The Wednesday ROAR!

Harmony Science Academy Garland

Administrators:

Sofieh Hopovac- Campus Principal: shopovac@harmonytx.org

Holly Crone- Dean of Academics: h crone@harmonytx.org

Timothy Clark- Dean of Students: tclark@harmonytx.org

Coordinators:

Heather Gregory- Engagement/Testing/Federal Programs- hgregory@harmonytx.org

Kyla McDade- Special Education- kmcdade@harmonytx.org

Tamara Yarborough- ESL- tyarborough@harmonytx.org

Milada Medinic-Kazazic- Gifted and Talented Education: mmedinic@harmonytx.org

Brittany Thomas-Student Counselor: brittany.thomas@harmonytx.org

Office:

Paula Gonzalez- Business Manager- pgonzalez@harmonytx.org

2302 Firewheel Drive, Garland, TX, USA hgregory@harmonytx.org 972-212-4777 hsagarland.harmonytx.org/

See how you can earn Dallas Mavericks Tickets!!!

Harmony Science Academy-Garland students are Being the Torch and illuminating ways for our community to become healthier with Kids Heart Challenge! So far, we have raised $652.37 towards our $10,000.00 school goal. 26 Students have started Finn’s Mission and can take a health challenge and learn hands-only CPR!

Bonus Fun!

Our school is excited to participate in Kids Heart Challenge and help those with special hearts! As a thank you for helping raise lifesaving donations for the American Heart Association, ANY student that raises $50 will earn buy one game ticket get the second half off to one of six Dallas Mavericks basketball games!!

Heart Heroes are teaching the kids the importance of making healthy choices, being a leader, and kindness. Click the Heart Hero below to hear their message to students.

So far, these students have earned the bonus fun! CONGRATULATIONS!!— Everly W , Zuri W , Kylinn S , Joseph A

YOU’RE SO CLOSE!!: Landon C , Layla C , Brandon N , Abigail M , Elijah H , Fatma A , Natalie D , Zehra Mina Y , Yusuf Selim Y

Looking for some ideas on how to help your student hit their donation goal? See how Extraordinary Kids are helping across the country!

Los estudiantes de Harmony Science Academy-Garland están siendo la antorcha e iluminando formas para que nuestra comunidad se vuelva más saludable con Kids Heart Challenge! Hasta ahora, hemos recaudado $652.37 hacia nuestra meta escolar $10,000.00. ¡26 estudiantes han comenzado la Misión de Finn y pueden asumir un desafío de salud y aprender RCP solo con las manos!

¡Diversión extra!

Heart Heroes les está enseñando a los niños la importancia de tomar decisiones saludables, ser líderes y ser amables. Haga clic en el imagen de héroe del corazón a continuación para escuchar su mensaje a los estudiantes.

¡Regístrese para participar en Kids Heart Challenge!

1. Si aún no se ha registrado en Kids Heart Challenge, haga clic en el enlace Kids Heart Challenge de nuestra escuela: KHC: Harmony Science - Garland's Page o descargue la aplicación Kids Heart Challenge para iPhone o Andriod.

2. Después de registrarse, puede enviar un correo electrónico o publicar en las redes sociales desde el sitio web o la aplicación de KHC. Cómo registrarse para KHC Video.

3. ¡Los estudiantes que estén registrados y tengan una donación en línea antes del lunes participarán en un sorteo con otros estudiantes de todo el país por un Squishmallow grande o un certificado de regalo de Amazon de $50 y ganarán algunos de los Heart Heroes de este año!

¡Hasta ahora, estos estudiantes se han ganado ser parte de la diversión adicional! ¡FELICIDADES!— Everly W , Zuri W , Kylinn S , Joseph A

¡¡ESTÁS MUY CERCA!!: Landon C , Layla C , Brandon N , Abigail M , Elijah H , Fatma A , Natalie D , Zehra Mina Y , Yusuf Selim Y

¿Busca algunas ideas sobre cómo ayudar a su estudiante a alcanzar su meta de donación? ¡Vea cómo Extraordinary Kids está ayudando en todo el país!

Upcoming Dates

February

10 - March 3: Kids Heart Challenge

17 - Random Act of Kindess Day

20- Student Holiday - No School

20 - Deadline to fill out Campus Improvement Plan Survey (see link below)

21 - 22 & 24 - Campus CLOSED to Visitors due to Testing

21 - STAAR Interim - Math (3rd-6th)

22 - STAAR Interim - Reading (3rd-6th)

23 - Early Release @ 12:15 - No Clubs

23 - Parent Teacher Conferences (sign up with your teacher)

24 - STAAR Practice - Science (5th)

March

3 - Deadline to Nominate POY (Parent of the Year)

Dear Families,

STAAR Interim Testing will take place on Feb. 21 & 22 for 3rd-6th grade students and Feb. 24.

