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What are the purposes of charter schools?
The purposes of charter schools are to:
· Improve student learning.
· Increase the choice of learning opportunities within the public
school system.
· Create professional opportunities that will attract new teachers to
the public school system.
· Establish a new form of accountability for public schools.
· Encourage different and innovative learning methods.
Is there any tuition?
No, there is no tuition.
How is the school funded?
Like independent school districts, charter schools receive state funds based
on the average daily attendance (ADA)
of students. Unlike independent school districts, however, charter schools do
not receive funds from local tax revenue. Charter schools may also receive
funds from private sources
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Are you an Cypress-Fairbanks ISD school?
No, we are an independent charter school.
Who can attend your school? Any particular school district zone?
Charter schools are public schools of choice. Any student, regardless of the
school that they are zoned to, may attend Harmony Science
Academy.
Is there a test or exam to be qualified? What are the criteria to get
into your school?
There is no testing required to attend Harmony Science
Academy. Timely
application, a lottery, and availability of space are the determining factors
for enrolment.
Do you provide transportation?
Harmony School of Excellence is not able to
provide transportation at this time. That's because the school is not zoned
like traditional public schools, which makes a large number of transportation
zones. The number of students from the same transportation zone is not yet
sufficient to make the transportation available to our parents at a
reasonable cost.
Do you have a Gifted and Talented program?
Yes. All students have advanced classes in the area that they are gifted in.
Our gifted and talented program consists of;
· Advanced classes,
· Enrichment activities,
· Pull-out program,
· Participating in competitions such as,
· Math League,
· Spelling Bee,
· Pull-out program.
Participating in competitions such as;
· UIL Academics
· Science Fair
· Science Olympiad
· Odyssey of the Mind
· Math Count and many more…
What are the hours for the school? Is there an after-school
program?
From 8:00 AM till 3:00 PM.
Between 10:35 and 11:00, there is a homeroom period when students do
individual reading (DEAR). The actual classes start at 8:00 by when the
students being bussed from the secondary campus will have arrived.
There is an after-school program from 3:05 PM to 4:00 PM and a day-care until
5 PM. The after-school program includes;
· Study and tutoring time,
· Club time,
Some of the extracurricular activities are library time, board games,
sports, computer time, art and crafts, choir, photography, karate and
robotics.
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