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

Harmony Science Academy- Dallas HS will be administering final exams for 9 through 12 grade students during the last week of school. The finals are used to test each child on all of the content areas that the student has mastered throughout the spring semester. Since HAS- Dallas HS is a college preparatory school, final exams are an integral part of teaching and are necessary to prepare the students for future academic pursuits.
~ ENGLISH and SCIENCE finals will be given on Thursday, May 24th.
~ MATH and SOCIAL STUDIES finals will be given on Friday, May 25th.
Elective and LOTE finals will be given during the class time between May 14th and May 23rd..
Final exams will affect 25% of the first semester grade for the subject.

HSA Dallas HS Summer School is offered for students who are seeking for credit recovery opportunities before the next school year. Registrations for summer classes will be opened from May 3rd to May 30th. Payments must be made to the front office by May 30th, 2012. All fees are non-refundable after the course start dates.

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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".

The Harmony Science Academy seniors would like to inform you that our Graduation day is coming soon!

Here are the details:

May 26, 2012 at 10:30 am

Rockwall ISD Performing Arts Center

1201 T. L. Townsend Dr. Rockwall, TX  75087

We have the facility reserved from 9am to 2pm.

 Please contact Ms Overall or Hana'A for specific details at soverall@harmonytx.org

After noticing how vigorously advanced placement students have been working on studying for the big test, we would like to congratulate you by giving you one of the following:

If you pass 3 AP tests with five's, your name will be entered in a Kindle Fire drawing. (You are required to pass each test with a 5 for this prize.)

If you pass any of the 3 AP tests with a 3, 4, or 5, you will receive a Kindle.

If you pass 2 AP tests with a 3, 4, or 5, you will receive an ipod Shuffle.

If you pass 1 AP test with a 5, you will receive a $25 gift card.

You can only choose one of the prizes from above. For example, you can NOT get a $25 gift and an ipod Shuffle. You can choose ONLY 1. read more . . .

Applicants from Harmony Science Academy have attended to the Mayor Internship Program.

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Next SAT and ACT Test & Registration Dates:

SAT Test Date: May 5, 2012
Register by: April 6, 2012

SAT Test Date: June 2, 2012

Register by: May 8, 2012

To register and practice for the test, go to

Students from the engineering pathway had a chance to meet Mr. James Drebelbis, AIA, P.E to discuss the role of forensic engineering and architect engineering in today's society. Mr. Drebelbis has over thirty years of experience in designing and evaluating buildings. Mr. Drebelbis holds licenses as both a Professional Engineer and as an Architect. His experience in performing forensic engineering began in the 1970s as part of the design work that preceded renovations of buildings. He has worked exclusively in the area of forensic engineering since 1993. In 1996 he founded Drebelbis Engineering to deliver services to the unique needs of insurance adjusters and attorneys. The company is based on a combination of architectural engineering technology and business acumen.
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Congratulations, Volleyball Team!! The Lady Tigers are the 2011-2012 North Regional Champions!
The team ended the season 13-2, with the only two losses occurring at the State Tournament in Austin. For District and Harmony play, the team went undefeated with a 13-0 record. Way to go Ladies! You represented Harmony very well this school year!!

2012 FRC Kick-Off was on Saturday, January 7th! As a Robotic Team, we participated in this Kick-Off. During this program, we attended different kinds of workshops like electronics, frame assembly and transmission. Besides all of these technical struggles during the workshop, we also had the chance to meet with other robotic teams from other schools. For our Robotic Team, First Robotics Competition is not only competition, it is one of the greatest chances:

-to learn from professional engineers
-to build and compete with a robot of their own design
-to compete and cooperate in alliances and tournaments
-to qualify for nearly $14.8 million in college scholarships

"To create a world where science and technology are celebrated where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes" By Dean Kamen, Founder

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2012 FRC Game-Rebound Rumble

Harmony Science Academy Young Tigers Math Olympiad Team made the Dallas Metroplex proud when they placed second in the recently concluded TCSAAL Texas Charter School Academic & Athletic League.Congratulations to all of the participants and their teachers!

Nahid G. 11-B
Tam N. 11-B
Francis J. 11-B
Nazeera S. 11-B
Cynthia P. 11-B
Francisco R. 11-C
Brandon L. 10-B
Asim S. 9-B
Robert M. 9-B

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On Monday, December 5, State Representative Linda Harper-Brown visited Harmony Science Academy Dallas. Representative Harper-Brown spoke to seniors and had a school tour. We would like to thank Linda Harper-Brown for her visit and for her unending support for education.

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Harmony Science Academy Dallas High School offers a PLTW Biomedical Sciences course to the high school students. The students taking this course had an excellent opportunity to watch live surgery at school. The school collaborated with Stream Venue Health Care Inc. and Texas Institute of Surgery. The students watched a live hip arthroscopy surgery on screen and also were able to ask questions at the same time. The students saw the surgery from the very beginning, from patient prep to nearly the completion of the surgery. This was a great learning experience for all the students. Most of these students are looking forward to medicine as a career and watching live surgery allowed them to get a feel for what the medical field is like. They also became aware of how a team of various medical professionals work together to perform surgery and how the job of each individual is equally important.

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Thank you to the teachers, staff, students, parents, and PTO for your outstanding efforts to make this year's science fair a success. Thank you to all the students who completed a science fair project and participated in this year's fair! Your hard work and dedication to learning is admirable!

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As part of our effort to provide high quality education, H.S.A. Dallas Middle School is organizing with the Close Up Foundation an educational trip to Washington, D.C. in June 2012. Last year's trip with the Close Up Foundation was a resounding success and we are looking forward to another great year. On this trip students have a unique opportunity to enrich their civic education through classes taught by professional teachers and visits to historical monuments. read more . . .

Texas Education Agency has released the school report cards for 2010-2011 education year. Please click on the link below to see our school's report card for 2010-2011.

2010-11 School Report Card for HSA Dallas

Harmony Science Academy - Dallas 2011 NCLB Report Card is available through the following link:

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Please review HSA Dallas highly qualified teachers summary report for 2011-2012 school year.

Parent Letter (English)

Parent Letter (Spanish)

Highly Qualified Teachers Summary Report

We are proud to announce that 17 Harmony Public School Campuses are designated as T-STEM academies by Texas Education Agency, HSA Dallas is one of them.

Texas Science, Technology, Engineering and Math initiative, known as T-STEM, is a part of the Texas High School Project program which is a statewide collaboration between Texas Education Agency, policy makers, educators and private philanthropists working together to find innovative ways to improve Texas schools. T-STEM initiative offers a fundamental approach to empower teachers, inspire students, and advance the studies in these four fields.

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.

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/

On the right of the screen, there is a box "HSA Database". In the box is a field marked "username" and "password".
Student's username is First Name and Last Name capitalized with a space (i.e. John Smith).
Your Password is your birthday as MM/DD/YYYY (i.e. 01/01/1995)
Enter username and password and click "OK" button in the same box. This will log you into the database.
Once you logged into the database you can change your password by selecting "options" at the top of the screen.

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...