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

Part Two of our recent PTF Meeting with the new Head of Schools, Dr. Erik Konsmo.

If you missed Part One, check out Episode 072 of the Horizon Prep Lioncast. It's a more casual chat with Dr. Konsmo, …

Dr. Erik Konsmo was the speaker at our first PTF meeting of the year. This is part one of the PTF meeting. Part two will air next week.

Dr. Konsmo and Will Hicks opened the meeting with a brief Q and…

Last week was the first ever HP Mother/Son Challenge at Horizon Prep. Mothers and their sons spend the afternoon playing dodgeball, laser tag, and running an obstacle course on the sports fields behi…

Will and Melissa talk about the upcoming events at Horizon Prep for the Fall. Among them:

September 28: Mother/Son Afternoon

October 1: Annual Impact Fund Campaign begins

October 12: All School PTF M…

Jamie Urbina joins to us to talk about his job as Director of Marketing at Horizon Prep. Jamie shares the story of Horizon Prep in two directions; Outward, to the local community who may not know muc…

The Arrowsmith Program at Horizon Prep.

Arrowsmith is a remarkable program. Families are selling their homes and moving to San Diego to enroll at Horizon Prep so their kids can be a part of the Arrow…

Coach Rich Nicolosi joins us to talk about the new eight-man tackle football program at Horizon Prep.

Coach Nicolosi talks about the genesis of the program from no students, no equipment, and no mone…

The school directors join us for a short conversation about the classes they watch over. They talk about the plan for the upcoming school year, new teachers in their department, and what students can…

Introducing the new Horizon Prep Head of Schools, Dr. Erik Konsmo!

Welcome back to school, HP!

Dr. Erik Konsmo joins us to introduce himself and let us know a bit about him, his family, and his backg…

Carly Gammel is the first person to graduate from the School of Rhetoric at Horizon Prep. She started at HP in Preschool and has been a fixture on campus every year since. Well, except for Third Grad…

At a recent PTF meeting we were joined by Julie Lynn, a deputy district attorney with the Family Protection Unit of San Diego. Her topic was "Internet Crimes Against Children and Cyber Bullying Preve…

Heather Downing and Heidi Groesbeck stopped by to talk about Fifth Grade at Horizon Prep.

In Fifth Grade one of the main points of emphasis is the student taking responsibility for their homework and…

Pastor Bob Botsford joined us recently for the final PTF meeting of the 2016-2017 school year. He led a question-and-answer panel made up of Bonnie Botsford, Abby Mayall, Matt Davis, Susan Ferrari, a…

Amy Caster and Corey Reschke join us to talk about the Fourth Grade at Horizon Prep. Amy and Corey have worked together for years now. Their chemistry in obvious in their conversation.

In addition to…

Dr. Kush joins Shane Wetmore and Will Hicks to talk about his upcoming retirement and what that means for Horizon Prep. He also talks about the upcoming reorganization of department heads and how tha…

Kaitlyn Cook and Erin Rose join us to discuss Third Grade at Horizon Prep. They discuss the math and reading programs in Third Grade and let parents know how much homework they should expect for thei…

Jessica Bradford and Stephanie Malme join us to talk about Second Grade at Horizon Prep. Jessica and Stephanie have great chemistry with each other. You can tell they sincerely enjoy working with eac…

It's Easter Break at Horizon Prep and the campus is quiet.

Before everyone cleared out, Melissa took the microphone out and talked to some of the faculty and students about their favorite Easter memo…

We're taking a trip through Grammar School on the podcast right now. Two weeks ago we talked with Abby Mayall and got an overview of the entire School of Grammar. Last week we talked with the Kinderg…