Harmony Public Schools San Antonio Enrollment Guide for 2023–24

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Harmony Public Schools is a network of charter schools that focus on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). On November 1, 2022, Harmony Public Schools began accepting applications for enrollment for the 2023–24 school year, and open enrollment continues through February 10, 2023. We have put together a guide to help you learn more about the four Harmony Public Schools campuses in San Antonio and take steps to enroll your child for the next school year.

About Harmony Public Schools

Since its founding in Houston in 2000, Harmony Public Schools has focused on STEM education—the fields of study that examine the natural world and how it operates. Project-based learning enables students to master academic concepts by making them work in the real world. Students are encouraged to compete in STEM activities like science fairs and robotics contests to test their knowledge against other challengers. Harmony serves a significant number of economically disadvantaged students, and helps them achieve high rates of graduation and college acceptance.

As part of their 2025 strategic plan, Harmony Public Schools has defined their North Star for 2025 and beyond: a graduate profile that defines the characteristics they want their students to exhibit when they graduate and move on to their post-secondary endeavors. The team at Harmony Public School is confident that if implement their key design elements with fidelity and quality, then they will be successful in producing North Star students.

Harmony Public Schools infographic graduate profile

Touring Harmony Science Academy—San Antonio was a great experience where we spoke with high school student ambassadors about their course work, projects, and community service. These students were pursuing different courses of study, but they were all full of joy, curiosity, and optimism about their futures.

The success of the Harmony Public Schools model depends on meticulous planning of curriculum and course sequences, as you can see from the course catalog and handbook. Then all that preparation comes to life in the classroom as students work on their projects. Here are some activities that we observed:

  • Architectural models that demonstrated the elements of the Italianate architectural style and the construction techniques of a roof.
  • A team approach to writing a chatbot that can respond to a user’s written commands to carry on a sort of conversation.
  • A gaming personal computer built by a team of students who are studying computer maintenance.
  • Anatomical models of muscles sculpted by students who are studying health science.

All students build a foundation in reading, writing, and math, but as they get older, they can specialize in tracks that fuel their interests and prepare them for college and career. We spoke with a high school student who is interested in law enforcement as a career, and he is able to take courses at Harmony that will help him get started. Students have access to honors, AP, and dual credit courses.

As students work on their projects, they learn how to set an ambitious goal and work towards it in smaller steps. If they experience a setback or failure, they learn how to recover and get back on track. They have to make it work in the real world—whether that’s finding the right materials to run the experiment, or contacting people in the community who have the expertise they need. When students work as a group on a project, they learn teamwork, including how to specialize and coordinate their work. Harmony Public Schools students are encouraged to present and display their work, whether as oral presentations to their classmates, or publicly at a science fair, or in competition with teams from other schools, such as for robotics challenges or racing solar cars.

To read more about Harmony Public Schools in the news, we recommend that you click on the articles linked at the bottom of this post. Also, we invite you to join the San Antonio Charter Moms discussion group on Facebook and ask questions; the group includes current Harmony Public Schools families who can comment with answers based on their own experiences.

Harmony Public Schools in San Antonio

In 2023–24, Harmony Public Schools will have four schools in the San Antonio region, including the newest campus on the Far West Side, Harmony School of Science—San Antonio. On the district’s most recent school report card, which also includes five additional campuses in Laredo and Brownsville, the region earned a B rating; the list below includes links to each campus’s school report cards. 

Harmony Virtual Academy is a free, full time, online learning program based on the same STEM curriculum offered at bricks-and-mortar Harmony Public Schools campuses to students across Texas in grades K–12.

Download the free San Antonio Charter Schools app for an interactive map that includes these campuses and many more. You can also find campus information about Harmony Public Schools (and many other schools of choice) on our page Guide to Charter Schools in San Antonio.

Harmony Public Schools infographic elementary student

How to Enroll

Families can apply online to enroll their children at Harmony Public Schools. Open enrollment for 2023–24 began on November 1, 2022 and will continue through February 10, 2023. On February 14, 2023, the schools will hold random lotteries for any grades that received more applications than there are spaces. Students who are selected will receive an email inviting them to register; the remaining students will be placed on waiting lists, and will be notified if a spot becomes available. 

During application season, the schools will provide opportunities for prospective families to learn and apply. Contacting each school by phone is a good way to gather information. We also recommend following these Harmony Public Schools social media accounts:

In addition, please join the San Antonio Charter Moms discussion group on Facebook to post questions and search previous discussions about Harmony Public Schools.

Facts About Harmony Public Schools

At Harmony Public Schools, the curriculum is designed to support all students in learning about STEM and understanding how things work in the natural world. The schools also work to build students into adults who will lead with courage, integrity, and kindness. Those core values inform the course work, projects, and extracurricular activities.

The Harmony Public Schools curriculum is designed to give students a solid foundation of knowledge. Gifted and talented students are identified and offered enrichment, including pullout sessions and additional project time. Harmony welcomes students who are in need of special education and English language learners. Through the PATH program, teachers and leaders meet with parents at home visits to listen, build trust, and talk about students’ dreams for the future.

To build community and team spirit, Harmony Public Schools offer a wide range of athletics programs.

At Harmony Science Academy—San Antonio, students can choose flag football, softball, basketball, cross country, volleyball, and soccer. Clubs at HSA include STEM activities like coding, Mathcounts, rocketry, and San Antonio Water System Impact Team, as well as liberal arts activities like creative writing, photography, water marbling art. There are multicultural activities like Japanese and Turkish language, and community oriented activities like service clubs and student council. Volunteer hours are required for high school graduation.

Harmony Public Schools infographic biomedical science

A program at Harmony Science Academy—San Antonio called Middle School to Medical School, started with the help of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, helps students to learn about medical careers earlier in their academic programs.

Also, Harmony Science Academy—San Antonio is proudly investing in NeuroMakerspace for its students, in addition to MakerSpace which helps their STEM Program of Studies. This MakerSpace will provide materials and resources to foster learning through inquiry while also offering authentic learning experiences which can be connected to the real world.

At Harmony School of Innovation—San Antonio, students can choose more than twenty academic, athletic, leadership, and social clubs which include a fitness club, basketball, art club, robotics, 3D design, and many more. Also, Harmony School of Innovation has a dedicated Makerspace area that encourages collaboration, fosters creativity, and builds critical thinking and decision-making skills.

At Harmony School of Excellence—San Antonio, students can choose more than twenty academic, athletic, leadership, and social clubs which includes UIL, dance club, math club, National Elementary Honor Society, choir, robotics, art club, eSports, 3D design, yoga, and many more. Also, Harmony School of Excellence has a dedicated Makerspace area which helps young scholars to build confidence and gives scholars the opportunity to be creative and apply personalized learning strategies to make changes to existing concepts or develop their own ideas, methods, or products.

At Harmony School of Science—San Antonio, students can choose more than twenty academic, athletic, leadership, and social clubs which include soccer club, robotics, drone club, art club, gardening club, dance, art & craft, 3D design, and many more. Also, Harmony School of Science has a dedicated Makerspace area; phase II of the construction project includes athletic fields and a secondary school building. 

The Harmony Public Schools network has 61 campuses across Texas, organized into six districts. San Antonio is the headquarters of a district that also covers Laredo (Harmony Science Academy Laredo and Harmony School of Innovation Laredo) and Brownsville (Harmony Science Academy Brownsville and Harmony School of Innovation Brownsville). Harmony Public Schools has cultural ties to Turkey, but is a non-sectarian public school. 

If you like what you have learned so far about Harmony Public Schools, we recommend that you apply for enrollment now. You are also welcome to join the San Antonio Charter Moms discussion group to learn more and interact with current Harmony families.

Charter Moms Chats

Watch Grace Cruz, Assistant Area Superintendent of Programs at Harmony Public Schools South Texas, Klediol “Eddie” Murati, Principal at Harmony School of Science—San Antonio, Joel Lopez, engineering teacher at Harmony School of Science—San Antonio, and Abigail Rodriguez, District Operation Manager at Harmony Public Schools South Texas, speak with Inga Cotton on Charter Moms Chats on November 3, 2022 at 4:00 PM Central live on Facebook and YouTube.

Grace Cruz is the Assistant Area Superintendent of Programs at Harmony Public Schools South Texas.

Klediol Murati Principal Harmony School of Science San Antonio

Klediol Murati is the Principal of Harmony School of Science—San Antonio. Mr. Murati got his start with Harmony Public Schools nearly 15 years ago in the Harmony Public Schools North Texas District. During his time in the Dallas area, he served as mathematics and social studies teacher, as well as an ESL, GT, special education, STEM coordinator, and college counselor. In his final years in the DFW area, he served as an assistant principal, dean of academics, and as a principal. Mr. Murati then made a move to the Houston South district where he served as a principal at the Harmony Science Academy Beaumont campus for five years prior to making a move to the South Texas District to serve as a high school principal at Harmony Science Academy—San Antonio, prior to the 2017–18 school year. Mr. Murati has a master’s degree in Educational Leadership for UT Tyler. He comes from a family of educators, who also served in leadership roles, additionally, he is married to an educator, and he is a proud father of two young boys.

Joel Lopez is an engineering teacher at Harmony School of Science—San Antonio.

Abigail Rodriguez District Operatinos Manager Harmony Public Schools South Texas

Abigail Rodriguez is the District Operations Manager at Harmony Public Schools South Texas. Mrs. Rodriguez holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Psychology with a minor in Education. She has held many roles within Harmony Public Schools since 2013. She currently serves as the District Manager of Operations for the South Texas District including San Antonio, Laredo, and Brownsville. Ms. Rodriguez manages several diverse departments for the South Texas District such as Enrollment, Registration, Child Nutrition, Attendance, and Student Health Services for the nine campuses within the district.

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