After School Academy

Academic Competitions
- FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics (FTC)
- Drone Competition
- HOSA (Future Health Professionals)
- MathCounts
- Sea Perch
- Science Fair Competitions
- Spelling Bee
- VEX Robotics
FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics (FTC)
Sponsor/Advisor: Yunus Dagli
Meetings: Tuesday
Grade Level: 6-12
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
Drone Competition
Sponsor/Advisor: Yunus Dagli
Meetings: Monday
Grade Level: 6th-12th
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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HOSA (Future Health Professionals)
Sponsor/Advisor: Velmarie Osorio
Meetings: Thursdays
Grade Level: 9th-12th
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.
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MathCounts
Sponsor/Advisor: Jovanna Garay
Meetings: Thursday
Grade Level: 6th-8th
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.
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Sea Perch
Sponsor/Advisor: Neri Hernandez
Meetings: Monday
Grade Level: 9th-12th
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.
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Science Fair Competitions
Sponsor/Advisor: Andrea Jimenez
Meetings: Tuesdays
Grade Level: 6-12
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.
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Spelling Bee
Sponsor/Advisor: Yasmin Pena
Meetings: Tuesdays
Grade Level: 6-8
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.
VEX Robotics
Sponsor/Advisor: Huseyin Gursoy
Meetings: Mondays
Grade Level: 6th-8th
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
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Athletics
- Basketball-High School Boys
- Basketball-High School Girls
- Basketball-Middle School Boys
- Volleyball-High School Girls
- Volleyball-Middle School Girls
- Soccer-High School Girls
- Soccer-High School Boys
- Soccer-Middle School Girls
- Soccer-Middle School Boys
- Esports
- Cross Country Middle School Boys
- Track & Field-High School Boys
- Cheerleading Middle School Girls
- Cross Country High School Boys
- Cheerleading High School Girls
- Track & Field-High School Girls
- Basketball Middle School Girls
- Volleyball High School Boys
- Cross Country Middle School Girls
Basketball-High School Boys
Basketball-High School Girls
Basketball-Middle School Boys
Volleyball-High School Girls
Volleyball-Middle School Girls
Soccer-High School Girls
Soccer-High School Boys
Soccer-Middle School Girls
Soccer-Middle School Boys
Esports
Cross Country Middle School Boys
Track & Field-High School Boys
Cheerleading Middle School Girls
Cross Country High School Boys
Cheerleading High School Girls
Track & Field-High School Girls
Basketball Middle School Girls
Volleyball High School Boys
Cross Country Middle School Girls
Mentoring & Organizations
- College and Leadership Readiness Program (CRLP) 6th-8th Grades
- College Readiness and Leadership Program (CRLP) 9th-12th Grades
- College Readiness and Leadership Program (CRLP) 9th-12th Grades
- National Honor Society (NHS)
- National Junior Honor Society (NJHS)
- Student Council 6th-8th Grades
- Student Council 9th-12th Grades
- College Readiness and Leadership Program (CRLP) 9th-12th Grades
College and Leadership Readiness Program (CRLP) 6th-8th Grades
Sponsor/Advisor: Guler Sarihan
Meetings: Thursdays
Grade Level: 6th-8th
The College Readiness and Leadership Program (CRLP) helps students prepare for college and future careers by focusing on leadership skills and academic readiness. The program supports students with college applications, scholarships, and study skills. It also offers camps, mentorship, and community service opportunities to build essential skills like time management and goal setting, ensuring students are well-prepared for both higher education and their future careers.
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College Readiness and Leadership Program (CRLP) 9th-12th Grades
Sponsor/Advisor: Velmarie Osorio
Meetings: Thursday
Grade Level: 9th-12th
The College Readiness and Leadership Program (CRLP) helps students prepare for college and future careers by focusing on leadership skills and academic readiness. The program supports students with college applications, scholarships, and study skills. It also offers camps, mentorship, and community service opportunities to build essential skills like time management and goal setting, ensuring students are well-prepared for both higher education and their future careers.
College Readiness and Leadership Program (CRLP) 9th-12th Grades
Sponsor/Advisor: Yunis Dagli
Meetings: Thursdays
Grade Level: 9th-12th
The College Readiness and Leadership Program (CRLP) helps students prepare for college and future careers by focusing on leadership skills and academic readiness. The program supports students with college applications, scholarships, and study skills. It also offers camps, mentorship, and community service opportunities to build essential skills like time management and goal setting, ensuring students are well-prepared for both higher education and their future careers.
National Honor Society (NHS)
Sponsor/Advisor: Liliana Martinez
Meetings: Thursdays
Grade Level: 9th-12th
NHS (National Honor Society) is an organization for high school students who excel in scholarship, leadership, service, and character. NHS students participate in activities like community service projects, tutoring peers, and organizing school events. They also take leadership roles within the school and the community. Being a member of NHS is a prestigious honor and can enhance college applications.
National Junior Honor Society (NJHS)
Sponsor/Advisor: Priscilla Martinez
Meetings: Thursdays
Grade Level: 6th-8th
The National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) is one of the nation's most prestigious organizations established to recognize exceptional middle school students. More than just an honor roll, NJHS celebrates students who demonstrate excellence in scholarship, leadership, service, and character. Membership acknowledges students’ achievements and encourages them to grow through active participation in school activities and meaningful community service.
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Student Council 6th-8th Grades
Sponsor/Advisor: Vanessa Torres-Soto
Meetings: Monday
Grade Level: 6th-8th
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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Student Council 9th-12th Grades
Sponsor/Advisor: Fabiola Mosri
Meetings: Tuesday
Grade Level: 9-12
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.
College Readiness and Leadership Program (CRLP) 9th-12th Grades
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Gunduz
Meetings: Thursday
Grade Level: 9th-12th
The College Readiness and Leadership Program (CRLP) helps students prepare for college and future careers by focusing on leadership skills and academic readiness. The program supports students with college applications, scholarships, and study skills. It also offers camps, mentorship, and community service opportunities to build essential skills like time management and goal setting, ensuring students are well-prepared for both higher education and their future careers.
Curricular Clubs
- 4H Club
- Cooking Club
- Spanish (LOTE) Club
- Turkish (LOTE) Club
- Newspaper/Yearbook Club
- Arts and Crafts Club
- STEM Club
4H Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Andrea Jimenez
Meetings: Thursdays
Grade Level: 6-12
The goal of 4-H is to develop citizenship, leadership, responsibility and life skills of youth through experiential learning programs and a positive youth development approach. Though typically thought of as an agriculturally focused organization as a result of its history, 4-H today focuses on citizenship, healthy living, science, engineering, and technology programs.
Cooking Club
Spanish (LOTE) Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Monica Granja
Meetings: Tuesdays
Grade Level: 9-12
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.
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Turkish (LOTE) Club
Newspaper/Yearbook Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Illiana Jimenez
Meetings: Mondays
Grade Level: 6th-12th
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.
