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.

Texas is celebrating "National School Choice Week" this week.

Events are planned across the state to highlight the need for enhanced education options for students.

The movement hopes to inspire parents to look at all options outside of their neighborhood schools.

There are options here in West Texas. Over the years several charter schools have popped up in our area.

Harmony Science Academy has locations across the state and 2 years ago a campus opened up here in Odessa. Parents immediately jumped on board and they say, for them, it was by far the right move.

"We make sure that every one of them goes to college," enforces Principal Emin Cavusoglu.

The HSE chapter of the National Junior Honor Society to looking for new members. Any sixth, seventh or eigth grade student who has completed at least one full semester at HSE and has at least a 3.6 GPA may apply. Students may pick up an application from Ms. Elder in room 204. All completed paperwork including student information, student essay, report card and teacher recommendations are due to Ms. Elder by 4:00 pm, Thursday, January 26th, 2012. No exceptions will be made for late submissions. If you have any questions, please email Ms. Elder at relder@harmonytx.org. Good luck!

Parents! It’s time to place an ad in the yearbook to celebrate your child’s accomplishments. The price for ordering the ad is only $10 this year. Don’t miss this opportunity to dedicate a special message to your child and/or advertise a business.

The process is very easy - just use either Microsoft Office PowerPoint or Publisher to create the ad, save it, and send it to Mrs. Le’s e-mail (tle@harmonytx.org). Or, you can drop off a photo and a message at the front office.

The size for each ad will depend on how many responses we get from parents. Payment can be made at the front office. Just make sure to have your child’s name attached to your payment.

Final day for orders will be February 27, 2012.

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

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

HQ Parent Notification Letter … read more . . .

Two of Harmony School of Excellence Math Team members have earned places on the 2012 Mathworks team scheduled to compete in the Primary Math World Contest in Hong Kong(PMWC) in July. The students that have been selected are Stephen P. and Vivian L.

On Wednesday, November 23, Texas Mathworks announced the four top students who will represent Texas at the 2012 PMWC in Hong Kong. The PMWC is an international math competition for middle school students.

Mathworks administers the Mathworks Math Contest to help select the four team members, as well as identify promising applicants for the residential Junior Summer Math Camp (JSMC) held at Texas State University. The team members will be participants in the 2012 residential JSMC as part of their training, and then travel to Hong Kong for the PMWC. --

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!

Lanyards can be purchased from computer teachers or the front office for $4. Lanyards come with a plastic ID holder which is great for brag tags, holding a small schedule in, and your ID itself too!

HSE MATHCOUNTS Team participated in "San Antonio Mathletes in Action" Competition on November 5th. 224 students from all around the state attended the competition.

HSE was represented with 12 students (3 teams). Our students dominated the competition by placing 1st thru 6th and 10th.

Team A and C were placed 1st and 2nd respectively. Stephen P., 8th grade, was the highest ranked individual with a perfect score. Anthony N. was the top 6th grader by placing 6th overall.
read more . . .

Name That Book is a competition for book-lovers of all ages. Participants must read from an assigned list of books and be ready to compete against other Harmony school by listening to clues from these books and . . . naming that book!

The NTB book list is now available on our school website here!

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.

The mission of Harmony Public Schools (HPS) is to prepare each student for higher learning in a safe, caring and collaborative atmosphere through a quality learner-centered educational program with a strong emphasis on math, science, engineering and technology.

Harmony Public Schools, operated by the Cosmos Foundation Inc., is a high performing K-12 public charter school system. For over a decade, our schools have provided students living in underserved communities the opportunity to excel in their studies. Students learn in a small classroom environment focused on providing the skills they need to succeed later in life. read more . . .

"Since the establishment of Harmony, we have continually striven towards maintaining the high academic standards that will be the cornerstones for our students well into their professional and personal lives. With the assistance of our supportive parents, the faculty and staff have guided our students beyond all community and state mandated expectations.

The faculty, staff, and administrators at Harmony are caring, competent, and dedicated professionals who are willing and capable of assisting you. We are doing our utmost to provide the best possible learning climate for our students."

S. Tarim, Ph. D.
Superintendent of Schools read more . . .

Cosmos Foundation is honored to announce the upcoming Education in a Global Society Series Luncheon featuring Houston's very own mayor Annise Parker. Mayor Parker will address Harmony faculty, staff, parents and students, at the dine-and-discuss event, which will take place on Tuesday May 10, 2011 from 11:00am to 1:00pm at Cosmos Foundation's central campus.

Mayor Parker is the second female mayor for the city of Houston and the first to have been named one of Time Magazine's 100 people who most affect our world (2010). In addition to this award, she has earned Scenic Houston's 2010 Scenic Visionary Award and the Distinguished Local Elected Official Award from the Texas Recreation and Park Society. In 2010, the Holocaust Museum of Houston also honored Mayor Parker by giving her that year's Guardian of the Spirit Award. She has been in office since 2010. read more . . .

I-SWEEEP 3E Sustainable Future science project contests results have been announced. Five HSE students are selected as semi-finalist among 800 project applications from all over the nation. Students will be awarded with $100 check, a recognition certificate and I-SWEEEP t-shirt.

The contest aims to create a platform for young researchers in which they present their innovative projects to take on today's challenges in energy, engineering, and environment. Students are encouraged to prepare a slide show presentation of their research project.



Here is the list of our honoured students:

• A. Guddanti: Wind Power
  
• M. Roselius: Divining Rods: Fact or Fiction
  
• A. Rawat: What Heats Faster
  
• D. Mo: Water Purification: Help the Environment
  
• N. Rajab: Follow in My Footprint

Harmony School of Excellence students, under the direction of dedicated coach I. Nal, won first place in the Texas State MATHCOUNTS competition on Saturday, March 26th.

HSE team members Adam, Vincent, Andrew, and Muaaz, placed in the top sixteen. Texas is one of the most competitive states in this completion, making this victory especially sweet!

Mrs. Nal will coach the state team as top winners come together to prepare for the National MATHCOUNTS event taking place in Washington D.C. the first weekend in May. Congratulations to the team members and their families, Mrs. Nal, and the entire HSE community!

Students, parents, teachers and administrators of Harmony School of Excellence visited the state capitol building in Austin on February 16th. The trip was to celebrate and commemorate the 10 year anniversary of Harmony charter school system. Attendees were treated to a viewing of the House of Representatives legislation session, a tour of the building, meet and greets with various Representatives, and an interactive Texas history scavenger hunt.

While in attendance of the House session, the Harmony School System was given special recognition on the House floor for the many accomplishments of the schools and its students. After the viewing, attendees had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with Representative Sylvester Turner and Representative Gary Elkins. read more . . .

Students from two Harmony campuses, Harmony School of Excellence and Harmony Science Academy-Laredo , participated in their city-wide MATHCOUNTS competition and won first places. Both school's students are champions of Houston and Laredo and will advance to the 2011 Texas State MATHCOUNTS Competition that will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 25 & 26, at Hilton Austin Hotel in Austin.
MATHCOUNTS is a national enrichment competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement through grassroots involvement in every U.S. state and territory. To secure America's global competitiveness, MATHCOUNTS inspires excellence, confidence and curiosity in U.S. middle school students through fun and challenging math programs.

MATHCOUNTS is one of the country's largest and most successful education partnerships program involving educators, industry sponsors, and students. President Barack Obama and former Presidents George W. Bush, William J. Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Ronald W. Reagan have all recognized MATHCOUNTS in White House ceremonies.

Many congratulations to team members, their parents, teachers and school administrators.

Harmony School of Excellence 2009-2010 NCLB Report Card is available through the following link below. read more . . .

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...