Dear Parents and Students,
Please fill out this MANDATORY google form in order to sign up for the PSAT.
PSAT will be taken in-person. NO REMOTE TESTING AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
8th-grade students will test ON CAMPUS, the schedule will be shared soon by your testing coordinator.
Safety measurements will be taken to ensure social distancing among students and proctors.
*A High PSAT Score Can Lead to a National Merit Scholarship.
*Your PSAT Score Can Indicate Future SAT Performance.
*Doing Well on the PSAT Can Give You a Confidence Boost.
For further information please contact the head counselor or the campus testing coordinator.
Deadline to submit your form: 10/25/2020
(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.
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.
Welcome to the 2020-2021 school year. Our PTO organization forms a community for the parents, the staff of Harmony School of Technology, and students to work together to obtain common goals. We encourage all parents and staff at Harmony School of Technology to join. Membership dues are only $10 (CASH ONLY) per family and are used to support our school. Please complete the form below.
HST PTO Membership Form/ Formulario de Membresía de HST PTO
Bienvenidos al año escolar 2020-2021. Nuestra organización PTO forma una comunidad para que los padres, el personal de la Escuela de Tecnología Harmony y los estudiantes trabajen juntos para obtener metas comunes. Alentamos a todos los padres y al personal de la Escuela de Tecnología Harmony a unirse. Las cuotas de membresía son solo $ 10 (SOLO EN EFECTIVO) por familia y se utilizan para apoyar a nuestra escuela. Complete el siguiente formulario
PTO GENERAL MEETING
Please Join Us by Zoom
ZOOM LINK
Meeting ID: 996 4799 4985
Passcode: 342477
TOP REASONS TO JOIN THE PTO
It’s Good for Your Child
When parents get plugged in at school, their children do better.
You’ll Get Connected
PTO is a great way to learn what is going on at school, get to know the teachers and administrators and hear first hand about important decisions.
You’ll be Part of a Network
Meet other parents who share a common goal.
You’ll be a Role Model
You’ll show your children that not only are they important to you, but their education is as well.
It’s for Every Parent
Your voice and opinion matter! It can make a difference when you speak up. Your voice and ideas can help improve the quality of education.
It’s Important to the School
PTO provides support to teachers and administrators and creates a caring supportive atmosphere at school.
Please Join Us by Zoom!
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Thursday 1, October 1, 2020
Harmony School of Technology
Meeting ID 915 0478 5909
DEAR PARENTS:
You are Cordially Invited to Attend
Harmony School of Technology
Title I Parent and Family Engagement Meeting
October 1, 2020 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Zoom link: https://harmonytx.zoom.us/j/2388066365
Goal/Purpose: Review, evaluate and update/develop Written
Parent and Family Engagement (PFE) Policy and the School-Parent Compact
Agenda Items:
I. Title I Program Presentation
II. Review and evaluate last year’s PFE Policy and School-Parent Compact
III. Jointly develop PFE Policy and Compact for current year
IV. School’s Curriculum, Academic Performance
V. Comments, Q&A
Dear Parents and Students,
Please choose the clubs you want to get in for the 2020-2021 school year. Please make your selections based clubs dates do not have a scheduling conflict. Selecting clubs on this list doesn’t mean a guarantee that you will be in those clubs. If you like to apply for more than one club, you need to submit a new form for each club. Please review the after school clubs’ details for the Fall Semester, 2020-2021 school year, and slides below and click on the registration form to sign up.
Each club/organization has limited spots available. Once all spots are filled, no one else will be allowed to join that club.
Contact listed club advisor for detailed club information
If you have any questions, e-mail at aysetas@harmonytx.org
Please click here for the Club Manual and the registration Form
Reading skills are foundational to educational success for all students.
Encouraging students to read more improves their skills and promotes a love of reading they can continue throughout their educational years and into adulthood.
That’s why Harmony Public Schools is hosting a fall Reading Challenge for all students in all campuses.
Join your classmates from across your campus and across the state from Monday, September 21, 2020 though Sunday, January 3, 2021 as together we show our love for reading and discover new and exciting ideas, authors, and stories through our favorite books.
Along the way, we’ll recognize our top readers and campuses each month, share favorite book picks, and ask for your reviews on some of your favorite reads.
