Archive for month: July, 2020
Families have enough to concentrate on these days without having to worry if their child has the tools they need to complete their schoolwork.
If your child doesn’t have consistent access to a computer device or the internet to complete schoolwork during virtual learning, Harmony Public Schools is here to help.
Beginning the first week of August, Harmony campuses across the state will be offering drive-by technology pickup days where families can pick up free computer devices and internet access solutions (ex. WiFi hot spot) for students to use to complete virtual learning during the 2020-2021 school year.
Last spring, about 4,000 Harmony students took advantage of our device-lending program, or about 1-in-every-8 students.
Through these devices, students and families will be able to access Harmony’s new learning management program Schoology. Through Schoology, students will be able to interact with both teachers and peers in a more in-depth, interactive learning experience that includes both live and on-demand classes, academic tutoring, interventions services, parent-teacher conferencing, and even extracurricular activities.
Families will also have full access to grading, assignments, schedules, progress reports, and messaging with Schoology, placing all a family’s educational tools in one easy-to-use program.
Best of all, when the time to return to campus comes, the student’s Schoology account will follow them back to campus, easing the transition for students, families, and teachers.
To find out when your campus will host its technology pickup day, follow them on Facebook.
To learn more about Harmony’s 2020-2021 reopening plan, visit https://www.HarmonyTX.org/ReOpening.
Harmony Science Academy (HSA) – Lubbock is excited to announce the appointment of Yunus Bicici as the new principal for the 2020-2021 school year.
Mr. Bicici started his teaching career as a Science and Biology teacher in 2002. He continued teaching in Dallas at HSA-Dallas until 2006. Then, moved to New Orleans where he was an Assistant Principal for four years. He then moved to Oklahoma City and was a campus principal for 6 years, until 2017 when he decided to move back to Texas. He moved to El Paso and rejoined Harmony Public Schools as an AP at Harmony School of Innovation-El Paso. After two years there, he was promoted to the director of academics for the El Paso district and will now be moving to Lubbock as the principal for HSA-Lubbock. Mr. Bicici holds a Master’s degree in Biology Education and Educational Administration.
“I am very excited and eager to serve the Lubbock community as principal of HSA-Lubbock,” said Mr. Bicici. “I look forward to meeting and building relationships with the community members, students, parents, and teachers as we all work together to reach our school goals as a team. I always believe that hard work and dedication will bring us success.”