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photo by Barry L. Mason News of the School to learn, and willpower to keep moving forward." Kim concluded his address by sharing his feelings while flipping through the pages of his Class' Mannikin yearbook in the days before graduation, and thinking: "These are the people who we have seen every day for the past couple of years. We have all grown so much together ... These are the people we laughed with, the people we cried with, the people we have enjoyed life with. And it is sad to know that we are turning the page onto a new chapter of our lives, even if this chapter is filled with unparalleled possibilities and happiness, as well as with many unknowns and mysteries. What I do know is that Horace Mann has given us the tools to succeed and the opportunities to discover. You Horace Mann School's Kindergarten students enthusiastically marked their transition to first grade at HM's annual Kindergarten Sing. Directed are all such wonderful, generous, by and performed with the help of the Lower Division's music teachers Carmen Keels, Christof Knoche, Barbara Marin and Kathryn McCoy the kind, and amazing people who program featured "throwback" renditions of rock and roll hits that had the children's parents and grandparents clapping along. For the 87 care for each other and the world members of HM's three Kindergarten classes learning and singing HM's alma mater for this event was a significant achievement that also connected the children with the entire Horace Mann School community. around us. You are all superheroes, and I marvel at your accom... Many of you have come home after practice, sweaty, fatigued, hungry, plishments every day. I know you will all continue your stardom after we and were still able to finish all of your homework in time for the next day leave the place we call home. So, congratulations Horace Mann Class of to repeat the process all over again. Others have enthusiastically sung, 2016, and until next time, I can't wait to see all of you again. Thank you." memorized scripts, and choreographed dance routines all for one play. For a graduating Class described by so many as close, caring friends, Plenty have missed school for debate tournaments, sports matches, and it was fitting that the final presentation of the morning-before the other activities, yet have still efficiently managed their schedule to get handing of diplomas-was a performance by Class of 2016 members of through the rigors of Horace Mann. This moment would not be possible HM's Concert Glee choir who sang the Rodgers and Hammerstein claswithout each and every single one of your ambition to succeed, passion sic "You'll Never Walk Alone." $ Colleges and Universities of the HM Class of 2016 American University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Barnard College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Bates College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Boston College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Brandeis University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Brown University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Bryn Mawr College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Butler University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Carnegie Mellon University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Case Western Reserve Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Claremont McKenna College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Colgate University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Colorado College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Columbia University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Cornell University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Dartmouth College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Davidson College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Duke University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Emory University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Franklin and Marshall College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Georgia Institute of Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Georgetown University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 George Washington University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hamilton College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Harvard University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Howard University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Iona College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Johns Hopkins University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lafayette College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lehigh University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Middlebury College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 New York University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Northwestern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Princeton University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Rensselear Polytechnic Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Rice University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Skidmore University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Stanford University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Swarthmore College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Syracuse University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Tufts University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 United States Military Academy at West Point 1 University of Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 University of Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 University of Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 University of Rochester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 University of Southern California . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 University of Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vanderbilt University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vassar College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Washington and Lee University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 University of St. Andrews (Scotland) . . . . . . . . . 1 Washington University in St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Wellesley College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Wheaton College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Williams College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Yale University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Horace Mann Magazine Summer 2016 29

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