls, and the Eighth Grade Basement Cubs traveled to the City College of New York to compete in the New York City First Lego League Robotics Championship.

The tournament consisted of 64 teams. The Dandylions and the Basement Cubs qualified for the event at the first First Lego League Robotics competition, which was in February.

According to Dandylions member and participant Etta Singer (6), the theme for the competition this year was hydrodynamics.

At the championship, the teams first set up stations with posters to advertise their projects to other teams. Then, there were three judging rounds on each team’s robot design, presentation, and core values poster, Dandylions member Ayesha Sen (7) said.

Later, in the afternoon, teams competed against each other in matches for robot missions. Each team participated in three rounds, but only the highest score actually counted for ranking, Dandylions member Emily Sun (7) said.

“We only had two minutes and thirty seconds for the robot run and we had to complete as many missions as possible during that time,” Sen said.

However, the Dandylions had been preparing for a while.

“We typically only meet once a week after school, but we were meeting twice a week after school from 3:30 to the late bus for the competition,” Dandylions coach Glenda Guerrero said. “As much as I guided the girls, they definitely came in even extra times during their lunch period, during their frees, so they did as best as they could to prepare for it.”

In preparation for the championship, “we all took part in core value events and split into two teams so we could get through everything much faster,” Singer said.

“After our first competition, we sat down and looked at what the judges told us about our presentations. Then we planned out things we needed to improve on,” Sun said.

According to Sun, practicing presentations was last minute during the championship. The pairs didn’t know what they were doing very well, so the team should have done a better job at communicating between them, she said.

Throughout the competition, the Dandylions felt a little more pressure, as all of the competition would go up a lot after the first qualifying round, Sen said.

Although the Dandylions did not place in the tournament, they took away valuable lessons from the experience, Sun said. “You can’t do everything by yourself, you have to rely on your teammates and

DANDYLIONS ROAR MD Robotics Teams participate in NYC FLL Championships.

work together in order to do well in competitions,” she said.

The Basement Lions also did not place.

Additionally, the team learned about the many things you can do with water, and how to improve everyday tasks dealing with water in a lot of different ways, Singer said.

The Dandylions focused their project on saving water. “Our prototype basically was a more efficient and water conserving water bowl for pets,” Guerrero said.

Since it was the first year that the all girls teams did First Lego League, it was a very good experience for them to see the competition on a larger scale and qualify for the championships, Coach of the Basement Cubs Jason Torres said.

Next time, the Dandylions plan to focus more on communicating efficiently, Sen said. Personally, she was a little confused about where to position the robots, she said.

On the other hand, the Eighth Grade Basement Cubs were slightly more experienced as they had many members who had been to this championship before, Torres said.

According to Torres, the students on the team enjoyed the journey; building the robot, the trial and error process, and all the other experiences that are very unique to robotics.

“It is considered an accomplishment to be there,” he said.

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Courtesy of Emma Kelly

YOU WILL BE FOUND Students participate in “Dear Evan Hansen” talk back.

8th grade students watch musical at Music Box Theatre Marina Kazarian Contributing Writer Last Wednesday, eighth graders, advisors, and teachers went on a trip to the Music Box Theatre to see the musical “Dear Evan Hansen.”

The musical discussed topics such as bullying, depression, stress, and the rising importance of social media in our society, English teacher Isaac Brooks said.

“After seeing the show during my junior year, I approached Mrs. Ingram and Señor Aguilar about the possibility of the eighth grade seeing the show before moving on to high school. I thought the show’s message was especially relevant to life in the Middle Division,” Emma Kelly (12) said.

One of the producers of the show, Stacey Mindich P‘17, provided the tickets to the school, and Kelly donated her money to cover the cost of the buses and to progress the school’s work with the Jed Foundation (JED), a non-profit organization that aims to protect the emotional health of students and prevent suicide, Kelly said.

The trip was very informative for many of the students who came because the musical brought up some of the problems that pertain to students, such as bullying. It also taught the students about the impact of suicide on people, Eliza Becker (8) said.

“I learned about suicide and how it can negatively or positively affect people, whether or not they were friends with that person,” Becker said.

“The actors were fantastic and I listen to the album often,” Rachel Kuhn (8) said.

“It was a positive experience. The show was very funny and somewhat relatable,” Ria Chawdhry (8) said.

After the show, the eighth graders participated in a talk back with members of the cast and Mindich.

“As the eighth grade dean, I was very proud of and impressed by the depth shown in the questions some of my students asked and what a focused and mature audience they were,” Aguilar said.

Brooks was glad that the school had this one-of-a-kind opportunity because of what it taught the students through entertainment, he said.

“I think we should have more field trips like ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ because I believe that theatre is a very effective and powerful means of education. It’s a cultural resource that we have access to in New York City and we should be making more use of it,” Brooks said.

“Many students approached me to share how glad they were for having seen this unique Broadway production. We hope to create a similar opportunity in the future for those students who were not able to attend due to the weather,” Aguilar said.

7th graders participate in DNA Day activities Adam Frommer Contributing Writer

This Wednesday, seventh grade students participated in DNA Day where they learned about how science in the classroom applies to real-world research. During DNA Day, each class completed a lab where they separated and compared DNA strands from different sample bacteria by making them glow.

Teachers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), a non-profit research laboratory and educational facility in Long Island, visited to provide the seventh graders a handson experience. CSHL is a leader in biomedical research with a graduate school and programs for middle and high schoolers.

The class began with an introduction to the field of genetics, with the teachers from CSHL familiarizing the students with the topic. The instructors then taught the kids how the experiment worked and its significance in using biotechnology. After two successful

years of bringing in CSHL, this year the science department decided to use this opportunity to introduce a genetics unit to the seventh graders, Middle Division science department chair Donnett Bryan said.

