Fourth and Fifth Grade will be participating in our First Annual Field Day on Friday, February 10th from 9:30am - 11:30am. In order to make the day a true success, we need your help. Let us know if you can donate your time or a few needed items. Please contact your child's homeroom teacher for more details.

Application features:

The applications to Harmony Public Schools for the 2012-2013 School Year have been started and it has already exceeded 15 thousand threshold! On the day we started accepting the applications (January 10), we received almost four thousand applications in 24 hours.The application deadline is March 15, 2012.

Harmony Science Academy School will be conducting spinal screening on Monday, February 6th through Friday, February 10th. The purpose of spinal screening is to detect the signs of abnormal curves of the spine at their earliest stages so that the need for treatment can be determined. It is usually detected in children between 10 and 14 years of age.

According to state law, all students in grades 5 and 8 must receive the spinal screening. If you do not wish to have your child screened for religious reasons, please submit an affidavit of religious exemption to the school nurse no later than Friday, February 3, 2012. read more . . .

On Thursday, February 16th, HSA-NW will have early dismissal at 1:05 pm. Students need to be picked up by 1:30pm. There will be NO after school clubs, activities or Zenith Learning care available for this day. Harmony School of Advancement will not provide a shuttle service for High School students.

Black History Month is a remembrance of the events in the history of the African-Americans. Since 1976, it is celebrated annually in the United States of America and Canada in February and the United Kingdom in the month of October. In the U.S., Black History Month is also referred to as African-American History Month. The goal is to educate the American people about African-Americans' cultural backgrounds and reputable achievements. Black History Month actually started in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a historian, author, and journalists. He is known as the Father of Black History. In honor of Black History Month, HSANW will have an assembly on Friday, February 17th in the cafeteria at 2pm in the cafeteria. As always, parents are welcome to join.

Assembly Coordinators: Ms. Whirl, Mrs. Gomez & Ms. Clarke
Black History Assembly Practice dates:

Gomez Dance Ensemble Practice: open until further notice
Ms. Whirl Jazz Practice: TUES & THURS 3:00- 4:30 pm
Ms. Clarke Skit Practice- TUES,WED,THURS 3:35-4:10 pm read more . . .

STAAR assessment will start at the end of March. Here are the testing dates:

March 27, 2012 -Tuesday:
4th Grade Writing-Day 1
7th Grade Writing-Day 1
5th Grade Mathematics
8th Grade Mathematics (7B students will take it.)

March 28, 2012 - Wednesday
4th Grade Writing-Day 2
7th Grade Writing-Day 2
5th Grade Reading

April 24,2012 - Tuesday:
3rd Grade Mathematics
4th Grade Mathematics
6th Grade Mathematics (6A & 6C)
7th Grade Mathematics (6B,7A,7C)

April 25,2012 - Wednesday:
3rd Grade Reading
4th Grade Reading
6th Grade Reading
7th Grade Reading

Dear Perspective Harmony Parents,

Harmony Science Academy - Houston Northwest will be a hosting an Open House on Saturday, January 28th at 2pm. Please come by and learn about the exciting educational opportunities we have for your child.

Each year, over 12 million students participate in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's School & Youth Programs—Pennies for Patients. With this project, students have the opportunity to learn about blood cancers and the importance of community involvement, while helping to raise vital funds for cancer research and patient aid services. The Society provides a curriculum for optional teaching aids and will be hosting an assembly on Friday, January 27th at 10:00am in the cafeteria. This event will be for K-3rd grade students and optional for 4th – 7th grade. The collection will take place the week of January 30th – February 3rd.

Classrooms will compete to earn a pizza party provided by the Society, as well as gift certificates for school supplies, electronics and more. We look forward to your support of the mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

We would like to inform you about changes to Harmony Science Academy - Houston Northwest for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year. The Harmony Public Schools has decided that current 7th grade students at HSANW will attend the high school, Harmony School of Advancement for 8th grade. This decision was made to allow our 8th grade students to have the ability to transition sooner into the high school setting.

Current 7th grade students that re-enroll HSANW for 8th grade for the 2012-2013 school year will automatically be transferred to the high school campus. Thus, it will not be necessary to register at the Harmony School of Advancement.

Please use this time to make the necessary arrangements to prepare for your child/children to attend the high school campus next year. There will be a shuttle bus at the Northwest campus for high school students who have siblings attending the Northwest campus.

