August 2020
2020-2021
Welcome back to Horizon Elementary and Welcome to our new students, their families, our new Teachers and Support Staff!! We are so excited for this school year! Although this year is starting off very different, we are confident that it will still be a thriving, positive and educational experience. All our Teachers and Staff have been hard at work to make sure the beginning of this year goes as smoothly as possible. Please don't hesitate to contact your child's teacher, the principal or the PTA with any questions or concerns. We are hear to help make sure your child receives the very best!
The PTA's mission is to advocate for the children of Horizon. Additionally, it is our responsibility to empower the families so they can advocate for their children and community. We do this by getting any and all information to you in several ways. This Website is full of helpful information and is updated often to keep everyone informed with what is going on in the school, within our community and how you can get involved. We also have a Facebook page that we use to try to reach everyone that prefers to get information that way. We want to hear from you. We value your opinion and suggestions. You have a vote and a voice as a PTA Member! If you're interested in joining, please click here.
As this situation with the Pandemic is new to everyone, the PTA will also look and operate differently. We will continue to keep all our parents as fully involved as we can. If you need to get a hold of us please email hrzn.pta@gmail.com or message us on Facebook.
Welcome back to Horizon Elementary and Welcome to our new students, their families, our new Teachers and Support Staff!! We are so excited for this school year! Although this year is starting off very different, we are confident that it will still be a thriving, positive and educational experience. All our Teachers and Staff have been hard at work to make sure the beginning of this year goes as smoothly as possible. Please don't hesitate to contact your child's teacher, the principal or the PTA with any questions or concerns. We are hear to help make sure your child receives the very best!
The PTA's mission is to advocate for the children of Horizon. Additionally, it is our responsibility to empower the families so they can advocate for their children and community. We do this by getting any and all information to you in several ways. This Website is full of helpful information and is updated often to keep everyone informed with what is going on in the school, within our community and how you can get involved. We also have a Facebook page that we use to try to reach everyone that prefers to get information that way. We want to hear from you. We value your opinion and suggestions. You have a vote and a voice as a PTA Member! If you're interested in joining, please click here.
As this situation with the Pandemic is new to everyone, the PTA will also look and operate differently. We will continue to keep all our parents as fully involved as we can. If you need to get a hold of us please email hrzn.pta@gmail.com or message us on Facebook.
1. If you are interested in being a Chair or on a Committee for the 2020 2021 school year, please use this Link to Sign Up! We still need: Fundraising, Hospitality, Special Education, Fun Run and Harvest Fest. 2. If you would like to learn more about how the PTA accomplishes things or if you're thinking about joining the committee's, feel free to email us at hrzn.pta@gmail.com 
Dear Madison City Schools Parents and Guardians,
During the virtual learning period, the Madison City Schools Child Nutrition Program has student meal packs available for pick up at our schools. Meal pick up days will be every Tuesday and Thursday from 9AM-12:30PM starting August 13th. For more information and to be eligible to pick up meals for your students, complete the Google Form below. https://forms.gle/jR5nrmVCgU6mAq5Y6 Thank you, MCS Child Nutrition Team Dr. Ed Nichols - Madison City Superintendent (8/11/2020)
Dear Madison City Schools Family,
We're all eagerly anticipating the start of a new school year tomorrow. Our staff has been focused on creating a robust, engaging learning experience for your children. The teachers, staff and administrators have spent countless hours learning our new virtual platform and preparing lessons for your students. However, we know that there may be abnormalities for some, to start. Our district has integrated a lot of new tools, and with any transitional phase there will always be a learning curve and a potential for glitches. As our Virtual Orientation Video suggested, most of you will login to Schoology tomorrow and get the year rolling without issues. We know that some may not have quite that same experience. We ask that, if your family has issues getting properly connected, please email your child's teacher to let them know you are experiencing problems and describing the problems if possible. They will direct your concern to our district leadership team, and fixing that one issue may fix similar problems for many others. We will solve the problems quickly, and our students will all be up and running as soon as possible. I thank you in advance for your support and patience in this new learning environment. I know that together, we will make 2020-2021 a GREAT year. Ed Nichols Superintendent Madison City Schools Please click these links for additional information on the School Re-Entry Plan:
The Madison City Schools Reentry Plan has been updated to include Virtual Learning Courses. The secondary update includes more elective course offerings, AP and Career Tech. The July 31 Update is posted to the MCS website under Parents & Students link. The full reentry plan, FAQs, school year calendar and other information is posted there as well. https://www.madisoncity.k12.al.us/Page/4861 - Re-Entry Plan July 31st Update www.madisoncity.k12.al.us/Page/4638 - FAQ's (an update was applied on Aug 3rd) Emotional Support - Please use our confidential, single point of contact for anyone in our district seeking help. EmotionalSupport@madisoncity.k12.al.us |
Text To Protect
As we get closer to the start of school on August 7th there is an important number you should have in your phone as well as your child's phone:
256-604-2345
This Text-To-Protect number is available to all citizens to report confidential information and tips to PROTECT our students and schools. This number can also be used to leave a voice mail message, or if you prefer you can email your tips to texttoprotect@madisonal.gov.
