Please note: Our Open House scheduled for this week is Thursday, March 11th, not March 10th as stated in the letter.


Visit our campus on one of eight Open House presentations. Find out information regarding our school, the application process, and ask questions. We look forward to meeting you.

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After a long hard work and dedication on March 1st, 2010 11 students from our school attended the Fort Worth Regional Science and Engineering Fair. Our students worked so hard to do the projects and to upgrade them before the Regional Science Fair. All of them did a great job and this was their first time they were doing a Science Fair Project and attending a Regional Science Fair. When we come to the awards taken yesterday:

1st place in Biochemistry - Dmitriy Kosilov.
2nd place in Mathematical Sciences - Jocelyn Thomas.
Delbert E. Lawry Award 1st place - Jesse Bales.
Society of Flight Test Engineers 1st place - Allen Mathew.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company 1st place - Allen Mathew.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2nd place - Allen Mathew.
US Navy 1st place - Allen Mathew.

Dmitriy and Jocelyn are going to attend the State-Wide Science Fair in their categories on
April 9-12th 2010 in San Antonio, Texas.

We thank all students that attended the Regional Science Fair and wish the good luck in their future Science Fair Competitions.

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174th anniversary of Texas’ Independence Day is celebrated today. Texas declaration of independence was signed on March 2nd, 1836 in Washington and 59 representatives including Sam Houston signed on the declaration. The nature of declaration of Texas independence has many similarities with the nature of declaration of United States’ independence. The declaration consisted of the statement on the nature of government, list of grievances and final statement of independence.

The fourth awarding ceremony for this semester turned out to be a pleasant and heart warming experience for the students and parents as well. Congratulations to all students who received an award or two or more! To all Harmony School of Innovation students, work harder and you’ll be getting those certificates too! See you at the next awarding ceremony…
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The Student Assessment Division of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has developed interactive online versions of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills–Modified (TAKS–M) released tests.
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We had our regional Science Olympiad Competition on Saturday 2/20/2010 in Galveston.
Congratualations to our students who recieved the following awards:
1st place in Experimental Design - Altamish Nayani and Dmitriy Kosilov
2nd place in Meteorology - Maria Galvan and Adan Galvan
3rd place in Physical Science Lab (Wind) - Jesse Bales and Tyler Turner

3rd place in Junkyard Challenge - Altamish Nayani and Dmitriy Kosilov
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We are very excited to announce that we have started offering Saturday Tutorials for our students. We believe that these tutorials will help our students and imporve their academic performance.

Students should be dropped off no later than 9:30AM and picked up at 12:30 PM every Saturday. Tutorials are mandatory and free of charge. Unexcused absences may result in disciplinary action.


Schedule:

Tutoring Session 1: 9:30 - 11:00
Tutoring Session 2: 11:00 - 12:30

Students will be offered snacks.

Harmony Science Academy-Houston's ranking has been changed to Silver category from Bronze category in USNews.com.

What does it mean:

USNews The America's Best High Schools project is an annual report that identifies the country's top-performing high schools. The goal is to provide a clear, unbiased picture of how well public schools serve all of their students - from the highest achieving to the lowest achieving - in preparing them to demonstrate proficiency in basic skills as well as readiness for college-level work. The first-ever list of America's Best High Schools is the 2008 edition, which was posted online November 30, 2007. The 2009 edition was posted online on December 5, 2008 and the 2010 edition was posted on December 10, 2009.

Since U.S. News & World Report editors believe high schools are among America's most important institutions, adding America's Best High Schools to its "America's Best" series was a natural progression. Education drives our country's future. Recognizing schools that are performing well and providing them as models to other schools will inspire educators and communities to do better. Also, by sharing this information, parents across the country will be armed with information to help them make better-informed decisions about their child's education

HSA-Dallas is being recognized by the Division of No Child Left Behind Program Coordination at the Texas Education Agency for outstanding academic performance.
The criteria for Distinguished Progress Schools in Texas include:
- Title I, Part A Campus 2007-2008, 2008-2009,and 2009-2010;
- Maintained a campus residing population of 40% or more low-income in 2009-2010;
- Met AYP in 2008 and 2009;
- Achieved a campus rating in Spring 2009 of Exemplary;
- Achieved a campus rating in Spring 2008 Exemplary or Recognized;
- Had a campus rating in Spring 2007 Academically Unacceptable or Academically Acceptable.

Congratulations to HSA-Dallas teachers and students for this success.

Join us this Saturday for our parent/teacher cooking class. In January we have enjoyed delicious food and great company. This Saturday we will learn to prepare: Stuffed Peppers with olive oil, Homemade Bread, Salad with eggs, and for dessert Cake with cream cheese. Join us from 10:00-12:00 in the cafeteria. Classes are $20.00 monthly. We hope to see you there.


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The HSI Opening Ceremony and 1st Annual HSI Science Fair were a Great Success!!!

Mayor Ronald Branson, Police Chief Mike Martin, Constable Ron Smith, State Representative Burt Solomons and Carrollton City Council members Lisa Sutter and Kevin Falconer were all very impressed by the quality of our students' projects, the school program and the opening ceremony. Mr. Branson presented a proclamation to our school.


Congratulations Students, Parents and Staff on a job well done!

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Our main campus, Harmony Science Academy - Fort Worth, is among the very best public schools in Texas, based on a recent study using a new set of rankings that considers from test scores to class sizes.

The study is done by Children at Risk, a non-profit group, who analyzed and ranked more than 5,900 schools statewide. In North Texas, 807 elementary schools, 292 middle schools and 158 high schools were ranked.

In the middle school rankings, the Harmony Science Academy - Fort Worth campus was the only Tarrant County school in the area’s top 20, coming in at No. 15 in North Texas, No. 115 in Texas.

More details at:
Dallas Morning News
Star-Telegram News

Harmony Science Academy - Houston made into the 2010 America's Best High School list of U.S. News & World Report and received a silver medal. Selection criteria included college readiness indexes, state test performance and success in closing performance gaps for disadvantaged students. There were only 50 high schools in Texas that was awarded by gold or silver medal. Congratulations!

Accelerated Reader (AR) is a daily progress monitoring software assessment in wide use by primary and secondary schools for monitoring the practice of reading. Accelerated Reader is an assessment that primarily determines whether or not a child has read a book. What is Home Connect? Home Connect Reading Tutorial A Parent’s Guide to Renaissance Home Connect (English) A Parent’s Guide to Renaissance Home Connect (Spanish)

DEAR Parents,

We would like to draw your attention to a reading program we have been implementing at Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas called Drop Everything And Read. Everyday between 10:30 am and 11:00 AM students, teachers and everyone should drop everything and start reading.

We believe this program, which represents our commitment to promoting literacy, will help strengthen the reading and comprehensive skills of our students. Students are encouraged to read through several incentives such as certificates and awards for AR quizz points, tickets to Six Flags, classroom picnics and field trips.

Parent support is highly appreciated and crucial in this issue. Please, encourage the students to take online AR quizzes from home. For more question about our AR program contact one of our ELA teachers or an administrator.

Please visit the "read more" link to download our 2009-2010 Academic Calendar.
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The achievements of Harmony Schools have been acknowledged by many community members, policy makers, and organizations such as; NASA, the Environmental Protection Agency, Bechtel Corporation, Drexel University, Greater Houston Dental Society, Krishen Foundation for Arts and Sciences, M.I.T. Club of South Texas, Marine Technology Society, National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Office of Naval Sciences, Society of Women Engineers, Texas Center for Superconductivity, Materials Research Science Center at The University of Houston, and the United States Army.