Stories, updates, and announcements from Horizons for Homeless Children.
December 6, 2019
In a breakthrough in educational development, Boston’s Mayor Marty Walsh recently announced Universal Pre-K for the city. Horizons was quick to pursue this opportunity through grant funding for its numerous students and was specially selected through Boston’s Expansion Grant.
December 6, 2019
Horizons’ Jamaica Plain Early Education Center is thriving through the City of Boston’s Universal Pre-K (UPK) Program. The literacy component of the curriculum has reframed how Horizons’ educators approach reading, vocabulary, writing, and comprehension in the classroom while simultaneously exciting
September 5, 2019
A lack of access to healthy food, high price of produce relative to shelf stable food, and lack of access to basic food preparation areas can combine to make it difficult to get nutritious meals on the table. In an effort to combat these obstacles, Horizons teamed up with Cooking Matters.
September 4, 2019
A bilingual environment creates an atmosphere of empathy and understanding, where everyone feels recognized and respected. This is the future we are building at Horizons.
August 30, 2019
Horizons hosted its annual Moving Up Ceremony! A Horizons tradition, the ceremony celebrates preschoolers who are leaving Horizons’ Early Education Centers and heading to Kindergarten.
July 15, 2019
For many children summer marks the beginning of warm days spent in the sun free from homework and the classroom. For homeless children who rely on the consistency of the school year however, summer vacation can further a sense of instability for children already dealing with uncertain circumstances.
July 1, 2019
Ayesha Rodriguez, Horizons’ Director of Family Partnerships, recently served as one of the panelists at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Maternal and Child Health Symposium where she shared what Horizons for Homeless Children is doing to address the growing and complex issue of family hom
May 29, 2019
5/30/2019 – At this year’s annual Gala, Classroom Teacher Meital and Family Advocate Miraidis , took the stage to share some perspective and stories of their work with families. Read on about Meital’s work with a four-month old experiencing severe trauma who cried all day. Meet the young mom Miraidi
April 11, 2019
4/11/2019- Meet runners Bob Cremin & David Braza of our 2019 Boston Marathon team who are running for homeless children across Massachusetts.
April 2, 2019
4/2/2019- Meet runners Olivia Reed and Kara Boon of our 2019 Boston Marathon team who are ran for homeless children across Massachusetts.
March 25, 2019
3/22/2019- Meet runners Chris Brennan and Martin Connolly of our 2019 Boston Marathon team who are ran for homeless children across Massachusetts.
February 28, 2019
Access to books as a child is widely accepted as one of the two most important indicators of academic and lifetime success. It is also associated with positive behavioral, educational and psychological outcomes. Yet nearly two-thirds of low-income families do not own a single children’s book.