Let's beat the STAAR,

STAAR will replace the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Test beginning in the 2011-2012 school year. Our Continuing goal, as educators, is to increase our students' achievements. To enhance the performance of your students on STAAR, students are being assigned tutoring during the week as well as on Saturdays.

***Beside afterschool and beforeshool Tutorials, MANDATORY Saturday Tutorial Schedule from 9:00am to 12:00pm (noon)***

The following Saturday tutorials are as follows:

Saturday,January 7,2012 MATH
Saturday,January 14,2012 MATH
Saturday,January 21,2012 MATH
Saturday,January 28,2012 MATH
Saturday,February 4,2012 MATH-SCIENCE
Saturday,February 11,2012 MATH-ELA
Saturday,February 18,2012 MATH-SCIENCE
Saturday,February 25,2012 MATH-ELA
Saturday,March 3,2012 MATH-SCIENCE
Saturday,March 24,2012 MATH-ELA
Saturday,March 31,201 MATH-SCIENCE
Saturday,April 7,2012 MATH-ELA
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If there are any questions, please contact the respective teachers who are handling tutorials.

Beginning in spring 2012, students will start a new voyage with the launch of the next testing program, called the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR™.

What is STAAR?

STAAR is a more rigorous standardized testing program that will replace the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) for elementary, middle school, and high school students. The new STAAR program will emphasize “readiness” standards, which are the knowledge and skills that are considered most important for success in the grade or subject that follows and for college and career.

For all information and resourses click on the picture named STAAR on the left.


The old released TAKS resources will help with STAAR tests, please click on here or just for STAAR Resources click on here

As HSE-Austin mathcounts team getting ready for the approaching mathcounts competition, the team participated in the contest that was held at Grisham Middle School in Austin. Mathleague.org hosted this contest on Saturday Jan 28, 2012 for students in grades 6, 7, and 8. Testing consists of Sprint, Target, Team and Countdown rounds.
HSE-Austin participated in this competition with two students.
Congratulations! Peter Wofford (2nd place trophy)
and Ertugrul Oksuz (8th Place) and Coach Mr. Ceylan.

To view pictures, click on the Photo Album button at the top of the page.

Application features:

Dear Parents,
Did you know that our school has a paper recycling program called the Abitibi Paper Retriever? You can recycle all of your newspaper, magazines, shopping catalogs, office and school papers and mail 24 hours/7 days a week right here in our green and yellow bin.

This is an easy way for you to recycle your paper every week and help us raise money for projects like playgrounds, landscaping, books, and other school needs. By recycling paper, not only do you save water and energy, but our school earns money for every pound of paper you help us collect.

Please put all of your magazines, mail, newspapers and office papers in the green and yellow bin in our parking lot; but do not include cardboard or phone books.

Thank you for your continued support of this important fundraising effort. read more . . .

Judges and volunteers are needed for the Austin Energy Regional Science Festival coming up in February at the Palmer Events Center. This is a great opportunity for people interested in meeting the next generation of young scientists from Central Texas.
The Austin Energy Regional Science Festival is among the largest of the 20 regional science fairs held in Texas. More than 3,500 elementary, middle and high school students and their families attend each year.
The festival offers a public viewing of the science projects, educational booths and scientific demonstrations for the kids. It is a valuable way to support our community by investing in our most important resource, our future.
Annually, we need approximately 200 general volunteers plus 200 judges for the Elementary Division and about 350 judges for the Junior (middle school) and Senior (high school) divisions.
If interested, please visit http://www.sciencefest.org/volunteer/index.php for more info, or contact Ms. Prescott at mprescott@harmonytx.org. "

2011- 2012 Second Semester GT testing will take place on February 24th Friday 8:00 -10:30 in the cafeteria. Only students who turn in nomination form will be eligible to take the GT test. Parents have to nominate their child in order to take the test. The nomination form will be available on the school website and in the front office on Tuesday, January 17, 2012. The nomination form must be filled out and returned to the front office by Wednesday, February 1, 2012.

For more inf., contact Mr. Ceylan @ aceylan@harmonytx.org

Nomination Form

Harmony Public Schools in Austin were honored by the City of Austin and Mayor, Lee Leffingwell last night at the January 12th City Council Meeting. Mayor Leffingwell announced a Proclamation declaring Harmony Public Schools Week to be January 13 – 20, 2012. Clearly all the hard work and dedication that each and every student, staff, teacher, administrator and parent has put into making our schools successful has paid off. The Mayor emphasized Harmony Public Schools notable accomplishments over the last decade and encouraged our schools to continue the remarkable success. read more . . .

