Harmony School of Excellence Austin
Tiger Talk Issue XV, January 17, 2020
NO SCHOOL ON JANUARY 20, STUDENT/STAFF HOLIDAY (MLK)
In observance of Martin Luther King Jr., there will be no school on January 20, 2020.
En cumplimiento de Martin Luther King Jr. no habrá clases el 20 de Enero de 2020.
¡Disfruten su día libre!
Re-enrollment!
NWEA MAP Testing
Students participating in their second NWEA MAP assessment between January 13th and January 21st. These digital tests measure individual student growth in science, math, reading, and writing. Additionally, it provides information regarding each child's national rank in content mastery.
Harmony Public Schools use this data to determine gaps in content mastery, create tutorial/intervention groups, and evaluate each student's readiness for grade promotion in the 2020-2021 school year.
Please use the included link to visit the NWEA MAP site and learn more about how this assessment.
https://www.nwea.org/parent-toolkit/
Parents / Guardians will receive a mailed report of this information once testing has been completed. Please support your child as he participates in this evaluation by ensuring that he/she has a good night's rest and eats a nutritious breakfast each morning.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Pennies for Patients
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Pennies for Patients program is working with thousands of schools across the country to raise funds for blood cancer research and patient support services. Our school has partnered with LLS to take on the mission of ending cancer once and for all.
YOU can help our Squad make a huge impact in the fight against cancer by making a contribution to our fundraising efforts! Please see Ms. Benning for any questions about the HSE donation campaign.
Thank you for your support!
SATURDAY SCHOOL
HSE offers free tutorials on Saturdays from 8:30 am- 12:00 pm. These sessions provide support to students who did not demonstrate content mastery on last year's STAAR exams. If your child receives a Saturday School Tutorial Notice in the mail, he/she did not pass last year's STAAR exam(s), and he/she is strongly encouraged to attend these sessions. If your child receives a notice and there is a weekend when he/she cannot attend, please provide a written excuse to Ms. Rosenberg by the following Monday.
Upcoming Saturday School dates are January 25th, February 1st, February 8th, February 22nd, February 29th, March 7th, March 28th, April 4th, April 18th, April 25th, and May 2nd.
Thank you for your investment in your child's education. Please contact Jenny Rosenberg at jrosenberg@harmonytx.org for Middle School students and Mr. Tunc at mtunc@harmonytx.org for High School students with any questions or concerns.
8th Grade TSI ELA/Writing
On February 3rd, your 8th-grade student will take the TSI test, in both writing and reading. This is an amazing opportunity for our students. If students pass this test, they become eligible to take dual-credit courses in high school. Receiving enough dual-credit courses in high school would lead to a student receiving an Associate’s Degree for free.
There are a lot of online resources that your child can use to practice at home. Your child’s ELA teacher will be sending home TSI practice problems for reading and writing for homework. Here are some websites that provide more information about TSI, and also have practice problems: https://www.tsipracticetest.com/ https://www.tsipracticetest.com/tsi-reading-practice-test/ https://www.tsipracticetest.com/tsi-writing-practice-test/ https://www.tsipracticetest.com/tsi-essay-guide/ Please discuss this amazing opportunity with your child, and let me know if you have any further questions.
Thank you,
Jenny Rosenberg
Queridos padres, El 3 de febrero, su estudiante de octavo grado tomará el examen TSI, tanto en escritura como en lectura. Esta es una oportunidad increíble para nuestros estudiantes. Si los estudiantes pasan esta prueba, se vuelven elegibles para tomar cursos de doble crédito en la escuela secundaria. Recibir suficientes cursos de doble crédito en la escuela secundaria llevaría a que un estudiante reciba un título de asociado de forma gratuita. Hay muchos recursos en línea que su hijo puede usar para practicar en casa. El maestro de ELA de su hijo enviará a casa problemas de práctica de TSI para leer y escribir para la tarea. Aquí hay algunos sitios web que proporcionan más información sobre TSI y también tienen problemas de práctica: https://www.tsipracticetest.com/ https://www.tsipracticetest.com/tsi-reading-practice-test/ https://www.tsipracticetest.com/tsi-writing-practice-test/ https://www.tsipracticetest.com/tsi-essay-guide/ Discuta esta increíble oportunidad con su hijo y avíseme si tiene más preguntas. Gracias, Jenny Rosenberg JRosenberg@harmonytx.org
ALEKS for Middle School Nightly
Nightly Middle School Reading
Please have your middle school students read for 30 minutes if they do not have ELA homework that night. Your child's ELA teacher can help them find a book that is on their reading level and interesting to them! Please reach out to your child's ELA teacher if you have more questions.
PICTURE DAY VOLUNTEERS
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TSI Resources & Administration at HSE
We will be starting TSI administration every Tuesday & Thursdays after school after the Thanksgiving break. The students can sign up at the college counseling office. Here are some useful resources that I would like to share with you about TSI and preparation:
TSI Information resources:
https://www.mypathplan.com/
https://www.mometrix.com/academy/tsi-test/
https://account.collegeboard.org/login/login?DURL=https%3A%2F%2Faccuplacer.collegeboard.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Faccuplacer-tsi-assessment-student-brochure.pdf
http://sites.austincc.edu/tsiprep/
https://www.brookhavencollege.edu/apply-reg/testing/pages/information-tsi-pre-assessment.aspx
http://econnect.dcccd.edu/PreAssessmentVideo/index.jsp
https://www.collin.edu/studentresources/testing/availabletesting/tsi.html
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TSI Practice resources:
https://www.tsipracticetest.com/
https://www.tsipracticetest.com/tsi-reading-practice-test/
https://www.tsipracticetest.com/tsi-writing-practice-test/
https://www.tsipracticetest.com/tsi-essay-guide/
https://www.tsipracticetest.com/tsi-math-practice-test/
Please let me know if you have any questions.
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After School Tutorials
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HPS Grow Your Own Teacher Education Assistance Program
Harmony Grow Your Own Teacher Educational Assistance program application process began today, October 1st, 2019. Attached is the GYOT flyers. We are using the same GYOT poster we had from previous years (Deadline needs to be corrected :). They are sent to your campuses by CCS coordinators.
You can learn more about Harmony Grow Your Own Teachers - GYOT site below.
Application Link: www.HarmonyTX.org/GYOT.php
Application Deadline: March 1, 2020.
GYOT Things To Do:
- Place GYOT Poster and Flyers in areas around your campus and campus social media accounts where they are highly visible to high school seniors and alumni.
- Arrange a time for your campus CCS advisor and coordinator to make individual, small group or classroom GYOT recruitment presentation to seniors.
- Communicate with your campus star teachers who can assist you to identify the talents among seniors and alumni who are the best fit for the program.
- Create a campus newsletter for your campus seniors' parents to know this opportunity
- Reach out to your campus alumni who might have interest and skills for education career
We are super excited about this upcoming cycle and look forward to receiving a great number of applications! Our CEO, Mr. Ay, gave us a very ambitious goal of 300 applications for this year to search for homegrown talents across Harmony which is 3 times higher than last year.
Campus GYOT goals are also attached.
Some GYOT Impact History:
Since the program started, we had 17 GYOT program graduates and 15 of them are still inspiring our students every day. There are currently more than 30 active participants in the program.
Thank you for your help in making GYOT a success!
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Harmony School of Excellence Austin
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