Academics
New Horizons Community Charter School teachers take an active part in curriculum development. Our curriculum revision cycle helps to ensure all disciplines are evaluated and revised regularly. Well-designed curricula can assist teachers in designing powerful learning opportunities, providing a seamless grade progression, and improving student performance. The New Horizons Community Charter School Curriculum Team supports the articulation, development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the school's curricular programming. Members of the team help to build a professional and knowledgeable network within the school. Standards-based curriculum, performance-based learning and assessment, and effective instruction to increase student achievement are the core of New Horizons Community Charter School.
Curriculum Programs
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K-8 Mathematics Program: enVision Mathematics
Our math curriculum is powered by enVision Mathematics, designed to inspire a love for math while building a solid foundation for future success. The comprehensive K-8 curriculum emphasizes problem-solving, critical thinking, and conceptual understanding, engaging students with real-world applications that make math both relevant and exciting.
The program offers personalized support for all learners, ensuring students who need additional reinforcement or enrichment are appropriately challenged. Students benefit from a balance of hands-on, visual, and abstract learning approaches, helping them make connections between mathematical concepts.
Additionally, enVision Mathematics provides enrichment opportunities for students exceeding grade-level expectations, allowing them to explore advanced topics and extend their learning. With a focus on developing a growth mindset and deep mastery of math concepts, our program prepares students for academic success in high school and beyond.
English Language Arts (ELA)
Grade K - 3rd Grade - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) Math in Focus: Singapore Math
Singapore Math promotes mastery of mathematics through a consistent and strong emphasis on problem solving and model drawing, along with a focus on in-depth understanding of essential math concepts and skills.
Grades 4-8: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) GO! Math
Go Math! seeks to provide students with the opportunity to build a strong foundation of conceptual understanding and procedural fluency.
Science
Grades K-8: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) Science Dimensions
Science Dimensions is a state-of-the-art science program designed for building inquiry and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) skills that support the newly adopted Next Generation Standards and Science New Jersey Student Learning Standards.
Social Studies
Grade K - 3rd Grade - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) Math in Focus: Singapore Math
Singapore Math promotes mastery of mathematics through a consistent and strong emphasis on problem solving and model drawing, along with a focus on in-depth understanding of essential math concepts and skills.
Grades 4-8: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) GO! Math
Go Math! seeks to provide students with the opportunity to build a strong foundation of conceptual understanding and procedural fluency.