Vision
Our vision is to share a commitment to educational excellence that supports parents, students, staff and community members in creating a stimulating and supportive learning environment at Horizons. Students and adults work together to strengthen their skills and maximize potential.

Our Mission
Our mission is to guide students to become self-directed learners and community contributors in a respectful learning environment.

Our Goals
The Horizons K-8 School community is committed to:

• Maintaining high academic and behavioral expectations for all students
• Addressing the learning needs of the whole child in multi-age settings through a challenging, developmentally appropriate curriculum
• Identifying and developing the interests and strengths of every student through active, personalized, authentic learning activities
  

Horizons Guiding Principles

Authenticity
We strive to provide authentic learning experiences through a curriculum that is personally significant, and relates to the real world.

Respect
We believe in creating a community of life-long learners by including and accepting all individuals (parents, students, staff, and community members). Respect is modeled, practiced, and expected throughout our community. We value open, caring relationships among community members.

Diversity
We value and embrace diversity; therefore, we believe that unique ideas, experiences, and learning styles within and outside our community cultivate and inspire our relationships.

Flexibility
We believe that a community of learners must evolve by periodically re-evaluating its structure and learning experiences. We support and encourage all community members to innovate, grow, and strive for quality.

Responsibility
We believe that a community of learners promotes an individual sense of purpose and contribution, creating a sense of commitment to self, school, the environment and the larger world.

Quality
We intend to uphold the mission and goals of the school by establishing criteria of excellence and eliciting from each student a desire to achieve their own highest standard and quality of academic work and community contribution.