New Year, New Schedule
Evan Rosser, Columnist
March 1, 2013
The 2013-14 school year will bring a new schedule for secondary students of Horizon Honors. Rather than a schedule of seven classes, next year's students will have eight blocks. While keeping the start and end times of the school day at 8:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., grades 7-12 will have four 85-minute...
Monochromatic Morp Preview
Natori Cruz, Columnist
March 1, 2013
Friday, March 1st, is the annual Morp dance. “Morp,” “prom” backwards, is a dance where everyone is allowed to come and just have a good time with friends. Similar to the Sadie Hawkins dance, the girls ask the guys, following the backwards theme. The attire is much more casual than formal, wear...
Horizon Sun Website Launch Lunch!
February 24, 2013
After weeks of collaboratively writing, editing, designing, revising, photographing, and workshopping, Journalism students finally got to unveil their labor of love during a lunchtime celebration. On Thursday, February 21, secondary students used some time during their lunch period to navigate around...
Track and Field Season
Carter Robinson, Editor, Campus Life
February 23, 2013
As the basketball and Soccer seasons come to a close, the athletes on the Horizon Honors Track and Field team are ready to begin their season. The Track and Field team is currently gearing up for the first meet; the athletes will be taking part in 100 (m) meter, 200m, 400m, 800, 1600, 3200, 4x100,4x400,...
Artist Spotlight: Mariah Gresko
February 13, 2013
Wherever Mariah Gresko may be on the Horizon Honors campus, she's sure to have two things: a smile and a sketchbook. Recently, Mariah graciously agreed to showcase some of her favorite pieces in The Sun. ...
Interview With A Basketball Player
Colton Peters, Columnist, 2012-2013
February 5, 2013
The sounds of cheering fans, the smell of food wafting from the concession stand, feet running across the gym floor, and the sound of the final buzzer fill the gym. Many of us at Horizon Honors went to the Homecoming game and most of us probably know what it feels like to be a fan cheering from the stands...
Horizon Honors Senior Night
February 1, 2013
On Friday, February 1, in the Horizon Honors gym, students, families, friends, and staff gathered to watch the last basketball games of the 2012-2013 season. But this night wasn't special just because these were the last games of the year. This was the night Horizon Honors celebrated the hard work...
Senior Homecoming Court Interview
Josh Taylor, Columnist, 2012-2013
February 1, 2013
Homecoming Court is a prestigious honor bestowed on certain high school students who show values that the rest of the students greatly admire. These people are voted on before the Homecoming pep rally, and the nominees are shown at the pep rally. Finally the winners of each class are announced at th...
Jonas Brothers Tickets Winners
Alexis Griffin, Columnist, 2011-2013
January 31, 2013
In January of 2013, Horizon Honors raffled Jonas Brothers tickets for National School Choice Week, an event that focuses on creating effective education options for all children. One of the over 100 winners was Karley MacArthur, grade 10. A super fan of the band, she started screaming for joy when...
More to Homecoming than a Game
January 18, 2013
Horizon Honors alum, Tyler Popescu (class of 2012) takes some time during the Homecoming games to chat with Horizon Honors middle school student, Cameron Klein (7). These are the moments that make Horizon Honors a community.