Students who read regularly during the summer often improve their reading level and ability! Harmony students can start strong in the fall if their reading habits don’t “slide” away during the summer months. We invite all families to utilize the summer reading lists and newsletter provided to ensure strong summer reading habits. Students will select the reading list that corresponds to their grade level for the upcoming school year. Note the k-5 reading lists are also available in Spanish.
• The KG reading list is for incoming Kindergarten students • Current Kindergarten students utilize the newsletter titled "Grades 1- 2 Summer Reading 2012" • Current 1st grade students utilize newsletter titled "Grades 1- 2 Summer Reading 2012" • Current 2nd grade students utilize the newsletter titled "Grades 3-4 Summer Reading List 2012" • Current 3rd grade students utilize the newsletter titled "Grades 3-4 Summer Reading List 2012" • Current 4th grade students utilize the newsletter titled "Grade 5 Summer Reading List 2012" • Current 5th grade students will reference the 6th grade read list.
Harmony Public Schools and 60 Minutes: Setting the Record Straight
A segment of the May 13 television news show 60 Minutes included references to Harmony Public Schools (HPS) of Texas that may have left some inaccurate impressions. Please note the following facts about Harmony Public Schools, all of which were shared with 60 Minutes before the show was broadcast: Read more at Harmony Public Schools and 60 Minutes: Setting the Record Straight
Graduation and Award Ceremony
On behalf of the administration and faculty, you are cordially invited to attend the end of the year awards ceremonies and graduation/promotion events held in the gymnasium.
We are so proud of our students, parents, teachers and administrators who dedicate themselves to a standard of excellence each day. Thank you for your continued support of education and educators in Texas.
The coaching staff together with the administration invites you to join us at our annual Tiger Athletic Sports Banquet to honor the student-athletes. Families are welcome to attend the 2011-2012 Athletic Awards Banquet.
Monday, May 21st 6:00-8:00pm Tiger’s Den (Cafeteria)
Business Attire~ No Jeans Dinner Catered by El Ranchero $8.00 pp For tickets see Coach Garivey RSVP by 5/18
Celebrating Volleyball ~ Basketball ~ Soccer
SCHOOL SUPPLY
It's Back To School Time at the End of the Year! Place your early bird supply order for everything your students need in advance! Best of all, avoid long lines and returns over wrong items. Harmony is pleased to again offer a bundle of supplies through our partnership with EPI, which includes everything your child needs for the 2012-2013 academic year. The first order deadline is May 1st and the bundle will be ready for pick up in the front office by July 6th! GO Tigers! Please see attachments for more details.
U.S. News has announced the best high schools of the nation. The 2012 edition includes data on almost 22,000 public schools, 500 of which received gold medals.
Harmony Science Academy High School - Houston is ranked #309 in the nation, making the school one of the Gold Medalists. Harmony Science Academy is also ranked 24th within Texas. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® coursework and exams. The AP® participation rate at Harmony Science Academy is 89 percent. The student body makeup is 44 percent male and 56 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 86 percent.
Harmony Science Academy Dallas is ranked #554 in the nation, enabling the school to receive a Silver Medal. Harmony Science Academy – Dallas is ranked 50th within Texas. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® coursework and exams. The AP® participation rate at Harmony Science Academy – Dallas is 62 percent. The student body makeup is 48 percent male and 52 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 88 percent.
Harmony Science Academy North Austin received a Bronze Medal. At Harmony Science, the student body makeup is 47 percent male and 53 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 89 percent.
Harmony Public Schools has received BBB rating again by Standard & Poor's in a report dated March 16th 2012. The report stated that the outlook of the Harmony Public Schools is stable. BBB rating is the highest possible rating for a charter school operator to receive. Dr. Soner Tarim, the Superintendent of Harmony Public Schools, said: "In the midst of national and global financial instability, Harmony Public Schools System has demonstrated its ability to remain financially stable through fiscally sound organization and management. Renewing our BBB rating along with a stable outlook will enable us to save thousands of dollars which can then be used to further advance the efforts of our students, teachers, and staff members".
First Annual Harmony Public Schools “College Acceptance Day Pep Rally” AND I-SWEEEP Field Trip
May 4th at the George R. Brown Convention Center during the regularly scheduled I-SWEEEP Science Fair Field Trip, all graduating seniors from each Harmony High School campus throughout the Greater Houston area will come together to celebrate and announce for the first time which College they plan to attend in the fall.
ALL 6th-12th grade students from every Harmony campus in the Greater Houston area will be attending this event. We anticipate over 3,000 of our students will be in attendance. All Harmony Students attending this PEP Rally are required to wear a College or University T-shirt/Jersey of their choice.
