Our Story
Horizons started as a Kindergarten-6th grade, two-year pilot program in 1991 with 92 students in two portable facilities.
We have continued to grow, becoming a charter school in 1997.
Teacher-led, Horizons has been educating students successfully for over 30 years!
Our Vision
Our vision is to develop a community of reflective learners who advocate for themselves, others, and a just world.
Our Mission
Our mission at Horizons is to guide students to become self-directed learners in a supportive,
collaborative environment rooted in critical thinking, justice, and choice.
2024-25 Enrollment: 363 students
Small Class Sizes: Average Student/Teacher ratio is 11 to 1
Instructional Approach: Self-Directed Learning
Horizons maintains an additional website, managed and operated by the Horizons Community Group (parent volunteers). To take a look at all of our community-building and fundraising events and to see what is on the Horizon, click here.
4545 Sioux Drive Boulder, Colorado 80303
horizonsk8.office@bvsd.org / 720.561.3600
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about 28 BVSD schools receive state awards for student performance, BVSD Accredited with Distinction
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Living with two post-college roommates who both work from home, 24-year-old Joey Anderson’s daily routine as a second-year middle school teacher at Manhattan Middle School looks a lot different from those of his peers. His first exposure to BVSD was as a CU education major completing his practicum at New Vista, while working as the school's night custodian during COVID. Now he's joined the Manhattan staff as a language arts teacher with a bright future ahead.
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Earlier this year, the New Vista school community and BVSD celebrated a much-anticipated milestone as students and staff started the second semester of the school year in their brand new building. The new school is remarkable not only because it was designed specifically to support New Vista’s innovative program but also because it joins the ranks of BVSD’s most sustainable schools.
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Earlier this month, BVSD’s sustainability team provided the annual update to the Board on the district’s work toward goals detailed in the Sustainability Action Plan and the Green New Deal resolution. BVSD made some big sustainability gains this year across all action areas.
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Students in BVSD are concerned but energized about the climate crisis and have made BVSD’s new Green Youth Council a space to take collective action and focus on hope. The Green Youth Council is a student-led group of passionate middle and high school students in the district. Their goal is to incorporate youth voices into the climate initiatives of BVSD and tackle climate issues with hope and action rather than fear.