HSA El Paso student A. Mendoza competed at the I-SWEEEP international science fair.Top high school researchers from all over the world displayed their innovative ideas at George R. Brown Convention Center of Houston. Over 1000 participants shared the ideas, experience, and knowledge to promote maintaining global sustainability in near future A. Mendoza came back with the 'Outstanding Research Project' medal in the 'Engineering :Materials and Bioengineering category. A. Mendoza won for his project on 'observing temperature changing in refrigeration technology'. Texas this past week and Harmony looks forward to seeing what technological advancements A. Mendoza will discover next.We would like to thank all Science Teachers because of their best effort to prepare the future scientists and Administration for their support.

I-SWEEEP 2012

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

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.

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Harmony Science Academy El Paso high school students participated in UTEP’s 3rd annual Law School Preparation Institute Moot Trial on April 28th 2012. This competition is a courtroom simulation that uses real cases being fought at the Supreme Court level and is judged by real practicing attorneys and district judges. The students were grilled by these judges on tough questions that challenged their positions. The students had to learn, not only the case material presented in the brief, but the discourse of a real lawyer--prefacing their statements with "Your honor," and "If it pleases the court." The students learned a lot about being a lawyer, but perhaps even more about confidently and professionally expressing their thoughts.'

'Our star of the day, S. Tapscott, took home the Best Advocate award both for the school and the overall competition. What this means is that she was awarded as the best attorney arguing for her case out of all the students at our school and of all the students from other schools at the competition. Sonia and Cessna also took home the 2nd place trophy from the Final Round of competition. Also competing were Jasio & Andrew, Alexis & Marcos, Alexis & Kassie, Carlos & Estephania, and Diana & Angela. Our younger competitors gained much experience and will come back fighting next year. Harmony will be excited to see which of our students will be defending our constitution at the highest level of our court system in the future.

Dear Parents/Students,

You may access the Harmony Public Schools El Paso academic calendar for 2012-2013 from the link below.


2012-2013 HPS Academic Calendar

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".

Harmony Science Academy University Interscholastic League literary criticism, spelling, science, mathematics, social studies, current issues, and computer science teams competed at Regional UIL Academics April 20th, 2012. Our students worked extremely hard to reach this academic challenge and we would like to thank and congratulate our students. Our social studies team came in 3rd place as a team, with Noah H. placing 5th place. Our Computer Science Team will be advancing into the UIL Academics State competition May 21st, 2012. The team consisting of Edward S., Andrew M., Manny L., Marcos Z., and Janette M. placed 1st overall, with Edward claiming 2nd place individual. Congratulations Mr. Turel, and all of our Harmony Students and good luck at State!

Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s):

Please see the testing calendar above for STAAR and AP tests for the remaining of the year. We are confident that our students are ready. Students and teachers have been working rigorously since the beginning of the school year to master the skills needed to be successful on the STAAR and AP tests.

Thank you for all you do to help your student be as successful as possible, and for all of your contributions to Harmony Science Academy El Paso.

El Paso Chief of Police, Greg Allen, visited Harmony El Paso to talk to high school students about leadership, education and El Paso Police Dept. Chief Allen also presented the medals for the UIL Academics students. We would like to thank Chief Allen for his time to visit Harmony

Harmony Science Academy –El Paso welcomed Texas House Representative Joseph Pickett as a guest speaker for our third annual Meet the Author Day. He not only toured our campus, but also visited our “book galleries,” and spoke to the entire student body about what being an author is all about, as he is the author of two great children’s books. Meet the Author day is all about our K-12 students and their success on becoming published authors. They have worked really hard on their student publishing projects in which they experienced the entire writing process firsthand. All of their hard work paid off and they were really excited with anticipation to see their individual or class books which were set out on display.

Harmony Science Academy UIL teams competed in the District I, Region I UIL Academics. Our students competed in computer science, calculator applications, Lincoln Douglas debate, current issues, social studies, accounting, writing, number sense, literary criticism, spelling and vocabulary, poetry / prose, science, and mathematics.

