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

Join us for the Sixth Six Weeks Awards Assemblies as we recognize our students for their achievements during the six weeks!

When: Monday, May 21!

Times:
K-1st 8:30-9:15am
2nd-3rd 9:15-10:00am
4th-5th 11:00-11:45am
6th-7th 10:15-11:00am
8th-10th 11:45-12:30pm

Dear Students, Parents and Guardians:

Reading and writing are essential to learn about ourselves and our world. Students will read a variety of books over the summer and engage the texts through writing. Please see the attached summer reading suggested texts and choices for response. If you have questions, please contact your English language arts teacher or school administration.

Students will receive their Summer Reading Assignments the last week of school. Our computer labs will be open July 30 - August 3 for AR tests.
Summer Reading Assignments are required for all Harmony students.

Accelerated Reader (AR) is a daily progress monitoring software assessment in wide use by primary and secondary schools for monitoring the practice of reading. Accelerated Reader is an assessment that primarily determines whether or not a child has read a book.

What is Home Connect?
Home Connect Reading Tutorial
A Parent's Guide to Renaissance Home Connect (English)
A Parent's Guide to Renaissance Home Connect (Spanish)

Enjoy your summer and have fun reading!

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.

You can read more here.

Please visit the link below to download our 2012-2013 Academic Calendar.
click forAcademic Calendar5/14/2012

Every summer Harmony Schools organize a Leadership Camp for all teachers, parents and students in grades 6th -12th to have fun while building leadership and teambuilding skills.

Camp Locations and Dates:
Girls Camp: Camp Carter YMCA 6200 Sand Springs Road, Fort Worth, TX 76114
Dates: May 26th - June 1st, 2012

Boys Camp: Greene Family Camp, 1192 Smith Lane, Bruceville, Texas 76630
Dates: May 27th - June 2nd, 2012
www.gogreeneretreats.com

Event cost : $300.00 (includes accomodation and all meals)
Application Deadline : May 11, Friday.
read more . . .

Yesterday 9th and 10th grade students visited UT Southwestern. These students are currently training in our Bio-Medical Pathway. Here are some details of their trip.
Students visited the emergency room at Children's hospital. They met with a nurse who has 30 years of experience she talked to our kids about supplies and procedures in the emergency room.
They also learned how to make a slide and observe it under an electron microscope at UTSouthwestern Medical Center. The microscope they tried cost around one million dollars. Two professors and one technician spent 2 hours with our kids.

Their next visit is May 22nd. They will visit surgery and pathology department at UTSouthwestern Medical Center.

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".

HIS-Carrollton is beginning an internship program for upcoming juniors in high school. This internship will be completed within the community and will consist of a 10 week, 30 hour (about 3 hours a week) program. Students will be matched with a business or organization within the area based on the student’s high school pathway and career interest.

We are seeking businesses in the Carrollton area that are willing to work with our students. Please see the links below.
If you are an interested business please click here..

If you are a parent with an internship suggestion please click here..

The 2012 State Math & Science Competition took place on Saturday April 14, 2012 at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX with the participation of more than 300 student from all over Texas.


Every HSI student participating won an award:

Shivam (6A) and Kethan (6A) - Tied for First Place in Math
Jash 7A - Third Place in Math
Sakshat 7A - Fourth Place in Science
Allen 8A - Second Place in Science
Mansi 8A - Second Place in the Team Engineering Design

At the annual State Math & Science Competition, middle and high school students compete in individual math and science tests and participate in an interactive team design challenge. In addition to testing student knowledge of math and science concepts, the competition promotes teamwork, leadership, and academic achievement.

Congratulations to Chinwe 8A, Sakshat 7A and Anshu 7A, participating the Exxon Mobil Texas State Science Fair held in San Antonio this past weekend.

HSI- Carrollton congratulates Anshu (7A) for getting the 1st place in the Chemistry Category. We wish him good luck in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair!

Additionally, he qualified for Broadcom Masters, a national science fair for middle school students.

On Saturday, March 24th, our Science Olympiad team competed at Dallas/Ft. Worth Regional Tournament at North Lake College, Dallas.

We received the following awards:

Bottle Rocket: Derrick (7A) and Emmy (7A): 3rd Place

Experimental Design : Roberto (7C) and Deluxan (7A): 4th Place
Science Word: Allen(8A) and Adan (8A) 4th Place

We are very proud of our Science Olympiad teams for working hard for the past few months as well as the coaches who were willing to work with their students on a weekly basis.
Thank you for all your effort!

On March 31, 2012, the lottery was conducted for the 2012-2013 school year applicants at Harmony School of Innovation between 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm.

Please contact the front office at 469-892-5556 for the Lottery Results.

TESTING 8:00-12:00
March 26 (MONDAY)
English I Writing

March 27 (TUESDAY)
English I Reading
Grade 4 Writing Day 1
Grade 7 Writing Day 1
Grade 5 Mathematics
Grade 8 Mathematics (8A,8B)

March 28 (WEDNESDAY)
Grade 4 Writing Day 2
Grade 7 Writing Day 2
Grade 5 Reading
Grade 8 Reading

March 29 (THURSDAY)
Grade 8 Mathematics (7A,7B)

What is STAAR?

