TIGER NEWS
November 8, 2019
HARMONY SCHOOL of TECHNOLOGY
3203 North Sam Houston Pkwy West, Houston TX 77038
Tel: (281) 444-1555 Fax: (281) 444-1015
Upcoming Events/Próximos Eventos
NOVEMBER
- Monday,November 11th- Veterans Day
- Wednesday, November 13th- Campus Improvement Team Meeting
- Friday, November 15th- Student Holiday-District PD
- November 25-29-Thanksgiving Break-
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (IAGTE) is a day established to help young girls understand the opportunities available in the field of engineering. Saturday, November 16th from 9am - 3:30pm University of Houston Main Campus FREE event and lunch is provided. Register at: www.houstonswe.org/outreach
Accepting Applications for 2019-2020 Enrollment
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Campaign!!!
Hello from the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) club from Harmony School of Advancement (HSA)! UNICEF provides aid to millions of children through immunizations, education, health care, nutrition, safe water and sanitation, and emergency relief in over 190 countries. Our club specifically focuses on educating, advocating, and fundraising on behalf of UNICEF.
One of our annual projects is the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign, where we equip children with donation boxes. The kids then spend the whole month of October collecting as much change as they can. The money they raise go on to sustain — and even save — the lives of other children around the globe; the campaign urges children to help children.
We believed that this campaign would serve as an amazing opportunity for students to gain a broader perspective about the world outside their own, and to understand the impact they may have. For those reasons, we partnered with the student council of Harmony School of Technology to begin this program with the students of that school. Last week, your children should have received a Trick or Treat for UNICEF box after the short presentation we gave them at school. Our wish is that as parents, you all help your children and work together to make a difference in others’ lives. We will be back to collect the boxes mid-November. We thank you all and Harmony School of Technology for their cooperation and support.
VOLY Account Renewal Notice!
Dear HST Family,
If you are new to Harmony and would like to volunteer at our events or be a chaperone on field trips, you have to go through Voly.
How?
-Go to Harmony.voly.org
-Create an account (It takes 2 min)
-Make sure to go through the orientation, sign, and save!
-Check for HSTvolunteer opportunities
-Click on " I want to help" tab
Please watch this short step-by-step instructional video on how to sign up with Voly.
Our returning parents,
Your account has to be updated. Please login with your username and password to verify your information. Make sure to go through the orientation, sign, and save!
Please email me directly at aysetas@harmonytx.org with any questions you may have.
Thank you for your continued support!
Harmony School of Technology Visitor Procedures
All visitors to Harmony School of Technology is required to enter through the designated Visitor’s Entrances (Visitor needs to check in at front office building "A". (preferably)while school is in session.
Visitors are permitted to visit only the following designated locations during school hours: Administrative Offices (Building A) Attendance Office, Health Office(Building B), Attendance Office and Cafeteria(Building B).
Visitors will follow the below procedures before being authorized to enter the building:
- All visitors will be required to present a state issued photographic identification card, which will be used to check each visitor against a national registered sex offender database and to log the visit, using Raptor System Software.(Front office keeps drivers license and place in box until visitor leaves)
- If a visitor does not have acceptable identification, he or she may not be permitted into the building.
- Upon being cleared, each visitor will be issued a temporary photographic identification badge, which will indicate the area in which the individual has been authorized to visit.
- The visitor shall wear the badge at ALL TIMES WHILE IN THE BUILDING.
- Visitors will be required to surrender their badges at the main office prior to leaving the building and must exit through the main doorway only.
- Designated personnel will remove the visitor from the Raptor system and destroy the visitor badge.
Effective November 1st.
Thank you for your assistance in maintaining a safe and secure learning
environment at Harmony School of Technology.
Thank you,
Invitation: Campus Improvement Team (School Support Team) Meeting
Invitation: Campus Improvement Team
(School Support Team) Meeting
Topic: 2020- 2021 Campus Needs Assessments
Each year Harmony School of Technology administrators, teachers, parents and community
members meet together in a series of meetings to improve our school for students’ success.
Harmony School of Technology invites parents to join Campus Improvement Team (School
Support Team) and contribute to these meetings so that we can work together to improve our
school. During these series of meetings, we will evaluate our current Campus Improvement
Plan, discuss and provide feedback about the areas of strengths and areas of improvement,
identify campus needs and finally develop Campus Improvement Plan for the next academic
year.
Our first meeting was completed on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. Please mark your calendar
for the next meeting: Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 3:30- 4:30 pm in Building A 4th
floor Room 408.
During the meeting we will discuss the strengths of our campus on the focus areas below and
identify the campus needs for our new improvement plan (2020- 2021 Academic Year).
What are the Campus Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA) Focus Areas?
1. Demographics
2. Student Achievement
3. School Culture and Climate
4. Staff Quality, Recruitment and Retention
5. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
6. Family and Community Involvement
7. School Context and Organization
8. Technology
How to Prepare for the Meetings?
Relevant paperwork and data will be provided to you before the meeting so you can refer to
specific resources when you are sharing your feedback. You can use these documents while
contributing with your feedback and return them at the end of the meeting.
If you would like to contribute Campus Needs Assessment meetings and be a part of Campus
Involvement Team (School Support Team), please send an email to Dr. Suslu at
dsuslu@harmonytx.org by November 12, 2019. More information will be provided to those
parents who confirms their attendance.
Thank you for your support!
Harmony School of Technology-Houston
Pre-order your Yearbook ONLINE NOW!
Get Your 2019-2020 Yearbook!!! This school year will only happen once.......don't miss out on capturing this year's memories!
Online Yearbook Sales Only! Ordering available until May 8, 2020.
