Dear all, attached is the flyer for North District Job Fair. It will be held at Excellence Elementary Campus on Saturday, April 1st, between 9:00am-11:30am. Spread the word. 
Our 2nd grade students will be performing at 9 am today in the cafeteria. Thank you 2nd grade teachers and students for organizing this performance.
Livestream link : https://www.facebook.com/hsehouston/live_videos/
Thanks
On behalf of the Black History Month team led by Dr. Johnson, we’d like to invite you to see the performances of our students on Monday, 2/27.
Below are the live feed links. You may also see the links on our FB page.
Our First showing starts at 9:00 am.
Our 2nd showing starts at 1:45 pm.
Thank you.
We are moving into the time of the year when we make plans and apply for Federal Funds applications (ESSA) for next school year, and we would like to gather parent and community feedback for our applications. Please use one of the public comment links below to share your comments or feedback with us:
Estamos entrando en la época del año en que hacemos planes y solicitamos solicitudes de fondos federales (ESSA) para el próximo año escolar, y nos gustaría recopilar comentarios de los padres y la comunidad para nuestras solicitudes. Utilice uno de los enlaces de comentarios públicos a continuación para compartir sus comentarios o comentarios con nosotros:
- https://forms.gle/4MDcws1H3CCeKAmy8 (English)
- https://forms.gle/qhwNcRvXgzSqJk1a7 (Spanish)
Dear Students,
We hope you will consider joining us with your projects for our 9th annual Harmony Science and Engineering Fair (H-SEF).
H-SEF 2023 will be virtual in two rounds this year. Details can be found here.
It is open to the 6th -12th grade level students.
The application deadline is March 3rd, 2023.
Registration link: https://harmonytx.org/hsef
H-SEF 2023 Committee
Harmony Public Schools is the first public charter school to win the prestigious Award of Excellence in Financial Management by the Texas Association of School Business Officials (TASBO), the organization has announced.
The award is given to Texas school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and education services centers that demonstrate professional standards, best practices, and innovations in the area of financial management and reporting.
The criteria to qualify for the Award of Excellence in Financial Management is stringent, based on financial accounting and reporting guidelines identified by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) Financial Accountability System Resource Guide (FASRG). Applicants must submit documents across 11 key areas, which are reviewed by a TASBO accounting subcommittee.“Making sure that each of our financial decisions is efficient, effective, and, most importantly, ethical is among our greatest operational priorities,” Harmony CEO Fatih Ay said. “In doing so, we are able to maximize our resources and provide our students with the most robust educational experience that can be offered.
“We are extraordinarily pleased to be honored with this award,” Ay said, “and are grateful to our finance team for putting our schools in a prime position to succeed.”
Harmony also was awarded its second Award of Merit for Purchasing Operations by TASBO. The Award of Merit was
established in 2009 to recognize Texas school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and education services centers that are committed to following professional standards in the acquisition of goods and services. Harmony remains the only charter school system to earn the award.
established in 2009 to recognize Texas school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and education services centers that are committed to following professional standards in the acquisition of goods and services. Harmony remains the only charter school system to earn the award.“These organizations have gone above and beyond to demonstrate transparency by meticulously documenting their districts’ policies and procedures,” said Tracy Ginsburg, TASBO Executive Director. “Not only have they showcased the ways they monitor spending, improve budgeting, implement controls, and enhance financial reporting, but they have shared their best practices with colleagues throughout Texas, helping even more educational organizations to better utilize taxpayer dollars.”
Members of the district’s finance team will be honored at an awards reception sponsored by Frontline Education in San Antonio, Texas, on February 15 during the 2023 TASBO annual conference.
Led by Chief Financial Officer Ebru Akyildiz, Harmony’s finance department includes 30 team members specializing in six separate subdepartments: purchasing, payroll, grants, budgets, accounting and capital management.
The department has implemented a number of industry-leading best practices, including working with the Texas Education Agency, TASBO and independent, external auditors to ensure transparency and accountability in all financial operations.
For the department’s efforts, Harmony also was awarded seven “A” ratings by the TEA in its annual FIRST Financial Accountability Ratings during the most recent award cycle in 2022.
Harmony also was the first double-rated charter school system in the U.S. to be highly rated (“BBB”) by Moody’s and S&P Global with (“AAA”) long-term program rating that reflects Harmony’s qualification for the Texas Permanent School Fund (PSF) Bond Guarantee Program.