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, will replace the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) program beginning in spring 2012. The STAAR program at grades 3-8 will assess the same grades and subjects as are assessed on TAKS. For high school, general subject-area TAKS tests will be replaced with twelve STAAR end-of-course (EOC) assessments.

In general, how will the STAAR assessment program be different from the TAKS assessment program?

The most significant changes to the assessment program include increasing the rigor of both the assessments and the performance standards for all grades, subjects, and courses; changing high school assessments from grade-based to course-based assessments;
establishing postsecondary-readiness performance standards for Algebra II and English III; and using empirical validation studies as part of the standard-setting process to ensure that performance standards are linked from grade to grade and are also linked to external evidence of postsecondary readiness.

In what grades, subjects, and courses will students be assessed under the new STAAR program?

At grades 3-8, students will be tested in mathematics and reading. Students will also be tested in writing at grades 4 and 7, science at grades 5 and 8, and social studies at grade 8. STAAR EOC assessments will be available for Algebra I, geometry, Algebra II, biology, chemistry, physics, English I, English II, English III, world geography, world history, and U.S. history.

To view all State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) resources, visit the STAAR webpage. read more . . .

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Dear Parents & Students,
Harmony Public Schools are offering Practice and Official PSAT to high school students to help them improve their test scores. Top students in each grade level will get prizes.

1st place $25
2nd place $15
3rd place: $10

The Schedule is as follows:
Testing:::::::::::: 9:00 - 12:00
Pizza:::::::::::::::12:00 - 12:30
Basketball Game 12:30 - 1:00

Please check the table below for the test dates:



Official PSAT wil be administered on the 15th of October and it will be free to all HIS High School students.

For more information please contact Mr. Murati at kmurati@harmonytx.org

What is the PSAT? read more . . .

The Texas Education Agency publishes a School Report Card for every campus. The School Report Card provides a small subset of the information available in the AEIS (Academic Excellence Indicator System) reports. To download the report for Harmony School of Innovation Please click for NCLB Report Card .
Please click forSchool Report Card . You will need Adobe Reader to open the file.

Dear Prospective Students/Parents,

As enrollment season approaches, we would like to share a couple of reminders with you.

1 - The application period for Harmony Public Schools is between January 10 and March 15 for the 2012-2013 school year.
2 - All applications prior to January 10, 2012 will be considered for the 2011-2012 school year.
3 - Any application received after March 15, 2012 will be placed on the waiting list in the order of the date in which the application is received.
4 - The Lottery will be drawn during the last week of March 2012.
5 – Selected students will be announced by the end of the 1st week of April 2012.

Please note that any application received is only considered for one school year. If your child is not selected for enrollment, a new application must be submitted for each year.

Harmony Public Schools do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, or disability in providing educational services, activities, and programs, including vocational and career technology programs, in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, (as amended), Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended).
Please click here for Open House Dates and Places .

Please review our campus' highly qualified teacher report for 2011-2012 school year.
Please click here for Parent Notification Letter
Please click here for ParentNotificación a los Padres
Please click here for Highly Qualified Report
Please click here for Principal Attestation of HQ

CRLP Leadership Talk Series III is scheduled for Thursday December 1st at 9:30 AM with special guest Mr. Ron Marchant, Denton County Commissioner.
Invitation for CRLP Students and 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 educate 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 8 - 10. 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.

Congressional Award on the Web: www.congressionalaward.org

The Harmony Schools are committed to implementing a program that meets the unique social, emotional, and intellectual needs of gifted and talented students through the collaboration of students, educators, parents and community members that ensures opportunities for maximum growth and development for life long success.

Please click here for Parent Nomination Form

Gifted and Talented Testing Window: October 3-28

Nomination Forms need to be turned in to the Front Office by September 30th.

For any questions regarding the G/T program at HIS please contact our G/T Coordinator Ms. Mooney at smooney@harmonytx.org. read more . . .

We are proud to announce that HarmonySchool of Innovation is a designated T-STEM academy by Texas Education Agency!
Texas Science, Technology, Engineering and Math initiative, known as T-STEM, is a part of the Texas High School Project program which is a statewide collaboration between Texas Education Agency, policy makers, educators and private philanthropists working together to find innovative ways to improve Texas schools.

T-STEM initiative offers a fundamental approach to empower teachers, inspire students, and advance the studies in these four fields. The public-private initiative of academies, professional development centers and networks is designed to improve instruction and academic performance in science and mathematics-related subjects at secondary schools.

For more information please visit the following link read more . . .

The mission of Harmony Public Schools (HPS) 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, science, engineering and technology. read more . . .

Harmony Public Schools have released 2011 College Acceptance Report and 2011 SAT Report.

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.

Please cllick on the link below for HSI's Testing Calendar.




Harmony Public Schools Testing Calendar 2011-2012

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/

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...