Archive for month: January, 2019

The 2019 Legislative session is underway and public education reform is among the top priorities! Make sure your voice is heard by becoming a Harmony Parent Advocate. Text “HARMONYPROUD” to 55222 to volunteer or learn more.

¡La sesión legislativa de 2019 está en marcha y la reforma de la educación pública está entre las principales prioridades! Asegúrese de que su voz sea escuchada al convertirse en un defensor de padres de Harmony. Envíe “SOYHARMONY” al 55222 para ofrecerse como voluntario u obtener más información.

Dear Parents,

Please review our school report card via TEA.

The 2017–18 School Report Cards (SRC) are now available on the Texas Education Agency’s website athttp://tea.texas.gov/perfreport/src/index.html. The purpose of the SRC is to inform parents and guardians about a campus’s individual characteristics and its academic performance. For those who would like greater detail about the information in the SRC, the glossary that accompanies the 2017–18 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) is a useful resource. It contains definitions and methodologies for all the information included in the SRC. The data in the SRC is a subset of that published in the TAPR. The TAPR Glossary is available on the TEA website at https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/perfreport/tapr/2018/glossary.pdf.

Dear Harmony Parents/Guardians,

You, your family and friends are cordially invited to our STEAM and International Festival that will be held on Saturday, January 26th from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm.

Don’t Forget to come and show your pride by wearing a traditional attire from your culture and let’s celebrate the DIVERSITY at HSA – SL.

#ShareYourCulture

Please join us at 9:30 am as we do ribbon cutting with all of our VIP members outside the building by the cafeteria doors.

As a friendly reminder, please accompany your student during the festival as children cannot be left unattended.

Harmony Science Academy – Sugar Land Administration and Staff

Order your Harmony Science Academy – Sugar Land yearbook for the 2018-2019 school year. Pre-orders have already begun. All orders will be completed online using the following link:

https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/Order/SelectJob The price of
the yearbook is now $37.00.
All yearbooks will be hardcover with full color photo pages, including an autograph page for friends and teachers to sign. Yearbooks are customizable, see the packages available online.
Our school code: 13636819.

Dear Parents,

This is a friendly reminder that we will have tutorials TOMORROW Saturday, January 19th. Please drop your students off at the front office as we will have UIL competition in the cafeteria.

Dear Parents,

During NSCW, schools, homeschool groups, organizations and individuals plan tens of thousands of independent events.
These celebratory events raise public awareness of the different K-12 education options available to children and families while also spotlighting the benefits of school choice.
For this reason Harmony Public Schools will be attending the National School Choice Rally on January 23, 2019.

Dear Parents,

This is a friendly reminder that we are still taking nominations for gifted and talented program. For more information please read the announcement below.

Gifted and Talented Education

In accordance with the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented students, Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land campus will begin taking nominations for all students in grades K-5th for gifted and talented screening. Effective January 7, 2019, parents and teachers may nominate their student(s) for GT testing.

Our campus uses NWEA MAP as a pre-screening criterion for CogAT testing (GT Student handbook page 7). Students are eligible to be tested (CogAT) for the Gifted/Talented program (criterion varies for students enrolled in Special Programs) if the student’s percentile rank of any of the NWEA MAP scores in Reading, Math or Science is greater or equal to 80 (NWEA MAP score at the 80th percentile).

ESL students who earn a score of 80 or above in NWEA MAP are also eligible for nominations.

Nomination forms are available at the front office and on the school website. All nomination forms must be returned to the front office no later than Thursday, January 31, 2019. No LATE nominations/forms will be accepted passed January 31st. NO EXCEPTIONS!!

GT Assessments will begin in February 2019. For more information about the screening and identification process, please contact the GT coordinator (Ms. Chandler) @ schandler@harmonytx.org

Harmony Science Academy – Sugar Land Administration and Staff

Dear Parents,

Here are a few reminders for this week’s happenings.

Geography Bee

It’s time for our Annual Geography Bee!!

