June 23-August 1, 2025
For Rising First & Second Graders
Horizons at Rectory School offers impactful academic and enrichment programs that encourage students from Pomfret and surrounding towns to realize their full potential.
Our Mission: To advance educational equity by building long-term partnerships with students, families, communities, and schools to create experiences outside of school that inspire the joy of learning.
About Our Program
Horizons at Rectory School serves students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in the towns surrounding Pomfret, CT.
In 2025, we are accepting applications for rising first-grade and second-grade students for a 5-week academic enrichment program beginning on June 23 and ending on August 1, 2025. The program runs Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the Rectory School campus, located at 528 Pomfret Street, Pomfret, with transportation provided.
Students participate in academics, music, science, art classes, swimming lessons, and weekly field trips. Attendance for the entire summer session is required.
As a result of long-term participation in Horizons, students often feel a love of learning, improved self-esteem, better grades, increased school attendance, skills for success, and the inspiration to realize their dreams.
Horizons National
Horizons at Rectory School is one of over 70-sites in the award-winning Horizons National Network. Beginning in 1964 in New Canaan, Connecticut, the program was started to help level the playing field and offer educational opportunities to under-resourced students and has grown over time. Horizons at Rectory School launched the summer of 2024 with up to 15-rising first-grade students.
Our Founding Donors
We are incredibly grateful for the generous support to the Horizons at Rectory School program. Thanks to our Founding Donors commitment, we’re able to provide tuition-free, high-quality academic enrichment to students who might not otherwise have this opportunity - foster a love of learning, nurture essential skills, and create a supportive and inspiring community each summer.
Beagary Charitable Trust
The Newell D. Hale Foundation
The PwC Foundation
The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts