Dear Parents and Guardians:

With excitement and anticipation, Harmony Public Schools is looking forward to the launch of a 1:1 Chromebook initiative for all 6th - 12th grade students beginning with the 2013 - 2014 school year. Every student will be assigned a device for use during the school year and will be allowed to take it home each night. The purpose of this initiative is to use modern technology tools to fully engage students and create a learning environment that fosters critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity.

This initiative comes at a very exciting time for Harmony Public Schools as we strive to provide an even more individualized learning experience for your children. As a recipient of a Race To The Top - District grant, we are restructuring our academic day to provide technology enhanced personalized learning time every day. During this time, students will use the Chromebooks to master skills that may need refining and further enhance and enrich personal areas of interest.

As you plan for the fall and joining the Harmony Public Schools family or returning for another exciting year, please be on the lookout for more information. The devices will be distributed within the first few weeks of school after a Family Informational Presentation and all required documents are signed. We look forward to seeing you at one of our Family Informational Sessions in the fall!

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A special thanks to all the parents, volunteers, students, and staff for making the 4th Annual Harmony s Got Talent Show a huge success. We had an amazing show packed with superbly talented students and staff. The winners were 1st place, Kindergartener Carmen Chaparro for singing Annie’s “Maybe,” 2nd place, 5th grader Isabella Cirello for singing “Mamma Mia,” and 3rd place, 8th grader Derek Hartwig for performing the National Anthem on his saxophone. Congratulations to our winners, we are already looking forward to next year!

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On Saturday, March 9, Harmony School Of Innovation-El Paso hosted its first annual STEM Festival and Open House. Hundreds of students, parents, and teachers spent months prepping for this highly successful, inaugural event. Students presented their STEM projects and science demonstrations, Spanish, Turkish and German language students shared cultural foods, English and social studies students displayed class projects, and more! Prospective students and families participated in an Open House information session to learn more about Harmony Public Schools and the enrollment process. Many eager students were on hand to learn more about the opportunity to join our student body. It was a wonderful and educational event and a good time was had by all!

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ROBOTICS TEAMS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE JUNIOR FLL AND FLL COMPETITIONS AT UTEP ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2013. THESE ARE THE WINING TEAMS AND THEIR AWARDS:
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TEAM THE MIGHTY MOUSTACHES-BEST MODEL AWARD
TEAM ALPHA PACK-BEST PRESENTATION AWARD
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TEAM TOXIC ROBOTS-SECOND PLACE AWARD ON INSPIRATION
TEAM IMMEDIATE-FIRST PLACE AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE SOLUTION
TEAM SUPER SENIORS-SECOND PLACE AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE SOLUTION
TEAM BOBS BUILDERS-12191-SECOND PLACE AWARD IN PROJECT
TEAM SOLUTION BOTS-11839-SECOND PLACE IN STRATEGY
THANK YOU PARENTS, TEACHERS, MENTORS AND COACHES WHO HELPED OUR TEAMS SUCCEED. WE ARE VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAMS! KEEP UP THE EXCELLENT WORK!

On February 9th, our school participated regional Mathcounts competition in El Paso. All of our Mathcounts team did a great job and one of our student, Benjamin Miguel got the first place in Countdown round. Also he is one of the top three individuals who is going to represent El Paso in the state competition in Austin. Congratulations to all students!!!

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

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...