After School Academy 24-25

Harmony School of Excellence-Laredo students working on robotics project

Student Council

Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Voogd

Requirements: 7th - 8th Grade Only

Meetings: Monday

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.

Math Kangaroo

Name That Book

FLL

Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Alexander

Requirements: 6th - 8th Grade Only

Meetings: Monday

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

Basketball Club

Drone Club

Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Harris

Requirements: 5th - 8th Grade Only

Meetings: Monday

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!

After School Clubs Tuesday

Spelling Bee 6th - 8th

Fitness / Yoga

Spelling Bee K - 2nd

Vex Robotics

Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Harris

Requirements: 3rd - 7th Grade Only

Meetings: Tuesday

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

Theater Art

Science Olympiad

Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Nelima

Requirements: 5th - 6th Grade Only

Meetings: Tuesday

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.

MathCounts

Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Aydogan

Requirements: 4th - 8th Grade Only

Meetings: Tuesday

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.