The Harmony Public Schools would like to invite you to participate in 2012 Video Contest. The contest encourages you to reveal your untapped creative potential as well as the use of social networking within the Harmony community across 36 Harmony campuses.

Please refer to the four-page information booklet to find out more about the competition details including the terms and conditions, prizes, award ceremony etc.

For inquiries please e-mail to this address: shareyourharmonymoment@harmonytx.org

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Application features:

Dear Parents
We are glad to announce the new Book Buddies Club. 8th grade students will be reading to K-2 grade students once a week. Club is open Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:25 to 4:00. Space is limited to 8 students per day.

A chess club will be available to our students. The chess coach will be instructing the club on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Enrollment depends on students knowledge level and first come first serve basis. Chess boards are provided. Please ask for a form from the Front Office.
Chess Club meeting schedule: Wednesday and Thursdays 3:25 - 4:25 pm

Here is what the chess club learned this month … as introductions (not in-depth studies).

January
Week 1 - Introduction to Chess / The language of chess

Week 2 - Chess Language – Speaking Chess
Lesson – Queens and Rooks / Ranks and Files / Checkmate / Stalemate

Week 3 - Chess Language – Speaking Chess
Lesson – Pawns and Promotion / Tata Steel Chess Tournament

Week 4 - Chess Language – Reading Chess (Intro to analysis symbols)
Lesson – Bishops and Knights (Minor Pieces) / Tata Steel Chess Tournament

In February, alongside the regular lessons, we’ll begin a monthly segment learning about past world chess champions. read more . . .

The Google Science Fair 2012 has launched!

We are pleased to announce that the Google Science Fair 2012 in partnership with CERN, The LEGO Group, National Geographic and Scientific American, is now LIVE!

Students aged 13 - 18 from around the world are invited to ask questions and answer them through science experiments with a chance to win once-in-a-lifetime experiences, scholarships and real-life work opportunities. read more . . .

Applicants should enter the project title and provide parent or legal guardian’s e-mail address to start registration process. Each applicant will receive a unique project code to access to online registration. Then submit the necessary information by February 24, 2012 (11:59 PM ET).
Http://www.isweeep.org/3e-contest-registration

Dear Parent/Guardian,
Harmony Public Schools-Austin (HSP-Austin), are now accepting application for grades K-12 for the 2012-2013 academic year for all five campuses. Harmony Schools are College Preparatory Charter Public Schools with an emphasis on science, mathematics, and computer technologies. The Harmony School System has 36 campuses across the state.
• For Harmony Schools-Austin (you should apply to each campus separately)
If you want to learn more about our school and education programs, you may attend one of our open house sessions at the campus of your choice. read more . . .

Queridos Padres/Tutores,
Las Escuelas Publicas de Harmony-Austin (HSP-Austin), estan aceptando aplicaciones para los grados K al 12 para el año escolar 2012-2013 para las cinco escualas. Las escuelas Harmony los preparan para la Universidad y son escuelas Charter Publicas que se enfocan en ciencias, matematicas, y tecnologia de computadora. El sistema de las escuelas de Harmony tiene 19 escuelas atraves del estado.
• Para las escuelas de Harmony-Austin (debe aplicar para cada escuela separadamente) read more . . .

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).

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DISTCO 2012 is part of a series of “Digital Storytelling Contests". DISTCO 2012 is an online contest where Students and Teachers in K-12 are invited to submit their original digital stories between November 28, 2011 and January 27, 2012. Pleace check our website at distco.org for complete timeline and rules. The project has certain benefits for both students and teacher. It is a way of exposing and challenging the students in a competition where they can show their certain skills in multimedia, technology, researching, writing and creativity.

Participants could win IPAD or INano from among the many rewards available this year. You could win an IPAD or IPOD Nano. SUBMIT YOUR DIGITAL STORY BY JANUARY 27, 2012! read more . . .

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...