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What is Expanded Horizons you may ask?

Expanded Horizons is a program for Pioneer High School students that offers a

variety of enrichment services including academic, career, and pre-college advisement.

Horizons Staff

(From Left: Karen Verduzco, Arelia Medina and Evette Santos Esparza)

Expanded Horizons Staff

Name	Title	Ext.	Email
Karen Verduzco	Director of Compensatory Education	5062	karen.verduzco@wuhsd.org
Arelia Medina	Special Projects Clerk	5060	arelia.medina@wuhsd.org
Mireya Valdovinos	Substitute - EL/College Specialist	5065	mireya.valdovinos@wuhsd.org

On-site representatives (all located in Expanded Horizons):

Name	Title	Ext.	Email
Patricia De León	Cal-SOAP (CSULB) Advisor	5060	calsoap@gmail.com
Bryan Benavides	Rio Hondo Outreach Representative	5060	bbenavides@riohondo.edu
Adele Cuevas	ROP Tri-Cities Representative	(562) 320-1590	acuevas@tricitiesrop.org

Horizons Staff & College Advisor Schedule

Stop by the Horizons Office and meet with one of the advisors to start setting goals for the future. We have a general

college advisor which oversees her own caseload. We also have two great college peer advisors that assist our

students in making their goals of higher education a reality. They represent different outreach programs such as:

Cal State Long Beach's Cal-SOAP and Rio Hondo's Outreach Program.

Name:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Karen Verduzco Expanded Horizons Director	7:30 - 4:00 pm	7:30 - 4:00 pm	7:30 - 4:00 pm	7:30 - 4:00 pm	7:30 - 4:00 pm
Arelia Medina Expanded Horizons Clerk	7:30 - 4:00 pm	7:30 - 4:00 pm	7:30 - 4:00 pm	7:30 - 4:00 pm	7:30 - 4:00 pm
Evette Santos Esparza Bilingual Ed./College Spec.	7:30 - 4:00 pm	7:30 - 4:00 pm	7:30 - 4:00 pm	7:30 - 4:00 pm	7:30 - 4:00 pm
Patricia De León CalSOAP Representative		12:00 - 4:00 pm		12:00 - 4:00 pm
Bryan Benavidez Rio Hondo Representative			8:00 - 3:00 pm

This Week in Expanded Horizons

Monday 01/04	Tuesday 01/05	Wednesday 01/06	Thursday 01/07	Friday 01/08
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Important Websites

College Board: https://www.collegeboard.org/

FAFSA: https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa

Rio Hondo Registration: https://www.riohondo.edu/get-started/

Hispanic Outreach Taskforce: http://hotoutreach.org/

UCLA representative speaking to students in the media center — Our UCLA Representative, Scott, spoke today to a full library of our future college students.

Services We Offer:
College Representatives
College Speakers
Computer Lab
College Visits
Military Services
SAT I, SAT II, ACT, PSAT Registration
Scholarships and Grants
Financial Aid Advisement
AVID Program
Employment Opportunities
Parent Involvement

Support Components:

AVID/Los Angeles County Office of Education
Cal-SOAP, CSULB
Rio Hondo College

Zoom Office Hours

Monday-Friday

1:00pm - 4:00pm

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