They are just starting genetics, so it will be completely new for the kids, said Bryan.

Every year the day has focused around different experiments. Last year, they experimented with why antibiotics can only kill off some germs and leave other bacteria behind. The year before that, they changed regular milk into lactose-free milk.

“We find that it really enhances the course to have somebody else come in,” Bryan said.

The lab this year for DNA Day was done by the ninth grade Biology classes and uses a basic tool of biotechnology called genetic transformation. The seventh graders added ampicillin to the bacteria to stop the bacteria’s growth, but they added a gene from jellyfish that is antibiotic resistant and glows when present. The students learned about moving genes from two

organisms with plasmids and how this process happens in nature.

Because of the resistance gene, the bacteria won’t grow unless the jellyfish gene was able to stop the antibiotic, Willa Davis (7) said. “When it is finished growing we will put it under UV light to see if it glows,” Davis said.

“It takes about a day or two to really see the results,” Matthew Marquardt (7) said.

In the real world of biotechnology, CSHL showed them that they can take cut fragments from one organism and combine it with the DNA of a different organism to see exactly how the gene functions.

“I really enjoyed the lab a lot, and I learned a lot about DNA,” Nico Davidson (7) said.

“My favorite part of the day was by far the experiment,” Davis said.

She hopes to talk about how this technology could be of medical use in the real world, Bryan said.

“It’s to give the kids an idea of what happens to compare what they learn in the classroom to how it is used in everyday life,” Bryan said.

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ENZYME TIME Students conduct genetic transformation lab.

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MARCH 16TH, 2018

MVP PROFILE: Simon Yang Staff Writer

Lauren Gay (9)

Freshman Lauren Gay (9) had an impressive first season on the Girls’ Varsity Indoor Track team, winning the MVP award for the season, Head Coach RJ Harmon said. Gay placed second for 55 meter hurdles and third for long jump in the NYSAIS Championship.

Gay’s second place finish in the 55m hurdles earned her a spot at the Federation Championship, where the best athletes from all school leagues -- public, catholic, and private -- from the entire state compete.

“It’s a big achievement to compete in the Federation Championship, especially for a freshman,” Harmon said.

“I was really surprised that I made Feds,” Gay said. “It’s normally unlikely for a freshman to qualify for Feds,” she said.

Gay first started doing the sprint hurdles in eighth grade, when she was a member of the middle school team, she said. Although she was unsure whether to continue hurdling this year, Dana Jacoby (11) convinced her, she said.

“One of Lauren’s strengths is that she is always willing to learn. Along with Dana’s help, her hard work made her first season very successful,” Harmon said.

Since this year was her first season competing at a high school level, Gay still has a lot of potential, Harmon said.

“I wish to continue working hard, improving on my hurdles and dash event,” Gay said.

“If she continues to do what she is doing right now, I’m sure she will get even faster,” Harmon said.

Continued from page 2 Hamlet would agree: “I could be bounded in a nut shell and think myself a king of infinite space were not for bad dreams.” The greatest suffering comes not from what others do to us, according to Dr. Eger, but rather what we do to ourselves when we lock ourselves up in a prison of self-punishment, echoing with “would haves,” “could haves,” and “should haves.”

The fault dear Brutus lies not in our stars but in ourselves that we are underlings,” sacrificing our potential for joy to the illusion of a perfect parallel life, the one that we could have led if only we had tried harder. “So we beat on, boats against the current” instead of choosing to ditch the inner critic and dedicate ourselves to a world that needs us now.

Stripped of her beautiful clothing, shorn of her beautiful hair, taken from

the two people on earth who had given her life, Dr. Eger could chooseóeither to spend the rest of her life in thrall to the the punishing voice of a 16-year old who couldnít forgive herself for the past or embrace all that is possible in the present.

From the teenager who could only appreciate the beauty of her hands and eyes through the eyes of her first love, the never-retiring Dr. Eger continues to fight for her patientsí appreciation of their inner beauty, their own unique selves and the discovery of their selfempowering power to give back. “No one can take away what you put into your mind,” her mother told her. “Be a good mama to yourself, Dr. Eger lovingly adds. “Be the parent to you that you always wanted…”

Choose acceptance, selfcare, and purpose. “There is only one you.”

WINTER SEASON AWARDS BOYS SWIMMING

MVP William Han (11)

GIRLS SKIING

MVP Emma Djoganopoulos (9)

Coach’s Award Ben Hu (11)

Coach’s Award Caroline Troop (12)

BOYS BASKETBALL

GIRLS FENCING

MVP Robert Mantz (10)

Coach’s Award Noah Simon (12) Richard Friedman (‘75) Award

MVP Alexia Gilioli (11)

Coach’s Award Deveraux Mackey (11)

GIRLS BASKETBALL MVP Ella Anthony (10)

Coach’s Award Jane Frankel (12)

WRESTLING

MVP Jamie Berg (11)

Coach’s Award Georgi Verdelis (11)

William Quinn Award Davis Parzick (11)

Darius McCullough (10)

BOYS INDOOR TRACK

MVP Chidi Nwankpa (12)

Coach’s Award Ty Moon (12)

BOYS FENCING

MVP Faijul Rhyhan (11)

Coach’s Award Edward Ahn (11)

GIRLS INDOOR TRACK MVP Lauren Gay (9)

Coach’s Award Freya Lindvall (12)

BOYS SKIING

MVP Sam Harris (12)

Coach’s Award Ryan Leung (11)

SQUASH

MVP Aman Sanger (12)

Coach’s Award Ryan Hoang (11)

GIRLS SWIMMING MVP Betsey Bennett (11)

Coach’s Award Josie Alexander (12)