This competition it is sponsored by the National Geographic, designed to spark interest and increase awareness of Geography in or students. Please join us Thursday, January 17th at 9:00 am in the school gymnasium. Good luck to all participants!

After School Club Classroom Location 

After school clubs starts today Monday, January 14, 2019. Students 3-5 enrolled in an after school club will report to the classroom assigned for the club chosen. Students K-2 enrolled in an after school club will be picked up by their teacher from the gym. If your student is enrolled in an after school club between 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm they will be waiting in the gym.

Please note, students waiting in the gym for their club advisor will be under supervision by a staff member.  until 5:00 pm at the latest. You must arrive on time to pick your student.

Please click on the link below to see  after school club classroom assignments.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1whG-S2MjB550UO0VupTqXodwuYIvEpHAX-iz1U8o_ag/edit?usp=sharing

No School

Harmony Science Academy Sugar Land will be closed Friday, January 18th and Monday, January 21st. Classes will resume Tuesday, January 22nd.

Re-enrollment

Please do not forget to Re-Enroll your student(s). The deadline for re-enrollment is Friday, January 25th. If your child is currently enrolled at HSA – Sugar Land and you would like for him/her to attend Harmony Science Academy Sugar Land for the 2019-2020 academic year, you must fill out the re-enrollment form via Skyward.  Completing the Re-enrollment form for all students is MANDATORY even if you decide not to have your child return. Failure to do so by January 25th will keep your student from returning to HSA – SL.

Harmony Science Academy – Sugar Land Administration and Staff

Dear Parents,

This is just a friendly reminder that Saturday tutorials begins TOMORROW, January 12th. Please follow he schedule provided by your child’s teacher.

You’re invited to take our website survey to find out if our website is meeting your needs. At Harmony, we want to be “in touch” with our community, so opening a feedback mechanism is a great way for you to participate in making decisions about the future of our work.

In this case, we need your valuable opinions on the design and overall usability of the site for our upcoming redesign.

It’s easy to take part in the survey and should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete!

All we ask is that you be open and honest and give us your feelings on the website.

You don’t have to be a graphic designer, communications specialist, or even a web-developer to give feedback, all we want is your opinion as a website user – this will help us improve our communications and give us a chance to hear your ideas too!

Click on the link below to take the survey immediately.

Digital Ecosystem Team

Website Survey

Dear Parents,

Please follow the steps below for re-enrollment. If you have any questions please reach out to our registrar Ms. Machado at mmachado@harmonytx.org

STEP 1: On- Line Student Re-Enrollment form for the 2019-2020  

                                       (Completed each year by returning Harmony Public Schools students) 

Parents must complete the process and verify student/parent information through Skyward Family Access no later than Friday, January 25, 2019.

In Skyward under Family Access tab, you can:

• Fill out and submit the re-enrollment form
• Upload your proof of residency

STEP 2: Annual Harmony Public Schools Proof of Residency Verification  

                                    (Completed each year by returning Harmony Public Schools students) 

Each family must provide documentation verifying their current residency within the geographical boundaries for your campus. Parents are asked to either upload or bring “Proof of Residency” documents to the campus of their student(s) schools prior to the deadline of Friday, January 25, 2019.

Harmony Science Academy- Sugar Land Administration, Faculty and Staff

In accordance with the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented students, Harmony Public Schools will begin taking referrals for all interested students in grades K-12 for gifted and talented screening.

Anyone interested in the educational welfare of these students may nominate them for assessment. Students in grades 2 & up who were tested in the Fall 2018 are not eligible to test in Spring 2019. Referral forms are available at the front office and on the school’s web site.

Referral Form (English)
Referral Form (Spanish)

The referral forms must be returned to the front office by Friday, February 8, 2019.

The 2019 Spring GT testing window is February 11, 2019 – March 29, 2019.

For more information about the screening and identification process, parents may contact the school’s GT Coach/teacher.