| Activity Calendar - Updated 5/17 |
Dear parents, The activity calendar for this year can be accessed from the link below. Please note that the activity calendar is not final and will be updated every week. Special events coming up include:
5/18 -- Elementary Science Fair
5/20-21-- Girls Volleyball Tryouts
5/22-24-- Kinder, 5th, 8th grade graduations
5/24 -- KVPAC Assembly
read more . . .
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| 05/15-- Wednesday Mail |
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Parents… Every week we will be posting important information in the Wednesday Mail icon on our web page including a list of upcoming activities and dates. Thank you for all your cooperation and support. Look for important news this week! --
1. Important information about the last week of school.
2.Interactive Speaking Panel 2 -- Bullying, 11:30am, May 16
3.Photos from our Mother's Day Celebration!
4. Many volunteer opportunities for the remainder of the month. read more . . .
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| Wildcats visit the Houston Dynamo! |
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On Sunday, May 13, the HSA-West Houston Wildctats had a unique opportunity to participate in the opening cermonies of the Houston Dynamo vs. Sporting Kansas City game. We had Tall Banner holders and a Center Circle team made up of more than 45 students and parents. The kids did a great job and a good time was had by all. Sadly, the Dynamo fell to Sporting KC for their first loss ever in BBVA Compass Stadium, but we still had a GREAT time and thank the Dynamo organization for their generous gift of accessibility to a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to open up a game at home! — HSA-West Houston @ Houston Dynamo vs. Sporting KC read more . . .
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| HSA-West Houston hosts the Katy Wolfpack Special Olympics team |
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On Tuesday, May 14, the HSA-West Houston Wildcats basketball team hosted the Katy Wolfpack Special Olympics basketball team for a friendly scrimmage. All of the players had fun and the Katy Wolfpack finished out the night by sweeping all three games! Way to go Wildcats and Wolfpack!
Additionally, last night at the Wildcat and Wolf Pack Scrimmage, the PTO donated items for the concession stand and the school donated pizza for the concession stand. The Wolf Pack Basketball Club received $63 at the end of the night as a result of these sales.
We are looking forward to more games in the future! read more . . .
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| The 2013-2014 Academic Calendar is here! |
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For more information and important dates regarding next year's academic calendar, follow the link. read more . . .
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| Seven Harmony Schools Made Newsweek's Top Schools List |
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 Newsweek has announced America's Best High Schools where seven Harmony schools have made into the list.
Harmony Science Academy - Bryan/College Station, Harmony School of Advancement (Houston), Harmony Science Academy Fort Worth, Harmony Science Academy (Houston), Harmony Science Academy El Paso, Harmony Science Academy Dallas, Harmony Science Academy-North Austin are the campuses that made into Newsweek's list.
Newsweek has also identified Top 25 Transformative High Schools in which four Harmony Schools are also featured.
HSA Bryan/College Station, HSA El Paso, HSA Houston, and HSA Dallas became America's 25 transformative schools who did the most with the least resources.
In 2011, two Harmony campuses were also named as the Miracle Schools by Newsweek.
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| Four Harmony Campuses Made into the Challenge Index |
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 Washington Post has announced its Most Challenging High Schools list of 2012. Four Harmony high schools made the Challenge Index and three of them in the top 100 out of 1900 schools in the list.
The Challenge Index of Washington Post ranks high schools since 1998 based on the student achievement on IB, AP, and college level tests (SAT, ACT, etc.) and graduation rates. The index score is the number of college-level tests given at a school in 2011 divided by the number of graduates that year. Also noted are the percentage of students who come from families that qualify for lunch subsidies (Subs. lunch) and the percentage of graduates who passed at least one college-level test during their high school career, called equity and excellence, (E&E). A (P) next to the school's name denotes a private school.
See the detailed list here.
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| Harmony Public Schools and 60 Minutes: Setting the Record Straight |
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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
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| Harmony Public Schools is on Facebook |
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| Letter to Key Stakeholders Regarding The New York Times Article |
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 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/
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| Child Find |
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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...
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