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    Main Office and Center for Independent Study (CIS):

    One Santa Barbara Road

    Pleasant Hill, CA  94523

    (925) 682-8000 ext 3960

    Fax (925) 937-6052

     

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    Bay Point campus of Horizons Independent Study (website):

    235 Pacifica Ave

    Bay Point, CA 94565

    (925) 458-1316

     

    Administrator: 

    Heather Morelli

    Office Manager:

    Carlene Hunt

    School Support:

    Carolyn Goetz

     

     

     

     

     

    For Horizons School: Home Study, where parents are the teachers for their   K-8 children 

     

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    Art Contest: Growing Up Asian in America 2020 Posted 2/21/20
    Recent Immigrant Scholarship Posted 2/6/20
    High School Social Leaders Bi-Annual Scholarship Posted 12/5/19
    Cal Grant: Free Cash For College Workshops/Community Events Posted 9/11/19
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    Are you enrolled at another MDUSD school, in grades 9-12, and interested in applying?  

     

    Click below for information and the application.

    Addendum (2019-2020 coming soon)

     

    Please read before applying.

     

    Horizons CIS Application

     

    Take the completed application to your home school administrator or counselor. Please note: application does not guarantee acceptance.

     

    How do you know you are ready?

     

     - You easily read the textbooks for your grade level

     

     - You can write a 250 word, 5 paragraph essay

     

     - You are ready to spend 20-30 hours a week at home by yourself, reading and working on assignments 

     

     - You work at the same speed or faster than your current classmates

     

     - You are prepared and work completed when you go to class

     

    For More Information:

     

    Horizons School Brochure

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    • Students in Horizons are required to be “full time” students in the program.  That means that they must take at least four courses, or 20 credits, in the program, no matter what they are doing elsewhere.

    • Students in Horizons School can participate in athletics at their home school.  (Students must take two courses at the comprehensive high school, meet CIF and the comprehensive high school graduation requirements, and be eligible.)

    • Horizons School students can do activities such as dances and proms at their comprehensive high school.  (There are forms to be signed.)

    • Students at Horizons School can graduate at their comprehensive high school. They have to meet the comprehensive high school graduation requirements.

    Want to know more? Visit our webpage to find other interesting facts about Horizons Center for Independent Study.

    Lots of fun things to do.  This page is under construction but you can see all the fun programs we have for Horizon CIS Students

    At Horizons School, our mission is to prepare you to succeed in your education, graduate high school, pursue post-secondary options and become a productive citizen. 

     

    Horizons School, including the Center for Independent Study and Home Study programs, are part of the Mt. Diablo Unified School District. 

     

    Horizons Schools is a fully WASC-accredited school, with California credentialed teachers and has an UC/CSU approved college preparatory program. 

     

    The standards in Horizons School meet all the requirements for graduation from the Mt. Diablo Unified School District.

     

    Learn more about what the future holds for you:

    • College Information

    • FAFSA, Cal Grant, and Scholarship Information

    • Work Experience and Job Opportunities

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    Algebra 1
    12:00-1:20  
     
    Algebra 2
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    Work Experience
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    1 Santa Barbara Road, Concord, CA 94518 
    925-682-8000 ext 3960 Phone | 925-937-6052 Fax

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    The Mt. Diablo Unified School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, actual or potential parental, family, marital status, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. Questions, concerns or complaints regarding compliance with Title IX student issues, please contact the Title IX Compliance Officer, Michael A. Jimenez, Assistant Superintendent High School, at 1936 Carlotta Drive, Concord, CA 94519, by phone (925) 682-8000, or email at jimenezma@mdusd.org. Questions, concerns or complaints regarding compliance with Title IX employee issues, please contact the Executive Director of Personnel, Lisa Murphy Oates, at 1936 Carlotta Drive, Concord, CA 94519, by phone (925) 682-8000, or email at murphyoatesl@mdusd.org. Questions, concerns or complaints regarding harassment, discrimination, intimidation and bullying, please contact the Equity Compliance Officer, Jennifer Sachs, Executive Director of Instructional Support, at 1936 Carlotta Drive, Concord, CA 94519, by phone (925) 682-8000, or email at sachsj@mdusd.org. 

     

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