Parents, we are glad to be able to offer pre-packaged supply packs for you to purchase online through EPI! You will be able to select your child’s grade level, see pack contents and prices, pay for the pack online, and pick up your child’s supplies at orientation, all at the following website: www.epipacks.com; enter the School ID: HAR268. This is the easiest, fastest way to get all your supplies for next year without ever leaving your home!

Additionally, we have posted the supply lists for each grade level here so that you can view and purchase supplies yourself if you so choose.

Please keep in mind that teachers may ask for additional items as needed or for specific items (like specific binders for classes, etc) when you meet them in August. Also, agenda books will be available for purchase at orientation.

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

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.

Dear Parents / Students,

You can access the academic calendar for 2012-2013 from the link below.

2012 - 2013 Academic Calendar

Elijah Pettis -7C- competed in EARLY+ Robotics Competition on May 4th in Houston and got 1st place on Robot Design. Thanks to Mr. Kandir for helping on practice board and everybody who helped to build the pieces.
Congratulations!

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".

We are pleased to announce that Harmony School of Nature & Athletics will be partnering with UNT Dallas. UNT Dallas and HSNA will be working together to simultaneously improve teacher education and renew public schooling. Providing high quality professional development for teachers and identifying school service and research opportunities for students and faculty will be accomplished through this partnership development.

On Saturday, February 25, 2012 a dozen HSNA students and two parent volunteers brought Harmony spirit, good will, and good company to the residents and patients of Laurenwood Nursing Home in Duncanville. Our students distributed (approved) snacks to residents in the facility’s cafeteria. Following lunch, students in small groups “made the rounds,” visiting with residents in their rooms – talking, listening, sharing stories, and reading aloud to them. Our students made a fabulous impression on the nursing home residents.
Thanks to the student council for sponsoring this outstanding event!

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A new testing journey begins with the launch of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR™ in the 2011–2012 school year. The standardized testing program includes tests for students in grades 3–12. The new rigorous program will focus on readiness for success in subsequent grades and courses and, ultimately, for college and career. Please click here for more information.

High School Testing Program-STAAR EOC

The new end-of-course assessments will only assess the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for a given course, unlike the high school TAKS tests that cover material
from multiple courses. The questions on the new STAAR will be deeper and more complex than TAKS. For STAAR - End of Course brochure please click here

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...