Dear Parents/Guardians,

HSA-Waco will offer CBE (Credit By Exam) Examinations or board-approved state accredited test for students who have not successfully completed one or more core courses (Social Studies, English, Mathematics, and Science) or who have not met performance standards in TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) in one or more subject areas.

If a high school student fails any course, s/he needs to earn that credit by participating a summer school of any high school or by taking CBE (credit by examination) test of UT Austin. If he goes to summer school, he should provide us a report card showing his credits. If he takes CBE test, he needs to contact Mr. Latif to order the test.

According to Texas Administration Code (TAC), Subchapter C, section 74.24(c3), any student who takes any of the CBE examinations has to score at least 70 out of 100 in order to get credit for the course which s/he fails and hence to get promoted to the next grade level. Students who take the CBE examination will pay a fee of $30 per test.

-K thru 5 grade students take board approved state-accredited test (no fee)
-6 thru 9 grade students take the CBE examination will pay a fee of $30 per test.

Students who are taking the CBE examination will pay a fee of $30 per test. Exam fees are due on Friday, June 12, 2009 by 4:00 pm. If no payment is received by this date and time, please note that the student will be considered failed from the summer school and consequently student will not be promoted

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Harmony Science Academy -Waco is always seeking self motivated candidates for all areas. Grade levels K thru 10th. Bachelor's degree required. Our school is a great place to work at with creative people and cutting-edge technology.


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Reading opens the doorway to knowledge and discovery. In order to encourage our students to read, below you will find the summer reading lists and assignment for students entering grades 4 through 9th. All students will choose one book from the list for their grade level next year and complete the summer reading assignment. Our English teachers will collect this assignment during the first week of the 2009-2010 academic year. If you have questions, please contact your language arts teacher or school administration. Enjoy your summer and have fun reading!

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Please click on the following link to see the updated tentative academic calendar for 2009-2010 education year.

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Camping is one of the most pleasurable and relaxing leisure activities because of the way that it can help you reconnect with nature. It was a fantastic way to relieve stress for the students last weekend.
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Also a group of 7th Grade students had a field trip to Ft. Worth. They spent time and enjoyed playing so many different games and Lasertag at Main Event Entertainment center.
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Sports Banquet and potluck dinner was held for students and their parents and coaches for having successful year in sports activities. Students were recognized for their participation and achievements and parents were acknowledged for their great support. We would like to thank and wish the best for next year for everyone who are involved in sports. Go Tigers. Show your best sportsmanship.

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The teams came with great ideas. Elementary and Middle school students from across Texas competed to accomplish the mission of the contest. They realised them in an incredibly short time and show that you can actually solve a difficult technical problem.

From the education point of view, we wanted these young engineers to be motivated and learn about robotics and to do something practical with it, and this is a full success.

Each team member and coaches of top 5 teams awarded with gift cards sponsored by COSMOS Foundation.

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RESULTS

Our 4th-8th grade track team competed on May 14th at Private schools track meet. We had a good time and we did very well for our very first track meet. The following are students that enter the competition and students that placed. You can see pictures of the track meet on our website and wacotrib.com under private school track meet. Thanks to all the parents that helped at the track meet and parents that help serve the food and donated food after the track meet.

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The City of Waco has coordinated an Engineering Day on Wednesday, May 13th, at the Waco Convention Center.
The intent is to provide an open forum for students from local middle and high schools to talk with representatives from various engineering firms, governmental agencies, interested local employers, and educational institutions about their current and future projects.
Our students enjoyed discussing and asking questions about their projects.

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Our 1st Language Arts Fair was a success! The students worked very hard and it showed in the wonderful projects that were presented. Teachers had a tough time in narrowing down the top 10 projects from each grade. The judges had an even more difficult decision to make in choosing 1st- 4th places. Congratulations to all of those students. Thanks to students for their hard work and thanks to all the staff, PTO and judges who made this day possible. We look forward to next year’s event!
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Students, parents, friends, community, and faculty of HSA had a wonderful time on Tuesday afternoon at our 2nd Cinco de Mayo celebration. We enjoyed a variety of Mexican food. We were delighted with folk dance performed by HSA students. We thank Mrs. Lee, PTO and everyone who participated and supported in our celebration.
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Houston as energy capital of the world hosted the world’s largest international science fair focusing energy, engineering, and environment this week. The Second Annual International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering & Environment) Project Olympiad known as I-SWEEEP 2009 was completed successfully.
450 highly qualified projects from 60 different countries were displayed at the George R. Brown Convention center during April 15 thru 20. Nearly 1200 young scientists and project supervisors came to Houston for this remarkable event.

Harmony Science Academy WACO, 7th grade student Lydia Bickham won Honorable Mention in Energy Category and $100 Check.

We congratulate Lydia, her supportive parents and teachers who contributed in I-SWEEEP 2009.

Multicultural Carnival was a blast. It was full of fun activities for everyone of all ages and as always, delicious home made dishes of all kind. Everyone had a great time, cheering, competing, dancing and eating. It would not possible without our volunteer parents and teachers. We would like to thank our PTO, volunteer parents and Baylor Students who made this event a success.

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8th and 9th grade students had a trip to Baylor University. Baylor Visitors Center hosted our students and toured them around the campus. They gave very valuable information about Baylor and general college admissions, degrees offered, college life, and scholarships. Our students had an opportunity to discuss and ask questions about their possible majors with college students.

