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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

Editorial Column

The Editorial Column is written by members of the Editorial Board and covers a breadth of topics.

A view from the stands at Phoenix Raceway

Fast Cars & Shortfalls

Jameson Kowalski, Editor in Chief November 6, 2025

From Oct. 31 - Nov. 2, 2025, NASCAR hosted its annual championship weekend at Phoenix Raceway. The race weekend featured four races across three days, with the ARCA Menards Series West, Craftsman Truck...

Monochromatic picture of Kevin Parker (Tame Impala) holding his daughter, Peach Parker

From “Currents” to Flatlines: Tame Impala’s “Deadbeat” Miss

Eli Geist, Editor of Campus Life October 29, 2025

Kevin Parker, better known as Tame Impala, is a singer songwriter recognizable for his eccentric personality and psychedelic rock music. The Australian artist has been in the music scene for around 17...

French police block off the Louvre after the robbery.

Jewelry Heist in Minutes

Prerna Singla, Editor in Chief October 23, 2025

It was a bright Sunday morning in Paris, France, on Oct. 19, 30 minutes after the Louvre opened. The museum was filled with its traditional crowd of unsuspecting visitors. All the artifacts were in place,...

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...

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:...

Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip are worthy of being called genocidal.

Israel Has Chosen Criminality

Carsten Oyer, Editor-in-Chief May 21, 2024

It would be disingenuous to say that the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel sparked the current war in the Gaza Strip. Instead, it is necessary to begin in 1948. The entire conflict between Israel and...

Arizona abortion law has gone back in time.

Arizona’s New 160-Year-Old Abortion Law

Kalyn McLeod, Editor-in-Chief April 19, 2024

Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, many states have faced new abortion laws; Arizona is the newest on that list. On Tuesday, April 9, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a near total ban on abortions...

A map of the states that are actively working to support student press freedoms.

Free Press after the Schoolhouse Gate

Kalyn McLeod and Carsten Oyer August 22, 2023

The First Amendment guarantees that journalists around the country retain the freedom of the press. For high school students, though, that isn’t always the case. Students have constitutional rights...

Jack Teixeira's leaks prove a wider problem among young adults flirting with edginess.

When Trolling Goes Too Far: Jack Teixeira and the Groypers

Carsten Oyer, Editor-in-Chief May 19, 2023

On April 13, Airman Jack Teixeira was arrested by the FBI at his Massachusetts home for allegedly leaking classified Pentagon documents on the internet, writes The New York Times. Charged under the Espionage...

The United States would do well to look at the facts and adopt a pragmatic policy on trade and foreign affairs.

Biden Isolates Europe and Asia, Ignores Reality

Carsten Oyer, Editor-in-Chief March 30, 2023

It may not seem like it, but the United States is stuck in a fatal spiral of its own creation. Groundhog’s Day may have come and gone, but President Biden never got the memo. Instead of reliving the...

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