Please confirm your college shirt with Ms. Frankiewicz for seating designation.
Date: May 4th, 2012
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: George R. Brown Convention Center
Event Program Manager: Mr. Bilgean Yasar, North Cluster Superintendent
Lead Staff Liaison: Sally Magnuson, HSE PR/Outreach Coordinator
Lead Parent Volunteer Liaison: Charles Gardner
You’re Invited to Our
Book Fair
It’s a Reading Celebration!!
Our Scholastic Book Fair is coming soon and will transform the Library into our very own book store. There you will find hundreds of books from new and favorite authors, popular series, cool posters and school supplies, and fun for everyone! You can also enter a drawing! For every 25 cents you donate to the One for Books Program you will be able to put your name in a drawing for a $5 gift certificate to spend at the Book Fair. The money that is collected will be used to add more awesome books for our school library. The Book Fair will be here from April 9th to April 13th and everyone is invited!
On Friday, February 24, 2012, students were given a few life lessons through the storytelling magic of Mr. D'Artagnan Bebel. Mr. Bebel is the Vice President & General Manager of local Houston Fox affiliate Fox26, as well as My20 and myfoxhouston.com. The students, faculty, staff and administration are very grateful to Mr. Bebel for his time!
Harmony Public Schools is on Facebook
To stay up to date on everything happening at Harmony Public Schools, go to www.facebook.com/HarmonyTexas and LIKE us.
NCLB Report Card
Harmony Public Schools is sharing information about the district and your child's campus with you as part of its obligations under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).
NCLB Report Cards for the state as a whole, the district, and each of the district's campuses are now available.
On Thursday, January 12, 2012, Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia visited the HSA-Houston Tigers. The finalists from the National Geographic Bee dined at a luncheon with Sheriff Garcia.
The Sixth Grade attended the assembly to listen to words of wisdom from Sheriff Garcia. Students asked some great questions and had a wonderful time.
College Readiness and Leadership Program (CRLP)
Dear Parents;
Our mission at Harmony Public Schools is to prepare each student for higher learning in a safe, caring and collaborative atmosphere through a quality learner-centered educational program with a strong emphasis on math, engineering, science and technology. Harmony's vision is to lead our students from the classroom into the world as productive and responsible citizens and even Nobel laureates. With this mission and vision in mind, we would like to introduce the College Readiness and Leadership Program (CRLP). Students at Harmony Schools have been participating in numerous local, statewide, and international competitions and have received many awards and trophies in the field of science, mathematics and computer technologies. We enhance our students level one more step and prepare them for top universities.
CRLP program is designed to prepare our selective students to top universities such as IVY League Schools which prepare very successful graduates and future leaders. Along academic success with perfect SAT scores top universities also look for voluntary public service, personal development, physical fitness and expedition/exploration which help build a well-rounded college student.
The CRLP program will be a full school year program for our students in grades 6th thru 11th grade. It is going to be in partnership with "The Congressional Award" organization which is a public/private partnership created by Congress to promote and recognize initiative, service and achievement in America's youth. The Congressional Award provides a unique opportunity for young people to set and achieve personally challenging goals that build character and foster community service, personal development, and citizenship.
The reports clearly prove that Harmony Public Schools continue to provide high-quality education to Texas children. As Harmony Public Schools, we will strive to take this success to the new levels.
To take a close look at the reports, please click on the names of the reports above.
Letter to Key Stakeholders Regarding The New York Times Article
From Superintendent Dr. Soner Tarim To the Harmony Public Schools Community: A disappointing article on charter schools in this week's New York Times attempts to put Harmony Public Schools in Texas in a context that is not accurate, necessitating this brief response. Many of us at Harmony Schools cooperated extensively with the Times on this story over the last several months, providing documents, interviews, tours and dozens of detailed responses to specific questions in good faith. But, as sometimes happens, the end result was not entirely what we had hoped. See the rest of Dr. Soner Tarim's response here: http://harmonytx.org/news/122/letter-to-stakeholders-on-ny-times-article/
Child Find
It is the policy of the Harmony Science Academy Charter School to locate and identify any child who contacts or enrolls in the Charter School who may have a disability and be in need of special education and related services, regardless of the severity of the disability, in accordance with its procedures as reflected in the CHILD FIND legal framework of the Legal Framework for the Child-Centered Special Education Process, located at: http://framework.esc18.net/. read more...
About Us
Harmony Public Schools has received BBB rating again by Standard & Poor's in a report dated March 16th 2012. The report stated that the outlook of the Harmony Public Schools is stable. BBB rating is the highest possible rating for a charter school operator to receive. Dr. 
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