This number is monitored by our Dispatchers at the 911 Center 24/7. Our SRO's will follow-up on tips with Madison City Schools administrators. Our goal with this program is to keep your children safe. If you see or hear something which may have an affect on students and/or school safety please report it to law enforcement for follow-up by using this number.
Posters about the Text-To-Protect program will be placed in our middle and high schools reminding the students of it's availability.
~Madison Police Department
As we get closer to the start of school on August 7th there is an important number you should have in your phone as well as your child's phone:
256-604-2345
This Text-To-Protect number is available to all citizens to report confidential information and tips to PROTECT our students and schools. This number can also be used to leave a voice mail message, or if you prefer you can email your tips to texttoprotect@madisonal.gov.
This number is monitored by our Dispatchers at the 911 Center 24/7. Our SRO's will follow-up on tips with Madison City Schools administrators. Our goal with this program is to keep your children safe. If you see or hear something which may have an affect on students and/or school safety please report it to law enforcement for follow-up by using this number.
Posters about the Text-To-Protect program will be placed in our middle and high schools reminding the students of it's availability.
~Madison Police Department
2019-2020 Corporate Sponsors
Every year we are honored to partner with local businesses who support the PTA by becoming sponsors. We have several sponsorship packages and are grateful for your support of our PTA and school. All sponsors will have their names and logos displayed on this website for 2 school years and some sponsorship levels give your businesses a prominently displayed sign at our school. To sponsor us this year, contact us at hrzn.pta@gmail.com Thank you to this year's sponsors:
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Support Your Children and Empower Yourself by Joining the PTA!
Horizon's PTA Board encourages you to join the PTA because we know that your membership will benefit you, your child, your child's teachers and our whole school community. As a member of PTA you become part of a community that encourages student achievement and enriches the learning environment. Being a member can also benefit you: Get Connected, Discover Great Resources, Tap into a Network, Watch Yourself Grow, Speak Up, Witness Improvement and Be a Role Model. Click here to learn more. Your $7 membership dues help promote activities and events that enrich our school's curriculum and enhance student learning, as well as help fund important resources at our school. For more information please visit our MEMBERSHIP page. To learn more about all of the things your PTA offers throughout the year and to meet our officers, visit the ABOUT US page.
We LOVE Our Volunteers! Become a Volunteer Today
We also encourage each and every one of you to become a Horizon volunteer. Volunteering helps strengthen the family-school partnership, and regardless of how much time you can give, we have a job for you to do at school or at home. Volunteer forms will be sent home at the beginning of the school year. You can also download a form by CLICKING HERE.
Show Your School Spirit with Horizon Spirit Wear
You have spirit, yes you do! And we help you show your spirit with Horizon shirts, hats, Frisbees, cups, pom poms, and more.
Please Join Us at our Monthly PTA Meetings
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We hope you will join our PTA and come to our monthly meetings. Adults and children are welcome at our meetings and oftentimes we have food drinks and cookies, as well as spirit wear for sale. At our meetings we provide updates on current and upcoming PTA events, review the PTA budget, and open the floor for comments, among other matters. Our meetings will usually be the second Monday of most months in our school cafeteria at 6:00pm. Click Here to see past meetings.
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Horizon Fun Run/Ride 2019
The Fun Run is our school's ONLY major fundraiser, and we get to keep 100% of the money raised to use toward helping support our school.
To learn more about the Fun Run/Ride CLICK HERE
To learn more about the Fun Run/Ride CLICK HERE
Calling all Men over 18!
The Watch D.O.G.S. need you!
The Horizon Watch D.O.G.S. program has volunteer opportunities each day of the week and for shifts as short as 15 minutes for the men in the lives of our students. Help is needed with greeting students at the morning or afternoon bus and car lines, helping students in the computer lab, reading books to students, shelving books in the library, interacting with students at lunch and more. This is a great opportunity to make a positive male difference in our students' lives. For more information, visit our Watch D.O.G.S. page.
