Texas is celebrating "National School Choice Week" this week.

Events are planned across the state to highlight the need for enhanced education options for students.

The movement hopes to inspire parents to look at all options outside of their neighborhood schools.

There are options here in West Texas. Over the years several charter schools have popped up in our area.

Harmony Science Academy has locations across the state and 2 years ago a campus opened up here in Odessa. Parents immediately jumped on board and they say, for them, it was by far the right move.

"We make sure that every one of them goes to college," enforces Principal Emin Cavusoglu.

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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.

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Thank you for supporting Harmony Science Academy-Lubbock.We ask each parent/guardian to fill out the re-enrollment form completely and return it to the front office between January 11 and January 27th.

This form is designed for currently enrolled students. The closing date for this application is January 27, 2012. Applications received unsigned, incomplete, or after the closing date may not be considered for next year.

Please do not send the form with the child. You will be given a re-enrollment receipt by front office staff. Please keep the re-enrollment receipt as a proof of your enrollment status.

For Re-Enrollment form Click Here

If you want to learn more about our school and educational programs, you may attend one of the open houses as scheduled below.

January 31, 2012 @ 5:00 pm
February 7, 2012 @ 5:00 pm
February 18, 2012 @ 3:00 pm

There will be an informative presentation at designated times, and school tour afterwards.


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Come Help Support the Contestants
Date: Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM.
Location: HAS Lubbock Cafeteria

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!

You can now login to your child’s online database.

To login, simply find the “School Database” login on the right hand side of the screen.

Your child’s login will be his/her first name, followed by a space, and then last name (ex. John Smith).

The password will be your child’s birthdate in the following format: M/D/YYYY (ex. 2/3/1999).

We hope that you visit your child’s database often because there is a lot of information available to you, including homework, lunch balance, daily schedule, absences, tardies, etc.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us @ (806) 747 - 1000

Our teachers are working hard, going beyond their schedule and trying to visit our parents in their homes. The goal of home visits is first of all to get parent feedback and ask about any concerns. Also to have a better communication and increase parent involvement in their child's education… This way build rapport and respect between the student, parent and the teacher which improves students' grades and behavior at school.

Note: Home visits are made from 5pm to 7pm during weekdays & usually takes no more than 20 minutes. On Weekends from 10am thru 5pm.
Sincerely,

Dear Parents;

A friendly reminder that we are in close quarters and the flu spreads easily. Please keep all students who have a tempeature at home until the fever clears for at least 24 hours . Below are some tips to prevent FLU.

*Wash your HANDS
*Before, during, and after preparing food
*Before eating food
*After using the toilet
*Before and after caring for someone who is sick
*After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
*After touching an animal or animal waste
*After touching garbage
*Before and after treating a cut or wound

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...