HSE- Austin is organizing an international Trip to Canada, Mexico, and Turkey. The trip will be a cultural, social, and entertaining experience for the Harmony family. Join us in this rewarding.

Spring Break Student Trips (Canada, Mexico, Turkey)
Cost for grades 8th - 10th for any trip: $1,500 (including flight ticket)
Application & Deposit Deadline: January 20, 2012

Spring Break Staff Trips
COST for Turkey trip: $600 + international flight ticket
Cost for Mexico & Canada trips: $1,000 + international flight ticket
Application & Deposit Deadline: January 20, 2012


Summer Break Parent Trips (June 2012)
COST for Turkey trip: $900 + international flight ticket
Cost for Mexico & Canada trips: $1,000 + international flight ticket
Application & Deposit Deadline: March 30, 2012

Please contact Mr. Ceylan for more details.

Congratulations to all of the students who participated. Everyone did a wonderful job. The following students placed in their divisions, and will move on to the Austin Energy Regional Science Fair.

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Principal’s Speech

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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).

Harmony School of Excellence is excited to announce the production of their first yearbook ever!!
• order now to be guaranteed a yearbook this spring!
• It costs $25
You can only order today through December 15, 2011. Check your student's Wednesday Mail for an order form or download the attachment and print out and have your student turn in to their homeroom teacher.

You have two ways to pay:
• CHECK or MONEY ORDER sent with your student with the full amount and returned to their homeroom teacher
• pay the full amount at the front office and send the receipt with your child to return to their homeroom teacher.
All checks should be payable to: HSE-Austin. All payments need to be attached to the order form and returned to their homeroom teacher. Don’t miss this opportunity....ORDER NOW!!!

If you have any questions concerning orders, please contact
Mary Ann Correa: mcorrea@harmonytx.org
or
Rebecca Tims: rtims@harmonytx.org
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HSE Parents, Teachers, & Friends, THANK YOU ALL SO very much for your part in making the first HSE Austin Harvest Festival a HUGE Success! Everyone’s help, from developing the Homeroom booth ideas, to bringing in much needed booth supplies, to gathering prizes, to manning the booths, to donating funds for festival supplies and rentals, to providing awesome tunes throughout the evening, to bringing our talented young dancers to perform, to cleanup, to simply attending the carnival & sharing your time and money with HSE, made our festival all that it was and will be! THANK YOU!! Together, we were able to raise $4200 towards the playground/commons area awnings. This is an enormous step towards that goal, accomplished by YOU – our HSE community!

Padres, maestros y amigos de HSE, MUCHAS GRACIAS por haber hecho del Festival de la Cosecha de HSE un éxito! Sin ustedes no hubiera sido posible. Queremos expresarles nuestra gratitud a todos los que participaron, los que ayudaron con la planeación, los que donaron provisiones, los que recolectaron los regalos para los puestos, los que estuvieron a cargo de los puestos, los que donaron dinero para comprar provisiones y la renta de materiales para el festival, a los que con la música que proporcionaron hicieron que la tarde sea muy amena, a los que ayudaron a que nuestro grupo de baile se presentara en frente del publico, a los que ayudaron con la limpieza al final del festival, y simplemente a todos los que atendieron y compartieron su tiempo y dinero, todos ustedes hicieron que este festival fuera un gran éxito. MUCHAS GRACIAS!! Juntos pudimos recaudar $4,200 que se usara para la compra de las marquesinas para las areas del patio. Fue un gran paso para lograr nuestra meta, y fue realizado por todos ustedes – nuestra comunidad de HSE!

HarvestFestivalTHANKYOU.pdf read more . . .

Success starts with a plan
Academic success is about getting from point A to point B—turning potential into achievement, goals into accomplishments. It requires a plan—a road map that clearly guides each step toward a student’s desired destination.

At Naviance, we believe that every student has the potential for post-secondary success. We have developed an innovative solution that inspires and guides students towards career and college readiness. At the core of the philosophy behind the design of Naviance Succeed is a recognition that the decisions students make in their academic career are cumulative and choices made early on can have a far reaching impact on opportunities that are available to a student as they approach graduation.

With Naviance Succeed, HSE-Austin will be able to customize the career and college readiness experience by school, grade-level, groups and even individual students. With Naviance Succeed we can ensure that:

•Every student has meaningful goals for their future.
•Every student has a tangible, personalized and action-oriented plan for achieving his or her goals.
•Counselors, teachers and parents have the tools to effectively monitor and coach students toward their plan and goals.

High School only for this year.

How you can log in?
Click on "Naviance" on the left side of the School web.

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.

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...