Horizons Bridgeport Admissions
Set Your Kids Up For Success
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.
PreK-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.
High School Program
The Horizons High School Program includes one-on-one weekly academic support and mentoring with a coach. 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 Success Program
The College Success Program provides students with resources that assure they complete their post-secondary degree fully prepared to obtain an entry-level position within six months of graduation. Students benefit from transition workshops, time management and study skills development, check-ins with their coach, scholarships, and emergency financial assistance. They also have access to a comprehensive career launch program that prepares them for entering the workforce.
Horizons Admissions
Applications are accepted from December 2, 2021 through February 28, 2022.
Admissions decisions are released in April.
Every spring, each 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.
- Horizons GFA accepts applications from students in grades PreK (entering K in fall 2022) through 8th grade.
- Horizons Notre Dame accepts applications from students in Kindergarten through 4th grade.
- Horizons Sacred Heart accepts applications from students in Kindergarten through 8th grade.
Each of the three Horizons Bridgeport programs is partnered with Bridgeport public, magnet, charter, and parochial schools, so the program your child will be applying to depends on which Bridgeport public school they currently attend. After you submit the application, it will automatically be forwarded to the correct affiliate.
Who Can Apply?
- Students who are currently in grades K-8 and enrolled in a Bridgeport public, magnet, charter or parochial school
- Students who are motivated to improve their academic performance
- Applicant’s family must be willing to submit proof of residency and income
- Applicant’s family must be 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
Application Instructions
IMPORTANT! When you click the link to apply below, you will be taken to our application site. Please include all requested information in the application and answer questions to the best of your ability. When you are done filling out the application, please click the submit button and you will receive a notification that your application has been received. If you do not finish the application in one session, you can return to the application by clicking the Save and Resume button at the bottom of each page and saving the link to your application.
Once your application is received, you will be sent the link to an evaluation form that you need to email to the applicant’s teacher. The teacher fills out the form online and submits it directly to Horizons.
Thank you for your interest in Horizons Bridgeport!
We are committed to providing Bridgeport students with access to opportunities that develop critical academic and social-emotional skills needed to unlock each student’s potential.
