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

Students in grades 9-12 may be promoted to the next grade level if the following conditions have been satisfied:
**The students must have maintained a semester grade average of at least 70% on a scale of 100. The student must have maintained a semester average of 70% and have received credit in at least three core courses.
**The students must have attended at least 90% of classes throughout the year. More than nine excused absences within one school year will result in a failing grade. There will be no make-up examination for unexcused absence.

If a student hasn't met these requirements, read more . . .

Please click here for 2012-13 Academic Calendar

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.

Harmony School of Advancement would like to announce that we have two students who have been selected by TCSAAL for excellence in academic as well as athletic performance. Kola was awarded Honorable Mention for High School Boys Basketball All State Team. Lola was named as a member of the All State and All Academic Team for High School Girl's Basketball. Lola received the most votes from all coaches in TCSAAL. Please help us in congratulating these outstanding Student Athletes.

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".

Advancement programming teams A and B scored second and third place in the
ACM programming contest held at Trinity University in San Antonio last
Saturday. In ACM style contests students are ranked according to how many
problems they solve and the time they spend on each problem. Here are the
results:

2nd place award
Andrew, Paul, Leon

3rd place award
Abraham, Adam, Ryan

Our teams completed a very sucsessful year in local and statewide contests.

CLASS OF 2012 COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE NEWS

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Ding Z. is accepted to HARVARD University as Class of 2016.

Harvard University, which celebrates its 375th anniversary in 2011, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Harvard accepted only 3% of 36,000 applicants.

Ding Z. and Leon L. are accepted to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as Class of 2016.

MIT is devoted to the advancement of knowledge and education of students in areas that contribute to or prosper in an environment of science and technology. This year, MIT accepted only 8% of 16,000 applicants.

Leelund S. is accepted to University of Chicago as Class of 2016.

The University of Chicago is a private, nondenominational, culturally rich and ethnically diverse coeducational institution of higher learning and research located in Chicago. Uchicago accepted only 15% of 22,000 applicants.

Dania M., Stephanie R., Sean K., Leelund S., Leon L. and Ding Z. are accepted to University of Texas at Austin as Class of 2016.

A comprehensive university with a broad mission of undergraduate and graduate education, research, and service to society. With an enrollment of over 48000, UT is one of the biggest universities in Texas.

Andrew C. is accepted to Georgia Tech. University as Class of 2016.

The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation's top research universities, distinguished by its commitment to improving the human condition through advanced science and technology. Georgia Tech's campus occupies 400 acres in the heart of the city of Atlanta, where 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive a focused, technologically based education.

Farhana Z. and Erich V. are accepted Drexel University as Class of 2016.

Founded in 1891 in Philadelphia, Drexel is a top-ranked, comprehensive university recognized for its focus on experiential learning through co-operative education, its commitment to cutting-edge academic technology and its growing enterprise of use-inspired research. With more than 23,500 students, Drexel is the nation's 14th largest private university and ranked sixth among national universities in the most recent U.S. News & World Report list of "Up-and-Comers."

Raul R., Bassam M., Dania M., Sean K. are accepted to Texas A&M University as Class of 2016.

Texas A&M University is one of Texas's Tier-1 universities, and its first public institution of higher education, this research-intensive university with 10 colleges and a nationally recognized faculty was ranked 3rd by U.S. News and World Report as a 'best value'.

Briana L., Alejo G., Muhammad M., Asia A., Zainuddin M., Nicholas B., Hasan H., Kevin T., Linda C., Byron C.P., Sahil S., Raul R., Amanda S., Kimberly R., Stephanie R., Farhana Z., Dania M. are accepted to University of Houston as Class of 2016.

Founded in 1927, the University of Houston, one of the Tier 1 universities in State of Texas, is the leading public research university in the vibrant international city of Houston. Each year, UH educate more than 39,800 students in more than 300 undergraduate and graduate academic programs, on campus and online.

Ding Z. and Leon L. are accepted to California Institute of Technology as Class of 2016.

With an outstanding faculty, including five Nobel laureates, and such off-campus facilities as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the W.M. Keck and Palomar observatories, Caltech is one of the world's preeminent institutions of science and engineering. Being highly selective university, Caltech accepts only 13% of its applicants.

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Dear Parents and Students;

The Texas Education Agency Publications Division posted STAAR Brochures and Posters which are available for download to learn about state testing procedure updates.

STAAR EOC Brochure

STAAR General Brochure

Everything You Need for STAAR by Texas Education Agency

Dr. Douglas Butler, Acting Department Head at Prairie A&M University, has presented "The ABCs of Leadership" in lieu of College Readiness and Leadership Program (CRLP) Leadership Seminars.

We believe not only Harmony School of Advancement students but also our school community will benefit Dr. Butler's presentation.

Special Thanks to Mrs. O'Brien for being liaison for CRLP.

Following HS-Advancement students received National AP Scholar which is granted to students in the United States who receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams:

A. Anazonwu - 10 AP tests
L. Swanson - 12 AP tests
L. Lin - 12 AP tests
D. Zhou - 13 AP tests

Special thanks go to Mrs. Nal for her leadership as an AP Coordinator at HS-Advancement.

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.

To log into the HSI Database enter the following "username" and "password" in the box on the right:

Student's username is First Name and Last Name with a space (example: John Smith).

The Password is student's bithday in MM/DD/YY format (example: 07/14/96)


Enter username and password and click the "Login" button in the same box. This will log you into the database.

Once you are logged in, you can change your password by clicking "Options" at the top of the screen.

You can view your grades, assignments, schedule, discipline points, library books and meal balance from the online student database.

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...