Harmony Parent News March 25, 2015
Volume 3, Issue 27
Regional Spelling Bee Winner Crowned Harmony Science Academy-Euless
Inside this issue: Harmony Science 2 Fair Yearbook Sale Reminders
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Testing Reminders
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Pi Day Record Attempt
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Fine Arts Festival 4 Flyer GT Showcase
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Parent Workshop
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A huge congratulations goes to our very own 8th grader Michelle Yakubek for earn the title of Grand Champion at the Regional Spelling Bee at TCU last week.
Michelle now moves on to the Scribbs National Spelling Bee in Washington DC in April. Good luck, Michelle!
School Briefs AP Test Fees Attention all AP students: the front office is now accepting payment for your Advanced Placement Test fees. The College Board charges $91 per test, however, HSA Euless charges a reduced rate of $15 per subject test. All AP fees are due by April 22. AP fees are payable to the front office via check, credit card, or money order. Cash is not accepted. Please contact the AP C o o r d i n at o r , M s. Schubert, at
[email protected] if
you have any ques- Library Reminders tions. Students, please Parent Breakfast begin checking at home and in lockers The 9th grade parent for overdue library breakfast will take books. Also, missing place this Friday, books from other liMarch 6th in the libraries might be in brary from 8:15our lost and found. 9:00am. There will be light refreshments Box Tops Updates served. This is your Congratulations to opportunity to get last quarter’s box top general information winner – 6 Harvard regarding academics, with 273 labels a review school politurned in. 6 Oxford cies, and other valuacame in second with ble details that pertain 151, and 8 Oxford to your student's took third with 143. grade level. We look forward to seeing you there.
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Harmony Science Fair Hiba Khan and Arnold Langat competed in the first science fair competition against all of Harmony's schools. Hiba and Arnold both won silver
place i n their division.
Yearbooks Sale Deadline Draws Near The deadline to purchase your 2014 – 2015 yearbook is April 3rd. Making new friends and making memories with old friends are important parts of the school year. Help your student keep the fun and memories alive for
years to come with a yearbook, a time capsule of the events and people that made this year unique. Students love to see their pictures in the yearbook, and they’ll be even more excited if their name is on the cover. Personalize
your student’s yearbook for only $5 more. Students were given order forms to take home before Christmas but if you need another they may be obtained from the front office. If you would like to use a credit card to
purchase your yearbook, call 1.866.287.3096 or log on to our sec u r e s i t e www.YearbookOrde rCenter.com. Please have your order number, 19768 handy when you order by phone or online.
Testing STAAR testing is taking place next week. No visitors will be allowed in the building.
no microwave use, so students who plan to bring lunch should plan accordingly.
day: English I and 7th Writing Day 1,
Tuesday: 7th Writing Day 2, 5th Reading, 8th ReadPlease be sure to The testing schedule ing. arrive to school on is as follows: MonWednesday: Engtime and ready each lish II day. There will be
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Pi Day World Record Attempt On March 6, 2015 Harmony Science Academy attempted to establish a Guinness World Record for the largest mathematical symbol represented by students in a single gathering. Approximately 38 students and staff members were organized into the mathematical shape of “pi” which is formed as the shape surrounded by a circle of the remaining 261 students. Altogether, we expected to have between 300-400 stu-
dents involved in this project. The students were from the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Grades and were monitored by their teachers who participated in the picture as well. The official photographs documenting the world record attempts were taken by Fire Inspector Drew Washington of the Euless Fire Department from a height of 50 feet up the ladder of unit # 2. Public Education Coordinator Ken Rawlinson, Lieu-
tenant Michael Hanks and the entire “A” shift from Euless Fire Station #2 were instrumental in helping to set up and document the world record attempt. The fifty foot ladder represented the diameter of the circle formed by the students which had a circumference of 158 feet or 50 pi. Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference divided by its diameter. This year’s “Pi” Day occurred on March 14,
2015 and the date represents the most accurate depiction of the mathematical constant “pi” to be seen for the next 100 years. The date and time (3/14/15 9:26:53) will equal the first ten (10) digits of the unique number. Very few individuals will be alive to see this accuracy again in the year 2115. Pi is a very old number; it has been known for almost 4000 years. The ancient Babylonians and the ancient Egyptians estimated the constant to be between 3 and 3.1605 in 1650 B.C. The first recorded calculation of the constant was completed by Archimedes of Syracuse (287 –212 BC), one of the great ancient mathematicians by using the Pythagorean Theorem.
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Gifted and Talented Showcase Thursday, April 16, 2015 5pm—6pm The Pursuit of Passion is the theme of the First Annual Gifted and Talented Showcase. Students will learn about the history of a chosen field of study and its current development. The Pursuit of Passion is a look at what a Gifted and Talented student wants to do first when they are finished with school. What are they passionate about? Could they turn their passion into a career? If so, what career? GT Students MUST ATTEND the GT Showcase Details Step 1: Choose a Career, inform Mrs. Bartschi - due date is January 31st. Step 2: Research the history of your chosen career and write it down. A detailed timeline or research paper will be accepted. - due February 20th Step 3: Interview a person in your chosen career - Due March 20 Step 4: Your Why? - Why did you choose this career? What have you learned? Looking back on what you learned, is this a career you will definitely seek? Why or Why not? due April 3 Step 5: Make a Tri-fold board displaying Step 2, 3, and 4 and the name of your career - Due April 10 Step 6: Attend the GT Showcase and be prepared to talk about your chosen career! Due April 16