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Harmony schools offer you the 2nd Annual Harmony Summer Leadership Camp to boys and girls who are in 7th thru 9th grades.

Boys’ camp will be held at  Cho-Yeh, between June 4th thru 10th.

Girls’ camp is going to be    at T Bar M, between June 7th thru 12th.

The total camp fee is $295. Non-refundable fee of $150 is due April the 23rd.

Let us turn your summer into an unforgetable memory; New friendships,new experiences and new yourself…

Renew yourself with the sizzling athmosphere of Harmony Schools summer camp…

Twenty of our middle and high school students represented our school and Waco at 2009 ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair at UTSA on March 28-30. More than 1000 students participated with around 900 projects to the fair.

9th grade student Ilshat Ahatov got 3rd place in computer science category in senior division. Our school is again the only school around Waco area that got award in state science fair this year.

After the judging, students had fun touring San Antonio River Walk, brand new HSA San Antonio building and were hosted by Turkish Cultural Center for dinner. We would like thank PTO for their contributions, teachers and parents who were involved and supportive.

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Our Science Olympiad team participated at DFW Regional Science Olympiad. They had lots of things to learn and experience at this exciting event. Science Olympiad brings science to life, shows how science works, emphasizes problem solving aspects of science and the understanding of science concepts. It is an event for students to develop teamwork, cooperative learning strategies among students and have fun while learning new things. It promotes professional and technical careers in science, technology and science teaching. We would like congratulate and thank all of the students participated, teachers who were involved and Garman family for their great support.

Olympiad Winners:
First Place: Ecology - Camila Rios (6A)
First Place: Ecology - Zoe Garman (8th grade)

Second Place: Naked Egg Drop - Camila Rios (6A)
Second Place: Naked Egg Drop - Erica Brady (8th grade)

Second Place: Disease Detective – Erica Brady (8th grade)
Second Place: Disease Detective – Laura Vallejo (8th grade)

Fourth Place: Science Crime Busters – Laura Vallejo (8th grade)
Fourth Place: Science Crime Busters – Thomas Bickham (7A)

Fourth Place: Write it Do it – Erica Brady (8th grade)
Fourth Place: Write it Do it – Laura Vallejo (8th grade)

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Our school's NCLB Report Card for 2007-2008 is available as pdf document through the following link.

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City of Waco Mayor Virginia DuPuy visited our school to learn more about our school and see the students and staff on the job. She was very pleased with the achievements and accomplishments of the students. As she toured the school, she was interested at seeing the projects qualified for the state science fair. Students demonstrated robots they made for First Tech Challenge and First Robotics Competition.

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Our five middle and high school students enjoyed their break touring around the world. They were in Turkey for ten days visiting the most touristic and famous cities where they got to experience the diverse Turkish culture, see the history, hospitable people, beautiful nature and taste the delicious food. Check the pictures, because a picture worth a thousand words.

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Our FTC (First Tech Challenge) robotics team competed at Alamo FTC Championship Tournament at AT&T Center. They did marvelous job and made all the way to the semi-finals. Thanks to the teachers and students who were involved in this exciting event and wish the best luck for the future endeavours. Go TigerBots.

Our 2nd Annual Talent Show was held during the PTO Meeting. Students showed their talents in the areas of playing musical instruments, singing, dancing and martial arts. Thanks for all our students for their great performances, judges for their judging time, parents and students who volunteered for the event.

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Any student in grades 6-12 enrolled in a public, private, parochial, military, or home school within the following counties is eligible to try for entry into the CTSEF: Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Freestone, Hamilton, Hill, Lampasas, Limestone, McLennan, Milam, Navarro and Robertson.

30 students participated Regional Science Fair (Central Texas Science and Engineering Fair) from our school. We got 7 1st place, 7 2nd place, and 6 3rd place category awards. 20 students will represent our school in State Science Fair. We got 12 special awards too. We wish luck and success to all students in State Science Fair(EMTSEF). Exxon Mobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair will be on March 28th, 29th and 30th in San Antonio.


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Regional Science Fair (CTSEF) is on the corner. It will be held at TSTC on Tuesday, February 24th, and Wednesday, February 25th.

31 students will represent our school in the competition. All of the students worked hard to make it to regional.

We know our students will add new success stories to school academics performance. We wish luck and success to all of our students.

SCHEDULE:
Tuesday
08:00-10:00 am Registration and exhibit setup
06:00-09:00 pm Regional Judging
Wednesday
09:00-11:00 am Awards Ceremony – TSTC, John B. Connally Center

Our Math Counts Team is preparing for the upcoming Regional MathCounts Competition on February 21st. They went on a camping for some outdoor fun and studies. They enjoyed fishing, playing, cooking out while gearing up the preparation studies. We wish them best luck at the Regional MathCounts.

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Our Science Olympiad team is again determined to do their best in the area of science. Last year, for their first participation at Science Olympiad, they showed amazing performance and was awarded as The Best New Team. Our students received 3 Second Place and 3 Third Place Awards in different categories of the contest. They will be participating to Invitational Science Olympiad at Hutto, TX on January 24th and Regional Science Olympiad at Dallas, TX on March 28th. We wish them best of luck.

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Tigerbots are getting for the First Robotics Competition. FRC is the most prestigious robotics competition in the nation and our team is one of three teams participating from Waco Area. It is going to be an amazing experience for our freshman students and already they are working extra hours to achieve their goal. We wish them best of luck and hope that it will be a lifelong learning experience for their future.

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