Mission
New Horizon School is an independent Islamic school founded by the Islamic Center of Southern California in 1984. New Horizon School is committed to providing students with an excellent academic education and firm grounding in moral and ethical values. New Horizon School fosters a dedication to God through virtuous living in a progressive Islamic environment.  

Vision
New Horizon seeks to develop in each student a positive identity as an American Muslim who is prepared intellectually, socially, emotionally, spiritually, and physically to succeed in tomorrow’s world. New Horizon students are expected to integrate academic skills, Qur’anic principles, and ethical behavior in order to make positive contributions to the global community. New Horizon aims to develop in each student a balanced character enriched with knowledge, inspired to excellence, and committed to the betterment of family, community, and humanity. 

Goals

• Providing students with a challenging program, high academic standards and a climate of positive reinforcement that emphasizes the process of learning
• Enhancing the students’ understanding of the Qur’an through instruction in the Arabic language
• Helping students to build positive character and acquire essential life-skills to enable them to become contributing citizens of a global community
• Instilling in students universal values of honesty, respect, responsibility, and self-discipline and encouraging them to demonstrate these values through their actions
• Inspiring students to become God-conscious leaders guided by justice, driven by ethics, empowered by knowledge, and supported by logic
• Creating an active learning environment in which experimentation, exploration, intellectual curiosity and self-discovery are encouraged
• Teaching students that commitment to social responsibility and justice must be balanced with the desire for personal rights and ambitions
• Establishing through our diverse student body an atmosphere of mutual trust, respect, and appreciation within the school and the larger community
• Teaching students to hold high expectations for themselves in striving for academic and personal achievement to their optimum potential
• Guiding students to engage in ethical decision-making and to apply Islamic principles in their daily lives
• Creating a nurturing learning environment in which the unique gifts of individuals are discovered and valued
• Promoting in students high self-esteem through academic achievement and a positive self-concept
• Incorporating critical thinking, analytical reasoning, effective communication and problem solving skills in a student-centered environment
• Nurturing the development of positive social skills by encouraging self-expression, discussion and healthy interaction with peers and adults in a safe environment
• Instilling in students a lifelong love of learning by applying a stimulating, hands-on curriculum