The reading challenges by grade are:
Kindergarten – Grade 2
20 Books
Grade 3-5
10 Novels
3 Fiction
3 Nonfiction
1 Poetry
3 Student Choice
Grade 6-8
12 Novels
4 Fiction
4 Nonfiction
1 Poetry
3 Student Choice
Grade 9-12
14 Novels
5 Fiction
4 Nonfiction
1 Poetry
4 Student Choice
Share your favorite reads on social media by tagging Harmony and using the hashtag #HarmonyReads.
NWEA MAP testing will take place remotely the week of September 14th through 17th. Your child’s schedule will look very different during testing week . Your child will be assigned a specific testing time by their homeroom teacher. During testing week, testing could take place as early as 9:00 AM am. Please see the attached parent letter and watch the informational video to learn how MAP testing will work. If you have any questions, please contact your child’s homeroom teacher or the campus testing coordinator, Mr. Sevinc at msevinc@harmonytx.org
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR THE HST FALL 2020 MAP TESTING TEACHER’S ZOOM LINK
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR THE MAP Family Toolkit – Resources for parents
Parent Information for Fall 2020 NWEA MAP Administration
Dear HST Students, Parents and Teachers;
When the COVID-19 pandemic first began in our state last spring, we promised our Harmony community that our response to the pandemic would always be focused on keeping our entire Harmony community safe, and our students focused on learning. As a school system that places a heavy emphasis on science and math, we also promised that all of our decisions would be based on the best science and data available.
Today, we wanted to share with you an important update about the reopening of your child’s school. Just as importantly, though, we wanted to share with you more detailed information about how that determination was made and what specifics steps toward reopening will happen next.
From the beginning of the pandemic, Harmony has looked at a specific group of informed and reliable data sources to determine the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in our local community. These sources are the Harvard University Data Center, the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Department of State Health Services, our city and county health agencies, and information from our neighboring school systems.
From this data, Harmony Public Schools has developed a four-stage reopening plan for its 58 campuses across Texas that allows the specific COVID-10 conditions in each community to determine each school’s individual reopening plan.
Our campus is currently Stage #1 and will begin Stage #4 on October 12th, 2020.
In short, Stage #1 means; Campuses must remain closed for both students and staff for the time being due to a high presence of COVID-19 in our community. However, in the next stage, Stage 2, it may be safe to host a limited number of students in Harmony Learning Centers. In these Learning Centers, students would complete their daily classwork remotely from a Harmony facility in a supervised, day-long “study hall”-like setting.
Stage #4 means; Campuses are open for in-person learning for all students whose parents opted for on-campus learning. Students and staff members would be required to follow all safety protocols outlined in the Harmony Public Schools Back to School Playbook, as well as any others deemed necessary for safe, productive learning.
Our ultimate goal is to reopen our campus for all students who opted into in-person learning (Stage 4) as soon as conditions are favorable.
Our goal for Stage 4 is October 12th, dependent on local COVID-19 conditions and TEA guidelines.
– Stage 2 starts on September 14th, 2020. Mostly distance learning with limited in-person students in a learning center setting
– Stage 3 starts on October 5th, 2020. In-Person instruction with targeted groups (students who have chronic absenteeism and staff kids)
– Staff returns on October 5th, 2020
– Stage 4 starts on October 12th,2020. Students who chose in person learning will start to come to campus.
Thank you for your support during these unprecedented times, and for helping keep our students safe and focused on learning.
We will continue to keep you updated as new developments take place.
If you have any further questions, please contact Celil Basol at cbasol@harmonytx.org
Sincerely,
Celil Basol
Principal
Dear HST Parents and Guardians,
A reminder that there is no school on Monday, September 7th due to the Labor Day holiday. Classes resume Tuesday, September 8.
Welcome to the 2020 school year! This year will be challenging, with many changes in education and the world at large. To help you navigate the School Health specific challenges for this year, we would like to make you aware of the following:
Regardless of attendance on campus or virtually, your child is required by state law to submit completed vaccine records or original copy of the affidavit of reasons of conscience from the state to be enrolled.
For current students, the deadline for submission was August 17th.
For newly enrolled students, the deadline for submission is September 16th.
After these dates the campus will be required to unenroll your student. Please make sure complete copies of your records are submitted before this deadline.
To reduce risk of exposure to students and staff, students will be seen for medications and scheduled treatments or illness concerns or scheduled appointments only.
Students who display signs of illness will be quarantined and must be picked up by the parent within 1 hour.
Students who do not display signs of illness needing quarantining will be returned to class.
