Caregiver and Family Programming

The caregiver and family program at Horizons at NCCS encourage families to get involved. Horizons at NCCS believes strongly that family members are essential to informing programming design, policies and practices, and that engaged families lead to better student participation and outcomes.

We have approximately 30 Family Grade Reps who meet bi-monthly with a subset of our full-year staff to give their opinions and recommendations on programming, educational workshops, and recruit volunteers for family events. An additional bi-monthly Family Council meeting is held as well that all caregivers are invited to attend to hear program updates and contribute ideas and feedback.

Horizons family members are also encouraged to participate in programming as volunteers, helping with events like our Holiday Party and Teacher Appreciation lunch.

Every summer adult caregivers participate in our weekly adult swim lessons and make major strides in learning how to swim while making new connections.

Our families recognize the value of the experience their student/students are receiving through the Horizons program and they work to make their own contribution by being actively engaged and involved.