A segment of the May 13 television news show 60 Minutes included references to Harmony Public Schools (HPS) of Texas that may have left some inaccurate impressions. Please note the following facts about Harmony Public Schools, all of which were shared with 60 Minutes before the show was broadcast: Read more at Harmony Public Schools and 60 Minutes: Setting the Record Straight

U.S. News has announced the best high schools of the nation. The 2012 edition includes data on almost 22,000 public schools, 500 of which received gold medals.

Harmony Science Academy High School - Houston is ranked #309 in the nation, making the school one of the Gold Medalists. Harmony Science Academy is also ranked 24th within Texas. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® coursework and exams. The AP® participation rate at Harmony Science Academy is 89 percent. The student body makeup is 44 percent male and 56 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 86 percent.

Harmony Science Academy Dallas is ranked #554 in the nation, enabling the school to receive a Silver Medal. Harmony Science Academy – Dallas is ranked 50th within Texas. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® coursework and exams. The AP® participation rate at Harmony Science Academy – Dallas is 62 percent. The student body makeup is 48 percent male and 52 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 88 percent.

Harmony Science Academy North Austin received a Bronze Medal. At Harmony Science, the student body makeup is 47 percent male and 53 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 89 percent.

You can read more here.

Thank you to all the Harmony families that attended the Parent Picnic on Saturday April 21, 2012. This years picnic was a huge success with over 160 people in attendance. The Parent Picnic is an opportunity for students, teachers and parents to come together to enjoy nice weather, good food and share fun times. This year we had beautiful weather, tons of delicious food and shared some fun times playing kickball, soccer and volleyball together. Thank you to all the parents that donated food items or helped with the picnic. Without you this event would not be possible.

Leadership Summer Camp is a week-long camp for HSI - El Paso students (6-11th grades) and other Harmony Public Schools from all over Texas. The purpose of the week is to have fun while building leadership and teambuilding skills. Activities include sports competitions, ropes courses, assemblies, talent shows, free recreation, leadership talks and discussions, study nature and much more!

This is a great opportunity for our students to build strong relationships, develop teamwork, leadership attributes, and have a great time! We strongly recommend and encourage for all of our students to attending Summer Leadership Camp.

The camp starts May 27th and ends June 2nd, 2012.
The camp fee is $400. It will include accommodation, meals (at the camp only) and transportation.

To register for the camp, Payment is due on May 20th.

For more information contact with Mr.Himmetoglu.

Harmony Public Schools has received BBB rating again by Standard & Poor's in a report dated March 16th 2012. The report stated that the outlook of the Harmony Public Schools is stable. BBB rating is the highest possible rating for a charter school operator to receive. Dr. Soner Tarim, the Superintendent of Harmony Public Schools, said: "In the midst of national and global financial instability, Harmony Public Schools System has demonstrated its ability to remain financially stable through fiscally sound organization and management. Renewing our BBB rating along with a stable outlook will enable us to save thousands of dollars which can then be used to further advance the efforts of our students, teachers, and staff members".

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Harmony Public Schools have released 2011 College Acceptance Report and 2011 SAT Report.

The reports clearly prove that Harmony Public Schools continue to provide high-quality education to Texas children. As Harmony Public Schools, we will strive to take this success to the new levels.

To take a close look at the reports, please click on the names of the reports above.

Dear parents,
You may now log in to our school database and track your child's academic and social performance daily.Here are 3 easy steps to log in:
1-Find the log in screen on right top corner of the website.
2-Enter student's first and last name in the username field.
3-Enter the password which is student's birth date.
For example, the user name and password for Albert, born in March 14, 1879, would be

Username: Albert Einstein
Password: 3/14/1879

You may change the password after you login. Please remember that the more you are involved, the better your child performs and Harmony online system is a great tool to keep you updated about your child's progress at school.
Please login as much as possible to keep close track of your child's grades, assignments, schedule, attendance records, discipline points and test results.

If you have any questions about the school database, please contact Mr. Himmetoglu at ihimmetoglu@harmonytx.org.

From Superintendent Dr. Soner Tarim To the Harmony Public Schools Community: A disappointing article on charter schools in this week's New York Times attempts to put Harmony Public Schools in Texas in a context that is not accurate, necessitating this brief response. Many of us at Harmony Schools cooperated extensively with the Times on this story over the last several months, providing documents, interviews, tours and dozens of detailed responses to specific questions in good faith. But, as sometimes happens, the end result was not entirely what we had hoped. See the rest of Dr. Soner Tarim's response here: http://harmonytx.org/news/122/letter-to-stakeholders-on-ny-times-article/

It is the policy of the Harmony Science Academy Charter School to locate and identify any child who contacts or enrolls in the Charter School who may have a disability and be in need of special education and related services, regardless of the severity of the disability, in accordance with its procedures as reflected in the CHILD FIND legal framework of the Legal Framework for the Child-Centered Special Education Process, located at: http://framework.esc18.net/. read more...