Harmony Florida Schools Review Of All Three Schools

Harmony Florida Schools Review Presented By JeanineCorcoran, Broker of Corcoran Connect

Jeanine is joined by her co-host Kristin Macari owner of StudioNine 13. Welcome to the 6th episode of Discover HarmonyFlorida.

Jeanine wanted to do a segment dedicated to the Harmony Floridaschool system. There are three schools here. The Harmony Community school goes frompre-kindergarten to 5^th grade. This school isinside the neighborhood, so the children are able to walkthere.

Then there is Harmony Middle school which covers grades6^th – 8^th. And then of course theHarmony High School which is across the street from the communityschool. The original developer made a tunnel between the (communityand the middle school and high school) schools so the kidscould walk or ride their bikes to school. Parents can droptheir kids off at the tunnel and not have to worry about traffic.The source video can be found here. 

Let’s start with Harmony Community school which is locatedon the main road at 3365 Schoolhouse road. All grades start atthe same time. The community school starts at 8:20 am and ends at3:20 pm. The principal there is Sondra Davenport who does anexcellent job.

Jeanine pointed out that the community school practiced the7 Habits of Highly Effective Students by Stephen Covey. This isgreat for the students as it gets them thinking about beingproactive and beginning with the end in mind, thinking win-win,etc.

Harmony Schools Incorporated Author StephenCovey’s The 7 Habits Of Highly EffectiveStudents

The current enrollment of the Harmony Communityschool without the pre-K4 is 873 students and with the pre-K4is 909. This represents children from Harmony alone. The FloridaDepartment of Education has a grade for the community school, andit usually provides a grade every year. The last year it was donewas 2019 where they received an “A” grade and theyhaven’t been given a grade since because of COVID.

So, Jeanine went on the Great Schools website and found that theHarmony Community school scored a 9 out of 10 overall which isgreat. They were above average on all categories with a10 out of 10 on student progress. That is a lot to brag about!

Kristin shared how great the teachers were when her daughterwent through the school system. One of her daughters hated to readand her first-grade teacher, Misses Alderman taught her how to readand not want to cry afterward. She helped her find books that shereally enjoyed reading.

Now onto Harmony Middle School. This school has only been openfor 3 years now. Unfortunately, there is no grade for this schoolyet because when they opened COVID impacted administering thegrades of schools given by the Florida Department of Education.

Jeanine Corcoran Has A Seat On The School AdvisoryCouncil Board For The Harmony Middle School

The principal at the middle school is Frank Telemko. Jeanineactually has a seat on their advisory council as a communityleader. She has enjoyed this role for the last three years.The committee meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 5 pm andthe PTO meets directly after that meeting for anyone that may beinterested in joining.

Enrollment for Harmony Middle school is 948 students. Sixthgrade has the lowest number of students at 286, 7^thgrade has 309 students and 8^th grade has 353 students.Kristin added that they are a fantastic school when it comes tosports. They are very often first in the district. Nurse Katy wasawarded the number one employee in Osceola County and has beenfantastic for the children.

The Harmony High School principal is Jim Hickey, and they startearly from 7:20 am to 2:20 pm for their school day. The totalenrollment is 2,598 students. The 9^th graders have themost students at 722, 10^th graders at 692,11^th graders at 653, and the 12^th gradershave the least number of students at 531.

There are 10 high schools in the county and Harmony High Schoolhas the second most number of total students among the 10. The highschool has so many wonderful programs for students, it’sincredible.

Harmony High School Has An Exceptional VeterinarySpecialty Program

The high school has dual enrollment. They have a vast number ofvaried AP classes where a student could fill all their classes withAP if they so desired. Colleges outside of the state of Floridawill accept AP where they don’t necessarily accept dualenrollment.

They also offer specialty programs. Harmony highschool is probably known best for its veterinary specialtyprogram. People in the community bring animals in for treatment.The students get real hands-on training. Kristin believes that theygraduate with a certificate that allows them to be some sort ofveterinary tech.

They also have a criminal justice program. It is a 4-yearprogram. If a student is in it for all 4 years, they can take atest at the end and graduate and become a 9-1-1 operator right outof high school. There is also a nursing program that is new, andKristin believes it is a 2-year program.

The Harmony Florida high school promotes college readiness butalso provides students with other avenues to choose from thatenable them to get into the job market right out of high schoolwhich is tremendous.

We hope you enjoyed Jeanine and Kristin walking you through theHarmony Florida schools review of all three schools in this amazingcommunity. Our goal is to keep you up to date with the eventshappening and places to visit so you can enjoy in Harmony to thefullest.