“It’s Not Always About the Brand”
Daisy Valentin, Columnist
May 24, 2014
How do you begin to describe someone who has been a part of the Horizon Community Learning Center family since first grade and whose 2013-2014 school year marks her final year at Horizon Honors? If you mix a spunky, funny, outgoing, admirable person with intelligence, you get none other than Manu Kondapi,...
Partying Middle School Style
Kamryn Chan and Devon Urquiza
May 19, 2014
It’s almost time for the school year to end but the Horizon middle schoolers have another reason to be celebrating, the field trip to Pecos Park! Middle school students will be spending the day at Pecos Park Pool as an end of the year field trip. With three weeks left of school and finals right around...
Parcc Testing
Kai Farley, Columnist
May 19, 2014
On Thursday, May 15, American Experience (AmEx) students pilot tested for the PARCC test (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers).The examination will be replacing AIMS (the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards) during the next school year (2014-15). The online assessment...
Overcoming the Dreaded Common App Essay
Manu Kondapi, Campus Life Editor
May 17, 2014
The college process is daunting and excessively time consuming, to say in the least. As someone who applied to 17 universities and wrote over 50 essays, I spent the majority of my first semester of senior year seated in front of my computer trying to think of original pieces that would make me stand...
An Evening of Art
Emily LaBatt, Columnist
May 15, 2014
Students and families were invited to view artwork made by Horizon Honors art students in mediums including pastels, scratchboard, oil and soft pastel, watercolor, and mixed media. But that’s not all that was on display at the second art show of the year. On May 9, students from Culinary Arts, Graphic...
Riding Her Way to Nationals: Gabrielle Petersen
Kelleigh Hogan, Columnist
May 15, 2014
While Horizon Honors’ students were enjoying prom, senior Gabrielle Petersen had something else on her mind. Petersen was competing in the regionals’ horseback riding competition with hopes of making it to the highest level of competition: Nationals. She placed third in the competition, ensuring...
An Art Addiction: Confessions of a Classical Art Aficionado
Manu Kondapi, Campus Life Editor
May 8, 2014
1. Las Meninas, Diego Velazquez 2. The Veiled Virgin, Giovanni Strazza 3. The Thinker, Auguste Rodin 4. Cloud Gate, Anish Kapoor 5. David, Michelangelo 6. Lady in the Moonlight, Raja Ravi Varma 7. Pieta, Michelangelo 8. Spring Morning in the Han Palace, Qui Ying 9. Christina’s World, Andrew...
Nelson Mandela: The Legacy Lives On
Manu Kondapi, Campus Life Editor
May 5, 2014
"Our people have lost a father. Although we knew this day was going to come, nothing can diminish our sense of a profound and enduring loss. His tireless struggle for freedom earned him the respect of the world. His humility, passion and humanity, earned him their love," said South African president Ja...
“Transcendence” Review
Tyler Danner, Columnist
May 5, 2014
As a big Johnny Depp fan, I didn’t even have to read the plot line before I decided to go see his new movie “Transcendence” - but that was a mistake. I thought the fact that Johnny Depp was the star actor would be enough to make the movie great, but I was wrong. What I found instead was a movie ...
DIY Spicing up Boring Frames with Old CDs
Torie Farhar, Columnist
May 5, 2014
Make boring picture frames and old CD’s useful and fun by combining them to make a new, unique frame to show off. For this project you’ll need: 1 Plain (flat) Picture frame (preferably with a thicker frame, one and a half or more inches, the size of the actual picture does not matter, I used an 8x...