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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

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.

Congratulations to the Elementary and Middle School Robotics Teams. The teams travleled to Houston on Friday to compete in the EARLY and EARLY + Robotics Competition. The Elementary teams consisted of Noel Ameha, P.J, Bessman, Lizbette Gerardo,Xiomara Gerardo, Erika Kline, Mia Massie, Aaron McAnalley, Rhett McAnalley, Mah'd Obeid, Sultan Obeid, Jabez Robinson, Sabine Sierra, and Sirena Sierra. They advanced to the quarter finals, and won first place in Spirit and Robot Design! The reward for Spirit will be an opportunity for the team members, coaches, and parents to take a behind the scenes tour of NASA! The Middle School team, The Four Muskateers, also advanced to the quarter finals won first place in Technical Judging division! The teams would like to give thanks to Mrs. McAnalley, Mr. Yagli, Mrs. Murphy, Mr. Azizi, and all of the parents who helped and supported us at the competition.

Breakfast Menu
Lunch Menu

Dear Parents/Students,

You can access the academic calendar for 2012-2013 from the link below.

2012 - 2013 Academic Calendar

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".

In order to serve a healthy and better lunch for our students, we are conducting a survey to get your ideas about our school lunch menu. Therefore, your response would be appreciated.
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Our Division B Science Olympiad team got 4th place on Regional at Northlake College.
Individuals:
1st place on "Forestry" - Division B - Omar Rodriguez & Thomas Nguyen
1st place on "Wild Flowers" - Division B - Omar Rodriguez & Thomas Nguyen
2nd place on "Rocks & Minerals" - Division B- Omar Rodriguez & Thomas Nguyen
2nd place on "Naked Egg Drop" - Division B - Eman Alasadi & Yesibel Molina
2nd place on "Keep the Heat" - Division B - Michael Shogbonyo and Blessing
2nd place on "Thermodynamics" - Division C - Loc Hoang and Alejandro Waumann
2nd place on "Triple E" - Division B - Yesibel Molina and Jedy Panjaitan
2nd place on "Anatomy" - Division B - Jedy Panjaitan and Luu Hoang
3rd place on "We've got your number" - Division B - Luu Hoang and Blessing
3rd place on "Mission Possible" - Division B - Michael Shogbonyo & Eman Alasadi
3rd place on "Optics" - Division B - Luu Hoang and Blessing
3rd place on "We've got your number" - Division C - Loc Hoang and Alejandro Waumann
3rd place on "Crime Buster" - Division B - Jedy Panjaitan and Michelle Soto
4th place on "Towers" - Division B - Michael Shogbonyo & Eman Alasadi
4th place on "Microbe Mission" - Division B - Eman Alasadi & Yesibel Molina
4th place on "Compute This" - Division B - Coleen Chau and Yesibel Molina
4th place on "Optics" - Division B - Luu Hoang and Blessing
4th palce on "Chemistry Lab" - Division C - Loc Hoang and Alejandro Waumann
Congratulations to all participants and to their coaches.

Our Middle School Robotics Team has participated in ECOBOT competition in Houston and won ECOBOT GREEN STEWARD certificate and medals.
Congratulations to all team members and their coach Mr.Yagli for this success.
Special thanks to Mrs.McAnalley and Mr.Ozturk for helping the team to make this happen.

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Last Saturday, February 4, 2012, our Mathcounts team participated in North Texas Harmony Schools Mathcounts competition, held at Harmony School of Nature & Athletics, and won second place as a team. We wish them all continued success in the next competitions and thanks to their coaches Mr. Ozturk and Mr. Kabakci.
Team members
Michael Camarillo-7B
Omar Rodriguez-7B
Thomas Nguyen-7B
Toluwani Ijaseun-6B

Please click on the link to review our NCLB Report Card read more . . .

HSA-GP Science Fair was successfully organized. Congratulations to all participants, judges, parents & staff members on a job well done! We look forward to many more years to come with exciting new science fairs.
Science Fair Pictures.

Texas Education Agency has released the school report cards for 2010-2011 education year. Please click on the link to see our school's report card for last year read more . . .

