The Horizon Experience
The Horizon Experience for seniors is designed to energize and excite students about what awaits them over the horizon beyond high school. Horizon has been a cornerstone of the Pennington curriculum for over twenty years, and this program supports our School mission of developing individual excellence in all of our students.
Why Horizon Matters
The Horizon Experience is more than just a capstone project. It is an opportunity for self-discovery, creativity, and growth. Whether students are exploring future careers, learning new skills, or simply challenging themselves in new environments, Horizon provides a powerful bridge between high school and life beyond Pennington. Seniors in the Horizon program spend the first two weeks in May on campus participating in special workshops, seminars, and hands-on learning to excite and engage students with life beyond high school.
Students then return with new confidence, fresh perspectives, and an expanded sense of possibility.
What to Expect
- Internships at local businesses, hospitals, schools, and nonprofits
- Creative Projects in photography, writing, design, and more
- Meetings and Workshops on communication, life skills, and career preparation
- Guest Speaker Events featuring alumni and professionals
Horizon In Action
Scenes from student presentations, final reflections, and moments that capture the spirit of Horizon 2025.
Horizon Past Projects
Matthew worked at the Nakavango Conservation Program near Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Nakavango is an "intense protective zone" for the critically endangered black rhino. The focus at Nakavango is on conservation management, African wildlife, important conservation issues and sustainable community development.
For this Horizon project at Brush Creek Ranch, Brett rode some new horses that were purchased in New Mexico to determine how well they had been trained and if they were suitable for guests at the ranch or if the horses need more training.
Kate shadowed the headmaster of Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart in Princeton, Mr. Alfred (Rik) Dugan, as part of her Horizon project. Kate's experience is focused on learning about educational leadership.
For Hope's Horizon project, she worked at the Pen Ryn School as a teacher’s aide. The school is Nursery through eighth-grade and she got a chance to work with every grade level! In this photo, Hope is working with a kindergarten class.
Bo Hartpence tackled many different types of business jobs at the Philadelphia Phillies for his Horizon project. Some aspects he explored are sales, advertisement, and promotion.
Mina completed her Horizon project at Drexel University’s Center for Functional Fabrics. She worked with a PhD student to analyze data that they collected using a touch-sensitive fabric. She also got to work on one of the Center’s many garment knitting machines called the X Machine made by the company Shima Seiki.
