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State Champions!
Harmony did it again!
Harmony School of Excellence students, under the supervision of dedicated coach Mrs. Nal, won first place in the Texas State MATHCOUNTS competition.
HSE team members Adam, Vincent, Andrew, and Muaaz, placed in the top sixteen. The fact that Texas is one of the most competitive states in this nation-wide competition, doubles the meaning and the pleasure of this victory.
Mrs. Nal will coach the state team as the top winners will come together to prepare for the National MATHCOUNTS event that will take place on the first weekend of May in Washington D.C.
Congratulations to the team members, their families, Mrs. Nal, HSE principal Mr. Duman, and the entire HSE community!
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National Spelling Bee Qualifier
HSA Euless student Narahari won the first place at Star-Telegram Regional Spelling Bee at Texas Christian University and qualified for the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Congratulations Narahari for this rare feat. Please click here for the local coverage of the event and here for the video.
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Bringing the Trophy to Home!
Congratulations to the HS Advancement Science Olympiad Team on their great success at the Texas A & M University Corpus Christi regional competition on March 26, 2011. HS Advancement team won first place as a team and qualified for the state-wide Science Olympiad competition on May 6th and 7th at Texas A & M University.
Below are some of the individual results:
1st Place - Anatomy & Physiology: Ding and Chantera
1st Place-Experimental Design: Ding, Leelund and Sean Kim
1st Place-Fossils: Elizabeth and Sabrina
2nd Place- Microbe Mission: Harleen and Tabeen
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Odyssey of the Mind Team Leads
 Harmony Science Academy Bryan/College Station proudly announces that their Odyssey of the Mind team came first in the Central Region Tournament, held March 12, 2011 in Austin.The victory earns the team a trip to State Finals in Houston on April 16th. The team had been meeting since September to get ready for the competition.
Odyssey of the Mind is an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from Kindergarten through College. Students apply their creativity to solve problems that range from building mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics. They then bring their solutions to the competition organized on local, state, and worldwide. Thousands of teams throughout the United States and around 25 countries participate in the program.
A first or second place finish at the Odyssey of the Mind State Finals will earn the team a trip to World Finals at the University of Maryland.
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MoHawk Warriors at FTC
 Team 4454 MoHawk Warriors Ranked #3 over 47 Texas teams at FTC Championship. and they got the 2nd place in their own division over 30 teams. Congratulations to MoHawk Warriors, represented by Captan Ali , Coach Nelson, Etka, Alperen, Arthur, Steven, Jhaelon and Ryan.
Click here for pictures Click here for game videos
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10th Year Celebration in Dallas
 Dear Parents, You are cordially invited to Harmony Public Schools' 10th Year Anniversary Celebration Event in Dallas. Please, join us in acknowledging and honoring the accomplishments of our students, faculty, administrators, staff, parents, and supporters.
Click here for RSVP...
Monday, May 02, 2011
Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House
2403 Flora St Dallas, TX 75201
Celebration Event 6:30 pm
Business Attire
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Congressman Poe at Harmony
Congressman Ted Poe visited Harmony Science Academy - Houston NW Campus on Friday, March 4, 2011. Warmly welcomed by Harmony students and staff, Congressman Poe addressed the students who enjoyed the interactive speech by the Congressman. Houston North and South Cluster superintendents were also among the audience of the event who featured parents, three Harmony Campus principals and staff.
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Land Commissioner's Visit
On March 7, HSA-Austin was honored with a visit from Jerry Patterson, the Texas Land Commissioner. The Texas General Land Office is the oldest state agency, managing 13 million acres of state land for the benefit of the Permanent School Fund, providing benefits for Texas veterans and serving as stewards of the Texas coastline.
Commissioner Patterson, in his address to Harmony middle school students, reminded that in the early days of Texas, the official language of the business world was Spanish. He emphasized that people are Texans because they choose to be, not just because they were born here. He used the example of David Crockett, considered a Texas hero, who died during the battle at the Alamo a short few months after arriving in Texas from Tennessee.
Students, teachers and parents attentively listened Mr. Patterson's important remarks on education.
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Harmony Teacher Job Fair
Do you have a passion for teaching? Harmony Public Schools are adding new campuses each year and need the best teachers of the town for the best schools of Texas.
Come and join us to realize your teaching dreams at one of the best academic programs in Houston area!
Teacher Job Fair
Date: Saturday April 16, 2011
Time: 9:30AM-1:00PM
Location : Cosmos Foundation
9321 W. Sam Houston Pkwy S.
Houston, TX, 77099
Apply online at http://www.cosmostx.org/employment for campuses in Beaumont, College Station/Bryan, and 11 current and 2 new campuses in Houston.
Read more here...
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
The official opening of Harmony School of Innovation San Antonio took place on Friday, March 25, 2011. The event featured a number of dignitaries including Ronny Beard, Executive Director for Region 20, 438th District Court Judge Victor Negron; Michael Soto, State Board Of Education Member District 3; State Representative Ruth Jones McClendon's office representative Ms. Marge Reyna; Octavio Hinojosa, Chief Operations Officer for the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Amadeo Ortiz, Bexar County Sheriff, 73rd District Court Judge Reneé McElhaney and Probate Court 2 Judge Tom Rickhoff.
After cutting the ribbon, the guests watched student performances in the school gym. Right after the Grand Opening Ceremony, HSISA opened its doors to the public for the Fun Fair. The HSISA PTO Executive Board and all PTO members worked really hard to organize this successful Fun Fair.
Hrmony family thanks all distinguished guests for attending the ceremony and sharing the excitement. And many thanks to our parents for the great job they did in organizing the Fun Fair.
