If you’re not already a member, please consider joining the school HPTO to take part in its elections for officers to be held at the school on Tuesday, May 22, beginning at 6:30 pm. Get involved and make a difference! We look forward to seeing you there. read more . . .

Dear Harmony Parents,

Friday, May 25th we will have early dismissal at 1:05 pm. Students need to be picked up by 1:30. There will be NO after school clubs or Zenith Learning After School care available for this day.

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), officially proclaimed "Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month," is a celebration of the culture, traditions, and history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Congress passed a joint Congressional Resolution in 1978 to commemorate Asian American Heritage Week during the first week of May. This date was chosen because two important anniversaries occurred during this time: the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants in America on May 7, 1843 and the completion of the transcontinental railroad by many Chinese laborers on May 10, 1869. In 1990 Congress voted to expand it from a week to a month long celebration and in May 1992, the month of May was permanently designated as "Asian Pacific American Heritage Month."

Harmony Science Academy Northwest will celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with an assembly on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 2:00 pm in the cafeteria. Activities will include musical performances, poems, a Ramen noodle eating contest and more. As always, parents are welcome to join.

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

HSANW is selling school supplies online till July 2nd.

Parents can order the supplies securely online
1. Go to www.epipacks.com
2. Enter the school ID, HAR116
3. Follow the directions to complete your order.
4. Keep your online confirmation as your receipt.

Parents can also purchase supplies at the front desk till Friday, May 25th.

All ordered school supplies will be placed in your child's homeroom for the first day of school in August.

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.

FIELD DAY is right around the corner! We are thankful to many of you who have already responded with your pledges to bring food and supplies. However, for this event to be a complete success, we also need parent volunteers, roughly 35 to 40. Out of nearly 160 students between 6th and 7th grade, we can achieve this number. Consider volunteering your time as a team leader or activity referee to make this event as fun and enjoyable as possible for the students. If you would like to help, please email Dale Meadows at dmeadows@harmonytx.org or Danielle Solis at dsolis@harmonytx.org.

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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".

Afterschool mandatory tutoring has ended. If you would like for your child to receive extra tutoring please contact your child's teacher.

Muffins for Moms is designed to bring students and moms together for a time of leisure and bonding. The tangible connection between mom and student instills within a sense of well-being and their special time together reinforces the importance of parental involvement in the child’s overall development. HSANW will celebrate this union on Monday, May 14th in the cafeteria from 8:15am to 9:00am.

Celebrate...Kindergarten is done. Look out First Grade, here we come!

The Harmony Science Academy Houston Northwest Kindergarten Class of 2011-2012 will be graduating on Thursday, May 24, 2012. Commencement will begin promptly at 5:30 pm in the cafeteria. Western attire is required. Please join us. Refreshments will be served.

Harmony Science Academy NW will be having its Annual Awards Ceremony to honor the achievements of our students for the 2011-2012 school year. Everyone is invited to show our students how proud we are of what they have accomplished. The schedule is as follows:

K - 3rd grade will be honored on Monday, May 21st @ 2:00pm in the cafeteria.
4th - 7th grade will be honored on Tuesday, May 22nd @ 2:00pm in the cafeteria.

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

The school's tardiness 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.

Students should be inside the classroom reading for AR time by 8:00am. Please make every effort to drop your child off between 7:45am - 7:50am to ensure they have ample time to get to class. Also, if your child will be eating breakfast at school, please arrive no later than 7:30am. A student arriving after 8:00am must report to the front office and obtain a tardy slip. Tardiness to school will be unexcused, unless the student arrives to campus late for one of the following reasons:

• Personal illness
• Attendance at a required court appointment
• Appointment with a doctor, dentist, or other professional

For a tardy to be excused, the student must present a note from the parent explaining the one of the above reasons for the student's late arrival. The consequences for repeating tardiness to school or class within 6-weeks are as follows:

# of Tardiness Consequences

5-9 Saturday School
10-14 In-School Suspension
15-19 One day Out-of-School Suspension
20 and Above Up to three days Out-of-School Suspension

Dear Parents,

Any payments made at the school must be done between 8am and 4pm Monday-Friday. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Didic at 281-444-1555.

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.

Regular school attendance is a powerful link to successful learning in school. When students are tardy or absent, they miss out valuable learning and social experiences.

Why regular school Attendance Counts?

Teachers cover key academic concepts every day.
Time on task on a daily basis is needed to learn basic academics.
One missed day of school = as many as three days of catch up for a student to learn all the missed information and skills.
The habit of going to school is like learning to go to work – it is a student's job.
School attendance lays the foundation for whether children will graduate or drop-out from high school.

If your student is absent this year, please contact our attendance clerk, Mrs. Srirama by calling the school.

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...