Special Programs
Green Star School
Horizons K-8 is proud to be a designated Green Star School. Partnering with Eco-Cycle and other schools across Boulder County, we're working toward Zero Waste through expanded recycling, composting, and waste-reduction activities.
You'll notice recycling and composting bins in your child's classroom, and we're extending these efforts to school events with compostable paper goods and waste sorting. We encourage you to use this program as a starting point for conversations about recycling at home.
Learn more on the Green Star website.
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
Battle of the Books is a voluntary, quiz-bowl-style reading program for students in grades 3–8. Students read from a pre-selected book list and compete by answering trivia questions, building comprehension, teamwork, and a love of reading along the way.
KICK2BUILD
Kick2Build is a Colorado nonprofit dedicated to building inclusive communities and celebrating diversity through sports, music, dance, drumming, storytelling, and the arts. Rooted in the values of cooperation, mutual support, and interdependence, this multi-generational program welcomes participants of all abilities. Horizons students are invited to sign up and take part—learn more at kick2build.org.
FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVERS
Horizons students participate in this state wide competition which involves defining a problem they want to solve, brainstorming solutions, developing criteria, picking an action plan and detailing its implementation. Horizons students placed in the upper third.
