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Superintendent's Welcome Message
Dear Parents/Guardians,
On behalf of Harmony Public Schools (HPS), it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2011-2012 School Year. Harmony Public Schools begins this School Year with the opening of three brand-new campuses in Houston and Austin, making Harmony the state's largest charter school network, with 36 campuses serving more than 20,000 Texas students.
Please read Dr. Soner Tarim's message.
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Harmony Named Miracle Schools
Two Harmony Science Academy High Schools (Dallas, and Austin) were ranked among the top public high schools in the nation, according to a recent analysis by the Newsweek.
Newsweek announced the list of Best High Schools in America on June 19, 2011. The magazine has been ranking the nation's top 500 public high schools for more than a decade. The rankings are based on graduation rates, college enrollments upon graduation, the percentage of students who take tests for advanced placement courses, and the average college entrance exam scores, among other criteria.
Read the rest of the story.
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T-STEM Academies
We are proud to announce that 17 Harmony Public School Campuses are designated as T-STEM academy by Texas Education Agency.
Texas Science, Technology, Engineering and Math initiative, known as T-STEM, is a part of the Texas High School Project program which is a statewide collaboration between Texas Education Agency, policy makers, educators and private philanthropists working together to find innovative ways to improve Texas schools. T-STEM initiative offers a fundamental approach to empower teachers, inspire students, and advance the studies in these four fields.
Click here to see the FULL LIST.
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Traditional Success at Harmony
Texas Education Agency announced 2011 State Accountability Ratings for all Public and Charter Schools of Texas on July 29, 2011.
Harmony Public Schools continued their tradition of success by performing higher than the state averages in all academic areas. Please find the detailed report with facts and figures to read more about the details of Harmony Public Schools' success.
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Harmony Student Advances to SemiFinal
Harmony Science Academy Euless student Narahari Bharadwaj, sponsored by the Star-Telegram, advanced to the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee as one of 41 contestants to survive three rounds.
Bharadwaj survived seven rounds where he competed with other 17 contestants. He couldn't figure out the correct spelling of the word "ceratorhine".
Please check the official results of the contest here.
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Harmony Closes $65M Bond Issue
Harmony Public School has completed a $65 million fourth bond offering that will fund its campus expansion plans.
Harmony is a college preparatory charter school that serves kindergarten through high school students from 33 campuses statewide, including at least four in Central Texas. The bond issue was completed May 26. In total, the charter school system has raised $215 million through bond offerings during the last 10 years.
Read more of the statement.
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2011 AYP Ratings Released
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) ratings have been released by Texas Education Agency. This year AYP standards have been increased both at Reading or English Language Arts and Mathematics. Harmony Public Schools demonstrated a huge success on this years AYP. All evaluated Harmony campuses met AYP (65.6 % of all Texas school campuses and 51.9% TX charter campuses met AYP this year*). In addition, 10 out of 11 HPS districts (91 %) met AYP missing only one at Mathematics subcategory (50.1 % of TX school districts met AYP this year*). Please take a look at the document here to get more information about the results.
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Harmony to Host Stem Conference
You are cordially invited to the Innovation in STEM Education Conference. Harmony Public Schools welcome policy makers, representatives from institutions of higher education, industry leaders and innovators in math and science education. Please see the flyer for the details of the event.
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Summer School of Young Scientists
 Harmony Public School organized a student summer school trip to Czech Republic. An exciting 11-day program that brings American and Czech students, experienced college teachers, and science specialists together for hands-on exploration, discovery and group projects and fun. Check out some of the pictures from the program.
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Harmony Launches the HPS Blog
 Harmony Public Schools have launched a new blog. Now you could establish a closer access to Harmony achievements, news and many more.
With this new blog, we aim to have more interaction with our parents, students and community stakeholders. Please feel free to write your comments, feelings and suggestions about any Harmony Public Schools event, achievement and news. http://harmonyedu.wordpress.com/
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College Acceptance & SAT Reports
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.
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Susan B. Comen Cancer Walk
On August 24, Senator Rodney Ellis invited Laura Mattingly and Zhanibek Makhym from Harmony School of Discovery to his offices to discuss the Susan B. Komen Cancer Walk. While there, Senator Ellis tweeted about his meeting with HSD Staff and the Cancer Walk.
You can follow HSD's visit with the Senator on his Facebook and Twitter Account.
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Harmony Charter System Expands in North Austin
Harmony Public Schools, the largest charter school system in Texas, will open a fifth Austin campus in August.
Located at RM 620 and Lake Creek Parkway in Northwest Austin, the Harmony School of Political Science and Communication will focus on "making the next politicians, people who are going to be dedicated to serving the community," said David Foster, social studies department chair for Harmony Austin.
Read more of the article.
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Brain Teaser of the Month
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Something to Weigh!
Each month we ask a logic, math or science-related question in our newsletter and the first three respondents with the correct answer are awarded with a modest gift.
This Month's Question:
Let us start the new school year with an easy question:
We have 40 different objects whose weight ranges between 1 unit and 40 units (1,2,3 etc.).
We have a balance-scale (like the one on the link) to weigh them, but we are only given four (4) different masses (like the ones in the picture) to weigh all 40 different units.
Which four masses will weigh all the units?
Clue: Imagine, you have the masses of 5, 15, 20 and 30 units. You can definitely weigh 40 units by putting 5,15 and 20 in one side. Or you can weigh 10 units by putting the mass of 5 on one side and 15 to the other. But how about weighing the unit of 1 or the unit of 39?
Good Luck!
Send your answers to news@harmonytx.org
The Answer to the Last Issue:
There were 10 people at the meeting.
MayWinners: S. Desai, S. Ademoglu, C. Eskew.
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