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Horizon Elementary School

To Inspire Learners & Leaders for a Lifetime

Student 2 Student

eS2S

Logo for the Student 2 Student initiative by the Military Child Education Coalition, featuring "s2s" with a lightbulb design.

 

Established in Madison City Schools in 2016, elementary Student 2 Student™ (eS2S™) is designed to increase awareness of and address school transitions affecting mobile elementary school students through a faculty-led and student-engaged model.

Military kids move 6-9 times during their K-12 education, and change schools 3X more often than their civilian peers. 

What are the eS2S Core Values?

Leadership - Student Character Growth

  • Being a role model
  • Changing the way students feel about the new student
  • Growing your eS2S program for the future

Academics - Educational Adjustments

  • Encouraging educational success
  • Informing them of unique aspects for the new school
  • Providing them resources

Service - Community Outreach

  • Giving back to the school
  • Giving back to the community
  • Giving back to the world

Finding the Way - Campus, Culture, and Community

  • Campus - Helping the new students learn their way around the new school
  • Culture - The behaviors, beliefs, and characteristics that make your school unique
  • Community - The good your community has to offer

Relationships - 100% Acceptance

  • Acceptance - Creating an environment where all are respected
  • Belonging - Helping the new student find a place where they fit in and feel accepted
  • Connections - Introducing the new student to others with similar qualities, values, and interests