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

Dear Elementary Families:

Students who read regularly during the summer often improve their reading level and ability! Harmony students can start strong in the fall if their reading habits don’t “slide” away during the summer months. We invite all families to utilize the summer reading lists and newsletter provided to ensure strong summer reading habits. Students will select the reading list that corresponds to their grade level for the upcoming school year. Note the k-5 reading lists are also available in Spanish.
• The KG reading list is for incoming Kindergarten students English, Spanish
• Current Kindergarten students utilize the newsletter titled "Grades 1- 2 Summer Reading 2012" English, Spanish
• Current 1st grade students utilize newsletter titled "Grades 1- 2 Summer Reading 2012" English, Spanish
• Current 2nd grade students utilize the newsletter titled "3-4 Summer Reading List 2012" English, Spanish
• Current 3rd grade students utilize the newsletter titled "3-4 Summer Reading List 2012" English, Spanish
• Current 4th grade students utilize the newsletter titled "Grade 5 Summer Reading List 2012" English, Spanish
• Current 5th grade students will reference the 6th grade read list. English

Have a wonderful summer and happy reading!

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.

Dear Harmony Parents/Students,

Harmony Public Schools Board of Trustees approved 2012-2013 academic year calendar. To see 2012-2013 calendar, please click here.

Harmony Science Academy and PTO would like to thank the following Harmony Community Supporters for their contribution:

Excellence - Over $1,000 - Eusebio Barrientos, MD
Gold - $500 - Gray Surface Specialties
Bronze - $100 - Odessa Board of Realtors

We sincerely thank you for your support! With your donations we should be better able to protect our students by purchasing a security access system for the school. THANKS AGAIN!

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".

The National Junior Honor Society chapter of Harmony Science Academy- Odessa is a duly chartered and affiliated chapter of this prestigious national organization. Membership is open to those students who meet the required standards in five areas of evaluation: scholarship, leadership, service, citizenship, and character. Standards for selection are established by the national office of NJHS and have been revised to meet our local chapter needs. Students are selected to be members by a 5-member Faculty Council, appointed by the principal, which bestows this honor upon qualified students on behalf of the faculty of our school each semester.

Click here to read more…

® National Honor Society” and “NHS” are duly registered trademarks of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). Unauthorized copying or use of said trademarks is strictly prohibited.

Your HSA Outreach Committee would like to thank everyone who participated in the March of Dimes event.

Harmony Science Academy was one of the largest groups at the march and Team Andrew's Heart/HSA Odessa placed 2nd in family fundraising.

As a team, through efforts like the school-wide bake sale, bracelet and name card sales, Blue Jeans for Babies, class competitions and online efforts;

We raised more than $3000!

Congratulations to all 4th grade class for winning our class competition!

For raising $100 or more, the following students will have a free dress day this Friday, April 27:

Garret P., Erica H., Bre'anna C., Justyn B., Blair J., Angela S.

Thanks again!

Sincerely,

HSA-Odessa Outreach Committee

Every year, our Harmony School students have the opportunity to attend our Summer Leadership Camp. This camp is open up to students in grades 7th – 9th and starts May 27th – 2nd (6 days). The cost of the camp is $300 and a $100 deposit is due on April 27th, 2012.

For additional details, please click here. You can also download camp poster from here.

We are proud to announce that our Science Olympiad team had many successes at the Regional Competition held March 31, 2012 at West Texas A&M University. Together, our Science Olympiads secured two first-place wins and three third-place wins for the following categories:

1st Place: Mission Possible
Jordan L., Shane E. and Matthew L.

1st Place: Rock and Minerals
Jordan L. and Matthew L.

3rd Place: Dynamic Planet
Carina H and Kimberly P

3rd Place: Science Words
Shane E. and Jacquelyn Z.

3rd Place: Food Science
Jessica G and Erica H

Other participants:
Kevin C., Karma E. and Katie E.

Congratulations team!

CBS 7 News
Robert Guaderrama
rguaderrama@cbs7.com
February 29, 2012

Odessa, Texas - Students are just a month away from taking the highly anticipated STAAR test. An Odessa school is taking practice STAAR tests. Students tell me they expected the STAAR questions to be harder but they're still practicing to make sure they're fully ready on test day.

"These little benchmark tests are important to ensuring the success of our students," said Sunny Busby, Literacy Mentor, Harmony Science Academy.

Click here to read and watch more on CBS-7 website

Harmony Science Academy-Odessa had an excellent day at the University of Texas at Permian Basin Regional Science Fair held on March 3rd, 2012. Congratulations to all of the Regional Science Fair participants for a great day in representing our school.

Special congratulations to high school and middle school winners:

Nathaniel E. First Place (Senior Electrical & Engineering)
Aliyah M. Second Place (Intermediate Cell & Molecular Biology)
Garrett P. First Place (Intermediate Materials & Bioengineering)
Shayna E. First Place (Intermediate Environmental Science)
Ashley S. Third Place (Intermediate Environmental Science)
Nathan P. First Place (Grade 3 Life Science)
Amanda C. Third Place (Grade 3 Life Science)

NACE Top Project Awards:
Erica H.
Andre P.

Also a special thanks to all of the teachers in helping our students achieve!

To stay up to date on everything happening at Harmony Public Schools, go to www.facebook.com/HarmonyTexas and LIKE us.

Dear Parents:

Harmony Science Academy-Odessa 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, the district, and each of the district's campuses are now available.

2011 NCLB Harmony Science Academy-Odessa Campus Report

2011 NCLB Harmony Science Academy-Lubbock District Report

Parent Notification Letter Regarding 2011 NCLB Report Card

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.

Click here to read and watch for more on CBS 7

Thank you to the teachers, staff, students, parents, and PTO for your outstanding efforts to make this year's science fair a success. Thank you to all the students who completed a science fair project and participated in this year's fair! Your hard work and dedication to learning is admirable! Special thanks to the judges for your invaluable contribution to the annual Science Fair.

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).

Special Issue 2011

As Harmony Public Schools, we decided to share the most important highlights of 2011 with our Harmony community. You can also treat this Newsletter as end-of-year report.

Once you go through these highlights of 2011, you will witness what our students, parents and staff have accomplished within a year at Harmony Public Schools. Read more…

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

2011-12 HQT Report


HQT Parent Notification (English)


HQT Parent Notification (Spanish)

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.

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...