After School Academy

VEX Robotics

Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Ertugrul Cengiz

Email: ecengiz@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Open to grades 6th-12th. There will be separate middle school and high school.

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: VEX Robotics is a robotics program for elementary through university students, and a subset of Innovation First International. The VEX Robotics competitions and programs are managed by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation (REC).[1] In April 2018, VEX Robotics Competition was named the largest robotics competition in the world by Guinness World Records.

FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Robotics

Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Ertugrul Cengiz

Email: ecengiz@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Open to grades 6th-8th.

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: FIRST LEGO League introduces science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to children ages 4-16* through fun, exciting hands-on learning. Participants gain real-world problem-solving experiences through a guided, global robotics program, helping today’s students and teachers build a better future together. Our three divisions inspire youth to experiment and grow their critical thinking, coding, and design skills through hands-on STEM learning and robotics.

HOSA

Sponsor/Advisor: Dr. Roberta Thimbriel

Email: rthimbriel@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Open to grades 6th-12th.

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: HOSA offers 58 competitive events, ranging from skill-based to leadership and team-based. The event groups are as follows: Health science, health professions, leadership, and recognition events. Members compete at the regional, state, and international levels. Those who place in the top three positions at the state level are given the opportunity to compete at the international level.

Drone Team

Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Joshua Gandara and Ms. Rebecca Tims

Email: jgandara@harmonytx.org, rtims@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Open to grades 9th-12th.

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: HPS-wide/ Regional Competition - Presented in partnership with FTW Robotics and Rice University, HPS Drone Race is the perfect event offering elementary, middle school and high school students an opportunity to get hands-on experience in STEM education in the form of an affordable, fast-paced game. Students will learn to safely operate a drone, work as a team, and research workforce applications of aerial robotic technology; all while having a blast!

Math Counts

Sponsor/Advisor: To be determined.

Email: To be determined.

Requirements: Open to grades 6th-8th.

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: The competition is divided into four stages: school, chapter, state, and national. The problems increase in difficulty between levels—perfect scores are relatively common at the school-level, while winners of the written round at the national-level do not often achieve a perfect score. Each school is allowed to register ten students, including a group of four designated as the school team.

American Mathematics Competition

Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Gulcin Cengiz

Email: gcengiz@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Open to grades 6th-12th.

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: The MAA’s American Mathematics Competitions (MAA AMC) program leads the nation in strengthening the mathematical capabilities of the next generation of problem-solvers. Through classroom resources and friendly competition, the MAA AMC program helps America’s educators identify talent and foster a love of mathematics. The MAA AMC program positively impacts the analytical skills needed for future careers in an innovative society.

DECA

Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Victor Rodriguez and Ms. Chelsea Kuhrt

Email: victor.rodriguez@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Open to grades 9th-12th.

Meetings: Tuesdays

Purpose: DECA, a national association of marketing education students, provides teachers and members with educational and leadership development activities to merge with the education classroom instructional program.

Electric Car Competitions

Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC)

Sponsor/Advisor: To be determined, Engineering Teacher.

Email: To be determined.

Requirements: Open to grades 6th-12th

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: The Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) is an annual American model rocketry competition for students in grades six to 12 sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association and the National Association of Rocketry

3D printing contests

Sponsor/Advisor: To be determined, Engineering Teacher.

Email: To be determined.

Requirements: Open to grades 9th-12th

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: A variety of processes, equipment, and materials are used in the production of a three-dimensional object via additive manufacturing. 3D printing is also known as additive manufacturing, therefore the numerous available 3D printing process tend to be additive in nature with a few key differences in the technologies and the materials used in this process.

Science Fair Competitions

Sponsor/Advisor: To be determined, STEM Teachers

Email: To be determined.

Requirements: Open to grades 6th-12th

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: Most countries have regional science fairs in which interested students can freely participate. Winners of these regional fairs send students to national fairs such as ISEF[5] and CWSF. National science fairs typically send winners to international fairs such as ISEF (which is a national and an international science fair) and EUCYS.

Science Olympiad

Sponsor/Advisor: To be determined, STEM Teachers

Email: To be determined.

Requirements: Open to grades 6th-12th

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: Science Olympiad is an American team competition in which students compete in 23 events pertaining to various scientific disciplines, including earth science, biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering. Over 7,800 middle school and high school teams from 50 U.S. states compete each year.[1][2][3] U.S. territories do not compete; however, since 2012 high school teams from Japan have competed at the national tournament as unranked guests.

Math Olympiad (MOEMS)

Sponsor/Advisor: To be determined, STEM Teachers

Email: To be determined.

Requirements: Open to grades 6th-8th

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools (MOEMS) is a worldwide math competition, organized by a not for profit foundation with the same name. It is held yearly from November through March with one test administered each month. Tests are given at individual schools and results are sent to MOEMS for scoring. Schools, home schools and institutions may participate in the contest. [1] Two dozen other nations also participate in the competition. There are two divisions, Elementary and Middle School. Elementary level problems are for grades 4-6 and Middle School level problems are for grades 7-8, though 4-6 graders may participate in Middle School problems. Hundreds of thousands of students participate annually in MOEMS events.

