HORIZONS BRIDGEPORT ADMISSIONS:
PREPARE YOUR CHILD FOR SUCCESS
Horizons Bridgeport helps students build
critical academic and social-emotional skills
that build motivation and confidence so they
thrive and achieve in school, graduate from
high school, pursue post-secondary education and successfully build a career of their choosing.
Horizons Bridgeport partners with students and their families to maximize educational outcomes by emphasizing academics and social-emotional learning while providing exposure to a wide variety of social, cultural, and recreational enrichment experiences for students from kindergarten through college.
The Horizons Bridgeport network currently consists of programs (also called affiliates) at three locations: Horizons at Greens Farms Academy (HGFA), Horizons at Notre Dame High School (HND), and Horizons at Sacred Heart University (HSHU). Horizons Bridgeport is in the process of adding more sites to serve even more Bridgeport students.
HORIZONS BRIDGEPORT PROGRAMS
K-8 Program*
The Horizons K-8 Program provides a full-day, six-week program in the summer and support through the school year. The benefits of the summer program include individualized academic support, social-emotional skills development, breakfast, lunch and snacks every day, swimming lessons, and a wide variety of engaging enrichment opportunities.
*Horizons GFA starts in PreK
High School Program
The Horizons High School Program includes one-on-one weekly academic support and mentoring with a coach for graduates of the Horizons K-8 programs. Students continue social-emotional skills training, and receive curriculum and extra-curricular guidance, comprehensive college counseling (guidance and support relating to school choice, the Common Application, and financial aid), as well as career readiness support.
College & Career Success Program
The College & Career Success Program provides Horizons high school graduates with resources that assure they complete their post-secondary degree fully prepared to obtain an entry-level position within one year of graduation. Students benefit from transition workshops, time management and study skills development, check-ins with their coach, scholarships, and emergency financial assistance. They participate in a comprehensive career launch program that prepares them for entering the workforce.
AFFILIATE PARTNER SCHOOLS
The columns below list the partner schools for each Horizons Bridgeport affiliate. Applications are routed to the affiliates based on the school the applicant attends. Applications from students attending schools that are not on one of these three lists will not be considered.
*This list is subject to change.
*Possible exceptions: siblings of current Horizons students.
Horizons GFA (PreK-8)
- Horizons GFA will admit 8 PreK students who will turn 5 years old on or before September 1, 2024, and who will be entering Kindergarten in Fall 2024 at a school listed below.
- Horizons GFA will admit 8 students currently in Kindergarten who will attend 1st grade in Fall 2024 at a school listed below.
- Horizons GFA will admit students currently in grades 1st – 8th attending schools listed below,
if openings occur.
Black Rock School
Bridge Academy
Capital Harbor Prep
Classical Studies
Columbus School
Curiale School
Edison School
Geraldine Claytor
Hall School
High Horizons Magnet
Jettie Tisdale
Multicultural Magnet
Park City Prep
Roosevelt School
Waltersville School
Horizons Notre Dame (K-8)
- Admits 16 children currently in Kindergarten who will attend 1st grade in Fall 2024 at a school listed below.
- Horizons Notre Dame will admit students currently in grades 1st – 6th attending schools listed below, if openings occur.
Achievement First
Beardsley School
Bryant School
Geraldine Johnson
Hallen School
Thomas Hooker
Wilbur Cross
St. Ann
St. Raphael
Horizons Sacred Heart (K-8)
- Admits 16 current Kindergarteners who will attend 1st grade in Fall 2024 at a school listed below.
- Horizons SHU will admit students currently
in grades 1st – 8th attending schools listed below, if openings occur.
Barnum
Blackham
Cesar Batalla
Discovery Magnet
Dunbar
Great Oaks Charter
John Winthrop
Luis Muñoz Marin
Madison
New Beginnings
Park City Magnet
Read
Six to Six Magnet
St. Andrew
St. Augustine
HORIZONS BRIDGEPORT ADMISSIONS
Every spring, each Horizons Bridgeport affiliate admits new students to their K-8 Program. Once admitted, students remain in the program through high school and college. Programming is free, families pay only an annual $30 registration fee.
Each year, the three affiliates admit current Kindergarten students who will be entering 1st grade in the fall. In addition, Horizons GFA admits eight PreK students who will be entering Kindergarten in the fall (must have turned 5 years old by September 1st). All three affiliates then admit students in higher grades if openings occur.
Each of the three Horizons Bridgeport programs is partnered with the Bridgeport public, magnet, charter, and parochial schools listed above, so the program your child will be considered for depends on which Bridgeport school they attend at the time of application. Your child’s application will automatically be forwarded to the correct affiliate.
Who Can Apply?
- Students must reside in Bridgeport and currently attend a Bridgeport public or Bridgeport parochial school in grades K–8 to be eligible to apply. Students who attend school in another town and reside in Bridgeport are not eligible to apply. Students who attend school in Bridgeport but reside in another town are not eligible to apply.
- We seek students who are motivated to improve academic performance, with parents who are committed to and excited about the opportunity to form a long-term partnership to help their child build the academic and social-emotional skills required to succeed in school and complete their post-secondary education.
- The applicant’s family must be willing to submit proof of residency and income.
OUR APPLICATION PERIOD IS OPEN FROM
DECEMBER 1st through FEBRUARY 15th each year.
Our 2024 application period is closed. However, if you have a current PreK or K student and are interested in applying late, please email mrutledge@gfacademy.org.
Questions? Contact the affiliate for your child’s school
Horizons GFA
Email: Horizons@GFAcademy.org
Phone: 203-256-7579
Horizons at Notre Dame
Email: Horizons@NotreDame.org
Phone: 203-572-4068
Horizons at Sacred Heart
Email: Baeza2@SacredHeart.edu
Phone: 203-365-4470