Attached is our Wednesday Mail for February 1st. Have a great week! read more . . .

Mock (Practice) STAAR Testing #2 will take place soon (February 27th - March 2nd) for students in grades 3rd through 8th.

Please make sure that your child is well rested, has eaten breakfast and is at school on time on these days. Students need to come to school prepared, with #2 pencils and erasers. Please remind your child that it is important to do their personal best on these assessments, as we will use the results as guides for placing students into Saturday School and/or intervention pull-outs.

* Monday, February 27th: 4th & 7th Grade Writing Day 1 and 5th & 8th Grade Math

* Tuesday, February 28th: 4th & 7th Grade Writing Day 2 and 5th & 8th Grade Reading

* Wednesday, February 29th: 3rd, 4th, 6th, & 7th
Grade Math

* Thursday, March 1st: 3rd, 4th, 6th, & 7th Grade Reading and 8th Grade Social Studies

* Friday,March 2nd: 5th & 8th Grade Science

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The boys’ basketball team was crowned division champs this basketball season. This past weekend the boys played in the regional tournament. They won their first two bouts in the tournament, but lost to a very athletic Harmony School of Excellence team. The boys brought home the runner-up trophy from the regional tournament.

We are proud of the hard work and effort given by our boys’ basketball team. Congratulations to them!

February will be the start of the official FITNESSGRAM Testing. This test will go through the month of February and the first week of March.

This is a physical assessment that will be given to students in grades 3-8, and a practice test given to grades K-2. This assessment will test the following: flexibility, core strength, aerobic capacity, and arm strength.

All students are required to wear tennis shoes to PE class during the duration of the official FITNESSGRAM Testing. It is recommended that students bring a bottle of water to PE.

Summer Leadership Camps: Every year, our Harmony School students have the opportunity to attend our Summer Leadership Camp. This camp is open up to students in grades 6th – 12th and starts May 29th – June 1st. The cost of the camp is $300 and a $100 deposit is due on March 23rd, 2012.

For additional details, please contact Mr. Fidan at ifidan@harmonytx.org

Electronic Application Form

Application features:

The school's tardy policy has been developed to emphasize the importance of each student arriving on time to school every day. When a student is tardy to school, he or she is missing valuable instructional time.

Students should be inside the classroom by 8:00AM. A student arriving after this time 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
*Doctor or Court Appointments

For a tardy to be excused, the student must present a note from the parent explaining the late arrival. The school may also require additional documentation such as a court order or a doctor's note.

Excessive tardiness may results in disciplinary actions such as morning detention or school suspensions. For additional information on the school's tardy policy, please see the Student/Parent Handbook.

Thank you for your support with this matter. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the school.

We will be hosting graduation ceremonies for our Kindergartners, 5th, and 8th Grade students in May.

• Kindergarten Graduation Date: Friday, May 18th at 9AM

• 5th and 8th Grade Graduation Date is Friday, May 18th at 5PM

Saturday School will begin on January 7th for students in need of additional Math, ELA and Science preparation for the upcoming STAAR assessment. Letters will be sent home to students that have been enrolled into the program. Classes will be from 8:00am - 12:55pm. Please have your child on campus no later than 7:55am. Dismissal will be at 1:00pm in the front of the school. Please contact Mary Averill (maverill@harmonytx.org) with any questions.

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).

A grandparent of one of our students commended us on doing a great job of teaching her grandchild and to show her appreciation, she signed us up with her company's matching gifts program where it matches employee contributions to charities and schools.

If your company has a similar program and you believed that we are also doing a great job of educating your child, then please support us by pledging your donation with your company. These contributions will go towards our activity fund account that helps support school extracurricular activities.

Your support and generous donations will be greatly appreciated.

Parents and students can now follow us on FACEBOOK and Twitter! Our Facebook page is the Harmony School of Fine Arts and Technology (Red,White,and Blue School Logo). Our Twitter is HarmonyArts1. We will post announcements such as upcoming school events and activities on the accounts so follow us to get updates on exciting school news!

6th-8th grade students in need of Reading and/or Math assistance will begin being pulled out of elective courses 2 times per week on Wednesday, September 28th. Also, the second round of 3rd - 5th grade Math and Reading tutorials will begin as of 10/3. Letters will be mailed home today to all parents of students receiving these services. Please direct questions or concerns to Mary Averill (maverill@harmonytx.org).

Beginning in spring 2012, students will start a new voyage with the launch of the next testing program, called the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR™.

What is STAAR?
STAAR is a more rigorous standardized testing program that will replace the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) for elementary, middle school, and high school students. The new STAAR program will emphasize “readiness” standards, which are the knowledge and skills that are considered most important for success in the grade or subject that follows and for college and career.

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Accelerated Reader is a program designed by Renaissance Learning to promote reading from kindergarten through 12th grade. The program offers personalized reading quizzes on thousands of books on every grade level. After finishing a book at their own pace, students take a short reading quiz. These quizzes help teachers and parents monitor each child's reading level and comprehension.

We are currently implementing the AR program at our school. To learn more about the program, please read more . . .

Harmony School of Fine Arts and Technology is hosting a book drive to help stock our library. If you have books that your child no longer reads or needs, please donate them to our library. You can drop off your donation at the front office or give them to your child to turn in to their homeroom teacher. Thank you for your support.

Notice to our students' parents and visitors that the usage of a cell phone while driving on our school campus is prohibited. It is also against Texas State Law for any driver to be on their cell phone or any other communication devices while driving in a school crossing zone.

Also, our school speed limit is 5MPH. Please slow down when entering the school parking lot and watch out for students crossings.

Students' safety is a top priority for the Harmony School of Fine Arts and Technology so please help us keep our students safe by following all traffic signs and signals.

Despite our efforts to wash our hands constantly, cover our sneezes and coughs, and sanitize the classroom, some illnesses still manage to get past our defenses.

Please do not bring your child to school if he or she has a fever, diarrhea, vomiting or any other symptoms in the past 24 hours. If your child is sent home from school with any of these symptoms, he or she will have to be symptom free for 24 hours without medication before returning to school unless a doctor’s note is provided.

Please be considerate of other student' health by keeping your sick ones at home. Thank you for your support!

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.

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...