Please review our campus' highly qualified teacher report for 2011-2012 school year here

Parent Notification Letter
Notificación a los Padres

On November 20th, nine junior students with three chaperones took four days trip to California. The trip included college tours.
First college we toured was Caltech (California Institute of Technology). Caltech always places at the top of lists of the country's best engineering schools. With its high admissions standards, small size and 3:1 student-faculty ratio, it's easy to see why.
Next stop on the tour was UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles). This school was one of the most beautiful campuses we've ever seen. Our juniors really liked all of the student activities going on around it and some of them decided to apply to UCLA.
After the college tours, students enjoyed visiting famous places in Los Angeles, including Hollywood Hills, Universal Studios, Beverly Hills, Hollywood Boulevard and Pacific Ocean.
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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.

Harmony Science Academy is proud to announce our new athletics website. As we have added new sports to our athletics program, we have also upgraded our availability of information. The athletics website offers information for every sport. This includes schedules, practice schedules, game cancelations, athletic form downloads, pictures, and much more. The website will also include a coaches corner where you can get to know the coaches representing Harmony Science Academy. We look forward to a great year of competition in the Harmony Athletic League. Thank you for all your support. Please visit us at click here

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/

Several of our students at the award-winning Harmony Science Academy in Grand Prairie were honored at the State Capitol in Austin on March 26, 2011. We met with our State Representative, Rodney Anderson. The students were able to ask him questions and find out about this prestigious position in our state legislature. They were very impressed to find that it takes a lot of hard work, time and dedication despite very little pay. Representative Anderson is very passionate about helping his fellow Texans. He honored our students on the floor by reading a resolution that included the academic achievements of our students. He also expressed how important it is to stand behind what you believe in.
These students were also honored by our State Senator, Chris Harris, by acknowledging our presence in the gallery during our visit. This is where the senators meet and vote on the various state issues that are brought forth. This was a fun, educational and eventful trip for these future leaders.

HSA-GP Science Olympiad Division B team participated in Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Science Olympiad Competition and showed great performance against other teams. Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Science Olympiad is considered as one of the challenged regions among the State. Thanks for all students, coaches and parents for their great effort on the team. We are proud to announce our award winners in the following events;
1st place – Ornithology: Alexandra Rodriguez & Coleen Chaou
2nd place – Towers: Ty Curry & Khalid Shqeir
2nd place – Fossils: Ty Curry & Khalid Shqeir
3rd place – Ecology: Alexandra Rodriguez & Thomas-Quy Nguyen
3rd place – Microbe Mission: Eman Elasadi & Jedy Panjaitan
4th place – Storm the castle: Vinson Le & Cristina Waumann
4th place – Wildflowers: Thomas-Quy Nguyen & Omar Rodriguez

27 students represented HSA-GP on February 26 in the Dallas Region Science and Engineering Fair. All of our students put forth a tremendous amount of time and effort to present some amazing science projects to a group of judges and peers.

Our school proudly received awards in the following areas:

Cellular and Molecular Biology: 1st Place, Daye Castillo, 8th grade
Biochemistry: 4th Place Honorable Mention, Gabriel Frugie, 8th grade
Chemistry: 4th Place Honorable Mention, Aurelio Hernandez, 8th grade
Plant Sciences: 4th Place Honorable Mention, Alejandro Waumann, 10th grade

Daye Castillo is the recipient of a $175.00 cash award and will now go on to represent Harmony in the Exxon Mobile Texas State Science and Engineering Fair in San Antonio later this spring.

L. Lin, 11th grade student at Harmony School of Advancement-Houston, received a perfect score of 2,400 on SAT after scoring another perfect score in PSAT earlier this year.
Receiving a perfect score on SAT is a tough nut to crack. It is a rare accomplishment that was achieved by only a handful of students. A perfect score is 2,400 points. Approximately 1,000,000 students take the SAT each year and on average, only 20 of them get a perfect score.
The SAT has three sections and three scores (Writing, Math, and Critical Reading) each on a scale of 200 to 800. The average total score is approximately 1,538 points. An average score is acceptable for most colleges and universities. However, some of the top schools will expect you to achieve an SAT score of 2,100 of more. A score above 2,100 puts you in the 90th percentile, meaning that you scored better on the test than 90% of test takers. Most top American colleges (Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, etc.) are looking for scores above the 90th percentile of all that year's test-takers.

Harmony family congratulates Leon for this great feat.

HSA-GP now has an online payment system to accept payments for lunch, after school and field trips. Your payment will go through Google Checkout to provide you the best security. Donations will also be accepted through this system if you wish to make one. To make an online payment please click

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...