The Horizon Prep Lioncast: Classical Education in San Diego and Rancho Santa Fe, California

This is our third and final episode with questions from the Horizon Prep All-Hands meeting at the recent PTF Meeting.

0:36 Announcements with Melissa Smith

2:40 Kathy Towner talks about public education vs. private education and the difference between Horizon Prep and other private schools. (The difference is the teachers. Having the very best teachers.)

4:57 Chris Maiocca talks about "The greatest educational breakthrough in the last 2000 years", The Harkness Method.

7:27 Dr. Kush answers the question: "How are tuition rates determined?"

10:00 Dr. Kush discusses the Logic and Rhetoric policies and procedures manual.

11:19 Coach Salas talks about the Horizon Prep athletic facilities and who is allowed access to them.

More questions and answers from the once-yearly "All Hands" PTF meeting. Questions and answers this week include:

1:36 Chris Mioacca on writing and the art of persuasive communication.

6:47 Susan Ferrari on the new testing standards at HP and what the score represent.

9:10 Mary Mitchell on Student Leadership opportunities at Horizon Prep.

11:55 Shane Wetmore on teacher assignments and cultivating a teaching environment where our kids feel safe to take risks without fear of failure.

At the most recent PTF meeting Shane Wetmore and Heidi Gianni led a question and answer session with the faculty of Horizon Prep. Today's episode covers some of the topics discussed, including:

Matt Davis on the homework expectations for Logic and Rhetoric students.

Abby Mayall on how many minutes a night your grammar student should be spending on homework.

Andrea Needham on the preparedness of our students for college admissions.

Dr. Jeff Pratt on sex education and what HP teaches and at what age,

Dr. Pratt on evolution and worldview.

Coach Dan Salas joins us to talk about the Horizon Prep Sports Program and their recipe for success. He follows up the conversation we had in Episode 004 about winning and losing and the nature of who Christ is.

If you'd like to learn more about the sports program at HP, check out Episode 4, Episode 12, and Episode 21.

The first PTF meeting of the year was held last week in the Lion's Den, and this episode of the Lioncast has some of the highlights if you were not there in person.

This episode has Will Hicks speaking briefly, followed by a testimony from another HP dad, Brooks Hoven. Dr. Ken Kush, the Director of Schools at Horizon Prep is the third and final guest on the episode.

As Dr. K begins he asks the question "What is a hedgehog?" If he ever asks you, the correct answer is "That thing that we are passionate about here at HP, and that we do well; Providing a Christ-centered Biblical worldview Classical Education."

Melissa Smith takes over the podcast to interview Will Hicks and Christopher Bohannon about Family Fun(d) Night. Will and Christopher are the co-chairs of the event celebrating the end of the Annual Impact Fund and they talk about big night happening on campus on October 21st.

For more information on Family Fun(d) Night or to volunteer to help Christopher and Will please call the school office. Ask for Melissa Smith.

We continue week 2 of 4 of the Sports Report, talking about the Rhetoric Sports programs at HP.

Jacob Richardson and Meredith Madden join us from Cross Country and Abby Gammel and Madison Berggren join us from Volleyball.

If you think the podcast should continue with the sports results and schedules drop us an email at [email protected] or leave us a review on iTunes.

Suzanne MacInnis and Dianne Tag stop by to talk about First Grade at Horizon Prep. They talk about how they got into education and the one simple thing mom and dad can do to help their kids school performance and test scores. (Spoiler: Make sure they're on time for school).

Two of the Horizon Prep Rhetoric students stopped by at the end of the podcast to give the first HP Sports Report. Shelby Sutton and Ellie Smith talk about the week in sports and how the HP Volleyball team performed.

The HP Sports Report is a limited-time engagement. It will run for four weeks, subject to popular demand. If you would like the Sports Report to continue please email us at [email protected] or leave a review for the HP Lioncast on iTunes with your comment.

Save the dates: October 13 is the first PTF meeting of the year. We're moving to the Lion's Den on the main campus. Come to the gym after dropoff and get a free dress pass for your students.

October 21 is Family Fun(d) Night. Bring the family for a full night of activities including camping right in the middle of campus. You can drop off your tent in the morning and it'll be set up for you when you arrive that afternoon.

Liezl-Marie Watt and Suzanne Bocanegra join us to talk about the Spanish and Latin programs at Horizon Prep. They have many years of experience teaching languages, and they both bring their experience to Horizon Prep this year.

Liezl-Marie Watt is the Latin teacher for the Grammar and Logic schools. Although this is her first year teaching at Horizon Prep, she's no stranger to the school. Her daughter has already been at HP for five years as a student and is now in third grade.

While majoring in Latin at school, Mrs. Watt studied ancient Greek, English, German, and French. She also studied languages overseas in France.

Suzanne Bocanegra is the Spanish teacher for the Grammar and Logic schools. She talks about her 31 years of experience teaching.

When she started school she was a dance major. In her junior year she started thinking about getting a job after school and moved into language training. She learned her fluency while living with a host family in Mexico City.

Susan Ferrari, the Registrar & Director of Enrollment Services joins us to talk about the admissions process and what to do if you're interested in your son or daughter attending Horizon Prep.

We also briefly talk about Family Fun(d) Night, coming up on Friday night, October 21st. Save the date!

We take a tour of the Horizon Prep library with the HP librarian, Kelly Hendrickson.

Mrs. Hendrickson talks about the emotions she felt the first time she walked into the library. She also walks us around the library and explains the different programs and incentives the school offers to encourage the students to get reading.

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