Horace Mann School vs. Dalton School

Horace Mann is a co-educational college preparatory day school enrolling students in Nursery through Twelfth Grade.

Horace Mann seeks to educate and nurture its students and to help them fulfill their potential.

To attain this goal, the School provides a challenging and rigorous set of academic and extracurricular programs within a caring and supportive environment.

Students are encouraged to test and learn about themselves, to develop a concern for others and to grow intellectually, physically, socially and emotionally.

The School seeks to foster a capacity in each individual for clear and creative thought.

The School encourages students to understand that learning is a lifelong endeavor that is valuable in itself.

The Dalton School is committed to providing an education of excellence that meets each student’s interests, abilities and needs within a common curricular framework and reflects and promotes an understanding of, and appreciation for, diversity in our community as an integral part of school life.

Dalton challenges each student to develop intellectual independence, creativity and curiosity and a sense of responsibility toward others both within the School and in the community at large.

Guided by the Dalton Plan, the School prepares students to “go forth unafraid.” As a progressive school guided by the Dalton Plan, we are an intentionally diverse community committed to a tradition of life-long learning and educational innovation.