Horizon High School is a public school in

Horizon City Horizon City is a city in El Paso County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 22,489, reflecting an increase of 5,754 from the 16,735 counted in the 2010 United States Census, 2010 Census. Climate *Annual ...

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(United States). It is part of the Clint Independent School District.

History

Horizon High School is Located in

Horizon City, Texas Horizon City is a city in El Paso County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 22,489, reflecting an increase of 5,754 from the 16,735 counted in the 2010 Census. Climate *Annual maximum avg. temperature ...

. The school first opened its doors as Horizon Middle School, In its first year 2002-2003. The campus served as a middle school with grades 7, 8, and 9. In the years 2003-2004, grade 10 was added to the school, becoming Horizon Middle/High School. Horizon gradually started becoming a high school by the year 2005-2006, when Horizon Middle School moved to its own location and now is serving students in grades 9-12 having the Class of 2006 as its first senior graduating class. On June 1, 2007, Horizon High School had its second senior graduating class, the class of 2007. Horizon High School offers instructional strands in Telecommunications, Global Marketing, Banking, and Investments. The school has an El Paso Area Teachers Federal Credit Union housed inside the school and the plan is to offer internships and mentorships to the students. It has an estimated student enrollment of 1,274. Horizon High School's mascot is the

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. Horizon High School was run with controversy after students from school were found smuggling drugs between Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua,

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, and

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. On August 9, 2007, U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents arrested 18-year-old at the time Horizon High School graduate Rene Humberto “Jetta” Perez for smuggling drugs between Mexico and Oklahoma City, OK. He was charged with conspiring to import about 1,000 kilos of marijuana and was sentenced to serve in prison. A federal magistrate set bond at $20,000. The Clint Independent School District was forced to install security camera system to detect any drug-related activity around the school. On July 23, 2007, former student Ivan Lozoya informed law enforcement that Perez was responsible for the recruitment of several students to smuggle the drugs, which were then transported to drug lord known as “El Tio” in Oklahoma City. This investigation took months, when other students were captured for smuggling drugs into the U.S.; all accused Perez and Lozoya as recruiters of drug smuggling. On August 30, 2012, Horizon City police went into Horizon High School and took photographs of students' tattoos, saying it was for gang activity information. One of the students' parents was extremely upset due to the photographs being taken of her son's tattoos because she said it humiliated him and put her son's life in danger. Police Chief Michael McConnel stated he was not aware of the operation and that the photographs were destroyed, as he felt those police officers did not handle the situation appropriately.http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/news/parents-upset-police-photograph-students-without-p/nRP24/

Extracurricular activities

Horizon High School provides academic extra-curricular activities to its students. The school has achieved successful accomplishments with its competitive academic performances from marching band, jazz band, dance, flags, One Act Play and

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as well as the other extra-curricular activities offered. Students have the opportunity to experience competitive and positive learning from all the extra-curricular activities at Horizon High school. *Cosmetology *Student Council *Marching Band *Jazz Band *Flag Team *Spanish Club *Dance *Yearbook *One Act Play *JROTC *National Honor Society *Spanish Honor Society *Criminal Justice Club

Sports

Horizon High School is a member of the Texas

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, or UIL. Currently, Horizon is in District 2-5A. With very slow starts but becoming one of the strongest teams in Football and Basketball, the Scorpions are looking forward to becoming some of the cities' best athletes. Horizon High School does have one strong point in sports, its cross country team. Both boys and girls team being ranked very high in the cities standings. With the Boys having their first 2-4A District Title in 2005, which led to a Regional title as well.

Boys

* Football *

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Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Track & Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

* Cross Country *

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

* Soccer *

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

Girls

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Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

* Cross Country *

References

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Clint ISD
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