TITLE: Congratulating Harmony Science Academy in San Antonio on its ranking as the 78th best high school in Texas by U.S. News and World Report.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Harmony Science Academy in San Antonio on its ranking as the 78th best high school in Texas by U.S. News and World Report.

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WHEREAS, Harmony Science Academy in San Antonio has been ranked 78th in the state and 695th nationwide in the 2015 list of America's Best High Schools published by U.S. News and World Report;and WHEREAS, The magazine analyzed approximately 19,700 public high schools across the country, and of those schools, 2.5 percent were awarded gold medals, 10.3 percent silver, and 20.2 percent bronze; Harmony Science Academy earned a silver medal by posting high scores for such academic indicators as college readiness, student-teacher ratio, proficiency in English and mathematics, and Advanced Placement participation; and WHEREAS, Ably led by principal Yasar Cakir, Harmony Science Academy provides a safe, caring, and collaborative atmosphere to a diverse student population of approximately 900 in grades K-12; the academy is one of 43 tuition-free Harmony Public Schools, which boast a 0 percent dropout rate and a 100 percent college acceptance rate; and WHEREAS, Harmony Science Academy has equipped many young Texans in House District 124 with the knowledge and skills necessary for success in the years to come, and the school is indeed deserving of recognition for this outstanding achievement; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Harmony Science Academy on its ranking as the 78th best high school in the state and that its students, faculty, and administrators be extended sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Minjarez Straus Gonz lez Otto Allen Guerra Paddie Alonzo Guillen Parker Alvarado Gutierrez Paul Anchia Harless Pe a Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phelan Anderson of McLennan Herrero Phillips Ashby Howard Pickett Aycock Huberty Price Bell Hughes Raney Bernal Hunter Raymond Blanco Isaac Reynolds Bohac Israel Riddle Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rinaldi Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Bexar Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Travis Burns Keough Romero, Jr. Burrows King of Hemphill Rose Button King of Parker Sanford Canales King of Taylor Schaefer Capriglione King of Uvalde Schofield Clardy Klick Schubert Coleman Koop Shaheen Collier Krause Sheets Cook Kuempel Sheffield Craddick Landgraf Simmons Crownover Larson Simpson Cyrier Laubenberg Smith Dale Leach Smithee Darby Longoria Spitzer Davis of Dallas Lozano Springer Davis of Harris Lucio III Stephenson Deshotel M rquez Stickland Dukes Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Dutton Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Elkins McClendon Tinderholt Faircloth Metcalf Turner of Collin Fallon Meyer Turner of Harris Farias Miles Turner of Tarrant Farney Miller of Comal VanDeaver Farrar Miller of Fort Bend Villalba Fletcher Minjarez Vo Flynn Moody Walle Frank Morrison White of Bell Frullo Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Galindo Murphy Workman Geren Murr Wray Giddings Naishtat Wu Goldman Nev rez Zedler Gonzales Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 3194 was adopted by the House on May 25, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House