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Please join us for our second Parent Academy that will take place on January 17th from 5:00-6:00PM in the 4th floor intervention room. Valerie (M.A., CAI-I, LPC Intern), owner of Lighthouse Intervention/LLC, will discuss the topics of anxiety/depression and suicide prevention.  The session is titled ”
Breaking the silence, starting a conversation, recognizing depression & anxiety”.  We hope that you can make it out for this informative night – snacks will be provided.

Monday, January 21st, is a student and staff holiday in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.

We invite you to come support HSI-SA scholars at the 2019 History Fair.  The fair will be on Wednesday, January 23rd, from 5:00PM – 6:00PM in the 3rd floor cafeteria.  We hope to see you there!

Our 2019 spelling bee will be held on Monday, January 28th, from 3:30PM – 4:30PM in the 4th floor intervention room.  Please come out to show your support for the students as they participate in this event.

To celebrate the arrival of Winter Break we are allowing students to have special dress days December 17th – 20th.  Here is the attire for each day.

Winter break is Friday, December 21st, through January 4th and Monday, January 7th is a student holiday.  Enjoy your break – classes will resume on Tuesday, January 8th.

Please mark your calendars for our first McTeacher Night that will take place on Thursday, December 13th, from 4-7PM (5700 Walzem Rd).  A portion of the nights sales will go back to the school. We will also sell sugar cookies for $1/cash and we get 100% of those profits — so make sure to bring money for dessert too 🙂  Here is a list of the teachers that will be helping out that night:

4:00 – 4:30
(Ms. Ashley, Ms. Rodriguez, Mr. West, Ms. Gray, Ms. McElroy & Ms.Miller)

4:30 – 5:00
(Ms. Hoop, Ms. Rodriguez, Mr. West, Ms. Miller, Ms. Gray & Ms.McElroy)

5:00 – 5:30
(Ms. Flores, Ms. Moreland, Ms. Denton, Ms. Hayes & Ms. Osbon)

5:30 – 6:00
(Ms. Moreland, Ms. Hayes, Ms. Osbon, Ms. Flores & PrincipalAykanat)

6:00 – 6:30
(Ms. Moreland, Ms. Mader, Ms. Chesnut, Ms. Usrey & Ms. Moran)

6:30 – 7:00
(Ms. Mader, Ms. Chesnut, Ms. Usrey, Ms. Moran & Ms. Moreland)

We invite you to attend the first semester award ceremony for your scholar on Thursday, December 20th, in the 4th floor intervention room.  The schedule is as follows:

Friday, November 16th, is a student holiday and Thanksgiving break is the following week (November 19th – 23rd).  Have a great holiday break and we will see everyone back on Monday, November 26th.

We invite you to come join the fun at our Fall Festival on Friday, November 2nd, from 5:00PM – 7:00PM.  Tickets will be sold for food and activities.

The book fair will be open October 29th – November 2nd.  Please check with your students teacher to see what day/time their class will be visiting.

Visiting Times For Parents/Guardians/Families:

7:30AM – during special book fair breakfasts on Mon, Tues & Wed – students may attend with you

8:00AM – 2:00PM during the week

5:00PM – 6:30PM on Friday

You may visit the following link to shop at our online fair which will be held November 2nd – November 22nd.

http://www.scholastic.com/bf/harmonyschinnovsanantonio1

We invite you to join us for breakfast on the following days of the book fair:

Muffins With Mom – October 29th at 7:30AM in the 3rd floor cafeteria

Donuts With Dad – October 30th at 7:30AM in the 3rd floor cafeteria

Goodies With Grandparents – October 31st at 7:30AM in the 3rd floor cafeteria

Harmony School of Innovation San Antonio is seeking dedicated Bilingual and ESL teachers.  Bachelor’s degree in a directly related field and Texas teacher certification are required.  Please email your resume to maykanat@harmonytx.org.

Picture retakes will take place Tuesday, October 30th.  Students will wear their uniform – thank you.

Red Ribbon week is October 22nd – October 26th.  Scholars have the opportunity to support being drug free by participating in themed dress days – click the following link to view those themed days.

Red Ribbon Week Themed Days

October 19th is our “Pink Out” day for breast cancer awareness and is also a home game for our Lady Tigers volleyball team (GO TEAM!).  The coaches and team would like to support this day by having a “Pink Out Game” and are selling shirts for this special occassion.  Please place your orders by Friday, October 12th.  Order forms are below.

T-Shirt Order Form

Please join us for our first parent academy in the 4th floor intervention room – Tim Barlow, Vice-President Texas DARE Officer’s Association, will discuss the topics of bullying, cyber bullying, and the awareness of drugs.  We hope that you can make it out for this informative night – snacks will be provided.

In support of Breast Cancer Awareness month, scholars may wear a pink shirt with uniform bottoms to school on Friday, October 19th.

Scholars may wear a blue shirt with uniform pants to school on Monday, October 1st, for the kick-off of Bully Prevention Month.

Monday, October 8th, is a student holiday.  Parent teacher conferences will be held on this same day from 2:00PM – 6:00PM.  We hope that you can make it out.

We are looking for volunteers to help at the Fall book fair.  You can sign up through the VOLY link that is located at the top right of our website.  Thank you in advance for any time you can give.

Please see the following information from the Education Service Center (ESC) Region 20 about a free class that they are offering:

Free Parent Training at ESC-20

Thursday, September 27, 2018, 9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.

Basic Reading Skills at Home—Make and Take Training

Join us for a fun, interactive and crafty training designed to guide you through creating engaging activities to support your child’s acquisition of basic reading skills. We will focus on the development of print concepts, phonemic awareness and phonics skills.  This training is appropriate for parents with students in any grade level that require remediation for independent decoding. All materials will be provided.

**Interpreter provided by request. Call 210-370-5430 by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 25^th. **

Session ID:  53077

 Location: ESC-20 (1314 Hines Avenue; SATX 78208) in the Frederick J. Maples Conference Center

To Register:  See attached instructions (listed below) on setting up a Connect20 account to register. If you already have a Connect20 account, register using the Session ID#.

Registration instructions can also be found at www.esc20.net/parentresources

SPANISHRegisterParentTrainingorWebinar

RegisterParentTrainingorWebinar

We need your help — please donate gently used belts (solid, neutral colors) for scholars in need.  The belt drive will run September 10th-28th.  Donations will be accepted at our front office Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-2:00PM.  Thank you for your support.

Belt Drive Flyer (1)