Dear Harmony School of Technology Parent:

Harmony School of Technology is sharing this information about the district and your child’s campus with you as part of its obligations under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA).

Federal Report Cards for the state, the district, and each of the district’s campuses are now available on the school website at this link or: or are also available on the Texas Education Agency’s website.

Information on these report cards includes:READ MORE…

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.

Parent GT Referral Form in Spanish

Dear HST Parents/Guardians, 

We want to invite you to HST’s parent-teacher conferences tomorrow, Wednesday, November 30, 2022. Parent Conferences are IN-PERSON and held on a first-come, first-serve basis. We are respectfully requesting that all one-to-one conversations be limited to 15 minutes. We encourage students to participate in the conference process. Please invite your child to be a part of the conversation with you and the teachers.

If you cannot attend parent-teacher conferences or set up a time that works for you, we encourage you to contact your child’s teacher(s) directly to set something up for an alternative date. Take this opportunity to get updates on your child’s progress!

* Parent-Teacher Conferences will be from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. The last entry to the building will be 5:30 PM.

We look forward to meeting with parents and students at conferences!

Thank you for your continuous support.

Respectfully,

November 11, 2022

Dear Families,

We are thankful!

As we prepare to take a short break from school for Thanksgiving, we want to express our gratitude to everyone who makes it possible for students to come to school every day, on time and ready to learn. We thank:

●       Our students and families for making daily attendance a priority. This habit of attendance will help them do well in the classroom.

●       Our wonderful teachers pour their energy into making each classroom an exciting place for exploration and knowledge.

●       Our support staff and community volunteers who provide the extra hands and attention for our children’s needs.

We appreciate each one of you so much. We look forward to seeing you after the Thanksgiving holiday. Our campus will close from November 21-25, 2022. We will reopen Monday, November 28th at 7:00 a.m.

We especially appreciate everyone’s efforts to avoid taking extra days off during the Thanksgiving holiday. Just a few missed days here and there, even if they’re excused absences, can add up to too much lost learning time and leave your child behind in school. This is as true in kindergarten as it is in high school.

Sincerely,

Mr. Huseyin Topcu

      Principal, Harmony School of Technology

11 de noviembre de 2022

Queridas familias,

¡Estamos agradecidos!

Mientras nos preparamos para tomar un breve descanso de la escuela para el Día de Acción de Gracias, queremos expresar nuestro agradecimiento a todos los que hacen posible que el mayor número de estudiantes vengan a la escuela todos los días, a tiempo, listos para aprender. Agradecemos:

●     Nuestros estudiantes y familias por hacer de la asistencia diaria una prioridad ya que saben que el hábito de asistencia les ayudará a tener un buen desempeño en el salón de clases y eventualmente en el trabajo.

●     Nuestros maravillosos maestros ponen su energía en hacer de cada salón de clases un lugar emocionante para la exploración y el conocimiento para que los niños no quieran perderse el aprendizaje.

●     Nuestro personal de apoyo y voluntarios de la comunidad que brindan las manos y la atención adicionales que necesitan nuestros niños.

Apreciamos mucho a cada uno de ustedes. Esperamos verlos después de las vacaciones de Acción de Gracias. Recuerden que la escuela estára cerrada  La semana de Noviembre 21-25 del 2022, y reabre el lunes 28 de noviembre a las 7:00 a.m.

Agradecemos especialmente los esfuerzos de todos para evitar tomarse días libres adicionales durante las vacaciones de Acción de Gracias. Solo unos pocos días perdidos aquí y allá, incluso si son ausencias justificadas, pueden sumar demasiado tiempo de aprendizaje perdido y dejar a su hijo en la escuela. Esto es tan cierto en el jardín de infancia como en la escuela secundaria.

Sinceramente,

Mr. Huseyin Topcu

      Principal, Harmony School of Technology

Your input is more important than you think!

Deadline Extended for HST Core Value Survey 22-23

Dear Harmony School of Technology family, we are summing all efforts to provide our scholars with a wholesome education that serves them for life. Their future depends on the skills and values we teach them today.   Therefore, we invite you to participate in deciding which values we, as a community, want to model and encourage in our students.

