Horace Mann School

Horace Mann School is an American private, independent college-preparatory school in the Bronx, founded in 1887. Horace Mann is a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League, educating students from the New York metropolitan area from nursery school to the twelfth grade. The Upper, Middle, and Lower Divisions are located in Riverdale, a neighborhood of the Bronx, while the Nursery School is located in Manhattan. The John Dorr Nature Laboratory, a 275-acre (111 ha) campus in Washington Depot, Connecticut, serves as the school's outdoor and community education center. Certain grades go during the year to learn outdoor and away-from-home skills.