“We are one of the largest Texas charter management organizations, but we don’t want to just speak about our size – we want to be able to speak about our quality and the accuracy in our processes,” Akyildiz said.
Harmony Public Schools is a Texas-born, Texas-wide public charter school system with campuses serving PreK-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.
Harmony is now accepting applications for both students and team members for the 2023-24 school year.
Dear Parents/Guardians,
The 2021-22 Federal Report cards were posted on the Harmony website at the link below (About à Accountability à Federal Report Card tab):
Good afternoon,
Please follow these steps to sign up for the clubs.
- Please choose your scholar’s club(s) and sign up.
- Please write your scholar’s first and last name and not the parent/guardian’s name.
- Please write the parent/guardian’s email address
- Please avoid re-entering the same student’s name in a club.
- Please indicate your scholar’s grade level in the comment section.
Sign up genius link is https://tinyurl.com/4pf3689x
The payment link will be sent to the parents who signed up for the clubs. You can make your payments on Jan 5th and 6th.
Clubs start on Jan 9th.
Thank you!
Hello Everyone,
Due to the delay of Back to the 80s, there is an odd gap in the schedule for second semester theatre.
The best solution devised for the fairness of all involved is as follows:
Auditions for the next productions will be this week on Thursday January 5th and Friday January 6th. Students will know by Monday January 9th if they need to register for the second semester of theatre. Your young actor does not need to register for theatre club unless they are cast in one of the Spring productions.
We are performing two plays but they are smaller casts so not all students will be cast in the spring semester. Those that are cast will start rehearsal the last week of January after Back to the 80s Junior has performed. (Those in the Intermediate production will start in February.)
Second semester theatre is as follows:
Seussification of Midsummer Night’s Dream; (2nd-5th grade)
Monday 3:15- 5:00
Thursday 3:15-4:20
Puffs the Play (5th-10th grade)
Tuesday 3:15- 5:00
Thursday 3:15- 5:30
I will answer any questions I can. Please email me (bbuth@harmonytx.org)
Ms. Buth
Dear Parents|Guardians,
Please see the attached Club List for the 2nd Semester.
Registration starts on January 4th at 12 pm. Please make sure you check your email, FB, and our website. You will Register through Sign-Up Genius. The links will be sent to you on Jan. 4th at 12 pm. This is on a first come first served basis.
Club payment links will only be sent to the parents of those students who made it to the club list starting on January 5th through 6th.
There will be clubs that will not be included on the club list like the Sports teams, Competitive Academic teams, and some clubs that need to keep their 1st-semester club students due to the nature of the club. Club Invention K-5, Glee, STAAR Aligned with Math will not continue for this semester.
Please email atiu@harmonytx.org if you have any questions.
Thank you.
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 (G/T) screening.
Anyone interested in the educational welfare of these students may nominate them for assessment. Students in grades 1 & up who were tested in Fall 2022 are not eligible to test in Spring 2023. Referral forms are available at the front office and on the school’s website (see below).
The referral forms must be returned or emailed to the front office by January 31, 2023. The Spring GT testing window is set by the campus in February or March. Campuses may elect to use NWEA MAP scores as a prescreening criterion for GT Testing.
For more information about the screening and identification process, parents may contact the school’s GT Coordinator/Teacher.
Parent GT Referral Form in English
ANUNCIO DE EDUCACIÓN PARA DOTADOS Y TALENTOSOS (GATE)
De acuerdo con el Plan Estatal de Texas para la Educación de Estudiantes Dotados / Talentosos, Harmony Public Schools comenzará a tomar referencias para todos los estudiantes interesados en los grados K-12 para la evaluación de estudiantes dotados y talentosos.
Cualquier persona interesada en el bienestar educativo de estos estudiantes puede nominarlos para dicha evaluación. Los estudiantes en los grados 1 y superiores que fueron evaluados en el otoño de 2022 no son elegibles para la prueba en la primavera de 2023. Los formularios de referencia están disponibles en la oficina y en el sitio web de la escuela.
Los formularios de referencia deben devolverse a la oficina de la escuela antes del lunes 31 de enero del 2023. Los campus pueden optar por utilizar las puntuaciones de NWEA MAP como criterios de preselección para las pruebas de GT.
Para obtener más información sobre el proceso de selección e identificación, los padres pueden comunicarse con el entrenador / maestro de GT de la escuela.