Harmony Science Academy Beaumont is proud to have 3 placement awards and one special award yesterday evening in the First International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering & Environment) Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP). The award ceremony took place in George Brown Convention Center. 400 contestants from 58 countries and 42 states competed in three different categories: Energy, Engineering and Environment.

Congratulations to all.

GOLD MEDAL
JUNIOR ENVIRONMENT
KARA HARRINGTON

HONORABLE MENTION
JUNIOR ENERGY
ZACHARY HANZEL

HONORABLE MENTION
JUNIOR ENERGY
JOSHUA DEAS

SPECIAL AWARD
JUNIOR ENVIRONMENT
KARA HARRINGTON

I-SWEEEP on ABC13 News

I-SWEEEP on Ebru TV News

An article regarding charter schools including Harmony Science Academy Beaumont.

Click here to see the robotics class video

Click here to see the article about Southeast Texas charter schools.

The University Interscholastic League was created by The University of Texas at Austin to provide leadership and guidance to public school debate and athletic teachers. Since 1909 the UIL has grown into the largest inter-school organization of its kind in the world.

Harmony Science Academy Beaumont will host this year’s UIL competition.The contest will be held on May 23rd. Please contact Mr. Torun to SIGN UP otorun@harmonytx.org.

UIL Competition Categories

UIL Homepage

Lamar University’s Increasing Student Participation In Research Development Program seeks to broaden participation in computing by increasing the number of 6th thru 8th grade students receiving computer science degrees.

The program helps prepare new computer scientists for participation in the global workforce by having them work in teams that are very diverse, including both men and women from different ethnic backgrounds. It enhances Lamar's infrastructure for research and education by providing for a dedicated research lab that will be used for INSPIRED research and related classes. It benefits society by enabling women and minorities to attain fulfilling careers in computer science, which in turn strengthens the discipline by the infusion of their diverse ideas and perspectives.

We are interested in attracting our outstanding middle school students to this Inspire program. Science Department is going to select the students. Please contact Mr. Torun for more information otorun@harmonytx.org.

Lamar University INSPIRED program

HSA 2nd Grade Computer Team project entitled Sea Animals won 1st Place in Statewide Texas Computer Education Association Desktop Publishing contest. Over 600 projects and 1400 Texas students participated in TCEA technology contests. We congratulate all of our students, parents and teachers who contributed to TCEA Computer Contest.


-Click Here to see the award-winning project.
-TCEA website

HSA 2nd Grade Computer Team:

-Benjamin Clymer - 2A
-Jesyka Stewart - 2A
-Kendall East - 2A
-Kutay Sayil - 2A
-Sueda Cetinkaya - 2A

We are having an Accelerated Reading Contest from now until the end of this school year. Students will be allowed to take tests to earn AR points. At the end of each month, we will have an AR Party for the 2 students with the most points from each class.

You may visit the website below, to view books that are on the AR list. Go to the advanced search to sort books by grade levels. Place the books that you are interested in inside your AR book bag, so that you will have a printable list of books to take with you to the public library! If you have any questions please contact Ms. Dixon at adixon@harmonytx.org.

www.arbookfind.com

Harmony Science Academy encourages positive student achievement by recognizing them at awards ceremonies. During the third ceremony for 2007-2008 school year, students were recognized for the Distinguished Honor Roll, Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance and Excellent Character. The students were recognized with a certificate as we celebrated the accomplishments of the fourth six weeks.

Harmony Science Academy students were recognized on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at Texas A&M University's 5th Annual South Texas Science Olympiad in Kingsville. HSA Team will advance to the state competition held in College Station, April 25th.

Science Olympiad is an interscholastic competition designed to increase student interest and enthusiasm in science and improve the quality of science education. The Science Olympiad tournament consists of 15 individual and team events which students prepare for during the school year. These challenging, fun events motivate and confront students from all ability levels with both theoretical and practical science problems. The emphasis is on participation, interaction, learning, having fun, and developing team spirit.

HSA Team got six 1st places, two 2nd places and eight 3rd places in the events.

HSA salutes Science Olympiad team, parents and coaches for their hard work and commitment!

Click here to see the award list.

On Tuesday, February 19th, the HSA MATHCOUNTS team competed in the Sabina Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition. The strong performance of the HSA students, both individually and as a team, resulted in several awards. The HSA Team won 2nd place and will advance to the state competition held in March 22-23 in Austin, TX.
Congratulations go to HSA MathCounts students: Brian Bingham (8A), Alex Breland(6B), Tyler Heldreth(8A),Anca Andrei(6B), Gabriel Graham(8A), Elora Bossert(6B), Dane Bossert(4B) and Amber Heldreth(6B).

Awards:

•2nd Place Individual – Brian Bingham
•2nd Place Team - Brian Bingham, Tyler Heldreth, Alex Breland, Anca Andrei
•The Best New School
•The Best Coach – Mr. Kilic
•Special Award – Gabriel Graham

HSA salutes the MATHCOUNTS students, parents and coach for their hard work and commitment!

Harmony Science Academy will offer a comprehensive pre-engineering program for middle and high school students in 2008-2009 school year.

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is a national non-profit organization established to help schools give students the knowledge they need to excel in high-tech-fields. PLTW’s instruction, generally one-third theory and two-thirds application, gives students meaningful, hands-on experience in problem-solving, teamwork, and project-based learning.

PLTW is the only pre-engineering/engineering technology of its kind in the nation. It is presently offered in over 900 schools in 42 states and the District of Columbia and is affiliated with such groups as NASA, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, American Society of Electrical Engineers, American Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and others.

Click here to get more information about PLTW

In order to maintain the safety of HSA Beaumont's children and promote an orderly and non-disruptive atmosphere of learning for the teachers, staff and children we would like to ask for your cooperation with the following:

1. Please remember to check in at front office and get a badge to visit ANY area other than the foyer.

2. Go ONLY to your designated area, please do not disturb the teacher and/or students during instructional time.

3. Do not bring your younger children with you to any PTO activity that takes place during 7:30-4:30.

4. For confidential reasons, no parent/visitor is allowed in the front office or teacher's lounge without prior approval.