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The Horizon Sun

Student News for Horizon Honors Secondary School

The Horizon Sun

Student News for Horizon Honors Secondary School

The Horizon Sun

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A Recap on Basketball

Ayana Bipin and Leila Karawi February 13, 2026

As the Horizon Honors 2025-2026 basketball season starts to come to a close, the Horizon Sun wanted to get the players' thoughts on how they think the season went. The school’s teams did incredibly well,...

2025 Best Of Ahwatukee!

2025 Best Of Ahwatukee!

Anniston Miller, Columnist January 20, 2026

The time has finally come for Best of 2025 voting. This is when the local community gets to recognize the best places and people, from Horizon Honors to local businesses like BoSa Donuts.   Horizon...

2024-2025 editing team.

Peace Out Journalism

Kalyn McLeod, Editor-in-Chief May 22, 2025

My first day as a seventh grader I remember walking into my journalism class, then instantly walking right out. I thought I was in the wrong class because I saw a bunch of high schoolers, and was so embarrassed...

Image of Ms. Hillard outside the middle school doors.

Goodbye, Ms. Hillard

Renee Soto, Columnist May 16, 2025

Judith Hillard is a College Career Readiness and Scholastic Lab teacher here at Horizon Honors Secondary School. In her final year, The Horizon Sun had the opportunity to ask her some questions. She was...

Horizon Honors eighth grade contestants Gabby Dupnik, Mckenna Coburn, Marcelina Morcillas, DJ Sharr, Colton Steel, Cade Steel, Marcel DeGraff, and Rishabh Ramakrishnan.

Horizon Honors Students Soar At AzSEF

Marcel DeGraff, Columnist April 26, 2025

On March 27, 2025, I had the privilege of going to the Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF). AzSEF brings together first-place winners from school, homeschool, district, county, and regional science...

Lyla Holst practicing for Speech and Debate.

Student Highlight: Lyla Holst

Matthew Greco, Columnist April 26, 2025

Lyla Holst is a senior at Horizon Honors who has had many great achievements over her years at the school. She was born in Minnesota and came to Horizon in the third grade; early on in career at Horizon...

Kennah Burdette competing at nationals.

Last one, Best One

Kalyn McLeod, Editor-in-Chief April 25, 2025

Horizon Honors’ senior Kennah Burdette has been an artistic swimmer for the past 14 years of her life. A dedicated swimmer for the Arizona Desert Dolphins, Burdette competed in her last high school meet:...

Josie Barden at University of Northern Dakota.

Horizon Honors Student Goes D1

Prerna Singla, Editor in Chief October 24, 2024

It’s not every day that someone you know becomes a Division 1 (D1) athlete, however, that changes for many of Horizon’s high schoolers this week. Josie Barden, a junior at Horizon Honors, has committed...

My Fondest Farewell

My Fondest Farewell

Carsten Oyer, Editor-in-Chief May 24, 2024

Five years ago I entered the computer lab here on campus for the first time. I was attending the class I had most excitedly signed up for at the start of my eighth grade year: Journalism. Writing had always...

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