Athletics

High School Volleyball - Boys

High School Volleyball - Girls

High School Basketball - Boys

High School Basketball - Girls

High School Soccer - Boys

High School Soccer - Girls

Middle School Soccer - Boys

Middle School Volleyball - Girls

Middle School Basketball - Boys

Middle School Basketball - Girls

E-Sports

Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Andres Morales (High School), Mr. Jon Peterson (Middle School)

Email: andresj.morales@harmonytx.org, jon.peterson@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Must be in good academic and behavioral standing.

Meetings: Varies by coach. Please contact coaches.

Purpose: Esports are available for all students who have the desire to compete in Fall/winter/spring season.

Mentoring & Organizations

Service Leadership Society

Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Rebecca Tims

Email: rtims@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Must be in High School.

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: Service Leadership Society (SLS) is a club for students to explore meaningful public policy topics, conduct research, form opinions, and develop a “bill” to address the selected public policy issue. Throughout the bill design process, students will learn the intricacies of Texas’ legislative process including how a bill becomes law. During the year, SLS clubs gather for a state conference to present bill drafts to their peers and have the opportunity to debate and vote on all bills.
Using the Capitol setting as a “living classroom,” the student led, student driven program promotes awareness to the political process, creates a more politically astute student body, and develops constructive solutions to issues that impact local communities while engaging stakeholders in government. Throughout the year, participants meet weekly to sharpen their research skills, form arguments for and against a solution, and practice public speaking skills. SLS clubs also host elected officials and their staff to learn more about careers in public service and the legislative process. SLS is open to all 9-12 grade students.

National Honor Society

Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Angelica Garcia

Email: agarcia@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Invite only. 10th-12th

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: The National Honor Society (NHS) is the nation’s premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to recognize those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Chapter membership not only recognizes students for their accomplishments, but challenges them to develop further through active involvement in school activities and community service.

National Junior Honor Society

Sponsor/Advisor: To be determined

Email:

To be determined

Requirements: Invite only. 6th-8th

Meetings: To be determined.

College Readiness & Leadership Program

Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Rodriguez, Ms. Kuhrt, Mr. Yavuz, Dr. Thimbriel, Mr. Palencia, Ms. Wick, Ms. Anwar

Email: victor.rodriguez@harmonytx.org , ckuhrt@harmonytx.org, yali@harmonytx.org, rthimbriel@harmonytx.org, jpalenciavargas@harmonytx.org, kwick@harmonytx.org, sanwar@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Students must be in good academic and behavioral standing. Invite only.

Meetings: Once a week, minimum of 1 hour. Half of the time will be allotted to academics and the other to character building activities.

Purpose: The mission of this program is to provide academic and social opportunities to prepare students in quest of higher education. With this program they can develop team work skills which is important to real world experiences that they will face outside of high-school.

Spanish Honor Society

Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Elizabeth Alaniz, Ms. Jennifer Gomez

Email: ealaniz@harmonytx.org, jennifer.gomez@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Invite only.

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: The Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (SHH) is an honor society for high school students enrolled in Spanish and/or Portuguese, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). The SHH was formally organized as the Spanish National Honor Society in 1953. The name was changed to Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica in 1959. At present there are more than 2,900 national and international chapters of the SHH. The mission of the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica is to recognize high school achievement in Spanish and Portuguese and to promote interest in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian studies. All accredited secondary schools are eligible to charter a chapter.

Curricular Clubs

Middle School ESports Club 1

Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Jon Peterson

Email: jon.peterson@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Open to students 6th-8th.

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: Gaming club is an opportunity for students to socialize and have fun together based on their hobby of playing video games. Students will have an opportunity to play multi and single player games, and spend time discussing gaming strategies and preferences.

LOTE Club

Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Burcu Simsek Ugur

Email: burcu.simsek@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Open to students 6th-12th.

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: This club aim to provide platform to students for the development of Communication Skills, to enhance students' language knowledge other than English, to help them to gain language skills through different activities.

Middle School School ESports Club 2

Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Andres Morales

Email: andresj.morales@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Open to students 6th-8th.

Meetings: To be determined

Yearbook & Student Newsletter

Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Victor Rodriguez

Email: victor.rodriguez@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Open to students 8th-12th.

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: A student publication is a media outlet such as a newspaper, magazine, television show, or radio station produced by students at an educational institution. These publications typically cover local and school-related news, but they may also report on national or international news as well. Most student publications are either part of a curricular class or run as an extracurricular activity.

AP Prep Club

Sponsor/Advisor: Mrs. Gulcin Cengiz

Email: gcengiz@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Must be in good academic and behavioral standing. Must also be enrolled in at least 1 AP course.

Meetings: To be determined.

Purpose: This club is for preparation to AP exam, make more practice on the subject, ensure that students develop a deep understanding of all relevant material

Board Game Club (Rubik's)

Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Andres Morales

Email: andresj.morales@harmonytx.org

Requirements: Open to students 6th-8th.

Meetings: To be determined

Purpose: The club offers students the opportunity to expand their strategic knowledge and critical thinking skills by providing a safe, fun and friendly location and atmosphere to gather and play various board games. Playing a variety of board games will help students develop their ability to solve problems, their sense of self, and their sense of sportsmanship.

Requirements: Open to students 6th-12th.

Meetings: To be determined