TIGER NEWS
February 14, 2020
HARMONY SCHOOL of TECHNOLOGY
3203 North Sam Houston Pkwy West, Houston TX 77038
Tel: (281) 444-1555 Fax: (281) 444-1015
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Upcoming Events/Próximos Eventos
- Monday, February 17- Student Holiday/Campus PD (President's Day)
- Feb 18 - Feb 21- Practice STAAR
- Wednesday, February 26- CIP ( Campus Improvement Plan) Meeting ( 9:00 AM)
- Feb 24- March 20 - TELPAS Testing
- Monday, March 2- Student Holiday/District PD
- Thursday, March 5 -Black History Month Assembly
- Friday, March 6- Spring Picture Day
PRACTICE STAAR- NO CAMPUS VISITORS ALLOWED
Dear Parents,
February 18th,19th, 20th and 21st, 2020 HST will administer Practice STAAR testing for 6th, 7th and 8th grade students.
Harmony School of Technology will be considered a “closed campus” on February 18-21 .This means that visitors will not be allowed on campus for ANY reason, including meetings or lunch visits, even if your child is not testing. Please plan accordingly.
Thanks for your cooperation and support.
Thank you for being an amazing volunteer!
Thank you, all for bringing such an amazing selection of food
to share with our teachers. It wouldn’t have been as successful
without your help. We would like to thank all the Parents that
took the time out of their busy schedules to come out and help
us to organize Valentine’s Day Potluck for our teachers.
Thanks to you all again, for making this potluck awesome!
We hope you all have an awesome Valentine’s Day with your
loved ones."Winter Reading Challenge" The forms are due next Friday, February 21
Harmony Winter Reading Challenge is coming to the end. Return all completed logs on Friday, February 21, 2020, you may choose to read any book appropriate to your reading level based on any square in the Bingo board. Read 5 books that are in a row across, down, or diagonally, and you will Bingo! Make sure to fill in the necessary information on the back of this paper about what you have read, then see your teacher for a Bingo prize.
Happy Reading!!
HST Emergency Text Messaging System
Opt-in to the HST emergency text messaging system. Send a text message of “Y” or “Yes” to 67587. You can also opt-out of these messages at any time by replying "stop" to one of our
messages.
*NOTE: The mobile phone number must match a phone number in the HST database. Be sure to contact the front office if you need to update your contact information.
STUCO and NJHS FIELD TRIP
Black History Month Assembly- Thursday, March 5, 2020
Black History Month 2020 – African Americans and the Vote
Black History Month 2020 in United States began on Saturday, February 1 and ends on Saturday, February 29
Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of blacks in U.S. history. Also known as African American History Month, the event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating black history.The year 2020 marks the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment and the culmination of the women’s suffrage movement. The year 2020 also marks the sesquicentennial of the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) and the right of black men to the ballot after the Civil War. The theme speaks, therefore, to the ongoing struggle on the part of both black men and black women for the right to vote. Read More
Invitation: Campus Improvement Team (School Support Team) Meeting
Topic: 2020- 2021 Campus Improvement Plan Development
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 evaluate 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.
We would like to invite you to our third meeting on Wednesday Feb 26, 2020 at 9:00 am-10:00 am in Building A Room 105. During the meeting, we will develop 2020-2021 Campus Improvement Plan (CIP) together.
Agenda:
· General introduction
· Review data
· Develop 2020-2021 CIP
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 February 24, 2020. More information will be provided to those parents who confirms their attendance.
Thank you for your support!
Harmony School of Technology-Houston
DELIVERIES
Flowers, balloons, food items etc. should not be delivered to the school for students. These will not be delivered to the classroom. Student may not receive any form of delivery (balloons, food, flowers etc.) except by any parent/guardian in person and as necessary for the school day. Food items, including but not limited to, fast food, pizza, cakes, etc. will not be accepted for delivery to the students. However, parents are welcome to join students for a cafeteria lunch in our school cafeteria. Parents who want to organize activities in school such as birthday parties, pizza parties etc., must receive prior approval from the Principal or his/her designee. All food items must be store-bought; homemade items will not be allowed.
PARENT of the YEAR
Nominations Now Open!
Criteria:
- Must be a current parent/guardian of the campus you’re applying at
- Self-nominate or accept nomination by a school staff or administrator, student, a parent or community partner
- Approved volunteer through VOLY
Application:
- To be completed by nominee or nominator
- Letter of Support must be written by someone other than nominee
Visit your campus for more details or apply online at: harmonytx.org/parents20
¡Ya están abiertas las nominaciones!
Requisitos:
· Debe ser un padre o tutor actual de la escuela donde usted está aplicando
· Autodenominado o aceptar nominación por un personal escolar o administrador, estudiante, un padre o miembro de la comunidad
· Voluntario aprobado mediante VOLY
Aplicación:
· Debe ser completada por un nominado o un nominador
· Carta de Apoyo debe ser escrita por alguien más aparte del nominado
Visite a su escuela para más detalles o aplique en línea en: harmonytx.org/padres20
PBA (POSITIVE BEHAVIOR AWARDS) EARN REWARD POINTS
Dear HST parents and students,
Second semester we have started using the PBA (Positive Behavior Award) system.With School-Wide Recognition System implementation, the school expects the following results to occur:
- Improvement in academic achievement
- Increased school engagement
- Decrease in problem behaviors
- Consistency among adults to pay attention to good behaviors (not the bad)
Students can earn points through this system by acting appropriately at all of the right times and places in which teachers will have the opportunity to award them with such. If you go to your child's Skyward account, you will find a tab that says "PBA". To encourage our students we have a Tiger Store located in our cafeteria where students can spend their collected points on one of the gift items listed below, every 2 weeks on Fridays during their lunch where we will offer them the chance to spend their points.
Please click here for the PBA (POSITIVE BEHAVIOR AWARDS) list
Pre-order your Yearbook ONLINE NOW!
HST yearbooks are hardcover and softcover, full-color, professionally printed and packed with 80+ pages. The books include individual student portraits and coverage of academics, arts, athletics, clubs and organizations, and more. Students of all grade levels appear in the yearbook. The deadline to purchase a yearbook online is May 8, 2020.
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.
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 and Support Coordinator – Ayse Tas- aysetas@harmonytx.org
• ESL Coordinator – Maria Piralla- mpiralla@harmonytx.org
• GT Coordinator/Teacher – Amanda Gigante- agigante@harmonytx.org
• Student Discipline Coordinator – Deirdre Johnson - djohnson@harmonytx.org
HST CORE VALUES
HST Tigers R.O.A.R. is a proactive approach, using a school wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Support framework, aimed to create a positive school culture. Based on our Mission and Vision, we established R.O.A.R. The goal is to increase our school's ability to establish the behavioral supports and social culture needed for all students to be emotionally, socially, and academically successful.