We are kindly asking all our parents to refrain from scheduling doctor appointments during that week to prevent any conflict with students missing tests. The campus will be closed to outside visitors. All food deliveries will not be permitted, so please plan accordingly.

STAAR Interim Assessments.

The Interim Assessments are a tool that provides actionable data to help educators monitor progress and predict student performance on the STAAR summative tests.

Interim assessments are a way to monitor academic improvement, especially for students who are consistently performing below grade-level.

The Interim Assessments are delivered in an online format through the STAAR Online Testing Platform. STAAR Interim Assessments include test questions developed with Texas teachers and STAAR summative test questions from previous years. The test questions have been field tested and are fully aligned to the TEKS. The STAAR Interim Assessments use mostly multiple-choice questions and some griddable questions (in certain mathematics and science assessments only).

The night before testing:

Get enough sleep. Don’t stress about the test. YOU GOT THIS!
Eat a healthy breakfast
Arrive to school on time
Bring a snack and a water botttle

Thank you so much for your continued support. Please let me know if you have any questions, or ways that I can help your child succeed through this testing period.

Kind Regards,

Heather Gregory, Testing & Federal Programs Coordinator

Tips for combating test anxiety.

Title I Parent & Family Engagement Survey

Please take a moment to fill out this survey related to Parent & Family Engagment.

Thank you!

English: https://forms.gle/jxcUgnJ6626SdGWS6

Spanish: https://forms.gle/Vm4dot8btiQ7K9sw6

Follow these 3 Simple Steps to get to goal fast!

1. Beginning on Monday (1/23), please Register or re-Login to your

parent dashboard and complete your child’s student webpage with a

PICTURE at getmovinfundhub.com. School Identifier: 63b6c61d4ed06

2. Make an online donation using the red Donate button right away

3. Share with friends and family, they want to help!

Send 10-15 emails and/or text messages
Post Facebook or Twitter
Help your child reach their goal in 24/48 hours

Thank you for Support! Together, let’s have the best school year ever!

HSAG PTO

You're invited...

Hello,

We hear you've got a good Harmony story to tell and we hope you'll tell it to our state leaders!

Harmony on the Hill is an opportunity for parents and alumni to share their Harmony experience in-person, in Austin with elected officials.

Parents and alumni have powerful stories to share with legislators that can make a difference in the lives of Texas children and families across the state.

Please RSVP to join us on Feb 9th in Austin at the Capitol!

After submitting your RSVP, additional scheduling and planning info will be sent to each attendee.

If there are questions, please reach out to rmurry@harmonytx.org

Thank you!

Pizza Fundraiser

What goes well with football, cooler weather... well just about anything... PIZZA!!

It’s pizza time! We’re selling Pizza Kits to raise money for HSAG PTO.

We invite family and friends to join us in helping raise funds for fun and educational activities for the students at HSA Garland.

To reach our goal and be successful, we need everyone’s help. It’s super easy to join the fun! Pizza Kits will be delivered directly to your home by FedEx, so send the link to your out of state family and friends, too. You can even post this link on your social media pages.

Every kit we sell makes an impact.

https://fundraising.littlecaesars.com/.../8853b134-41dd...

TruEarth Fundraiser

Busy doing laundry this... getting low on soap... great news you can order today and get great products while supporting our school!

TruEarth link is ready for you to share with family and friends to order biodegradable and quality household supplies!

Free shipping directly to your home!

https://fundraising.tru.earth/HSAGPTO

Volunteer Registration

Start the sign-up process by clicking here: https://harmonyps.ezcommunicator.net/edu/harmonyps/ezcomm/VolunteerRegistration.aspx?app=0 and selecting a Username and Password for your volunteer account. These are the credentials you use to sign-in to your account after you have been approved to volunteer. Your Username can be your Email Address but is not required to be. Your Password must be a minimum eight characters, using letters and numbers only. Do not use any special characters.

Have You Registered Before?

If you registered as a volunteer last school year, or if you received an email from our RELATRIX ezVolunteer system in the past 12 months You Already Have An Active Volunteer Account. You DO NOT need to register again. In fact, all that will do is create more work to sort through your old and new registrations. Our system will notify you when to Re-Verify your volunteer profile and go through another background check.

By completing this registration process you acknowledge and agree that Harmony Public Schools will run a criminal background check as a condition to approving you to volunteer. Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that Harmony Public Schools may periodically re-run such criminal background check for as long as you continue volunteering in our schools.

If for any reason we do not approve you to volunteer we will notify you and if you request, provide the information used in making our decision along with details of how to correct any inaccurate background results with the credit reporting agency that provided them to us.

If you are unwilling for us to perform a background check do not proceed with this registration.

Click here: https://harmonyps.ezcommunicator.net/edu/harmonyps/Opportunity_List.aspx?app=0&Category=0&StartDate=&School=48&VolNeeded=0,0&SortBy=0 to see the opportunities that are available.