Harmony Science Academy a Gulen Charter School

Harmony Science Academy in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico are under the Cosmos Foundation. The Cosmos Foundation ran by Turkish Nationals who are known members of the Gulen Movement have abused many state and federal laws. Cosmos is the largest abuser of H1-B Visas for foreign teachers than the largest school district in America. Scratch your head and wonder why the Gulen Movement is getting away with reverse discrimination? Texas money crosses over state lines to support the other Gulen Managed charter schools, this is WRONG!! DISCLAIMER: If you find some videos are disabled this is the work of the Gulen censorship which has filed bogus copyright infringement rights to UTUBE







Sunday, September 18, 2011

Gulen Charter Schools message from Anonymous-Expect Us!

American Football legion Deion Sanders approved for 2 charter schools PRIME U Academy, Texas

Deion Sanders Truth Academy try outs- Dallas
American Football Champ approved for 2 charter schools

Our boys from Turkey have some real competition in Dallas !! You can't get more American than football
"No jewelry, no earrings, no profanity," he says of house rules for his camp. "They have to go to Bible study. It's about respect."
Established players including Champ Bailey, Chad Johnson and Donte' Stallworth are among NFL veterans who have worked with Sanders during the off seasons; he expects several will lend a hand with the draft hopefuls.
Despite the politics in play, former Dallas Cowboy superstar and athlete, Deion Sanders, was able to overcome his celebrity status to make a victory tweet that his  charter school application for "Prime Prime Prep Academy,"  in DFW was approved Friday, September 16. The name of his academy is a play on the name everyone who knew Deion will recognize, "Prime Time"  Sanders.
Sanders was jubilant, announcing on Twitter and  friends such as SnoopDogg quickly added their  shout-outs :
 
Misgivings, regarding the celebrity of the star,  and his endeavor to establish a charter school with  two campuses in the Forth Worth area for between 650 and 1,000 students at each - came from both Republicans and Democrats with Mavis Knight, D-Dallas,  acknowledging that she had to "wrestle with myself to keep from penalizing opportunities for students because of the celebrity involved" but adding that she was  hopeful that "there are probably more resources" coming to the students because of it, reported the Texas Tribune.
A little farther from home,  Republican Thomas Ratliff,  who represents Mount Pleasant, made  the caustic remark that  he didn't want to see  the charter application process evolve into  a "celebrity-of-the-month club."
In the end, Sanders' dream of  a charter school which would tie education and sports together for K-12, prevailed.  Read how Sanders described his inspiration and hopes for the charter school to the Dallas Morning News.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Gulen's Harmony School of Political Science to teach American children Turkish Politics




Turkish politics and democracy is a worldwide joke.  Now the Gulen Schools will be teaching Political Science and Communication.  The world knows about Gulen's brand of Freedom of Speech and the arrest of 60 Turkish Journalists.


NEW HARMONY SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND COMMUNICATION
Austin, Texas

Note the obvious Turkish design of the American School

Monday, September 5, 2011

FBI probe of Gulen may include other Cosmos Foundation schools

FBI probe of Gülen may include Abramson, Kenilworth

http://louisianavoice.com/2011/08/12/does-fbi-investigation-of-gulen-include-louisiana-rsd/

