Horizons at Green Farms Academy
Inspiring Minds, Building Community, Transforming Lives
Our PreK-8 Program starts students at a young age so they build the literacy and foundational skills critical to succeeding in school. PreK-8 programming not only prevents summer learning loss, a root cause of the achievement gap, it builds academic skill and a love of learning. In our nurturing environment of high expectations, our students build confidence, self-esteem, and a proud sense of belonging in our community.
To solidify and build on the gains of the PreK-8 years, Horizons at GFA supports its high school students with intensive, individualized academic and personal support during the school year. Each student is paired with an academic coach who acts as their mentor, teacher, counselor and advocate during the critical and sometimes perilous high school years. Our High School Program is a learning environment focusing on academic achievement and personal growth to prepare students to graduate from both high school and college.
Read MoreOver two-thirds of Horizons at GFA high school graduates are first-generation college students. Due to academic gaps, cultural differences and financial obstacles, the post-secondary completion rate of first-generation students is as low as 11%. To tackle this issue, in 2016 a systematic college support program was piloted with the goal of making sure our students not only get into college, but also complete it.
Our college success program assists Horizons at GFA students entering and currently in college with the transition to the post-secondary environment, as well as mentoring to assure degree completion and career readiness so they can attain a "meaningful, choice-filled life."
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College PersistanceOur fall session of Saturday Academy is off to a great start! Students are happy to renew friendships from the summer while getting some extra academic time. We have had a great response from GFA students to volunteer in our classrooms, and we can’t thank them enough!
Through an exciting new partnership with Longshore Sailing School in Westport, our Horizons GFA 6th & 7th graders are learning to sail and having a blast!
Horizons GFA’s very passionate, eloquent and talkative Academic Director, Lisa Moore, shares her thoughts on Independence Day with a News 12 reporter. Click here to watch the segment!