About Us
Principal's 2017-18 Welcome MessageGo To Top of Page
Welcome to New Horizons High School. Our mission is to prepare competent, courteous, contributing members of society. Our success will result from our commitment to literacy, high expectations, and accountability in an environment driven by student service. We are structured to help students better meet their graduation requirements in a secure environment with added adult supervision and support systems.
We continue to expand our schedule to include an Advisory Period to help students develop a multitude of extra-curricular endeavors. This year we will continue to organize our traveling sports program. Our students will have the opportunity to participate in home and away games with other like schools in the low desert area. Such as Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Indio, Rancho Mirage, etc. Students that commit to participating actively will receive 2.5 credits in P.E. or Elective credits in each of the four sports offered. These additions will help our students better focus on their academic needs and foster the development of a team sport and the idea of teamwork.
We will also have an early release day every Thursday at 1:00 pm. This will provide our teachers with valuable collaboration and professional development time on a weekly basis. This includes monitoring the success or lack of success in each assigned class.
We look forward to having a prosperous new year and to keeping with our motto that every student can graduate with a high school diploma when given a fair opportunity to do so!
Mr. David A. Sanchez
dsanchez@banning.k12.ca.us
New Horizons High School Mission Statement & GoalsGo To Top of Page
Our mission or function is learning. Our objective is to prepare competent, courteous, contributing members of society. Our success will result from our commitment to literacy, high expectations, and accountability in an environment driven by customer service. The goal of New Horizons High School educational community is to help students:
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Acquire high school diplomas.
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Transition to institutions of higher learning.
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Acquire entry-level job skills.
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Develop values that foster positive self-worth, confidence and satisfaction.
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Develop a sense of responsibility and achievement.
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Develop tolerance and understanding of diverse views and cultures.
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Engage in meaningful and safe recreational and leisure activities.
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Understand and obey laws.
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Become intelligent consumers.
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Gain healthy perspectives for positive influence on family and community.
Mrs. Theodora Douglas Named Banning Unified District's Teacher Of The Year!Go To Top of Page
Congratulations are in order for New Horizons High School's Mrs. Theodora Douglas for being named Banning Unified School District's 2018 Teacher Of The Year. Mrs. Douglas was first selected by her peers as New Horizons High School's Teacher Of The Year. Then, after an interview with District Representatives, she was selected over all the other Teachers Of The Years from each BUSD site as District Teacher Of The Year.
It should be noted that this is the THIRD YEAR IN A ROW that a New Horizons Teacher was selected as District Teacher Of The Year. Pretty amazing! Thank you Mrs. Douglas for sharing your many talents with the District.
NEW HORIZONS TEACHERS NAMED DISTRICT TEACHERS OF THE YEARGo To Top of Page
A Tribute To Mrs. PurcellGo To Top of Page
Mr. "W" - Teacher & Author/PlaywrightGo To Top of Page
In addition to teaching high school English and Theatre, Mr. "W" is an award-winning playwright whose scripts and productions Blue Plains (The Story Of Georgia O’Keeffe, Canyon, Texas, 1918), Dream Book and Side Stream have been honored by Dramalogue, Los Angeles Cultural Affairs, Colorado Theatreworks 14th Annual Playwrights Forum, American College Theatre Festival and Writers’ Digest Magazine. Notably, his play Blue Plains was one of five finalists for the National Repertory Theatre Foundation’s National Play Award.
His work has appeared at UCLA, West Coast Theatre Ensemble, Theatre of Note and the Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, the Chicago Playwrights Center, The Prince Music Theatre in Philadelphia, and the Writers’ Theatre, Miranda Theatre Company, The Berkshire Theatre Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, and York Theatre in New York City, and the Edinburgh Theatre Festival in Scotland.
Waedekin’s musical Urban Myths (Music/Lyrics John Bucchino) was produced regionally at Stage One, in Wichita, and spotlighted nationally in New York City’s Barrymore Theatre at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre Fall Festival.
Lavender Girl, a one-act musical (Music/Lyrics John Bucchino) premiered at the Prince Music Theatre in Philadelphia as part of the show 3HREE, conceived by Harold Prince. 3HREE won The Barrymore Award for Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical by The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia. Produced by Center Theatre Group, 3HREE opened in Los Angeles at the Ahmanson Theatre. This production received 5 OVATION Award nominations (LA’s equivalent to New York’s TONYS.) It was presented at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival by the Royal Academy of Drama and Music in Scotland. The original cast album for 3HREE is available on DRG records.
His play Christmas in April was published by Eldridge Publishing, under the title The Invisible J. Michael Hess. To date it has had 22 productions nationwide.
His play Dream Book was presented at the Nashville Performing Arts Center, produced by Nashville Theatre Works, through the generous support of organizations including Equity Fights AIDS, with all proceeds supporting Nashville Cares.
His first children’s book, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Finkle was published in August of 2014, and is available on sites including Barnes&Noble.com and Amazon.com.
Waedekin earned a BFA in Journalism (Public Relations)/Theatre from the University of Oklahoma. He earned his MFA in Playwriting from UCLA. He earned his secondary teaching Clear CLAD Credential in English/Drama Instruction from Loyola Marymount University. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild.