On Friday May, 4th during lunch PTO will be selling pizza by the slice and after school they will be hosting an ice cream social, so don’t forget to bring your money on Friday!
Archive for month: April, 2018
Congrats to the Middle School Soccer team! They won against STEM Academy this past Saturday 4-1. They have qualified for the Playoffs!!!!
Nominations for new PTO officers are now open until May 3rd, 12:00 pm. You can nominate yourself or other parents. The elections will be held on May 3rd, from 3:30 – 4:30 pm and the election results will be posted the following day, May 4th.
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The final Art Show for this school year will take place during the Club Fair on Thursday, May 3rd. All students and staff are welcome to join. If you are interested, please contact Mr. Barton in room 1115 by 3:00 on Monday, April 30th to discuss details.
All the testing dates in May for STAAR, EOC, AP, and Make-Up exams can be found below:
Aariz Habib who is in Duke Tip 7th grade Talent Search Program received high scores on the ACT test he took and he qualified to receive a medal from Duke Tip University. Congratulations Aariz!
It is time to see the projects that gifted and talented students have done this year. Please join us to recognize their success on May 10th at 3:30 pm.
Please click the picture below for more details
When?
- May 11, 5 – 9 p.m.
Where?
- Harmony School of Business Gym
For Whom?
- All 12th grade Harmony School of Business students
Price?
Tickets are now on sale! An early discount will be applied through the month of April for $25. After April, the price will be $30 per ticket. All attendees–students –must purchase a ticket by Thursday May, 10. You can purchase tickets in the front office- credit card or check, NO CASH!
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The deadline for the pep rally permission deadline has been extended until Friday April 27th. Please bring the form back if you need a new form please pick up a copy from Mr. Clark or your advisory teacher.
Please Click Here for form.
Are you looking for Community Service Hours? The HSB Community Service Project will begin next Saturday. It is a chance for you to help beautify the school while earning your hours to graduate. Please see Coach Mcginn to get on board!!
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Mucteba Karaca who is in Duke Tip 7th grade talent search program qualified for 2018 Texas
Recognition Ceremony honoring students in the
7th Grade Talent Search with high SAT scores. He will be at the Recognition Ceremony on May 19th. Congrats Mucteba!
Dear ESL students’ parents/guardians,
Please join us for a meeting and learn about how ESL students exit the ESL program. And enjoy some refreshments. RSVP at this Survey Link
We are now enrolling students for Summer and Fall dual credit courses. If you would like to sign up for dual credit classes either during the Summer or the Fall you must contact Mr. Nelson. Dual Credit Permission forms are due no later than April 30th!
Thursday April 26th will be Dual Credit Information Night. The event will begin at 5 p.m. in the library. Please bring your parents and your questions to be answered. You should bring your dual credit permission form with you to the event if you haven’t already turned it in. All dual credit permission forms are due by Monday April 30th
Juniors, do you want a way to fill up your resume and also support your school to the fullest?! senior council officer applications for next year are available in the office. Please return by Monday morning. Elections will be held the following week!
Finishing the year in the properly academically and behaviorally. Starting on Monday, April 16, 2018, we will be strictly enforcing dress code. That means uniform shirts will be worn, Monday through Thursday, and the option for spirit shirts will be on Friday’s only. There will be NO JEANS, JEGGINGS, LEGGINGS, OR TIGHTS! Non-Harmony jackets, sweatshirts or hoodies will be prohibited in the halls, classrooms, cafeteria, and gym.
We will also begin to strictly enforce our cell phone and ear bud/phone policy. This means any cell phone confiscated will be given directly to the front office and parents will need to pay $10.00, by credit card or cashier check, to the front office to receive the phone. We will also not allow head phone, ear phone, ear buds inside the halls, classroom, cafeteria, or gym at any time during school hours.
We believe that ending the year just slightly stricter will help us, and the students, maintain their focus on what matters…their education. We want to thank all the students for their confidence and commitment to Harmony School of Business.
The Dual Credit Information Night has been rescheduled because of STAAR testing. We will announce the new date for this event on Monday April 16th. Thank you for your understanding.
Yearbook sales have been extended!!!
Order your 2017-2018 yearbook today! Our FULL COLOR yearbook is only $25.00, if you purchase during the pre-order period (up until May 10th). After our pre-order period, only a limited number of yearbooks will be available for purchase. They will be sold on a first come first served basis.
Cost of the yearbook book will be $30.00 after May 10th. So, order now and $ave!
Complete the form given at Advisory and return to the front office with your payment. We only accept Check, Debit/Credit Cards or Money Orders Payable to HSB – Dallas. Keep the receipt for your records.
The front office has extra Pre-order Forms.
All 11th graders will be taking the SAT test on our campus on Tuesday April 10th. Please help us by making sure you are rested, well fed, and prepared to take this test. Misbehavior will not be tolerated. If students are disruptive they will be sent home and their tests will be invalidated.
Congrats to our newest officers:
President- Reem Qadri
Vice President- Bianca Calmon
Secretary- Tiffany Nguyen
Treasurer- Haela Ghasani
Parliamentarian- Khadija Mohammed
Historian- Martina Martinez
If you have submitted an application for letterman jacket, Thursday April 5 during advisory sizing and orders will be taken in the library. Please bring your money and forms.
We expect all of our students to have an equal opportunity to be successful on the STAAR test as well as End of Course Exams. In order to accomplish this goal, we ask each student to refrain from causing distractions during testing.
Misconduct could result in a student’s test being voided by the state and other disciplinary consequences. Please refer to pg. 41 in our handbook under “Examination Procedures” for Details. We are asking all parents to speak to your child about these expectations so that everyone has a successful testing season.
During STAAR testing week all after school clubs and tutorials are canceled.
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HPS Child Find Policy
It is the policy of Harmony Public Schools to ensure that All children with disabilities enrolled in the charter school or who contact the charter school regarding enrollment, regardless of the severity of their disability, and who are in need of special education and related services, are identified, located, and evaluated; and A practical method is developed and implemented to determine which children are currently receiving needed special education and related services. These requirements apply to: Highly mobile children with disabilities (such as migrant and homeless children); and Children who are suspected of being a child with a disability under 34 CFR 300.7 and in need of special education, even though they are advancing from grade to grade.
Child find FAQ.
Child Find brochure (EN | ES)
Section 504 Child Find Notice
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Non-discrimination Statement as Part of the School's Admission Policy
It is the policy of HPS not to discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability in its programs, services, or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. For inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies, please contact Section 504/ADA Coordinator at (713) 343-3333 located at 9321 W. Sam Houston Pkwy S. Houston, TX 77099.
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Non-discrimination in Career and Technical Education Programs
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS offers support to school district for career and technical education programs in Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources; Architecture and Construction; Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications; Business Management and Administration; Education and Training; Finance; Government and Public Administration; Health Science; Hospitality and Tourism; Human Services; Information Technology; Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security; Manufacturing; Marketing; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics; Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics. Admission to these programs is based on enrollment in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS secondary schools. It is the policy of HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap in its CTE programs, services or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. It is the policy of HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, or age in its employment practices as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS will take steps to assure that lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and CTE programs. For information about your rights or grievance procedures, contact the Title IX Coordinator, CHARLES LAMBERT, and/or the Section 504 Coordinator, IPEK TORUN, at 9321 W. Sam Houston Pkwy S. Houston, TX 77099, Phone: (713) 343-3333.
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Aviso de No discriminación en los Programas de Educación Profesional y Técnica
Notificación Pública de No-discriminación en Programas de Educación Profesional y Técnica Las Escuelas Públicas Harmony ofrecen programas vocacionales en Agricultura, Alimentación y Recursos Naturales; Arquitectura y Construcción; Artes, Tecnología de Audio / Video y Comunicaciones; Administración de Negocios y Administración; Educación y Entrenamiento; Finanzas; Gobierno y Administración Pública; Ciencias de la salud; Hospitalidad y Turismo; Recursos Humanos; Tecnología de la Información; Derecho; Seguridad Pública, Correccionales y Seguridad; Manufactura; Mercadeo; Ciencias, Tecnología, Ingeniería y Matemáticas; Transporte, Distribución y Logística. La admisión a estos programas se basa en el número de estudiantes de secundaria registrados en las Escuelas Públicas Harmony.
Es norma de las Escuelas Públicas Harmony no discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo o impedimento, en sus programas, servicios o actividades de CTE, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; el Título IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación, de 1972, y la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda.
Es norma de las Escuelas Públicas Harmony no discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, impedimento o edad, en sus procedimientos de empleo, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; el Título IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación, de 1972, la ley de Discriminación por Edad, de 1975, según enmienda, y la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda.
Las Escuelas Públicas Harmony tomarán las medidas necesarias para asegurar que la falta de habilidad en el uso del inglés no sea un obstáculo para la admisión y participación en todos los programas educativos y CTE.
Para información sobre sus derechos o procedimientos para quejas, comuníquese con el Coordinador del Título IX, CHARLES LAMBERT, y/o el Coordinador de la Sección 504, IPEK TORUN, a la siguiente dirección: 9321 W. Sam Houston Pkwy S. Houston, TX 77099, Teléfono: (713) 343-3333
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Media & Public Relations
For media requests, please send an email to media@harmonytx.org with details of the request.
For more information, please visit our Media & Public Relations page.
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Website Accessibility
Harmony Public Schools (“Harmony”) is committed to making the information on its website accessible to individuals with disabilities in compliance with the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader, eye tracking device, voice recognition software, etc.) and have difficulty accessing information on the Harmony website, please contact HPS Webmaster by email at accessibility@harmonytx.org . Please include the following when communicating with Harmony regarding accessibility issues:
A description of your accessibility concern.
The format in which you prefer to receive the materials.
The web page address of the requested material(s).