From LouisanaVoice – politics at it’s worst

BATON ROUGE (CNS)—There is a common thread that links the Louisiana Recovery School District (RSD), former RSD Superintendent Paul Vallas, RSD-North Superintendent LaVonne Sheffield, Ph.D., and the Fethullah Gülen network of 155 charter schools scattered throughout 28 states, including at least two in Louisiana.
That common thread is the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sheffield, who headed the RSD-North from June 2009 to July 2010, was brought to Baton Rouge by Vallas at a salary of $200,000. She previously worked under Vallas as Chief Accountability Officer for the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) from June of 2004 to July 2008.
She was an unsuccessful candidate for the position of superintendent of East Baton Rouge Parish schools in January of 2009 and was hired as superintendent of the Rockford, Illinois, Public School District later in 2009. She resigned in April of this year halfway through her contract.
While working for Vallas in Philadelphia, an audit by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) determined that nearly $138.4 million in grant funds were either unallowable or inadequately documented. The audit also determined that SDP should return almost $17.7 million in unallowable costs to DOE.
Before that, Sheffield was employed as Chief Academic Officer for the Detroit Public School System from February 2002 to July 2003. While there, she ran up thousands of dollars of charges to her district-issued charge card while on her wedding trip to Las Vegas, records show.
She also worked from December 1993 to May 2000 as Chief of Staff to Cleveland Mayor Michael White and also served as Director of the Department of Port Control and as manager of the $1.4 billion Cleveland Hopkins International Airport expansion project. While there, both she and White were implicated but never charged in an FBI investigation into widespread bribery in the city administration, including the port and airport project.
Both she and Vallas have departed the Louisiana RSD, but the presence of the FBI lingers.
Reports indicate the agency is conducting another investigation, this one into recent revelations about the Abramson Science and Technology Charter School in New Orleans and the Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School in Baton Rouge.
Both schools were operated by Pelican Education Foundation in New Orleans until Abramson’s charter was revoked last month. Pelican is affiliated with Atlas Texas Construction and Trading of Houston. Atlas also operates 38 charter schools in several Texas cities through Cosmos Foundation under the auspices of Harmony Public Schools.
Atlas and Cosmos are all linked to Fethullah Gülen and his network of schools that operate under such innocuous names as Magnolia, Sweetwater, Pioneer, Horizon, Noble, Dove, Bluebonnet, Beehive, Truebright, and, of course, Pelican and Harmony.
The federal investigation, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, does not involve links to terrorism, but centers on charges that the organization uses taxpayer money to bring teachers to this country from Turkey and other countries who are members of the religious group and then requires the teachers to kick back up to 60 percent of their salaries to Gülen’s Hizmet movement.
The Gülen-run schools receive taxpayer funding and also receive private financial support, much of it from the Walton Family, owners of Wal-Mart. The Walton Family Foundation, for example, provided $230,000 in funding for Abramson as recently as 2007.
Gülen, who was forced to flee his native Turkey in 1998 after being charged with attempting to overthrow the secular Turkish government, now resides in a mountain fortress in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania.
He was granted a permanent residency visa as an “alien of extraordinary ability” and as “a leader of award-winning schools for underserved children around the world,” according to his attorneys, even though he does not hold a high school diploma. Now, however, in an effort to ward off investigations, he claims that neither he nor his movement have an affiliation with the charter schools.
The investigations of Gülen and his organization, which federal officials have refused to confirm or deny, are being coordinated by prosecutors in Pennsylvania’s Middle district in Scranton, and involve hundreds of Gülen charter school members nationwide.
Ostensibly, that would include the two Pelican-run schools in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

Gulen Charter Schools in Texas, Harmony Science Academy list of schools

Gulen charter schools in Texas

From CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: 
http://charterschoolscandals.blogspot.com/2011/08/gulen-charter-schools-in-texas.html