This helps us keep students who are ill from unintentionally infecting students who are healthy during clinic visits. Thank you for your support.
Health guidelines including plans to keep your child healthy can be found in the Harmony Public Schools Back to School Playbook here: https://www.harmonytx.org/playbook
Dear HST Parents,
We will distribute instructional materials on Friday from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Please make the necessary arrangements to come to school during those scheduled hours to pick up your student’s materials.
In accordance with the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented students, Harmony Public Schools will begin taking referrals for kindergarten and newly- enrolled students in grades 1-12 for gifted and talented screening. Anyone interested in the educational welfare of these students may refer them for assessment. Referral forms are available on the school’s website. Read more
Dear Harmony Team Members,
Today, we are sharing with our Harmony families a partial campus reopening plan for our schools across the state.
Campuses in Bryan and Lubbock will open for optional in-person learning on Tuesday, September 8.
Campuses in all other locations will continue learning remotely only through at least Monday, September 14, but perhaps longer as Harmony continues to weigh guidelines from the Texas Education Agency and guidance from local and state health officials.
This phased approach will allow Harmony additional time for further evaluation and preparation in communities with the most severe impact from COVID-19.
Regardless of location or return date, students and staff who return to campus will find a safe and organized learning environment with a number of improvements and new wellness protocols designed to increase safety while retaining a fun, collaborative, and academically-focused campus culture.
Among these safety enhancements are:
• Temperature screenings for students and staff.
• Requiring all students and employees to wear a mask when on campus or in other group settings. (Students may bring their own mask, or the school will provide them.)
• Limiting average class sizes to allow for social distancing. (Exact class size will be dependent on number of students attending in-person versus online-only.)
• Spacing desks at least six feet apart to maintain proper social distancing and/or installing partitions where students cannot be kept six feet apart.
• Severely limiting classroom rotations/switches to prevent the spread of germs across campus and to limit person-to-person exchanges.
• Staggered drop off and pickup times to limit person-to-person exchanges.
• Modified drop off and pickup procedures (ex. Students going directly to class after drop off and/or waiting in classroom at the end of the day until parent arrives for pickup).
• Requesting all students wash hands frequently.
• Detailed nightly cleaning by contracted company.
• Required Coronavirus Awareness & Prevention trainings for all employees.
Additional details on these and other safety protocols can be found in Harmony Public Schools Back to School Playbook.
We are excited to open our doors to all of our students and staff hopefully very soon. Thank you for all of your efforts and feedback in helping our school return to on-campus operation, and for your ongoing support in making this another great school year for our students.
Sincerely,
Celil Basol
Principal
Back to School Surveys Due Friday, August 28th
Hello HST Families!
At this time, our campuses are tentatively scheduled to open for optional in-person instruction on Tuesday, September 8. Be sure to log into your FAMILY ACCESS ACCOUNT (not Student Account) by the end of Friday , August 28th and complete the short survey to let us know whether your student will continue to learn from home or switch to in-person learning once our campus opens up.
To access the survey: 1. You MUST log into your FAMILY ACCESS ACCOUNT (not Student Account)
2. Once inside Skyward, select “Back to School Instruction Selection Form” to begin the attendance selection process
3. Complete and submit the survey
If you have any questions at all, contact us on this number 281.444.1555; we are only available until 3:00 pm.
Your HST Teachers and Staff
Dear HST Parents,
Classes and live lessons will resume tomorrow Friday, August 28th.
As a precaution due to Hurricane Laura, all Harmony Houston North campuses and the district office will be closed on Wednesday, Aug 26th and Thursday, August 27th. All classes are cancelled. A decision about Friday, August 28th will be made Thursday evening. Stay safe!
| HELPFUL LINKS | FOR | Note |
| Recommended Video For Parents for Claiming Harmony Portal (Anyone on the internet can reach this and download) | Parents | |
| Schoology Parent Guide: How to Sign-Up? | Parents | |
| Schoology Parent Handbook | Parents | |
| Schoology Parent Support | Parents | |
| Schoology Student Support | Student | |
| Schoology Student View-English version | Student | |
| Schoology Student View-Spanish version | Student | |
| Zoom for Students | Student | |
| How to Claim “my harmony” portal account? | Student (6-12) & Parents | |
HST would like to welcome our students, teachers and parents back to the start of the 2020-2021 school year. Happy First Day of Fall 2020 Distance Learning!
