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Harmony
Public Schools Open Eight New Texas
Schools
Harmony
Public Schools (HPS) is excited to announce the opening of eight new campuses in
Texas for the 2010-2011 academic year. With 33 schools and over
16,000 students throughout the State of Texas, Harmony Public
Schools has been recognized both nationally and locally for its
excellence in education.
Harmony
Public Schools are high performing K-12 public charter schools in
Texas that focus on math, science, engineering, and computer
technologies to provide opportunities for underserved
communities.
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Legislative
Luncheon Series - Houston
On
October 21, 2010, Harmony School of Advancement was the home of
first of the Legislative Luncheon Series organized
by Harmony Public Schools. The event, part of the community
outreach program to introduce newly-established campus buildings,
featured Houston-area elected officials including the Honorable
U.S. House Representative Sheila Jackson Lee and the Honorable U.S.
House Representative Gene Green who addressed the audience
praising Harmony Public Schools' contribution to Texas and notably
to Houston community.
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Upcoming
Legislative Luncheons
We
are thrilled to announce that Harmony Public Schools "Legislative
Luncheon Series" will continue on November and December. You are
all cordially invited to these events. The schedule is as
follows:
Thursday,
December 2, 2010 11:30 a.m. - Harmony Science Academy - San
Antonio
Thursday,
December 9, 2010 11:30 a.m. - Harmony Science Academy - North
Austin
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Mayor
Castro Visits HSA San Antonio
Mayor Julian
Castro and District 6 Councilman Ray Lopez visited Harmony Science Academy-San Antonio Campus
on Friday October 22, 2010. We were honored to have him in our
campus as part of his initiative to visit all middle schools in San
Antonio. His visit began with an introduction of one of our highest
achieving students, Paul Huron, who spoke to the Mayor about his
experience at Harmony and the opportunities provided to him at
Harmony. The Mayor then had a short demonstration from our Ninth
grade engineering students and the middle school robotics team. The
Mayor made his way to gym with our entire K-5th grade
students welcoming him with cheers and banners.
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I-SWEEEP
to Benefit
from KBR's $20,000 Gift
The
International Sustainable World Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP) tops
the list of recipients of proceeds from the recent KBR
4th Annual Master of the Green Charity Golf Tournament
that
raised $280,000 for twelve Texas charities. The work and missions
of the benefitting charities align with KBR's charitable giving
focus areas of health, safety & environment and education.
I-SWEEEP was ecstatic to receive the $20,000 gift from
KBR.
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Harmony
Hosted Annette Breaux
Harmony
Public Schools hosted Annette Breaux for a classroom management workshop
to
Houston Cluster teachers on Friday, September 17th.
Annette Breaux is one of the most entertaining and informative
authors and speakers in education today. A former classroom
teacher, curriculum coordinator, and teacher induction coordinator,
Breaux also developed the FIRST, an induction program for new
teachers adopted as Louisiana's statewide model and hailed as one
of the best in the country. Teachers participated in the workshop
enjoyed Breaux's presentation.
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HARMONY
IN THE PRESS
What
Drives High Achievement at Harmony Charters?
Rebecca
Hall moves frenetically around the classroom, kneeling here and
there in front of desks, literally getting in students' faces to
help them. On the board she's drawn "Vonnegut's cross," a diagram
to teach her AP English students
the underpinning of narrative, and she's written a sentence meant
to inspire a discussion of how dramatic structures are ripped from
reality: "Does your life have a plot?"
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NEWS
FROM HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Harmony
Science Academy El Paso Students Are Part of UTEP Nexus
Program
As
part of high school graduation plan the senior project has been set
as one of the new requirements. All students are required to do
either capstone project or internship to meet the graduation
requirements. To help students to do internship in engineering,
Harmony formed collaboration with UTEP Engineering Department and
joined the NEXUS Program.
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Best
Robotics Competition 1st Place
Harmony
Science Academy Beaumont Robotics Team, Ro-Beaumont got first place
in BEST Robotics Competition on
November 6, 2010 in Galveston - Houston.
Team
Ro-Beaumont advanced to attend BEST Robotics Regional Competition
Tournament on November 19 in Dallas, TX. Congratulations to the
students and their supportive teachers and parents.
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Great
Success at Debate Tournament
On
September 17-18, 2010, the Harmony School of Advancement Debate
Team competed at The Woodlands High School TFA Speech and Debate Tournament,
which featured 23 schools, many with multiple entries per event.
Our students faced a great challenge in their very first debate
tournament. We proudly announce that, the HSA debate team returned
home with a second and a third place trophy in Cross-Examination
debate.
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Harmony
Public Schools
9321
W. Sam Houston Pkwy S.
Houston, TX, 77099
Tel:
(713) 343-3333
Fax: (713) 777-8555
E-mail: news@harmonytx.org.
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