Horizons at SCH Academy
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about horizons
Horizons at SCH offers a high-quality, hands-on learning experience outside of the traditional school year to support academic achievement and healthy youth development. This year, the program served thirty rising first and second-grade students. Horizons students experienced a full day of learning opportunities, including literacy, math, STEM, and enrichment activities such as field trips, hiking, and instructional swimming. Students also received breakfast, lunch, and snacks at no cost.
The Henry H. Houston Elementary School in Mt. Airy and Springside Chestnut Hill Academy established a partnership in the summer of 2021 to bring a branch of the nationally recognized Horizons program to the SCH campus.
Established in 1964, Horizons is a national network of 60+ tuition-free summer programs that deliver high-quality academic and enrichment support for students from under-resourced communities. Students begin Horizons the summer after Kindergarten and return each summer through 8th Grade.
Kenyatta Patterson, Site Director for Horizons at SCH Academy
Horizons News |
Kenyatta Patterson has been appointed site director for the Horizons at SCH program. Now entering its third year at our school, Horizons at SCH is a high-quality academic enrichment program that supports students experiencing educational inequity in Philadelphia for six weeks during the summer months. The site director will hold primary leadership responsibility for the overall operations of Horizons at SCH and is responsible for overseeing all activities in pursuit of the organization’s mission “to advance educational equity by building long-term partnerships with students, families, communities, and schools to create experiences outside of school that inspire the joy of learning."
HORIZONS FAST FACTS
30
Horizons Students at SCH
5:1
Student to Teacher Ratio
9
Program Offerings from Literacy to Math
6
Field Trips Offered Throughout Summer