We would like commend the Harmony Students that participated in the UIL Academics, as well as congratulate the following students for advancing into the Regional Competition at Levelland, Texas April 20th, 2012. Wish them good luck.

Literacy Criticism: 1st Place Team, 1st Place Jorge G. / 5th place George P. 11th Place Seth M.

Current Issues: 1st Place Team, 1st Jacob J. 2nd Jasio S. 5th Leiland E.

Computer Science: 1st Place Team, 1st Edward S. 2nd Andrew M. 3rd Manny L. 4th Marcos Z.

Social Studies: 1st Place Team, 1st Noah H. 2nd Leiland E. 3rd Jacob J. 4th Jasio S.

Math: 2nd Place, Edward S.

Spelling and Vocabulary: 2nd Place, Oluwaseun A.

Science: 2nd Place Edward S. (Top Scorer Physics / Alternate Biology)

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'This past Friday, our school hosted a Science Model Contest. Students from 4th grade to 11th grade displayed models that represented science concepts from biological models of fish and bacteria to giant catapults. The students were judged on their understanding of the model, terms they used, and overall presentation of the model. Medals were awarded to elementary, middle, and high school divisions: Bronze medal for 3rd place, Silver medal for second place, and Gold medal for first place. We congratulate all students who participated. The judges were especially pleased that all models this year exceeded expectations. Thank you parents for your continued support in all of these fun science oriented activities. Let's not forget--Regional Science Fair is right around the corner!'

Harmony Science Academy ( H S A) participated in the 2nd Annual Invitational Science Olympiad competition. The event was held at Harmony Science Innovation (H S I) and included schools as far away as Odessa, Texas. Our teams took home top prizes in 'Storm the Castle,' 'Towers,' Anatomy,'Desiese Detectives, 'Mouse Trap Car.' All students received medals from almost all events .These young students (6th grade through 9th grade) gained much experience working in teams, building working models, and building positive relationships with mentors. These competitions have been especially important in preparing our future engineers and future scientists of the world. We wish all of these students continued success as they apply what they have learned in these competitions to their work in class and to their character as people."

Today January 31, 2012, Harmony students celebrated the 100 Days of School. Elementary students decorated a t-shirts with one-hundred items on them. Students Kinder thru 3rd grade performed a wonderful and exciting parade in the Middle and High school waving their pompoms and noise makers to show their excitement of being 100 days smarter. All the elementary students were also able to form a giant 100 outside on the parking lot. The celebration didn't stop there. Teachers and students continued in the classroom with different educational activities involving the number 100. Thank you students and teachers for an exciting celebration!

Throughout the week of January 23-27, Harmony Science Academy honored No Name Calling Week with different activities that stressed the fight against bullying. On January 25, 2012, we welcomed local author/musician/guidance counselor, Albert Mendoza . Mr. Albert Mendoza is the author of 4 Anti-Bully books for children which include The Lost Wallet and Camillo the Smart Cat. Mr. Mendoza conducted an interactive book reading that elementary students enjoyed! Thank you Mr. Mendoza for an awesome presentation!

Harmony El Paso Junior National Honor Society(JNHS) student Jaquilene Mata has organized charity event to help El Paso Humane Society, PENNIES FOR PETS during the winter break. Other Harmony JNHS and NHS students helped her with this charity activity.Channel ABC 7 has awarded Jacquilene event as Estela's Escuelas Honor Roll winner with the courtesy check of $200.
Madeline R.,Fernando M.,Paola R.,Mitsue Y.,Andrew M.,Manuel L.

We would like to thank Jacquilene and the below students for this great effort.

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Dear parents,

The school report card for 2011-2012 is available for your review. If you need further information or explanation of school data, you may let us know. Our admin team will be more than happy to help.

Click here to see 2011 School Report Card

2011 DISTRICT RATING : RECOGNIZED
2011 CAMPUS RATING : RECOGNIZED

Dear parents and guardians,

The highly qualified report of teachers is available for your review. You may see the details in the following links and ask for print out from our offices.

2011-2012 Highly Qualified Teacher Report

Paren Notification Letter In English

Paren Notification Letter In Spanish

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...