October is in the United States. Let’s deepen our understanding of this language-based challenge and try to raise awareness in our community.

 Eight-year-old Evan is one of the brightest children in his third-grade class. He has a wonderful vocabulary and knows everything there is to know about baseball—he can even tell you who played in each of the last ten World Series games and who won. But when it comes to reading about baseball—or anything else—Evan has a lot of trouble. It takes him a long time to read each word, and even longer to read whole sentences. He often has to guess at how you say a word—and sometimes his guess is wrong. Reading out loud is especially stressful and embarrassing. His teacher recently told Evan’s parents that she thinks he might have dyslexia.

 Most people assume that part of being smart is being able to read well. About 100 years ago, though, doctors figured out that some people, even some very smart people who do really well at many other things, have trouble learning to read. This difficulty with reading is called dyslexia.

 Excerpt from: http://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/dyslexic-kids-adults/on-being-dyslexic/

Useful Links:

What is Dyslexia? – Kelli Sandman-Hurley

https://improvingliteracy.org/brief/defining-dyslexia

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/videos-about-dyslexia

https://dyslexiaida.org/

https://dyslexiaida.org/fact-sheets/

http://www.dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/parents/

https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/texas-dyslexia-handbook-2021.pdf

Recommended Movie:

Taare Zameen Par- Every Child is Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z14uE7U0HY

Ishaan, a student who has dyslexia, cannot seem to get anything right at his boarding school. Soon, a new unconventional art teacher, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, helps him discover his hidden potential.

Dear HST Parent/Guardians, Students,

 I hope you are enjoying a wonderful summer. I hope you are relaxed, recharged, and ready to start a new school year.

 As you know, we invited our parents to bring their students to school last Thursday and Friday, July 28-29, to have their pictures taken for ID and to complete the application for the school cafe. Student ID will be free of charge. Also, each family that creates their School Cafe account and applies for the National School Lunch Program will receive a free Clear Backpack and 1 free school shirt, depending on size availability. You can continue bringing your students to campus until the Orientation day, August 12. 

The front office is open and ready to help from 9 am – 3 pm. 

Due to the new school year training office will be closed Thursday, August 4 until 10 am, Friday, August 5, all day, and Monday, August 8 until 11 pm.

Front Office Hours:

• Thursday: 10:00 am-3:30 pm
• Friday: Closed
• Monday: 11:00 am- 3:30 pm

On August 12, we expect all our parents and students to attend the orientation from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. 

Thank you to all who are helping prepare for the new school year. We look forward to greeting students and families again. Hope to see you all.

Dear Parents & Guardians,

We are so excited to welcome back our students to on-campus learning! To start the school year off right, HST will be having a student orientation on Friday, August 12, 2022, from 9:00-12:00 and 1:00-5:00 PM. A meet-and-greet will take place for students during each orientation session.

Our first official day of class will be August 17th, 2022. As a reminder, the class will begin at 7:45 am and end at 3:10 pm, except Wednesday. Every Wednesday, we will have early dismissal, and school will end at 2:15 pm. Should a student arrive to class after 7:45 am, they will be considered tardy.

In the event that your student is absent, please be sure to provide a note within 3 days of returning to class to have the absence excused. Should you have any questions regarding the attendance guidelines, please visit the 2022-2023 student handbook.

Starting tomorrow, Thursday, July 28th, 2022, parents are invited to bring their students to the campus. Scholars: please wear your school uniform shirt for your student ID picture to be taken at that time. Student ID will be free of charge. Also, each family that creates their School Cafe account and applies for the National School Lunch Program will receive a free Clear Backpack, as well as 1 free school shirt, depending on size availability. 

The front office is open and ready to help from 9 am – 3 pm.

Lastly, as we work together to navigate this upcoming school year, we have a few policies set in place to protect our staff and our students. Each student will be expected to have a CLEAR BACKPACK.

We look forward to a successful school year and are excited about seeing our scholars!

Sincerely,

HST Team