Help us advance educational equity and reduce the opportunity gap in Greenwich.
Since our founding in 2014, we serve 145 Greenwich public school boys each year who are performing below – or barely maintaining – grade level upon Kindergarten entry to our program. Horizons at Brunswick provides engaging opportunities for students to develop the confidence, knowledge, and skills they need to build their own successful futures. Through a balance of academics, enrichment, swimming, recreational sports, and confidence-building strategies, the program helps each boy develop both academically and emotionally and cultivates in each a love of learning, skills for success, and inspiration to pursue his dreams.
But we need your help to further our community impact. And with your support, we know we can do more.
Serving under-resourced public school boys who need an extra leg-up academically, our program ensures each boy advances to the next grade level and, at the same time, becomes inspired by the joy of learning.
With the help of Greenwich public schools, we target boys performing below – or barely maintaining – grade level and qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Our program begins the summer following Kindergarten when summer learning has great impact.
Students attend our 6 week summer session and then 6 Saturdays during the school year over a nine year period. Building relationships between students, their families, and the Greenwich Public schools, we strive to provide access and opportunities for students to experience the joy of learning.
While other programs in our area define success as admission to private school or help with homework after school, our goal is to keep struggling students at or above grade level so they are ready for the next grade level each fall, and ultimately, attend Greenwich High School.
Our students come from primarily the four schools in Greenwich that receive federal Title One funding – Julian Curtiss, New Lebanon, Hamilton Avenue, and Western Middle School. With support from our donors, we have been able to expand our reach into other public schools in Greenwich, ensuring we are finding the students who will benefit from the access and opportunity that we offer.
Every 5 years, the Greenwich United Way conducts a Needs Assessment Survey indicating the most pressing areas of concerns in Greenwich with the hope that the community can use this information to develop impactful solutions. The most recent assessment, conducted in 2025, identified several areas of concern related to education including:
There is significant economic disparity within the Greenwich Public School district. Twenty percent of all Greenwich public school students qualify for the federal free or reduced-price lunch program. In some schools, more than half the student body qualifies. But in other district schools, this group makes up just 1% of the student body.
The "opportunity gap" draws attention to the conditions and obstacles that students face throughout their educational careers. The United Way Assessment cites, "English proficiency, community wealth, familial situations, and other factors contribute to or perpetuate lower educational aspirations, achievement, and attainment for certain groups of students... Data shows racial disparities within our public school system with average test scores for Black and Hispanic students lower in English, Math, and Science than their White counterparts."
Although interviewees recognized education as an area where persistent inequality in Greenwich presents some of its greatest challenges, they also cited it as an "area of opportunity in which unequal outcomes for Greenwich residents can be most effectively addressed."
With a nine-year commitment, each student attends:
Summer 2026 Reading Scores
Summer 2026 Math Scores
Kindergarten-3rd grade
Kindergarten-3rd grade
4th-8th grade
6th-8th grade
Every student, Kindergarten through 8th grade, is also introduced to water polo — a sport often less accessible to children from lower-income communities.
Over six weeks, students across nine age and skill groups build essential water safety and swimming skills. Focused instruction helps students become stronger, safer, and more confident swimmers—progress that reaches far beyond the pool.
Not only do students make significant gains in academics, but they also grow social and emotionally using the Yale RULER Mood Meter.
Grades 4-8th students self-reported increased positive self-esteem by the end of summer.
Continued Support Through High School:
Our relationship doesn’t end after 8th grade. Horizons continues to guide alumni throughout their years at Greenwich High School and as they plan for what comes next.
Preparing for College:
Students receive guidance on college entrance exams, college-readiness courses, applications, financial aid and the steps they can take throughout high school to prepare for college.
Building Experience and Opportunity:
We help students understand the importance of internships, extracurricular experiences and other opportunities that build skills, confidence and readiness for college and careers.
With a long and strong commitment to the Greenwich Community, Brunswick School generously provides its facilities and supporting infrastructure at no cost. Community support funds the people and programs that bring Horizons to life—from teachers, transportation and meals to classroom materials, enrichment and field trips.
With an annual operating budget of $740,000, Horizons relies on the generosity of the Brunswick and Greenwich communities to provide nine years of opportunity at no cost to our families.
Salaries, Food and Beverage, Classroom Materials and Program Expenses, Field Trips, Transportation, Specials Teachers
Salaries, Classroom Materials and Program Expenses, Transportation, Food and Beverage
Outreach, Grant Writing, Appeals
Year-round staff, audit fees and other expenses directly attributable to the program. Brunswick's Business, Development, and Human Resources Offices provide general and administrative support throughout the year at no charge
