Harmony Science Academy, Brownsville
My Experience
Welcome to my PBL Page my name is Jackeline, and I have been in Harmony Science Academy in Brownsville 4 years and been in Student Council, Spanish Club, and participated in STEM Programs which bring amazing experiences and learning. Since our classes have a limited number of student teacher focus on their students helping them with our knowledge and bring out the Einstein inside us. Between student we help each other but also encourage to be better each day having debates and having games which are educational.
Our Mission
Our Mission, at Harmony Science Academy – Brownsville is to prepare each student for higher
education by providing a safe, caring and collaborative atmosphere through a quality, student centered educational program with a strong emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math.
Our Vision;
The vision of Harmony Science Academy is to prepare students for academic success in their future education, enable students to have a broad spectrum of options for their future endeavors, and prepare them to be responsible and productive citizens.
HSA Brownsville Triad;
Each child has an inherent curiosity and love of learning; and each has a unique intelligence, capability, and learning style. With this in mind, we will create a student-teacher-parent/guardian triad. Our students will strive toward their highest levels of capability with an education addressing their individual learning styles, thus fostering within them a life-long love of learning.
The Purpose;
HSA Brownsville is to foster productive attitudes toward work, community, school, friends, and self. With a deep respect for family, school and community, the ideal HSA Brownsville student will have the capacity to appreciate the opportunities life affords and to show a willingness to sacrifice for the common good as well as personal fulfillment.
These attitudes are instilled most effectively through adult role models. In addition to being crucial to the implementation of HSA Brownsville's vision, our staff will provide the most immediate role model for our students. Thus, the staff will be meticulously selected, trained, and held to the highest standards of conduct.
By meeting its objectives, HSA Brownsville will provide children with a positive educational and social experience in a structured, challenging yet nurturing environment. It will be a community in which students, teachers, and parents are jointly aware of and committed to the mission of the school.
An Overview about Harmony Schools
SCIENCE, MATH, AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY EMPHASIS
Harmony Science Academies are college preparatory charter schools. A strong emphasis is placed on mathematics, science, and computer applications on our campuses. An exceptionally high quality education is being delivered to nearly 5000 students at 14 campuses in grades Pre-K through 12 on all campuses throughout Texas.
EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE
The Cosmos Foundation, non-profit parent organization, has been operating 14 high performing charter schools in Texas. The first charter, Harmony Science Academy-Houston, was established in August of 2000 and was rated exemplary in 2004, 2005, and 2006. Harmony Science Academy–Austin began operation in 2002 and was rated recognized in 2004, 2005, and 2006. Harmony Science Academy-Dallas commenced operations in 2004 and was rated recognized in 2005 and rated exemplary in 2006. Harmony Elementary-Houston just completed its first year and was rated academically acceptable.
HARMONY NETWORK OF 14 SCHOOLS AND GROWING…
Harmony school system has 14 schools and will have 19 schools in 2008-2009 school year. Due to high performance and focus on math, science, engineering, and computer technologies towards college, all harmony campuses with grade levels 6th thru 12th are designated as T-STEM (Texas-Science Engineering and Mathematics) Academies and have received funds from private and public partnership (i.e., TEA, Michael and Susan Dell, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations) under the Texas High School Project
SCIENCE FAIR EVENTS AND SCIENCE OLYMPIADS
Harmony students have been participating in numerous academic competitions and have been receiving many awards, trophies, medals, certificates, and acknowledgement from various educational organizations including Texas Education Agency Gold Performance Awards in various subjects since 2000. Harmony Schools are the most successful schools in the city and the state-wide science fair competitions and have won numerous first, second, and third place awards. The achievements of Harmony Schools have been acknowledged by many community members, policy makers, and organizations such as; NASA, the Environmental Protection Agency, Bechtel Corporation, Drexel University, Greater Houston Dental Society, Krishen Foundation for Arts and Sciences, M.I.T. Club of South Texas, Marine Technology Society, National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Office of Naval Sciences, Society of Women Engineers, Texas Center for Superconductivity, Materials Research Science Center at The University of Houston, and the United States Army. Mr. Bill White, Mayor of the City of Houston proclaimed Dec 4th, 2004 as Harmony Science Academy Day in Houston, Texas.
TITLE-I NATIONAL DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL AWARD
This past school year, Harmony Science Academy-Houston (HSA-Houston) received the Title-I National Distinguished School Award from the US Department of Education. HSA-Houston was one of 2 schools in the state of Texas and one of 52 schools across the nation to be selected to receive this award. This highly acclaimed award is given to schools for their outstanding results in one of two categories: 1) Exceptional student performance for two or more consecutive years or, 2) Closing the achievement gap among ethnic groups. HSA-Houston was the only school which qualified to receive this award in both categories.
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