STATE
# ACTIVE
# PENDING
# INACTIVE*
TOTAL
TX
40
7
2
49

* Denied, withdrawn, closed, or unknown status. By far, Texas has more Gulen charter schools than any other state. Ohio comes in second, and California comes in third.
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SCHOOLS
(in order of opening)
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – HOUSTON (K-8)
Status
ACTIVE, opened in 2000-2001 for grades 6-12
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
5435 S. Braeswood Blvd., Houston
Website
Notes
Originally a 6-12 school at 5435 S. Braeswood Blvd., this first HSA school expanded and split into two schools. The Braeswood campus was turned into a K-8 school in 2006-2007. The high school was relocated to 9431 W. Sam Houston Pkwy., Houston. Fethullah Gulen left Turkey for the U.S. in March 1998 and has been living reclusively at a compound in rural northeastern Pennsylvania ever since.
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – HOUSTON (HIGH SCHOOL)
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2000-2001
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
9431 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. Houston
Website
Notes
See above
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – AUSTIN
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2002-2003
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
930 E Rundberg Lane, Austin
Website
Notes
K-8
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – DALLAS
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2004-2005
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
11995 Forestgate Dr., Dallas
Website
Notes
K-12
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION – HOUSTON
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2005-2006
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
9421 W. Sam Houston Pkwy., Houston
Website
Notes
K-8
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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – SAN ANTONIO
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2005-2006
Management
Riverwalk Education Foundation, Inc.
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
1450 Northeast Loop 410, San Antonio
Website
Notes
6-12; operated in partnership w/the Cosmos Foundation; Cosmos gets 5% of Riverwalk’s annual state funding under a "Support Services Agreement."  
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – EL PASO
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2006-2007
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
9405 Betel Dr., El Paso
Website
Notes
K-12
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – FORT WORTH
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2006-2007
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
5651 Westcreek Dr., Fort Worth
Website
Notes
K-12
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2006-2007
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
7340 N. Gessner Dr., Houston
Website
Notes
K-8
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – SAN ANTONIO
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2006-2007
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
8505 Lakeside Parkway, San Antonio
Website
Notes
K-12
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – BEAUMONT
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2007-2008
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
4055 Calder Ave., Beaumont
Website
Notes
K-11
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – BRYAN/ COLLEGE STATION
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2007-2008
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
2031 S. Texas Ave., Bryan
Website
Notes
K-12
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – HOUSTON NORTHWEST
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2007-2008
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
16200 Tomball Pkwy., Houston
Website
Notes
K-8
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – LUBBOCK
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2007-2008
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
1516 53rd St., Lubbock
Website
Notes
K-11
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – WACO
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2007-2008
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
1900 N. Valley Mills Dr, Waco
Website
Notes
K-11
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – AUSTIN
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2008-2009
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
11800 Stonehollow Dr., Austin
Website
Notes
K-8
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – NORTH AUSTIN (in Pflugerville)
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2008-2009
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
1421 Wells Branch Pkwy, Pflugerville
Website
Notes
5-12
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – BROWNSVILLE
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2008-2009
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
1124 Central Blvd., Brownsville
Website
Notes
K-10
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – GRAND PRAIRIE
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2008-2009
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
1102 N.W. 7th St., Grand Prairie
Website
Notes
K-10
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON (in Sugar Land)
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2008-2009
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
13415 W. Belfort Ave., Sugar Land
Website
Notes
K-8
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – LAREDO
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2008-2009
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
4401 San Francisco Ave., Laredo
Website
Notes
K-10
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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2008-2009
Management
Riverwalk Education Foundation, Inc.
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
5707 Bandera Road, Leon Valley
Website
Notes
K-8; operated in partnership w/the Cosmos Foundation; Cosmos gets 5% of Riverwalk’s annual state funding under a "Support Services Agreement."   
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – AUSTIN
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2009-2010
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
2100 E St. Elmo Rd., Austin
Website
Notes
K-9   
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION – DALLAS (in Carrollton)
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2009-2010
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
1024 W Rosemeade Pkwy., Carrollton
Website
Notes
K-9
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION – EL PASO
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2009-2010
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
5210 Fairbanks Dr., El Paso
Website
Notes
K-9
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – EULESS
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2009-2010
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
701 S. Industrial Blvd., Euless
Website
Notes
K-9
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE ENDEAVOR – HOUSTON
