New Horizon School

“The organization recognizes all parent(s) or guardian(s) of student(s) enrolled at new horizon school as members of the organization. In addition, each household who contract with the school to place one or more of their children in the organization's educational program for a full school year is recognized as a member of the organization.”

“Members are eligible to vote for candidates running for open board positions provided they are current in their financial obligations to the school.”

“Each board member is supplied with a copy of the form 990 for review before filing.”

“The governing body regularly monitors and enforces compliance by requesting each director to acknowledge the receipt of the conflict of interest policy on an annual basis. Disclosure of any material conflicts (defined as reasonably expected to exert an influence on the director's judgement) is required before any action taken by the board and prior to any communication to which the school is a party.”

“The governing body determines compensation for the ceo and directors of the organization that are also employees. Comparability data and performance evaluations are used to determine the compensation. Board members do not vote on their own compensation.”

“Documents required to be publicly available are available upon request.”

“To provide a successful learning environment for students with learning disabilities, attention deficits, and other learning differences. It offers a wide range of academic programs and extracurricular activities with accommodations to meet the needs of its learners. The school serves students in grades 4-12 from a geographical region ranging from issaquah, to everett, to bainbridge island, to tacoma, and everywhere in between.”

“Parents volunteer with school fundraising efforts including participation at events and on the fundraising committee. A parent volunteer also provided miscellaneous carpentry repairs during the year.”

“Faculty and staff members served students with learning differences including learning disabilities (e.g. Dyslexia, communication disorder, nonverbal language disorder), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd), brain injury, autism spectrum disorder and disorders of executive functioning and other learning differences. The nhs curriculum is reviewed on a yearly basis and changes are made to accommodate students needs based on graduation requirements and interests of students. Our school programs accommodate a wide variety of learning styles and special education needs. We strive to create activities that engage each student actively in learning. We use specialized curricular and instructional methods to deliver subject matter. Aligned common core standards enabled 70 students with learning differences to achieve academic, social, behavioral and emotional success in a supportive, accepting educational environment. Each high school student is required to develop a project that will culminated in their senior year. Nhs continued developing our transition program to help our students move on to employment, higher education or public school. 18-21 programs are available after they leave new horizon school. Nhs received continued accreditation from the advance and northwest accreditation commission. Planning is ongoing for transition to adult life, counseling, and extracurricular activities such as ski/snowboard club, archery, asb, fishing club, order of the black watch & model club. Contract services for academic testing and speech therapy are provided with speech therapy and mental health counseling available on campus.”