On Tuesday, May 21 the 11th graders had a field trip to Houston where they visited The North American College and Rice University. During both tours students got to experience a college atmosphere and learn about the different programs each university had to offer. After the visits we took a small detour to Galveston Island where everyone enjoyed a lovely afternoon at the beach. The students had a wonderful time learning about post-secondary education and ending their day with fun in the sun.Thanks a lot to all students and Ms.Sullivan to join the college trip.


To see the photos , please visit HSE-Austin Facebook wall.

HSE is offering a two-week summer school session for any K-8th grade student who is interested in keeping their school momentum going in any of the following subjects: Science, Math, ELA, and/or Social Studies.

When: 8am-noon, June 5-19

Where: HSE

If you are interested, please fill out the attached form and submit it to the front office during school hours. The deadline for application is May 30th.

HSE Summer School Letter for K-8

Yearbook will be sold AFTER school in the front office starting Friday, May 24 until the last day of school.*
$30.00 Credit Card, Check, or Money Order Only.

For information or questions e-mail rtims@harmonytx.org

*There is a limited amount of yearbook, get yours before they are all gone.

HSE will receive and deliver your donations to Oklahoma! Please help us help these families. The following items are suggested for donation:

Household Items
Canned Food
Clothing
Toys
School Supplies
Personal Hygeine Items
Baby Items
Formula
Diapers
Shoes

We will accept these donations in the Front Office Monday through Friday between 7:15AM and 5:00PM.

Harmony School of Excellence- Austin Freshman students visited Texas State University- San Marcos on Friday, April 17th, 2013.They were given campus tours along with an information sessions.They had opportunity to see Texas State San Marcos campus and learn more about the educational and social programs at colleges. Thanks a lot to all students and Ms.Sullivan to join the college trip.

To see the photos , please visit HSE-Austin Facebook wall.

Join us May 28th and 29th for a free dress day! Buy one free dress day for $3 and get the second day for $2!

All students are welcome!

Tickets will be sold with Ms.Garcia in Rm. 109

If your student needs to take finals early, please contact Ms. Prescott at mprescott@harmonytx.org.

Harmony School of Excellence- Austin 10th and 9th grade students visited Texas A&M University-College Station on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013.Students were given campus tours along with an information sessions.They had chance to enjoy their lunches in Sbisa Dining Hall. They had opportunity to see Texas A&M College Station campus and learn more about the educational and social programs at colleges. Thanks a lot for all teachers and students to join.
To see the photos , please visit HSE-Austin Facebook wall.

The annual STEM Website and Movie Contest is hosted by Harmony Public Schools and open to Harmony and SST students in 8-12th grade. Teachers and students will be awarded by iPad Mini's. Students participated with movies and websites that feature projects in physics, chemistry, biology, engineering and more! Here are the links to choose winners for each categories:

Physics Website Category
Bio-Chemistry Website Category
Techno-Engineering Website Category
YouTube Movie Category

Please vote, rate, like and share students great STEM Projects !

Official details can be found at www.stemcontest.com

Harmony School of Excellence is sharing this information about the district and your child's campus with you as part of its obligations under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).

NCLB Report Cards for the state as a whole, all school districts and charter schools, and all campuses are also available on the Texas Education Agency's NCLB web site at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=4638&menu_id=798.

Information on these report cards includes:
Assessment results for the LEA and campuses in the aggregate and disaggregated by race/ethnicity, gender, disability status, migrant status, English proficiency, and economically disadvantaged showing two-year trend data (across the most recent previous two school years) for each subject and grade tested. Please see the following link for HSE's report card: read more . . .

Harmony School of Excellence- Austin Juniors visited University of Kansas (KU) - Lawrence and University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC) Thursday, Jan 3rd, 2013 through Sunday, Jan 6th, 2013 during the winter break. Students were given campus tours along with an information sessions. They had an opportunity to see KU and UMKC campuses and learn more about the educational and social programs at colleges.They also enjoyed the several different activities like ( Skiing at Snowcreek, shopping at the Country Club Plaza and Zona Rosa etc.).

Thanks a lot for all teachers and students to join.

Click here to see the pictures

We hosted Cap.Ellis who is US Air Force Academy Liaison officer on Friday, Dec 14 as a part of our College Meeting Series. He gave information about Air Force Academy and its R.O.T.C. program ,admission process , student selection , activities to HSE high school students. Harmony School of Excellence – Austin College Guidance Team will continue to host college meetings throughout the year. Thanks a lot for all students to join the presentations.

We hosted Mr. Bolding who is US Naval Academy Admission Counselor-Region 3 on Tuesday, Dec 11 as a part of our College Meeting Series. He gave information about Navy Academy and its R.O.T.C. program ,admission process , student selection , activities to HSE high school students. Harmony School of Excellence – Austin College Guidance Team will continue to host college meetings throughout the year. Thanks a lot for all students to join the presentations.

Newsweek has announced America's Best High Schools where seven Harmony schools have made into the list.

Harmony Science Academy - Bryan/College Station, Harmony School of Advancement (Houston), Harmony Science Academy Fort Worth, Harmony Science Academy (Houston), Harmony Science Academy El Paso, Harmony Science Academy Dallas, Harmony Science Academy-North Austin are the campuses that made into Newsweek's list.

Newsweek has also identified Top 25 Transformative High Schools in which four Harmony Schools are also featured.

HSA Bryan/College Station, HSA El Paso, HSA Houston, and HSA Dallas became America's 25 transformative schools who did the most with the least resources.

In 2011, two Harmony campuses were also named as the Miracle Schools by Newsweek.

Washington Post has announced its Most Challenging High Schools list of 2012. Four Harmony high schools made the Challenge Index and three of them in the top 100 out of 1900 schools in the list.

The Challenge Index of Washington Post ranks high schools since 1998 based on the student achievement on IB, AP, and college level tests (SAT, ACT, etc.) and graduation rates. The index score is the number of college-level tests given at a school in 2011 divided by the number of graduates that year. Also noted are the percentage of students who come from families that qualify for lunch subsidies (Subs. lunch) and the percentage of graduates who passed at least one college-level test during their high school career, called equity and excellence, (E&E). A (P) next to the school's name denotes a private school.

See the detailed list here.

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

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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...