After School Academy 24-25
Academic Competitions
- Science Olympiad
- MathCounts
- VEX Robotics (HS)
- MS robotix FLL
- Science Fair Competitions
- HPS Drone Competition Club
- HOSA-HS
- HOSA-8th Grade
- Sea Perch
- CyberPatriot's National Youth Cyber Defense Competition-HS
- CyberPatriot's National Youth Cyber Defense Competition- MS
- Electric Car Competition
- HS MATH Olympiad/UIL Mathematics
- CodeMonkey Competition (Challenge Builder or Code Rush)
Science Olympiad
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Rabata and Ms. Kaur
Requirements: Regional Competitions
Meetings: Tuesday
Grade Level: 6th- 12th
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. U.S. territories do not compete; however, since 2012 high school teams from Japan have competed at the national tournament as unranked guests.
MathCounts
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Saparova
Requirements: Math counts competition
Meetings: Thursday
Grade Level: 6th-8th
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.
VEX Robotics (HS)
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Balci
Requirements: VEX Robotics Competition
Meetings: Tuesday
Grade Level: 9th-12th
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
MS robotix FLL
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Patil
Requirements: FFL Competitions
Meetings: Tuesday
Grade Level: 6th-8th
Purpose: FIRST® LEGO® League guides youth through STEM learning and exploration at an early age. From Discover, to Explore, and then to Challenge, students will understand the basics of STEM and apply their skills in an exciting competition while building habits of learning, confidence, and teamwork skills along the way.
Science Fair Competitions
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Yazici
Requirements: Science Fair Competitions
Meetings: Monday
Grade Level:6th-12th
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.
HPS Drone Competition Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Solmaz
Requirements: HPS-wide Competition
Meetings: Monday
Grade Level: 6th-12th
Purpose: HPS-wide 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!
HOSA-HS
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr.Cakir & Ms. Erdem
Requirements: Regional HOSA Competitive Events
Meetings: Tuesday
Grade Level: 9th-12th
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.
HOSA-8th Grade
Sea Perch
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Yazici
Meetings: Thursday
Grade Level:9th-12th
Purpose: SeaPerch is a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), a competition, and a community. Our program guides students on building an underwater robot while supplying educators with the tools and training to help them through the process.
CyberPatriot's National Youth Cyber Defense Competition-HS
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Balci
Meetings: Thursday
Grade Level: 9th-12th
Purpose: CyberPatriot is a national youth cyber education program created in the United States to help direct students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. The program was created by the Air Force Association (AFA). It features the annual National Youth Cyber Defense Competition for high school and middle school students. It is similar to its collegiate counterpart, the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC), especially at the CyberPatriot National Finals Competition.
CyberPatriot's National Youth Cyber Defense Competition- MS
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Solamaz
Meetings: Thursday
Grade Level: 6th-8th
Purpose: CyberPatriot is a national youth cyber education program created in the United States to help direct students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. The program was created by the Air Force Association (AFA). It features the annual National Youth Cyber Defense Competition for high school and middle school students. It is similar to its collegiate counterpart, the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC), especially at the CyberPatriot National Finals Competition.
Electric Car Competition
HS MATH Olympiad/UIL Mathematics
Sponsor/Advisor: Dr. Peter Farquharson
Meetings: Monday
Grade Level: 9th-12th
Purpose: The Mathematics Contest consists of a 40-minute, multiple-choice exam with 60 questions, designed to test knowledge and understanding in Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-calculus, AP Calculus (BC) and AP Statistics. A few director's choice topics will also be tested.
CodeMonkey Competition (Challenge Builder or Code Rush)
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Sarikaya
Meetings: Monday
Grade Level: 6th8th
Purpose: CodeMonkey is a fun and educational game-based environment where kids learn to code without any prior experience. After completing CodeMonkey's award-winning coding courses, kids will be able to navigate through the programming world with a sense of confidence and accomplishment.
Athletics
- Girls MS Volleyball
- Girls JV Volleyball
- Boys HS Volleyball
- Boys MS Basketball
- Boys HS Basketball
- Boys HS Soccer
- Girls Hs Soccer
- Boys MS Soccer
- Girls MS Soccer
Girls MS Volleyball
Girls JV Volleyball
Boys HS Volleyball
Boys MS Basketball
Boys HS Basketball
Boys HS Soccer
Girls Hs Soccer
Boys MS Soccer
Girls MS Soccer
Mentoring & Organizations
National Honor Society
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Douglass
Meetings: Monday
Grade Level: 9th-12th
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.
Student Council
Sponsor/Advisor: Dr.Suslu
Meetings: Monday
Grade Level: 9th-12th
Purpose: The purpose of the organization is to create a greater sense of responsibility within the student body; to strive for better student/faculty relationship; to promote unification of the student body and better representation of its ideas to the faculty and administration; to promote a positive attitude in the advancement of leadership and loyalty; to promote spirit in the school activities; as well as to uphold traditions and to set standards for generations of Harmony students to come. The objective of Student Council is to provide a service organization doing various activities within the community throughout the year, while developing student leaders. Membership dues are Priority.
CRLP
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Solmaz
Meetings: TBD
Grade Level: 6th-12th
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.
Service Leadership Society
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr.Jungklaus
Meetings: Tuesday
Grade Level: 9th-12th
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.
Key Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Douglass
Meetings: Tuesday
Grade Level: 9th-12th
Purpose: Key Club is a student-led, high school organization. Our members make the world a better place through service. In doing so, we grow as individuals and as leaders by answering the call to lead, summoning the courage to engage and developing the heart to serve. Key Club is an international, student-led organization that provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership.
Curricular Clubs
- Arts & Crafts Club
- Sports Club-Table Tennis Club
- Performing Art-Band
- Board game club
- Spelling Club
- Leadership-Red Cross
- Storytelling/ Dungeons & Dragons Club
Arts & Crafts Club
Sports Club-Table Tennis Club
Performing Art-Band
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Garza
Meetings: Tuesday, Thursday
Grade Level: 6th-8th
Purpose:
This version of the club is for the AFTER SCHOOL students of grades 6-8 who still want to participate in the Tiger Band. We work on instrument fundamentals, music reading, and playing. For older grade levels, we will also focus on sightreading skills to improve accuracy and learn more music rapidly.
Students of the band will also be eligible to participate in band social activities, such as field trips and parties.
Students of the band are REQUIRED to attend all rehearsals and concerts.
Limited spots available!!!
Board game club
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Sarikaya
Meetings: Tuesday
Grade Level: 6th-8th
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 atomsphere 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.
Spelling Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Russel
Meetings: Thursday
Grade Level: 6th-8th
Purpose: A spelling bee is a competition in which contestants are asked to spell a broad selection of words, usually with a varying degree of difficulty. To compete, contestants must memorize the spellings of words as written in dictionaries, and recite them accordingly.
Leadership-Red Cross
Sponsor/Advisor: TBD
Meetings: TBD
Grade Level: 9th-12th
Purpose: The Red Cross Club is a student-led organization typically associated with the American Red Cross. It provides a platform for students to engage in humanitarian efforts and community service, often focusing on areas such as disaster relief, health and safety education, and community support.
Storytelling/ Dungeons & Dragons Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Nash
Meetings: Tuesday
Grade Level: 6th-8th
Purpose: Dungeons and dragons is a table top role playing game where students take on one of two roles, either a player or a game master. Game masters lead the narritive while players work together and with collaborative story telling they spin a story typically set in a fantasy setting.Students need to learn the importance of teamwork and collaboration. Students are encouraged to work together to defeat challenges. Students build lasting relationships through tabletop gaming and learn to express themselves through collaborative storytelling while working together to solve problems in the gaming atmosphere of Dungeons and Dragons.Students will go on adventures, discover treasure, fight monsters, and explore a mystical world. It’s an amazingly fun time where unforgettable memories are made though a collabrative storytelling experience. Join the adventurer's guild today