Where is horace mann high school

Sara Dokhgan. Jessica Miceli. About Our School. Our faculty is second to none and we have the most respectful students you would want to see in a fine elementary school.

We have high expectations of ourselves, our students and our parents. Horace Mann Community School boasts of an open door policy that welcomes parents to participate in their children's educational program. Our instructional program is extremely rigorous for all of our students. Our facility is well-maintained as a clean environment is very important here at Horace Mann Community School.

Also, there are many extra-curricular programs offered mostly geared towards the middle and upper grades as one of our goals is to make sure that our students receive a well-rounded education.

Horace Mann would faithfully serve Gary for 76 years, and during that time nearly , students walked its halls. The school produced Nobel Prize and Heisman Trophy winners. Even a world-famous tenor once called Horace Mann home. Today Horace Mann High School might be closed and beyond repair, but the school lives on through its proud alumni and the wonderful images provided here to us by the Idiot Photographer. Sometimes Interesting has teamed up with the Idiot Photographer to bring the reader a rare and unique insight to the history of Gary, Indiana.

Over the course of this month we will feature various structures and tell their history. The navigation comments are interesting. Perhaps because the school was built in sections over time? Gee, I wonder how we got around, having only 5 minutes, between classes? We had no problems, even meeting up with friends, talking etc.

Felt there was no problem. Absolutely…never one time was lost or had to turn around…Margaret Finney Larson Class of And spent all 13 years on this beautiful campus…K to 12…how many can say that!

Very likely the walls were lined with asbestos. It would cost a fortune to remove it, and its health hazards are so well known that it could not be ignored. There was a stairwell on both ends of the building and then large stairwell right in the middle of the building. From the front, you could go up and down to all 3 levels. That was the same for both on either side of the back stairs.

My locker was on the 3rd floor for all the years I was there. Girls lockers on one side of the building and boys on the other. I agree with IP, the school did feel a bit like a maze. I remember last time I had been hunting for the exit a long time before I found it. What an amazing piece of photo journalism! There are so many stories waiting to be told. Thanks for posting. It is certainly a school to be proud of with its rich history and innovative beginnings. Thanks for stopping by! You could make the best horror movie in a setting like this.

And what were those shrimp carcasses doing on the ground in one area? Thanks Alex, I appreciate the comment. The Idiot Photographer thinks they might have been left over from an experiment in science class. Obviously they were well preserved too. I agree, especially creepy! Our enrollment exceeds students in grades K — 5 who represent a variety of ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Our new building was completed in September of and our entire campus is wireless. In we added an Apple computer lab.

Horace Mann provides classroom laptop computers to all classrooms, grades , and desktop computers to all Kinder classrooms. Additionally teachers can access a mobile computer cart for classroom-based projects. As an IB school, students have the opportunity to study a second language. Other programs, such as Art Express, Choir, and Mariachi provide students the opportunity for creative expression through the arts. This was beautifully done and so bittersweet Horace Mann will never die.

My husband is in the wrecking business in Chicago and if they were to tear it down I would have a huge farewell party. National wrecking company. Please call us I am from class of What an amazing building Horace Mann was, and a wonderful, long tradition.

I wish I had appreciated it when I was a student there. Maybe they will haunt my dreams again tonight….. I was a student there as well, and this article brought back a lot of memories. I thought that it was bizarre that I seen myself in the pictures. However the caption made it seem as though I was dead. Thanks for the memory lane.

From the looks of it, the Idiot Photographer and I could only assume it was some sort of memorial. Odd that your photo ended up there that way, but glad you are still with us. What a sad sight Horace Mann is now. I remember so many great times there. The sock hops in the gym almost every Friday, running on that track for the track team,sneakinge sneaking hugs and kisses next to my locker between classes and especially all the great teachders and coaches.

Just had my 50th reunion and am so glad my parents sent me there. Thanks for the wonderful story of our old school. I attended Horace Mann from kindergarten to graduation. We passed though Gary this spring A friend found this Website. So much formative stuff happened there. Still think of certain teachers almost every day because of something useful they hammered into our thick heads way back then, e. Moved to NJ in I was always the tallest in our class, except for a couple of years when you and Kristin got ahead of me.

My sentiments were similar to yours, John. Those particular teachers served us well! Where did life take you? I find the remarks concerning dead end hallways and difficulties in moving around the building mystifying.

I graduated in I began in , in sixth grade. I can not remember being lost anywhere — not the main building, not the east building, nor in the west building. As we all know, not all buildings end up being built per blue print. Too bad. Michael Shlensky. Looking at the video brought back so many memories.

What an impact that book had on my life. Live your passion now. It always makes me sad to see so many things go to waste, like all the textbooks. Furniture and art supplies as well.

Why is this never done? Why is everything just left behind and no effort made to salvage items that are still useful? Is there any valid reason for this? Thanks for the comment! As far as textbooks, I can only guess the books are out of date each year as newer editions are released. Either that or some bureaucratic red tape preventing re-issuance of textbooks. If you look at the many schools in Detroit closed they too have junk all over, and have been stripped clean by thieves.

Some beautiful buildings there as well.. In Europe they preserve old structures, here we let them rot away. Think how much it would cost to recreate a building like this today. Thank you for your reply! I guess nobody really knows why that happens. Bureaucracy sounds like a good bet. Never mind the waste of taxpayer money. Business as usual.

Seriously folks, inasmuch as we had a great building, we had even greater people. We were parented properly, strictly taught in school, coached in athletics to always excell and had laurels for our achievements in art, music and drama.

What a wonderful group of people that I was fortunate to be a part of. All my Love, and A hui hou….. Larry J. Enrollment by Grade:. Two or More Races. Enrollment by Gender:. Free lunch eligible 1 : Reduced-price lunch eligible 1 : Directly certified 2 : —.

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