Skylines

Prepare to be impressed…..this is our 8th-grade graduation, covid-style but no less dazzling!

And here is the link to the graduation ceremony.

Take a look at the work of our amazing 7th & 8th graders:

Here is the link to our Living History Artifact Museum.

Don’t doubt for a minute how much we miss you!

Enjoy!

BVSD has put forth that parents who wish their students to attend school in a virtual mode for the 20-21 school year may withdraw from their current school (Horizons) and attend Boulder Universal.

It is important that parents know that:

Students attending Boulder Universal for the 20-21 school year will forfeit their enrollment at Horizons K8. Any students wishing to return to Horizons for the 21-22 school year will need to apply through the open enrollment process.

This is not what is indicated on the BU application and we want to make sure parents are aware prior to applying. If you have further questions, please contact Lucas and ‘cc’ Hope.  Thanks everyone for your continued patience as we traverse new territory.

Board Agenda
May 27. 2020

6 PM
Welcome & Invitation for Public Comment
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes 5/14/20

620 PM
Approve new hire for 5/6 position
Approve 20-21 budget

700 PM
Process Observer – reflect & next steps

Board meetings are open meetings; all interested parties are invited to attend. If you would like to attend the Board Meeting, please email lucas.ketzer@bvsd.org.

Welcome to the end of a school year that started off a little late and ended up stranger than fiction.  

When Lucas and Karen started last summer, the building was still under construction and we couldn’t really see what it truly looked like.  We held our offices in a different school and learned to work remotely.  (Who knew that those skills would serve us so well in the end.) Gradually the school opened up and the school year began.  It became clear to us how wonderful Horizons K8 truly was.  

Having teachers and students in the building made it light up.  We watched as students began their thinking and learning and you could almost hear the hum.  It was magical!

Students and teachers, unconfined to desks and rooms, learned all over the place.  On the floor, in the halls, the nook, the playground, the park….

Then, one day the world just seemed to change.  We went home, and home we stayed.  This was our new place to learn and the way we did it changed too.  We wondered, will this change the way that students learn and teachers teach?

Thankfully, at Horizons we teach students to think differently;  way outside of the box, to always ask questions, and how to refine the art of problem solving.  In order to do that, our master problem solvers – our teachers -got to work and found ways to bring a love of learning to our students that might not have been the same, but were still engaging and meaningful. Although we might be remote,  we are never far from the heart of our community.

Although our youngest students often look up to us as all-knowing (a feeling that tends to wear off as they grow as tall as we are), just like you we don’t know what the future will hold.  What we do know, is that no matter what, we will be back at school in one way or another in the fall.  There will be more joy, more learning, more laughter, and more adventure ahead of us, here at Horizons K8.  

Have a wonderful summer.  Stay safe.  Be well.  See you all soon! 

Lucas and Karen

On May 19, Horizons students ran, walked, jogged and a couple biked the .71 mile course we call the Mini Marathon.  This is a tradition at Horizons and we were not going to let the Corona Virus get us down.  Students completed the course in their own neighborhoods.  Congrats to these kids for participating: