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.

Have a wonderful summer and happy reading!

Kindergarten (English) (Spanish)
Grades 1-2 (English) (Spanish)
Grades 3-4 (English) (Spanish)
Grade 5 (English) (Spanish)
Grade 6 (English)

Field Day can’t happen without you! If you would like to help make Field Day a great success come and help lead an activity (instructions will be provided) Please fill out the form at the link below and return to school by Friday, May 18th.

Field Day Volunteer Form

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

Wednesday 5/16- 3rd Grade Picnic
Tuesday 5/22- K-2nd Field Day
Wed 5/23- 3rd-5th Field Day
Wed 5/23- Kindergarten Graduation
Thurs 5/24- Award Ceremonies
Thurs 5/24- 5th Grade Graduation
Friday 5/25- Last Day of School (early dismissal)

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.

The academic calendar for the 2012-13 school year has been approved . You may view it at the link below.

2012-13 Academic Calendar

We have extended ticket sales for this event through Friday, May 4th. There are only a limited number remaining that have been reserved for us, so make sure to purchase them ASAP before we sell out!

Harmony School of Science is excited to promote our Sugar Land Skeeters family night on Friday, May 11th starting at 7:05. The Sugar Land Skeeters are the new and only minor league baseball team in the Houston area. We are looking forward to a huge school turnout. This will be a family fun event, even for the non-baseball fans. The stadium includes a playground, splash pool, antique carousel, food, and other fun things.

Tickets are on sale now through our front office for $12 each. Checks, credit cards, and debit cards are accepted. Get your tickets soon! They are going fast and we can only reserve a certain number at a time.

Sugar Land Skeeters Baseball Team

Harmony School of Science is excited to announce a large addition to the playground for the 2012-13 school year. We are currently receiving bids with plans for it to be ready in August for the first day of school. We would like to thank the PTO, who will be donating additional funds to supplement the school's budgeted amount for this project.

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".

Every Friday morning, Mr. Cure invites parents that have students in different class sections to join him for a cup of coffee from 8:00-8:45. This is a wonderful opportunity for parents to sit down and get to know him on a more personal level. He encourages questions and suggestions and values feedback from parents.

Mr. Cure will be welcoming parents of students in KA and KB on Friday, April 20th.

The results from our public enrollment lottery held on March 31st are posted outside of our front office.

The highlighted names are the students that were accepted. Parents or Guardians of those accepted must contact the school for the application packet, which is due on April 13, 2012.

The names that are not highlighted comprise the waiting list and will be called in the order of the list if and when spots become avaliable.

To stay up to date on everything happening at Harmony Public Schools, go to www.facebook.com/HarmonyTexas and LIKE us.

The mobile app for our database is now available for parents to download.
It can be downloaded through the following links...

App for iPhone Device

App for Android Device

Application features:
-Access to information about your child's grades, homework, discipline points, attendance, bell schedule, payments, calendar and school news.
-Push notifications about your child's progress (grades, homework, discipline points, attendance) and school news and events.
-Support for access to multiple student accounts.
-Offline viewing of your child's data. You can view your child's' data even when you are not connected to a network.
-One click login once you save your child's login information.
-Email communication with your child's teachers without leaving the application.

You may view our No Child Left Behind report for 2011 at the following link…

NCLB Report

Dear Parents,

We held a brief assembly on February 15th for students in 2nd-5th grades to review some of our discipline policies. Please take a moment go over the following items with your children to make sure they understand the importance of the discussed items. All rules are established for the benefit of our students for two reasons. Those rules are in place to maximize learning in the classroom as well as keeping the entire school safe. We are fortunate to have a great group of students, but a few issues have recently been occurring with more regularity that we would like your help to improve.

Tardiness… All students are expected to be in their first period class by 8:00am. Students arriving late are missing out on instruction and disturb the entire class when they do arrive while class has already begun. The Student/Parent Handbook states that students may be given Saturday Detention after 5 tardies, ISS after 10 tardies, suspended after 15 tardies, and have a three-day suspension after 20 tardies in a school year.

Not following directions… All staff members should be looked at as an authority figure on campus. Students should be where they are assigned, listen and follow directions the first time given, and treat all staff with respect.

Bullying… Bullying can come in a variety of forms, whether it be physical, emotional, or online through media sources such as Facebook or text messages. HSS is a bully-free environment and it is taken very seriously. Students are asked to come forward and report any bullying they witness. Bullying is a Level II Offense according to the Student Handbook, which states students may be suspended or even expelled for bullying.

Academic Dishonesty… Cheating is stealing someone else's work, time, energy, and thoughts. Whether a student is copying homework from another student, having a parent do their homework, giving answers to another student on independent work, peaking at their review during a test, etc, it is totally unacceptable. The Student/Parent Handbook states that students may receive a zero when caught cheating as well as face Level II disciplinary consequences, which can include suspension or expulsion.

Character and high moral standards are paramount at HSS. Our goal is for students to choose to make right decisions purely out of honor and integrity, not out of fear of consequences or hope for reward. However, we do have our DPS/PRS system in place that is used as a learning/motivational tool to aide in that process. If a student reaches 10 DPS points within a semester, he/she is required to serve a Saturday Detention. If a student reaches 20 DPS points, they will serve another Saturday Detention. Students receiving 25 DPS points may be issued ISS. Out of school suspensions may be issued after 50 and 70 DPS points in a semester, and students face the possibility of expulsion if they accumulate 75 DPS points. A student not receiving any DPS points in one day will have one deducted until they do not have any DPS points.

Just like we feel students should be accountable for their negative behaviors in effort to learn from them, we also feel they should be rewarded for their good behaviors. Frequent Free-Dress days will continue for top PRS earners. We will also begin having occasional prize raffles for students based on their PRS points. We are excited to announce that the final PRS raffle of the year will be for an iPad!

Thank you for discussing these items with your children. Together, school and parents form a team with the same common goal to provide the best education possible and prepare them for their journey through life. You may review all items in detail in the Student/Parent Handbook.

This is a reminder all students must arrive to their first period class by 8:00am every morning. The school's tardy policy has been developed to emphasize the importance of each student arriving on time to school every day and remaining in the classroom for the entire period. Learning personal responsibility by arriving to school and class on time is an integral part of the school's standard of excellence, which helps prepare students for success.


The district policy states that students may receive disciplinary consequences for repeated tardiness.

5-9 Tardies- Saturday Detention
10-14 Tardies- In School Suspension
15-19 Tardies- One Day Out of School Suspension
20+ Tardies- Up to Three Days Out of School Suspension

Congratulations to our Online Math League team! They recently won first place, beating out 68 other teams from across the country. This is a great accomplishment and we are extremely proud of them all, including Mrs. Ahmad for preparing them so well for this competition!

Members of the team are Aarishi A, Odinakachi D, Maryam D, Nathan M, Ivy L, Kim N, Patrick T, Rohen V, Zarf A, Mazen H, Christina H, Zabir I, Alan P, Brendan G, Amal W, Peter D, Katherine H, Paola B, Yazad S, Ibrahim S, John Daniel G, and Joel B.

This is a reminder that all students are required to wear their ID cards every day for safety reasons. It is part of their uniform and will receive DPS points if they are not wearing them.

In addition to the safety aspect, ID cards are scanned when students purchase lunch so that we ensure each charge on your child's lunch account is accurate.

IDs were provided free to all students at the beginning of the year. If an ID is lost, the student is required to pay a $5 replacement fee in the front office in order to receive a new one.

Dear Parents,

Please take a minute to review our Accelerated Reading Program and the grading policy.

AR Information

Dear Parents,

The attached link is our yearly report card published by TEA. We have hard copies available in the front office that you may pick up as well.

Once again, we are very proud of the success that has been achieved and look forward to continued excellence every year by providing students with the best education possible. Congratulations to all of our students, teachers, and parents!

2010-11 HSS School Report Card

New car plates were sent home on Wednesday, January 4th. Harmony staff members will not release any students unless the car plate is visible. If you do not have a car plate, you will be asked to park in the parking lot and walk to the front office when they unlock the doors at 3:15. Our front office maintains the list of approved people that may pick up each child, and will need to verify your information with a valid photo ID.

The safety of each and every child on our campus is always our paramount concern and we take this responsibility very seriously.

You may pick up additional/replacement car plates in the front office during normal business hours if necessary.

Dear Parents,

We are implementing a new Late Homework Policy for this semester in order to help students make sure they are getting credit for all assignments. Parents of students who are missing assignment(s) will be contacted to schedule a mandatory session to complete the missing work. These sessions will be held after school on Wednesdays and Fridays as well as on Saturdays.

We want to give all students as many opportunities to succeed before giving them a zero on an assignment. As always, we also encourage parents to actively monitor their child's progress on the database.

Saturday tutorials will also be beginning next weekend. Teachers will be notifying you if your child will be attending as well as the time.

Harmony Clubs
Please review the new club schedule for the spring semester. Also note that the front office will only be accepting payment the first week of the month. There will be no refunds unless a club is cancelled.

Spring 2012 Club Schedule and Pricing

Each club has a cap on enrollment and is first come, first serve.



Zenith Clubs
The Zenith Aftercare program will be offering clubs on our campus as well. You may view the following attachments for details.

Zenith Clubs Notification

Zenith Kung Fu Enrollment Form

Zenith Lego Club Enrollment Form

All Zenith clubs (Martial Arts and Lego Clubs) will start on the 3rd week of January, which is the week starting on 16th of January, 2012.
(Only Zenith Learning aftercare will be held starting from the first week of second semester)

HSS is organizing an international Trip to Turkey, Canada and Mexico. The trip will be a cultural, social, and entertaining experience for the Harmony family. Join us in this rewarding experience.

Spring Break Staff Trips
COST for Turkey trip: $600 + international flight ticket
Cost for Mexico & Canada trips: $1,000 + international flight ticket
Application & Deposit Deadline: January 20, 2012

Summer Break Parent Trips (June 2012)
COST for Turkey trip: $900 + international flight ticket
Cost for Mexico & Canada trips: $1,000 + international flight ticket
Application & Deposit Deadline: March 30, 2012

Please review HSS's Highly Qualified Teachers Summary report for 2011-2012 school year.
Harmony School of Science 2011-12 Highly Qualified Teachers Report

Parent Notification
English
Spanish

On Monday, November 7th, HSS was honored to have Constable Troy Nehls visit our campus. Constable Nehls is committed to serving the Fort Bend community in a lawful, fair and impartial manner. Along with his staff, he works in partnership with the community to execute all civil and criminal court orders and to promote a safe and secure environment for the citizens of this area. Constable Nehls is also a recipient of two Bronze Star Medals from his 21-year serice in our US armed forces.

We at HSS salute Constable Nehls and his life long devotion to keeping our country and community safe!

Our campus raised $766.00 during our Texas Wildfire coin drive that will benefit victims of the recent wildfires. We all did a GREAT job. Our Students are very caring and eagerly came everyday with their change to put into our jars. We will be sending this money to Bastrop where the most damage was done and will be put to good use.

On the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001, students wrote thank you letters to our military troops. Here is a picture of 1st Platoon, Bravo Troop, 4-4 Cav holding the letters they received from Mrs. Batycki's class. We thank them from the bottom of our hearts for the sacrifices they are making every day to protect us and the best nation in the world!

We have just been named to the Texas Business and Education Coalition's 2011 Honor Roll. Of the more than 8,000 Texas public schools less than 4% have been honored with this recognition. A huge thanks goes out to the entire faculty, staff, administration, parents, and of course the students. Accolades like this would not be possible without the unyielding dedication to academic excellence from everyone.

TBEC had the following to say about this award…

"The TBEC Honor Roll is the most prestigious award for sustained, academic excellence in Texas. It recognizes schools that have demonstrated three years of consistent, high performance in all subjects compared to other schools serving similar student populations. TBEC Honor Roll schools have the highest percentage of students performing at the state's most rigorous standard -commended- in every subject. And, in this the last year of TAKS, our standards are the most demanding we have ever had. You and your school have truly earned a place on the Honor Roll through hard work and student achievement over an extended period of time."

You can read more about this on the TBEC Website

Dear Parents,

Please note all student passwords have been reset today to the student's birthday in 2 digit month/2 digit day/4 digit year format (XX/XX/XXX).

For example, if your child was born today (August 26th, 2011), his/her password would be 08/26/2011.

The username is your child's first and last name, with a space in between. Example: John Doe

You may see the student database login on the right side of this webpage. You are encouraged to change the password to something unique when you do log in.

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.

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...