On July 4, 1776, we claimed our independence from Britain and Democracy was born. Every day thousands leave their homeland to come to the "land of the free and the home of the brave" so they can begin their American Dream.

The United States is truly a diverse nation made up of dynamic people. Each year on July 4, Americans celebrate that freedom and independence with barbecues, picnics, and family gatherings. Through the Internet we are learning about and communicating with people of different nations, with different languages and different races throughout the world. Bringing the world closer with understanding and knowledge can only benefit all nations.

Happy Birthday, America!

One of the most effective ways to make a donation is through your firm or company. Many companies, both big and small,( like DELL, IBM,HEB ...) may double (or sometimes triple) the value of donations made to non-profit organizatons(like public or charter schools) by their employees, employees' spouses, or even retirees.There's no additional cost to you and these matching gifts provide much needed funds, as we work to prapare a safier playground to our students!

Matching your gift is easy. First, just donate to Harmony as you normally would.Then, to find out if your company will match your donation to Harmony, ask your human resources department.

Donations to charter schools are tax deductible expenses. These donations can reduce your taxable income and lower your tax bill. You will need to itemize your tax deductions in order to claim any charity.

Most companies ask you to complete and return a short form or may require the Harmony's tax identification number. Just give us a call to get our school's TIN number.

We hope you will take advantage of this unique opportunity and have your gift go twice as far!

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Dear Parents/ Guardians,
As you know HSS_Austin believes that parental involvement in a child's education is one of the most important factors in raising student self-esteem and academic achievement and we all agree that parental involvement should go beyond attendance at teacher conferences and open house. School is over but we keep working to provide more successful school year for the next year.

We have 3 projects to do before school starts.

Project 1: One of the project that we are working on is to install shade canopy which blocks up to 96% of cancer-causing UV rays and protect children and adults from the
harmful rays of the sun while providing shade and keeping the area cooler in 4-8 grade playground. It will provide more proper and safe learning environment for our students. The American Cancer Society reports over 1 million new cases of skin cancer each year. Children are particularly at risk, both because of their sensitive skin and because they spend more of their time outdoors. We need to raise some portion of the funds to start construction. But unfortunately, we are still in need of $13,000.

Project 2: Second project is about K-3 grade students playground. As you may know we have 4000 sq ft playground for only K-3 grade students. Only 500sq ft of this is covered with rubber mulch and rest of the playground is concrete. We would like to install artificial turf on this concrete area so there will be no concrete part of K-3 grade playground. We need $8500 for this projects.


Project 3: Third project is about tree area. There is a tree area with a small patio next to K-3 grade playground. We have put grass on ground last year but it has been damaged because of the foot traffic by students and erosion after rain. Now roots of trees can be seen and sometimes our students tripped by them and fall down. It might cause a big problem such as broken arm, injured knees… To prevent such incidents we would like to put wood mulch over there. We had a bid from a landscape company and it will cost us around $3000.

So total we need $24500 to be able to do these 3 projects. Half of this cost will be provided by Cosmos foundation. We need to raise the rest of the money which is $12,250. We figured that if everyone donates around $50 - $100 dollars, we will be able to reach our goal.

If you want to contribute to these projects, please donate some money, come by the campus, or mail in your donation, or make a credit card payment over the phone. We really appreciate anything that you can do to help. We know that with your help we can definitely reach our goals and make our backyard a safe place for our students.


Following options are to make Donation:

1. Credit Card ( You can do it on the phone )
2. Check (payable to HSS - Austin)
3. Money Order (payable to HSS - Austin)

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Great News! Your Harmony Elementary Austin Parent Teacher Organization would like to ease your back to school shopping blues. This will save you time and allow us to ensure each child has the exact same items that are on the school supply list. Please note that this does not include a backpack.
All you have to do is fill out the attached form and send in a check or cash to the school office – ATN: HSSPTO. Or you may drop it off at the front office during normal school business hours this summer. The school supplies will be available for pickup at orientation.

If you have any questions, please contact Leigh-Anne Aiken (leighanne@solarisnetwork.com)

Please note that due to the fluctuating prices – we can only offer this exclusive one-time price up until July 15, 2009. We will not be able to honor any late supply orders.

Click here to download the form.

Click here for tentative 2009-2010 school calendar.

Dear Parent(s)/ Guardians,

Front office will be open between 9 am and 3 pm Monday thru Friday during summer.

Have a great summer!

Dear Parents/Guardians,

HSS_Austin will NOT offer Summer School for 2008-2009 school year as indicated in student handbook. Instead, HSS will offer EA( Exam for Acceleration) or board-approved state accredited test for students who have not successfully completed one or more core courses (Social Studies, Reading, Mathematics, and Science) or who have not met performance standards in TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) in one or more subject areas.


According to Texas Administration Code (TAC), Subchapter C, section 74.24(c3), any student who takes any of the CBE examinations has to score at least 70 out of 100 in order to get credit for the course which s/he fails and hence to get promoted to the next grade level.

3 thru 9 grade students take the EA examination will pay a fee of $25 per test. Students who will be taking test need to be at the school at 9:30 on their testing day.

Test Dates:
English : Tuesday, June 23rd
Math : Wedneday, June 24th
Science : Thursday, June 25th

Dear Parent(s)/ Guardians

Your child report card will be mailed out by Wednesday, June 3, 2009. But you can reach your child's report card through your child's webpage.What you need to do is to enter user name and password and click on the login button.

User Name: Your child’s first name and last name with a space between them.

Password: Your child's birthdate

Example: If your child was born on April the 1st, 2001, password is 4/1/2001

In order to prepare students for the next upcoming school year and to keep brains active over the summer, students grades 3 through 8 will have a summer reading assignment. Each will pick one book from their book list and prepare a response journal over it, due the first week of class in the 2009-2010 school year. Instructions and the book list are going home with students on Wednesday, May 27, and are available on this website!

Click hereTo read the rules & details.

Our school's NCLB Report Card for 2007-2008 is available as pdf document through the following link.

Click here to read the report

Harmony Science Academy Houston and Harmony Science Academy-Austin both received Bronze Medal from US News Best High Schools 2009 search. They were selected from a pool of 21,000 public high schools.

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