HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION CAR PARADE!

Dear Parents/Guardians;

We are so glad to announce that we will be celebrating our Hispanic Heritage Month for our Harmony School of Excellence family on Friday, October 30th from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. with a delightful Car Parade. Our intention is to promote a greater awareness and appreciation among our students, parents, and staff for the different Hispanic cultures represented in our community.  In turn, we are optimistic that this will promote a greater respect for cultural differences. We would like to invite you all to decorate your cars with different Hispanic flags, cut paper decorations, traditional attires, etc.

HSE will award the three best decorated cars. Come and join us to receive a surprise goodie bag, make so much noise and take a picture of your spoiled vehicle. Accompany us to not miss the opportunity to recognize our Hispanic diversity and wonderful culture. This is a beautiful chance to see our families in a socially distanced, responsible way, and show our Hispanic community family that we care and are thinking about them.

Hope you can join us!

 

Estimados Padres/ Tutores,

Estamos muy contentos de anunciar que celebraremos nuestro Mes de la Herencia Hispana para nuestra familia de Harmony School of Excellence el viernes 30 de octubre a partir de las 5:00 p.m. hasta las 6:00 p.m. con un desfile de coches. Nuestra intención es promover una mayor conciencia y aprecio entre nuestros estudiantes, padres y personal por las diferentes culturas hispanas representadas en nuestra comunidad. A su vez, somos optimistas de que esto promoverá un mayor respeto por las diferencias culturales. Nos gustaría invitarlos a todos a decorar sus autos con diferentes banderas hispanas, adornos de papel picado, atuendos tradicionales, etc.

HSE premiará a los tres primeros autos mejor decorados. Ven y únete a nosotros para recibir una bolsa de regalos sorpresa, a hacer ruido y tomarse una foto de su consentido vehículo. Acompáñanos para no perder la oportunidad de reconocer nuestra diversidad y maravillosa cultura hispana. Esta es una hermosa oportunidad para ver a nuestras familias de una manera responsable y manteniendo la distancia social. Igualmente que para mostrarle a nuestras familias de la comunidad hispana que nos preocupamos y pensamos en ellos.

¡Esperamos que puedan unirse a nosotros!

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MIGRANT SURVEY

Migrant survey
In order to better serve your children, the school district would like to identify families and
out-of-school youth who are agricultural or fishing workers and who may qualify to receive
additional educational services.
Please complete the survey as soon as possible.
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U.S. Department of Education awards Harmony $27.8 million grant

(TEXAS) – On the eve of National Principals Month, the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $27.8 million Teacher and School Leader Incentive grant to Harmony Public Schools to train, equip, and retain top-level school leaders at its campuses across the state.

This project will strengthen and evolve Harmony’s existing Human Capital Management System, developed through a previous Department of Education grant project (Teacher Incentive Fund, 2016), to more explicitly focus on strengthening instructional leadership by better positioning and supporting current and rising principals and instructional leadership teams to excel and remain in their roles—especially in high-need schools. Harmony has 50 schools designated as high-needs throughout the state.

The project design draws on proven research showing that strong instructional leadership improves educator effectiveness, which, in turn, accelerates growth in student outcomes.

“Great schools require great leadership,” said Harmony CEO Fatih Ay. “That’s why one of our highest priorities at Harmony Public Schools is to equip our principals and other school leaders with the tools they need to build cultures of achievement, character, and community at their campuses.”

Harmony was one of only 13 school systems in the country to receive the DOE grant and the largest of three Texas recipients.

“Great teachers deserve to be treated as the professionals they are and to be compensated accordingly,” U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said in a statement Wednesday, September 1. “All too often, though, they lack access to relevant professional development courses and are compensated on a step-scale ladder that treats them like cogs in a machine instead of as individuals with unique talents and interests. We’ve challenged today’s awardees to rethink all of that, and they have risen to the challenge.”

The new funding brings the total amount awarded to Harmony by the Department of Education within the past few years to $92.5 million. 

  • In 2012, the DOE awarded Harmony a $30 million Race to the Top grant to support locally developed plans to personalize and deepen student learning, directly improve student achievement and educator effectiveness, close achievement gaps, and prepare every student to succeed in college and their careers.
  • In 2016, the DOE awarded Harmony a $26.7 million Teacher Incentive Fund grant to develop a merit-based system for rewarding its highest-performing teachers. (The system, known as H-STEP, was foundational in Harmony being named to the Texas Education Agency’s inaugural class of Teacher Incentive Allotment districts in Fall 2020.)
  • In 2018, the DOE awarded Harmony an $8 million Education Innovation Research grant to  build upon Harmony’s project-based learning STEM model for Grade 6-12 students by introducing similar curricula to students in Grade K-5, and by creating a system of support and professional development for elementary school teachers.

Harmony Public Schools is a Texas-born, Texas-wide public charter school system with campuses serving PreK-Grade 12 students in 23 cities across the state, including Greater Houston, DFW, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, Waco, Lubbock, Odessa, Bryan, Beaumont, and the Rio Grande Valley. Harmony’s curriculum places a heavy focus on STEM skills, Character Education, project-based learning, and college readiness. In 2020, Harmony hadall 23 high school campuses named among the Best High Schools in America by U.S. News and World Report, 13 named to the Best STEM High Schools in America by Newsweek, and earned two National School of Character recognitions from Character.org.

Harmony Public Schools is currently accepting applications for the 2020-2021 school year for both students and team members.

 

About Harmony Public Schools

Harmony Public Schools are 58 high performing PreK-12 college preparatory charter schools throughout Texas. Harmony blends the highest standards and expectations, with a rigorous math- and science-centered curriculum and dedicated and engaged teachers and families to cultivate excellence and prepare students to succeed in college, careers and life. At Harmony Public Schools, we believe every child can succeed, and we are committed to helping them realize their full potential. To learn more about Harmony Public Schools and our 58 campuses across Texas, please visit: www.harmonytx.org, and follow us on Twitter at @HarmonyEdu and ‘Like’ us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/HarmonyTexas.

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