You can order your yearbook by clicking on the link: www.inter-state.com/yearbook. and enter code: 43450Q
Soft cover yearbooks are $30.
Hard cover yearbooks are $35.
Yearbook Flyers sent home today.
Winter Concert is Friday, December, 6th
Hello parents and guardians!
As you might already know, our Winter Concert is Friday, December, 6 th in the Harmony
School of Technology Cafeteria. This concert (as well as all other concerts we will have) is
a MAJOR GRADE.
Because of the number of students and limited seating places in the Cafeteria, we are
having TWO different concert times for our students.
PLEASE READ BELOW CAREFULLY --
Students in 6 th grade will sing in the concert at 5:30 PM.
Students in 7 th and 8th grades will sing in the concert at 6:00 PM. String Club and individual
students will also perform in this concert.
All students are required to stay for the entirety of their concert time. Once all groups have
sung, students may be dismissed to go home.
WHAT TO WEAR: Boys and girls can wear jeans with no holes, closed-toe shoes, and shirts of
red, green or white color. Girls can also wear dresses or skirts/shirts of red, green or white color.
Girls must have their hair out of their face. As far as jewelry, girls can wear studs, a watch, and
rings.
All students can also wear red, green or white scarfs, Santa Claus hats, New year hat cylinders or
reindeer antlers.
We also want to remind you of some concert etiquette:
Do not enter the cafeteria while a choir is singing - wait until there is applause.
Please silence all phones and electronics.
If you have a young child that becomes upset, please exit into the foyer.
You cannot take your child home until the choir concert is over.
Please do not shout and holler for students during this concert. Only clapping is appropriate. Thank you!
If your child won’t be able to attend the concert, you must e-
mail me with the reason for not attending. No show up and no
e-mail will result in a grade “0” for the first semester
summative.
If you have any further questions or concerns, please let me know!
HST STEAM FAIR
When: Friday, December 13th
Time: 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
Steam fair is an opportunity for students to research, experiment, and present a project on a science, technology, engineering, art, or math topic of their choosing. Family is welcome to attend and judges will be using a criteria to rate the projects. Judges will also be using criteria to determine which students will be invited to participate in the spring district science fair as well.
If your student is interested in participating, there will be an information meeting for students during their middle period on Wednesday, October 9th and Wednesday, October 16th.
For more information, please contact the STEAM Fair Coordinator, Ms. Gigante at agigante@harmonytx.org
Harmony Public Schools - Alternate Meals Policy
Don't forget, applications can be submitted at any time throughout the school year! For any questions or concerns related to meals, please contact our Child Nutrition Assistant: Mrs. Julianne Srirama jsrirama@harmonytx.org or 281-444-1555 ext. 501 Thank you!
Harmony Public Schools - Alternate Meals Policy
Nutritious meals are available daily for a price of $1.75 for breakfast, $3.00 for lunch, and $0.50 for a la carte milk. Each student is provided a lunch account on to which money may be deposited. Households are also encouraged to create an account in School Café (www.schoolcafe.com) From here, parents may apply for free or reduced price meals, check account balances, make meal payments, set up automatic alerts, and set up automatic payments. If you need your child’s ID number, please call the school and ask one of the Front Office personnel. Payments may also be made in the Building A, Main Front Office during regular business hours of 7:45 am to 2:15 pm using a credit card, check, or money order. Should a student’s meal account balance fall below $0, he /she will be allowed to charge up to our DISTRICT LIMIT of $ -10. Once the negative meal account balance limit is reached, the student will receive an alternate meal. Alternate meals consist of cereal, fruit, and milk for breakfast; and for lunch, a sandwich, vegetable, and milk. If a student is later approved for free meals, they will begin receiving meals immediately. However, the household is still responsible for paying the negative account balance. For more information regarding the meal charge policy, please visit our website at: https://hsthouston.harmonytx.org/
ATTENTION: Students are not allowed to purchase a la carte items if their account has a $0 or negative balance. If they are purchasing a milk, we will allow them one charge as a courtesy. The student and parent will be informed that there must be funds in the meal account for a la carte purchases. The next attempt to purchase a la carte items will be denied until the account shows a positive balance.
The district charge limit applies to reimbursable meals only and not a la carte purchases.
Meal Payments
Online: Log in to your School Café account and make a payment. Please be advised that parents are charged a 5% convenience fee for making a payment through School Cafe. The minimum payment is $20.
At school: Bring a check, credit/debit card, or money order to Building A Main Front Office. The payment will be logged and a receipt will be given to the person making the payment. It can take up to 3 days from the date the front desk takes the payment to the account reflecting that payment.
HST Admin & Coordinator Team
Please contact us if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions.
If you have any questions regarding our programs, please contact the correct coordinator.
• Assistant Principal – John Cuma Yucel- cyucel@harmonytx.org
• Assistant Principal – Lynn Hagemier- lhagemier@harmonytx.org
• Principal Resident – Mehmet Cellik- mcellik@harmonytx.org
• Instructional Coach – Kari Waterworth- kwaterworth@harmonytx.org
• Testing and Federal Program Coordinator – Dilek Suslu- dsuslu@harmonytx.org
• Operation Manager - Samra Didic- sdidic@harmonytx.org
• Engagement Coordinator – Ayse Tas- aysetas@harmonytx.org
• ESL Coordinator – Maria Piralla- mpiralla@harmonytx.org
• SPED Coordinator – Melanie Moeller- mmoeller@harmonytx.org
• GT Coordinator/Teacher – Amanda Gigante- agigante@harmonytx.org
• Student Discipline Coordinator – Deirdre Johnson - djohnson@harmonytx.org