Dear Parent(s)/ Guardian(s)

Thank you for your support in Harmony School of Advancement. Due to the limited space for the upcoming year, we ask each parent/guardian to fill out the attached form completely and return it to the front office. This form is designed for currently enrolled students. Applications received unsigned, incomplete, or after the due date may not be considered for next year. Please do not send the form with the student. The closing date for the reenrollment forms is Friday,January 27, 2012.

To view and print the re-enrollment form, please click here

Application features:

The applications to Harmony Public Schools for the 2012-2013 School Year have been started and it has already exceeded 15 thousand threshold! On the day we started accepting the applications (January 10), we received almost four thousand applications in 24 hours.The application deadline is March 15, 2012.

CLASS OF 2012 COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE NEWS

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Harmony School of Advancement has been granted charter membership in the National Forensic League (NFL). Charter membership is the highest level of membership in the NFL, and reflects sustained commitment to speech and debate education over several years.

The National Forensic League (NFL) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit honorary society whose mission is to promote high school and middle school speech and debate activities as a means to develop a student's essential life skills and values. Last year, more than I 12,000 high school and middle school students, representing more than 2,800 high schools and nearly 100 middle schools, built their communication, leadership, cognitive, and presentational skills as members. As members, these students may compete to attend the world's largest academic event, the NFL National Speech & Debate Tournament. The NFL National Speech & Debate Tournament awards over $153,000 in college scholarships to top students each summer.

Since 1925, more than 1.3 million students have found their voice in the NFL. Many of these members have risen to the pinnacle of their respective fields, including former Vice President Hubert Humphrey; Senators Richard Lugar, Russ Feingold and William Frist; media visionaries Ted Turner and Oprah Winfrey; Emmy award winners Kelsey Grammer and Shelly Long; news anchor Jane Pauley; C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb; Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor; and actors Brad Pitt, Michael Urie, and James Dean.

Associate Professor Lawrence Clark will be presenting a seminar about time management and goal setting for HS-Advancement students on January 6, 2012.

Dr. Clark earned his Ph.D. in English from Texas A&M University, and is also a Certified Personality Trainer (CPT). He teaches writing and literature courses at North American College and speaks frequently in schools, churches, and libraries on a variety of subjects. Dr. Clark is currently writing a college textbook that helps students learn about time management, goal setting, personality and strengths theories, character development, and other important concepts while also gaining valuable academic writing skills.

On December 16th & 17th, the Harmony School of Advancement debate team hosted a Texas Forensic Association qualifying speech and debate tournament. The tournament was a smashing success, and we'd like to take a moment to thank the students, teachers, parents, and community volunteers that helped make it happen - we couldn't have done it without you.

There were over 400 competitors and guests at the competition, representing 32 schools from across Texas. The tournament itself was very well recieved, with numerous early commitments to attend our next tournament (which will occur sometime next school year).

We would like to take a moment as well to extend a few specific thanks for individuals whose dedication and contribution went well above and beyond what anyone would reasonably expect, and to whom the Harmony School of Advancement Speech & Debate Team is greatly indebted: Our beloved and illustrious librarian, Colleen O'Brien; students Luisa F., Chantera L., and Hafsa B.; Tabeen H. and the wonderful, delicious, and local Kabab Kahani; our principals Mr. Yilmaz and Mr. Orsun; North American College for last-minute use of their campus and outstanding flexibility and accommodation of our needs, and the many parents and volunteers who gave so selflessly of their time and themselves to make our tournament so successful, and a truly memorable experience for all involved

Attached you will find a copy of the State of Texas 2010-2011 School Report Card for Harmony School of Advancement.

This is a report required by the Texas Legislature and prepared by the Texas Education Agency. It is to be sent to the parent or guardian of every child enrolled in the public schools.

The report provides information concerning student performance as well as information concerning expenditures, average class size, and student/teacher ratios.

School Report Card

Please review our campus highly qualified teachers summary report for 2011-2012 school year

Highly Qualified (HQ) Teachers Summary Report

Parent Notification (English and Spanish)

Dear Prospective Students/Parents,

As enrollment season approaches, we would like to share a couple of reminders with you.

1 - The application period for Harmony Public Schools is between January 10 and March 15 for the 2012-2013 school year.
2 - All applications prior to January 10, 2012 will be considered for the 2011-2012 school year.
3 - Any application received after March 15, 2012 will be placed on the waiting list in the order of the date in which the application is received.
4 - The Lottery will be drawn during the last week of March 2012.
5 – Selected students will be announced by the end of the 1st week of April 2012.

Please note that any application received is only considered for one school year. If your child is not selected for enrollment, a new application must be submitted for each year.

Harmony Public Schools do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, or disability in providing educational services, activities, and programs, including vocational and career technology programs, in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, (as amended), Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended).

DISTCO 2012 is part of a series of “Digital Storytelling Contests". DISTCO 2012 is an online contest where Students and Teachers in K-12 are invited to submit their original digital stories between November 28, 2011 and January 27, 2012. please check our website at distco.org for complete timeline and rules. The project has certain benefits for both students and teacher. It is a way of exposing and challenging the students in a competition where they can show their certain skills in multimedia, technology, researching, writing and creativity. DOWNLOAD DISTCO 2012 Flyer Here
Participants could win IPAD or INano from among the many rewards available this year. You could win an IPAD or IPOD Nano. SUBMIT YOUR DIGITAL STORY BY JANUARY 27, 2012!

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

Retired Colonel Mike Jackson has visited our school and gave us a presentation about Military academies: The 5 Pointed Star.
-US Military Academy at West Point
-US Naval Academy at Annapolis
-US Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs
-US Coast Guard Academy at New London
-US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point

Each year, thousands of cadets and midshipmen enter our Nation's service academies with the desire to be challenged at the highest levels and serve our country in the most noble of professions.

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.

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...