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Horizon Honors Schools

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Horizon Honors Schools (also known as Horizon Honors or Horizon Community Learning Center) is an organization of tuition-free charter schools in the Ahwatukee Foothills area of Phoenix, Arizona. Horizon Honors consists of two schools: Horizon Honors Elementary School (Grades K-6) and Horizon Honors Secondary School (Grades 7–12). Over 1,500 students from cities throughout the East Valley attend the schools. Horizon Honors Elementary School has an enrollment of 728 students. The school principal is Laura Wanstreet. The school is ranked an “A” School by the Arizona Department of Education (2018), designated a “No Place for Hate” School by the Anti-Defamation League, and is designated a “Mix It Up” Model School by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Horizon Honors Secondary School has an enrollment of 280 students in Horizon Honors Middle School (grades 7–8) and 425 in Horizon Honors High School (grades 9–12). The school principal is Paul Schneider. The school is ranked an “A” School by the Arizona Department of Education (2018,) has a 99% graduation rate, and 97% of graduates pursue college degrees. The school is ranked a "Best High School" by U.S. News & World Report, and accredited by the North Central Association AdvancEd.

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South 48th Street, Phoenix

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South 48th Street 16233
85048 Phoenix
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The House of the Future also known as the Ahwatukee House of the Future is an example of a home of the future located in Ahwatukee, an urban village in Phoenix, Arizona. The idea was originated by Randall Presley, the developer of Ahwatukee to promote his then-new development and bring more residences to the then-less populated Ahwatukee neighborhood. The House was designed by Charles R. Schiffner Taliesin Associated Architects of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation in Scottsdale, who got inspiration from his drawings of one of his box projects originally intended for Mr. and Mrs. Wright. It was opened for tours in 1980; tours cost $3. Between 1980 and 1984 the House attracted approximately 250,000 people, who were also given tours of various model homes in the development. After four years the House was sold, and is now in private ownership, having changed hands several times.The House was "the first microprocessor controlled house". Designed in coordination with Motorola it had multiple Motorola MC6800 microprocessors that "opened and closed windows, adjusted blinds, and stored tax records, shopping lists, and video games." The system consisted of ten microprocessors, and cost $30,000 in 1980 dollars.The three-bedroom house had an unconventional design. "Most of it is below ground. It includes a two-storey 'atrium', or sky-lobby, from which all the rooms lead off. This contains plants and provides a central conversation area." "Dozens of companies helped build the property at an estimated cost of more than $2 million, a portion of it in donated materials."When it opened the house became a media sensation. “It was covered in periodicals, the media of the time, in 33 different countries. It became a world-famous house, in essence.”