After School Academy
Academic Competitions
Drone Competition 2-5
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr.Victor Elbegiev
Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee ($20). A fee waiver may be available for low-income families
Meetings: Tuesday
Grade Level: 2-5
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!
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Athletics
Volleyball
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Barbara Martinez
Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee($80 ) per year. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.
Meetings: Thursday
Grade Level: 3-5
Purpose: Volleyball is available for all students who have the desire to compete in fall season.
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Mentoring & Organizations
Student Council
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Areli Cobos
Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee ($20). A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.
Meetings: Tuesday
Grade Level: 3-5
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.
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Curricular Clubs
- Arts & Crafts Club - PK-K
- Book Club / Cinema Club
- VEX Robotics- Team 1
- Spelling Club
- Board game club
- Story Telling Club
- Cooking club
- VEX Robotics - Team 2
- Newsletter / Yearbook Club
- Science Club - Pk - K
- Arts & Crafts Club - K-2
- 3D printing contests
- Gardening Club - K- 2
- Gardening Club - 2-5
- Math Club
Arts & Crafts Club - PK-K
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms.Lia Box
Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee ($20). A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.
Meetings: Monday
Grade Level: PK- K
Purpose: Students learn different modes of art and discover new ways to express themselves as artists. This club is a platform to develop aesthetic values and enhance the creative skills and artistic talents of students.
Book Club / Cinema Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Mrs. Gulcan Oztrukmen
Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee ($20). A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.
Meetings: Monday
Grade Level: 2-5
Purpose: Cinema Club provides a space for students at all grade levels to view a wide range of films in a movie-theater-styled setting and to engage in discussion of those films in a casual environment.
Book Club - Book discussion club, a group of people who meet to discuss a book or books that they have read. Literature circle, a group of students who meet in a classroom to discuss a book or books that they have read.
VEX Robotics- Team 1
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Victor Elbegiev
Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee ($20). A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.
Meetings: Monday
Grade Level: 2-5
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
Spelling Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Evelyn Chua- Glass
Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee ($20). A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.
Meetings: Monday
Grade Level: K- 3
Purpose: A spelling bee is a popular spelling competition that you can hold with your students in primary school. A spelling bee is a contest / game to put spelling skills to the test. When hosting a spelling bee, students are given words that they must attempt to spell correctly out loud.
Board game club
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Laura Perales
Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee ($20). A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.
Meetings: Monday
Grade Level: 2-5
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.
Story Telling Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms . Rochelle Schiele
Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee ($20). A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.
Meetings: Tuesday
Grade Level: PK-K
Purpose: Storytelling is a fundamental part of human behavior and collaborative storytelling is a great way to connect with others
Cooking club
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Evelyn Chua-Glass
Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee ($20). A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.
Meetings: Tuesday
Grade Level: K-3
Purpose: Home Economics Cooking club- This club teach kids how to follow a recipe. Students will learn to measure, cut, chop, and prepare meals. They learn how to save money at the grocery store and how to shop.
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VEX Robotics - Team 2
Sponsor/Advisor: Msr. Raul Sigala
Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee ($20). A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.
Meetings: Tuesday
Grade Level: 2-5
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.
Newsletter / Yearbook Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms . Barbara martinez
Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee ($20). A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.
Meetings: Tuesday
Grade Level: 2-5
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.
Science Club - Pk - K
Arts & Crafts Club - K-2
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Lia Box
Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee ($20). A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.
Meetings: Wednesday
Grade Level: K- 2
Purpose: Students learn different modes of art and discover new ways to express themselves as artists. This club is a platform to develop aesthetic values and enhance the creative skills and artistic talents of students.
3D printing contests
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Victor Elbegiev
Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee ($20). A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.
Meetings: Wednesday
Grade Level: 2-5
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.
Gardening Club - K- 2
Gardening Club - 2-5
Math Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr.Mark
Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee ($20). A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.
Meetings: Wednesday
Grade Level: 2- 5
Purpose: Math Club provides an opportunity for students to challenge themselves in the area of mathematics. Students will experience fun and challenging math problems that promote critical thinking and problem-solving skills.