Harmony School of Advancement is located at 3171 Sam Houston Parkway West, Houston, Texas, 77038.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the administration.

This past weekend, 4 members of our Science Club participated in the Texas Charter Schools Leage Science Olympiad in Austin, Texas. We would like to congratulate Sixth Grade Students Zoie Buske, Patrick Mileski, Adeline Wylie and Seventh Grade Student Max Mani along with their teachers Mr. Altun and Mrs. Caliskan for the 2nd place win.

The students completed in 4 timed events where they build a Balsa Bridge (90 minutes to build and it had to hold weight for 3 seconds) , A Paper Tower (15 minutes to build), Paper Airplane (30 minutes to build) and an Impromptu Project ( 10 minutes to build).

Attached you will find a copy of the State of Texas 2010-2011 School Report Card for Harmony Science Academy - Houston Northwest.

This is a report required by the Texas Legislature and prepared by the Texas Education Agency. It is to be sent to the parent or guardian of every child enrolled in the public schools.

The report provides information concerning student performance as well as information concerning expenditures, average class size, and student/teacher ratios.
Click the link below to access the report:

2010-2011 School Report

Principal's Letter in English

Principal's Letter in Spanish


To have access the 2011 - 2012 NCLB reports please this link:

HQ Report 2011-2012

Dear Prospective Students/Parents,

As enrollment season approaches, we would like to share a couple of reminders with you.

1 - The application period for Harmony Public Schools is between January 10 and March 15 for the 2012-2013 school year.
2 - All applications prior to January 10, 2012 will be considered for the 2011-2012 school year.
3 - Any application received after March 15, 2012 will be placed on the waiting list in the order of the date in which the application is received.
4 - The Lottery will be drawn during the last week of March 2012.
5 – Selected students will be announced by the end of the 1st week of April 2012.

Please note that any application received is only considered for one school year. If your child is not selected for enrollment, a new application must be submitted for each year.

Harmony Public Schools do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, or disability in providing educational services, activities, and programs, including vocational and career technology programs, in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, (as amended), Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended).

DISTCO 2012 is part of a series of “Digital Storytelling Contests". DISTCO 2012 is an online contest where Students and Teachers in K-12 are invited to submit their original digital stories between November 28, 2011 and January 27, 2012. please check our website at distco.org for complete timeline and rules. The project has certain benefits for both students and teacher. It is a way of exposing and challenging the students in a competition where they can show their certain skills in multimedia, technology, researching, writing and creativity. DOWNLOAD DISTCO 2012 Flyer Here
Participants could win IPAD or INano from among the many rewards available this year. You could win an IPAD or IPOD Nano. SUBMIT YOUR DIGITAL STORY BY JANUARY 27, 2012!

The school’s tardiness policy has been developed to emphasize the importance of each student arriving on time to school every day and remaining in the classroom for the entire period. Learning personal responsibility by arriving to school and class on time is an integral part of the school’s standard of excellence which helps prepare students for success.

Students should be inside the classroom reading for AR time by 8:00am. Please make every effort to drop your child off between 7:45am - 7:50am to ensure they have ample time to get to class. Also, if your child will be eating breakfast at school, please arrive no later than 7:30am. A student arriving after 8:00am must report to the front office and obtain a tardy slip. Tardiness to school will be unexcused, unless the student arrives to campus late for one of the following reasons:

• Personal illness
• Attendance at a required court appointment
• Appointment with a doctor, dentist, or other professional

For a tardy to be excused, the student must present a note from the parent explaining the one of the above reasons for the student’s late arrival. The consequences for repeating tardiness to school or class within 6-weeks are as follows:

# of Tardiness Consequences

5-9 Saturday School
10-14 In-School Suspension
15-19 One day Out-of-School Suspension
20 and Above Up to three days Out-of-School Suspension

Dear Parents,

Any payments made at the school must be done between 8am and 4pm Monday-Friday. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Didic at 281-444-1555.

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.

Regular school attendance is a powerful link to successful learning in school. When students are tardy or absent, they miss out valuable learning and social experiences.

Why regular school Attendance Counts?

Teachers cover key academic concepts every day.
Time on task on a daily basis is needed to learn basic academics.
One missed day of school = as many as three days of catch up for a student to learn all the missed information and skills.
The habit of going to school is like learning to go to work – it is a student’s job.
School attendance lays the foundation for whether children will graduate or drop-out from high school.

If your student is absent this year, please contact our attendance clerk, Mrs. Srirama by calling the school.

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...