Horizon Honors High School Weekly Eblast

WEEKLY EBLAST -- 1/21/2022

GRADE "A" SCHOOL - AZ DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

LEARN BELIEVE DREAM DARE

CONGRATULATIONS

We are so proud of Horizon Honors Secondary School Teacher Mariah Driggs for achieving National Board Certification in English Language Arts-Adolescence and Young Adulthood!

Earlier this week, Danielle Brown from the ArizonaK12Center stopped by campus to surprise Ms. Driggs with the customary "gold balloon!" which is given to every teacher who achieves this amazing accomplishment!

The National Board Certification is a professional development certification for teachers which focuses on effective teaching and student growth. The process to receive certification is long and comprehensive.

Via the NBCT website: "The certification process requires that teachers demonstrate standards-based evidence of the positive effect they have on student learning in alignment with the Five Core Propositions. They must exhibit a deep understanding of their students, content knowledge, use of data and assessments and teaching practice. They must also show that they participate in learning communities and provide evidence of ongoing reflection and continuous learning."

Due to the high volume of absences, all excused absences must be reported via email. Phone calls will no longer be accepted. Phone calls will no longer be accepted.

To excuse your child's absence, please include the following in an email to attendance@horizonhonors.org:

Student's First and Last Name
Student's Grade
Reason for Absence

Emails must be received by 9 a.m. on the day of the absence or you may receive unexcused absence phone calls and emails.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

IMPORTANT!

DATE CHANGES!

This is a special time of year at Horizon Honors, when we celebrate Homecoming and participate in other fun activities. However, due to temporary staffing issues and many students out of school due to COVID-19 exposures and isolation needs, we needed to move the dates of a few events:

High School Homecoming Dance is now Saturday, March 5th
Secondary School Pep Rally is now Friday, March 4th
Relay for Life is now Friday, April 15th

Thank you for your understanding.

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Interested in joining a club?

Please check out the

HS STUDENT ACTIVITIES

page for club descriptions &

the SECONDARY EVENTS CALENDAR

for current meeting dates and times.

3D Model Club*

AI Research Club*

Anime & Manga Club*

Art Club

Band Council*

Black Student Union (BSU)*

Cards Club

Chess Club

Choir Council*

Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA)

Girls Who Code Club*

International Thespian Society

Key Club

Key Club Leadership

Linguistics Club

Model United Nations (MUN)

National Honor Society (NHS)

Red Cross Club

HS Student Council

HS Travel Club

Unity Programmers Club*

Wilderness Club

*Open to both Middle School (MS)

& High School (HS) students

CLASS OF 2022

Please click HERE for more information and to learn more details on how to include this tradition as part of your special day.

A tradition at Horizon Honors is to have every senior honored by a speaker who has been meaningful in his or her life. Each year, graduates select someone important to them to film a video that is played in segments throughout the commencement ceremony.

HIGH

SCHOOL

ATHLETICS

IT’S A GREAT DAY TO BE AN EAGLE!

Come out and support the winter sports teams!

Game schedules, scores, and rankings can be found on AZ Prep 365

or by clicking the links below.

Varsity Boys Basketball

JV Boys Basketball

Varsity Girls Basketball

JV Girls Basketball

Varsity Boys Soccer

Varsity Girls Soccer

Games schedules are also listed on the

Horizon Honors Secondary Events Calendar.

(Dates and times are subject to change)

SPORTS UPDATES

Girls Basketball Highlights

JANUARY 14th: We beat region opponent San Tan Charter 66-14! Kendall Santacruz was our leading scorer with stats all across the board with 29 points, 9 rebounds, 9 steals, 3 assists and 2 blocks. Kayden Cosgrove and Sofia Gagnier were also all across the stats board with Kayden with 25 points, 4 rebounds, 6 steals, and 5 assists, and Sofia with 8 points, 7 rebounds, 8 steals, 2 assists, and 1 block. This was a great team win!

UPCOMING BASKETBALL EVENTS

Tuesday Jan 25th - Away @ Phoenix Christian 5:30pm

Thursday January 27^th: SENIOR NIGHT against Gilbert Classical.

Varsity Girls @ 5:30 PM / Varsity Boys @ 7:00PM

Don't miss sending off our seniors!

Friday January 28^th: Homecoming Celebration game against Highland Prep starting at 5:30 PM for the girls and 7:00 PM for the boys.

COLLEGE & CAREER CENTER

The Ahwatukee Foothills News "Best Of" Ahwatukee is back! Please take a few minutes and vote for Horizon Honors Schools!

You do NOT have to vote in every category. Just vote for the ones you like! You may vote each and every day through February 1st!

Voting for Horizon Honors is easy!

Visit the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Ahwatukee2021
Complete the required fields on Page 2
Head to Page 7: Arts & Education

Best Preschool
Best High School Teacher
Best Elementary/Middle School Teacher
Best Charter School

Thank you for supporting Horizon Honors Schools!

ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY SCHOOL

RELIEF FUND III (ESSER III)

Elementary and Secondary School Relief (ESSER) Funds are funding received through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act to provide public schools with resources to support local recovery needs and efforts in response to COVID-19. Horizon Honors Schools has been allocated $886,920 in ESSER III funds to spend by September 30, 2024.

Currently, Horizon Honors Schools is committed to using the majority of the funds to address the academic impact of lost instructional time and create a plan to respond to the academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs of all students, and particularly those students disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Horizon Honors Schools will continue to evaluate the ESSER III plan to support student learning based on data analysis at the school level and community feedback.