The best way to contact you (email address or phone number, or both).Harmony will make appropriate accommodations to facilitate access to any website content.
Complaints regarding website accessibility may be submitted through the Public Complaint process outlined in Board Policy PG-1.12 (Public Complaints).
Please note that some pages on the Harmony website contain links to third-party sites, which are not within Harmony’s control. If you notify Harmony of problems with accessing a third-party site that is necessary to participate in one of Harmony’s programs or activities, we will make the material or information available in an accessible format.
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Report Bullying
If you are experiencing a problem with bullying at Harmony, or have other discipline-related concerns regarding one of our schools, please fill out the form at the link below for the Dean of Students.
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HPS Child Find Policy
It is the policy of the Harmony Public Schools to ensure that
- All children with disabilities enrolled in the charter school regardless of the severity of their disability, and who are in need of special education and related services, are identified, located, and evaluated; and
- A practical method is developed and implemented to determine which children are currently receiving needed special education and related services.
These requirements apply to:
- Homeless children;
- Children who are wards of the state;
- Highly mobile children (including migrant children); and
- Children who are suspected of being in need of special education but who are advancing from grade to grade.
20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(3)(A); 34 CFR 300.111(a)(1)(i), (c).
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Title IX
As required by Title IX, Harmony Public Schools does not (and is required not to) discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs or activities. This non-discrimination requirement applies to admission to and employment with Harmony Public Schools. Inquiries into issues related to Title IX may be referred to Harmony’s Title IX Coordinator(s) (identified below), to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education, or both.
Title IX training presentation link
Harmony’s Title IX Coordinators:
Students/student matters:
Charles Lambert
Director of Internal Investigations
HPS Central Office
clambert@harmonytx.org
713-343-3333 x1104 Employee and applicant matters
Kelly Ann Hebeler
Director of Employee Relations
HPS Central Office
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Non-discrimination Statement as Part of the School's Admission Policy
It is the policy of HPS not to discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability in its programs, services, or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. For inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies, please contact Section 504/ADA Coordinator at (713) 343-3333 located at 9321 W. Sam Houston Pkwy S. Houston, TX 77099.
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Non-discrimination Statement in Career and Technical Education Programs
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS offers support to school district for career and technical education programs in Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources; Architecture and Construction; Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications; Business Management and Administration; Education and Training; Finance; Government and Public Administration; Health Science; Hospitality and Tourism; Human Services; Information Technology; Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security; Manufacturing; Marketing; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics; Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics. Admission to these programs is based on enrollment in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS secondary schools.
It is the policy of HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap in its CTE programs, services or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
It is the policy of HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, or age in its employment practices as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS will take steps to assure that lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and CTE programs.
For information about your rights or grievance procedures, contact the Title IX Coordinator, CHARLES LAMBERT, and/or the Section 504 Coordinator, IHSAN KARA, at 9321 W. Sam Houston Pkwy S. Houston, TX 77099, Phone: (713) 343-3333.
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Aviso de No discriminación en los Programas de Educación Profesional y
Técnica
Las Escuelas Públicas Harmony ofrecen programas vocacionales en Agricultura, Alimentación y Recursos Naturales; Arquitectura y Construcción; Artes, Tecnología de Audio / Video y Comunicaciones; Administración de Negocios y Administración; Educación y Entrenamiento; Finanzas; Gobierno y Administración Pública; Ciencias de la salud; Hospitalidad y Turismo; Recursos Humanos; Tecnología de la Información; Derecho; Seguridad Pública, Correccionales y Seguridad; Manufactura; Mercadeo; Ciencias, Tecnología, Ingeniería y Matemáticas; Transporte, Distribución y Logística. La admisión a estos programas se basa en el número de estudiantes de secundaria registrados en las Escuelas Públicas Harmony.
Es norma de las Escuelas Públicas Harmony no discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo o impedimento, en sus programas, servicios o actividades de CTE, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; el Título IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación, de 1972, y la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda.
Es norma de las Escuelas Públicas Harmony no discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, impedimento o edad, en sus procedimientos de empleo, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; el Título IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación, de 1972, la ley de Discriminación por Edad, de 1975, según enmienda, y la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda.
Las Escuelas Públicas Harmony tomarán las medidas necesarias para asegurar que la falta de habilidad en el uso del inglés no sea un obstáculo para la admisión y participación en todos los programas educativos y CTE.
Para información sobre sus derechos o procedimientos para quejas, comuníquese con el Coordinador del Título IX, CHARLES LAMBERT, y/o el Coordinador de la Sección 504, IHSAN KARA, a la siguiente dirección: 9321 W. Sam Houston Pkwy S. Houston, TX 77099, Teléfono: (713) 343-3333.
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TX Transition and Employment Guide
The Texas Transition and Employment Guide provides youth, young adults, parents and professionals with secondary transition resources to facilitate a young person’s progress towards post-secondary goals to education, employment, and community living.
Please choose a version to display the guide:
— English
— Spanish