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Austin School Ribbon Cutting
On March 10, 2011, Harmony Science Academy - North Austin was the home of ribbon cutting ceremony for the official opening of the school. Plfugerville Mayor Pro-Tem Victor Gonzales, and Pflugerville Chamber of Commerce CEO and representatives, several businesses in the community, parents, teachers, and students had joined Harmony Family for this exciting event.
After the ceremony, Harmony students gave a school tour and had a luncheon in the meeting room with the visitors who looked very impressed with the school and the students.
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Apply Online to Harmony
Now, all prospective Harmony parents can make their online application via www.harmonytx.org.
Here is the quick guide:
1) When you logon www.harmonytx.org, you will see APPLY ONLINE on the right top of the page.
2) On that page, you can click any of the cities on the map which is on the left side. For example, you can click to see all 10 schools around Houston represented by a mini picture (a house).
3) When you bring the cursor of your mouse on any of those schools, you will see an automatic pop-up menu that shows the name of the school, directions, school website and APPLY ONLINE feature.
4) Clicking on APPLY ONLINE will enable you to open a new web page where you could see the online application document of the school you would like to apply for.
Please sent your questions to the e-mail addresses that can be found in each Harmony School's web page.
Don't miss this limited-time opportunity to be a member of Harmony family.
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STEM Show at the I-SWEEEP
I-SWEEEP International Science Fair will be open to public, students, and teachers on May 6, 2011 . Students and teachers will meet with young scientists from all over the world. Additionally, they will experience hands on science and technology thorough I-SWEEEP STEM EXPO 2011. We hope that students will remember the excitement and surprise they feel during our demonstrations and shows.
For more information and to download the flyer please click here.
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Corey Accepted to Columbia University
 Corey Ross of HSA Houston has been accepted to Lehigh University in Pennsylvania! Congratulations Corey!
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Cristina Accepted to UC at San Diego
 Christina Cady has been accepted to the University of California at San Diego. Congratulations Cristina!
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Soung Accepted to School of Design
 Soung Park, from HSA Houston, has been accepted to the nations #1 school of art and design: Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI! Congratulations Soung!
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Anna Maayta Acceptance from Trinity
 Good News keeps rolling in for the class of 2011! Anna Maayta Houston High School student, Anna Maayta has been accepted to Trinity University in San Antonio! Congratulations Anna.
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EF Global Citizen Award
HSA High School student Phillip Munoz has been selected as one of the award-winners of the EF Tours Global Citizen Scholarship. Among the prizes is a trip to Peru! Phillip created a short video discussing global citizenship. You can view Phillip's video on the following link. Congratulations Philip! http://apps.facebook.com/eftours/globalcitizen/
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Japan Earthquake Relief
Spring Break is winding down for some, but one local school spent the day holding a Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief car wash and bake-sale fundraiser.
Considering the weather was so great Friday and everybody loves a home-made cookie, the group was very busy.
"We want others to see this and help. We want them to come up with something as well. All of us as alumni at Harmony, we know what it's like to give back and to give help and need help so we want to give back ourselves," said Samantha Joseph, a teachers assistant at Harmony Science Academy in Houston.
Read and watch more here...
Similar relief efforts are carried out at most Harmony campuses. Please check out your local Harmony campus to help Japan.
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Women's History Month
It is an annual declared month worldwide that highlights contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. March has been set aside as this month in the United Kingdom and in the United States.
In 1981, responding to the growing popularity of the event, the United States Congress passed a resolution recognizing Women's History Week. This week was well received, and soon after, schools across the country began to have their own local celebrations. The next year, leaders from the California group shared their project at the Women's History Institute at Sarah Lawrance College. Other participants not only became determined to begin their own local Women's History Week projects, but also agreed to support an effort to have Congress declare a national Women's History Month.
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Charter Schools Establish Their Niche in Houston
Parents in Cy-Fair and Katy have more options than ever when it comes to educating their children. Something they seem to be considering is charter schools. Harmony School of Excellence, 7340 Gessner, has a waiting list of 1,400 for kindergarten through eighth grade. "Parents are looking for the best educational environment for their child," Principal Gurol Duman said. "They want their children to be challenged. Children are coming here to learn, not be baby-sat." Harmony Schools, operated by the Houston-based nonprofit organization Cosmos Foundation, are college preparatory schools for kindergarten through 12th-graders. There are 33 campuses across the state serving more than 16,000 students. Read more...
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School of Innovation Opens Doors in the Glen
Nestled in the heart of a Northeast Bexar County neighborhood known for its high crime rate and low-income housing sits a brand new jaw-dropping, brightly colored, four-story building covering an expansive 78,000 square feet. It is the Harmony School of Innovation, a public open-enrollment charter school system.
Residents ride by, gawking at the brightly colored $10 million structure, which seems so out of place at the corner of Montgomery and Glen Mont drives in The Glen Subdivision.
The official opening of the Harmony School of Innovation - a ribbon-cutting and "Fun Fair" celebration - is set for noon Friday, with its staff and students ready and eager to "show off" their new facility.
Read more...
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Instant Snow!
 Watch HSA Houston High School students in action. You can watch more videos on high school's Youtube Channel.
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Brain Teaser of the Month
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Two Easy Questions
Each month we ask a logic, math or science-related question in our newsletter and the first three respondents are awarded with a modest gift. Hurry up, time is running up!
This Month's Question:
We have two easy questions and you need to answer both of them to deserve the gift.
1) There are 5 oranges in a basket. Divide the oranges among 5 students in a way so that each student has an orange and one orange still remains in the basket.
2) What happens just once in every minute, just twice in every moment, but never in a thousand years?
Send your answers to
news@harmonytx.org
Last Month's Answer:
December 1st.
Winners will get their prizes very soon.
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