Student Agreements

Expectations for Horizons Community Members
Education at Horizons is a team effort that involves students, teachers, and parents working together to implement the school's vision. Horizons teachers and parents are expected to share the responsibility for ensuring successful learning experiences for our students by:

• Creating and maintaining a respectful school climate
• Collaboratively developing, refining, and implementing the vision of the school through the work of the Horizons Council

Students will show respect for themselves, other people, and property by:

• Maintaining good attendance
• Arriving at school and getting to classes on time
• Practicing appropriate hygiene and taking pride in their appearance and health
• Dressing appropriately for school activities
• Cleaning up after themselves
• Respecting the property of others
• Respecting school environment, equipment, and materials
• Willingly participating in service learning
• Honoring their commitments (keeping their promises)

Students will demonstrate effective communication by:

• Practicing the Communication Agreements
• Appreciating and interacting successfully with people of all ages
• Sharing their knowledge, ideas, and successes
• Respecting each other's truths and points of view
• Demonstrating empathy, kindness, and inclusiveness
• Using appropriate language
• Offering their individual perceptions and assessments as a unique thinker

Students will become self-directed learners by collaborating with teachers and parents to:

• Recognize and produce quality work
• Set goals for themselves, and then reflecting and evaluating their progress toward achieving those goals
• Make responsible choices about their learning
• Organize time and materials to meet their learning goals
• Plan, initiating, and following through with activities
• Take risks and challenging themselves