SOH’s mission is to enrich the education of promising, low-income public school students in the Bronx, Washington Heights, and Harlem, prepare them for selective schools and programs, and offer guidance to their parents. SOH is a year-round, supplemental enrichment program that has served 1300 promising students since 1994. SOH:

•	Is certified by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. 
•	is housed on the campus of the Horace Mann School in Riverdale and receives a gift-in-kind of the school’s facilities, but must raise funds to support its own expenses. 
•	works with the same students and families from 3rd through 12th grade -- for ten years
•	helps promising students who are not being challenged in their schools and are at risk of losing their motivation to learn. 
•	hires experienced teachers from independent, parochial, and public schools to teach small classes using a stimulating curriculum, 
•	partners with 100 Bronx and upper Manhattan public schools to identify and recruit students. 
•	Average annual family income of SOH students is $60,000.
•	Two-thirds of SOH students are the first in their families to be headed for college. 
•	Over 90% of SOH students represent minority groups:
•	41% of students are of Hispanic origin,
•	34% are African-American, 
•	12% are Asian-American, 
•	  8% are white, and
•	  6% are biracial or multiracial.

Summer on the Hill at Horace Mann School

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