The Wednesday Roar!
10/26/22
Harmony Science Academy Garland
Administrators:
Sofieh Hopovac- Campus Principal: shopovac@harmonytx.org
Holly Crone- Dean of Academics: hcrone@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.orgBrittany Thomas-Student Counselor: brittany.thomas@harmonytx.org
Office:
Paula Gonzalez- Business Manager- pgonzalez@harmonytx.org
Email: hgregory@harmonytx.org
Website: https://hsagarland.harmonytx.org/
Location: 2302 Firewheel Drive, Garland, TX, USA
Phone: 972-212-4777
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HSAGarland
HSAG Family Request
We hope you are all doing well this evening!
It's almost that time for new prospective student applications! November 1st is the official date for new families to apply for the 23-24 school year! (Current students will re-enroll in a few months)
Please click on this link or copy and paste it to your browser:
https://www.facebook.com/HSAGarland/posts/pfbid0KoihuvqoWtcRcDofVZktud4bvkv8zQ4SzDPxPNdhjN4YHXT7Mm4VUEwGCdWjvysml
Please comment on the post giving a shoutout to your child's teacher(s) and why you love our school. Like and share the post with your friends and family!
We will be giving out free dress passes for each like, share, and comment! (We know how much our students love free dress!)
Thank you for your continued support in helping our school be successful.
Cast Your Vote
Hello-
Please add the link below to our newsletter. The link will allow students and families to cast their vote for the changes to our TIGERS acronym.
Thank you for being amazing!
The Character Committee
Book Fair Happening Now....
Dear Parents and Families:
Get ready! This year's Book Fair is going to be epic! We've turned up the volume with more fun, more choices and more excitement, so kids will arrive curious and leave bolder, prouder, and stronger than ever before. Here's what you need to know about our upcoming fair:
Every dollar you spend will benefit our school directly
You must sign up for Book Fair eWallet, a convenient digital payment account, so your child can shop the Fair cash-free. Grandparents, friends, and others can contribute to the eWallet to help build your home library. (we will not take cash)
Fair Dates: 10/24/22 - 10/28/22
Book Fair Homepage: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/harmonysciacadgarland
We can’t wait to see your child at the Fair!
NEDS's Mindset Mission
NED's Mindset Mission is a character education program that centers around three important messages that have lifelong relevance: Never give up, Encourage others and Do your best. During the assembly, students will learn about the importance of these three life skills while also enjoying storytelling, magic, humor and yo-yo tricks.
Mindset Mission yo-yos are still available for purchase at school to support the free show and message. If your student has already purchased a yoyo, here is an important link to help them get off to a good start with proper string length adjustment, click here.
Additionally, here are a couple of our favorite follow up home resources from the Mindset Mission website. You may want to use these with your child as they are designed to go hand in hand with the program.
NED Coloring Face Masks
Parent Encouragement Notes
If you'd like additional resources, they are available here.
Upcoming Dates
October
24-28 Scholastic Book Fair
24-28 Red Ribbon Week - Celebrate Life - fun dress up days
25 - NED's Mission Mindset Assembly
26 - Nov.1 - Yo Yo Sale (pay on RevTrak)
28 - Panda Express Online Spirit Night
31 - Fall Class Party (9th period)
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.
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!
UTD Camps/Competitions
Registration is OPEN for American Math Competitions (AMC) for this year! Details @ https://k12.utdallas.edu/amc/ Registration @ utd.link/amcreg
UTD will be holding IN PERSON PAPER version of the upcoming AMC 8, AMC 10/12 A and AMC 10/12 B competition in 2022-2023 academic year. If you are new to AMC competitions, please visit maa.org/math-competitions and click on AMC 8 or AMC 10/12 to get an idea. You are also recommended to visit AOPS AMC Problems website (artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/AMC_Problems_and_Solutions) to see the competition problems from previous years.
Nov 10th, 2022 —- AMC 10/12 A (Registration deadline: Sunday, October 23, 2022)
Nov 16th, 2022 —- AMC 10/12 B (Registration deadline: Sunday, October 30, 2022)
Jan 17th, 2023 —— AMC 8 (Registration deadline: Sunday, December 18, 2022)
We are thrilled to partner with Yale University to bring MMATHS 2022 to DFW metroplex on Saturday, October 29th! Details and registration @ mmaths.org/registration.html Registration closes on October 8th.
UTD Battle of the Brains High School Programming Contest will be IN-PERSON this year - Saturday, October 29th (No prizes for online attendees - registration is not required either). You can always access the latest information about the contest and events on that day @ meetup.com/utdcsor/events/285229613 High school students should coordinate with their CS teachers to register.
Now that we have settled into Fall term, we are all set to run Private Tutoring more efficiently. Whether your child needs help with AP CS course OR simply want to learn advanced stuff, we are here for you - Details @ k12.utdallas.edu/custom
Our FREE online coding sessions (Scratch on Tuesdays, JavaScript on Thursdays, Python & Java on Saturdays) continue throughout the Fall term - Visit meetup.com/utdcsor/events/calendar to see all the events that are going on right now.
Our lunch and breakfast menus for the the month of September have been updated!
Our families can now view what we will be serving daily as well as any nutrition label on each item.
Home Visits!
Hello Harmony families!
The school year is in full swing, and as your principal, I’d like to thank you again for the wonderful privilege of educating your student.
In Harmony’s continued effort to build stronger relationships between our campus and your family, I encourage you to take advantage of our Home Visit program.
Harmony’s home visit program is nearly as old as the school system itself, beginning in 2001, just one year after the first campus opened its doors. If you volunteer for this service, your student’s teacher will come by your home on an evening of your choosing to provide you with educational resources and answer any questions.
Harmony’s teachers and staff have seen home visits improve the communication between families and their campus. Students realize their parents and teachers are working together for their benefit, often resulting in improved classroom behavior and academic success.
Harmony teachers visit more than 7,000 homes each year, and we want to make sure your student receives this helpful tool. To receive your own home visit, please fill out this form below. Please sign up before Aug. 10 and your name will go into a drawing for a book basket. If you have any questions, please email hgregory@harmonytx.org
https://forms.gle/fvtFuCFDmazYcv287
Sincerely,
Sofieh Hopovac
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.
Emergency Phone Number
You can also reach Mrs. Hopovac at (972) 245-9583 (texting works best!)