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2009-2010
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
5668 W. Little York Rd, Houston
Website
Notes
K-8
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF INGENUITY – HOUSTON
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2009-2010
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
10555 Stella Link Rd., Houston
Website
Notes
K-9
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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – ALAMO
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2009-2010
Management
Riverwalk Education Foundation, Inc.
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
12200 Crownpoint Dr., San Antonio
Website
Notes
K-8; operated in partnership w/the Cosmos Foundation; Cosmos gets 5% of Riverwalk’s annual state funding under a "Support Services Agreement."    
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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – CORPUS CHRISTI
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2009-2010
Management
Riverwalk Education Foundation, Inc.
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
4737 South Saratoga Blvd., Corpus Christi
Website
Notes
K-10; operated in partnership w/the Cosmos Foundation; Cosmos gets 5% of Riverwalk’s annual state funding under a "Support Services Agreement."   
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF NATURE AND ATHLETICS – DALLAS
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2010-2011
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
8120 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas
Website
Notes
K-8; new construction, grand opening 1/15/2011
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – GARLAND
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2010-2011
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
2302 Firewheel Pkwy. Garland
Website
Notes
K-8
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF ADVANCEMENT HIGH – HOUSTON
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2010-2011
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
3171 North Sam Houston Pkwy., Houston
Website
Notes
9-12; new construction, ribbon cutting 2/12/1011
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY – HOUSTON
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2010-2011
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
9115 Kirby Dr., Houston
Website
Notes
K-8; official opening ribbon cutting 1/29/2011
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY – HOUSTON
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2010-2011
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
6270 Barker Cypress Rd, Houston
Website
Notes
K-8
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – ODESSA
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2010-2011
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
2755 N. Grandview Ave., Odessa
Website
Notes
K-8
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION – SAN ANTONIO
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2010-2011
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
8125 Glen Mont Dr., San Antonio
Website
Notes
K-8; new building, ribbon cutting 3/25/11
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND COMMUNICATION – AUSTIN
Status
ACTIVE, open 2011-2012
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
13415 FM 620 N., Austin
Website
Notes
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY WEST HOUSTON (in Katy)
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2011-2012
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
22400 Grand Corner Dr., Katy
Website
Notes
K-8; new construction
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE HIGH – SUGAR LAND
Status
ACTIVE, opened 2011-2012
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Authorizer
Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration
Location
13522 W. Airport Blvd., Sugar Land
Website
Notes
9-12; new construction, groundbreaking 2/25/2011
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION – FORT WORTH
Status
PENDING, listed as a school to be opened in 2011-12
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Notes
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HARMONY TEACHER ACADEMY – HOUSTON
Status
PENDING, listed as a school to be opened in 2011-12
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Notes
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS – DALLAS
Status
PENDING, listed as a school to be opened in 2012-13
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Notes
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE – HOUSTON
Status
PENDING, listed as a school to be opened in 2012-13
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Notes
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF NATURE AND ATHLETICS – HOUSTON
Status
PENDING, listed as a school to be opened in 2012-13
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Notes
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SAN ANTONIO
Status
UNKNOWN, construction referred to in Jan 21, 2011 edition of Texas Register in connection with Notice of Public Hearing for Texas Public Finance Authority bonds; school also referred to in Jan 2010 Harmony Public Schools document
Management
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools
Notes
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NEW DIMENSION MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOOL
Status
UNKNOWN, Texas State Board of Education Committee on School Initiatives heard school representatives speak at Generation 15 Charter Interviews September 1-2, 2010
Management
New Dimension Educational Foundation, Inc.
Notes
Representatives for the proposed school were Hasan Coskun, Osman Kanlioglu, Ozgur Ozer
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SCHOOL OF ARTDENTON
Status
Management
New Dimension Educational Foundation, Inc.
Notes
Representatives for the proposed school were Maria Curtis, Kudbettin Aksoy, Osman Kanlioglu, Henry Bowling, and Osman Kazan.
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SCHOOL OF ARTHOUSTON
Status
Management
New Dimension Educational Foundation, Inc.
Notes
Representatives for the proposed school were Maria Curtis, Kudbettin Aksoy, Osman Kanlioglu, Henry Bowling, and Osman Kazan.
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MANAGEMENT
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COSMOS FOUNDATION / HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Federal Tax ID
EIN 760615245
Website
Individuals involved
Names appearing on IRS Form 990s (2002 to 2009): Ali Tekin, Bilal Akin, Burhanettin Kuruscu, Cengizhan Keskin, Cocksun Cetinkaya, Ellen A. MacDonald, Fatih Yigit, Gokturk Tunc, Ibrahim Sel, Iker Gure, Ismet S. Isik, Kadir Almus, Kudbettin Aksoy, Levent Bulut, Lynn Mitchell, Mehmet Okumus, Mustafa Atik, Mustafa Guvercin, Mustafa Ozen, Nihat Guvercin, Oner Ulvi Celepicikay, Ozgur Ozer, Selahattin Aydin, Soner Tarim, Tevik Eski, Umit Pecin, Yetkin Yildirim
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RIVERWALK EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC.
Federal Tax ID
EIN 010758906
Website
None
Individuals involved
Names appearing on Form 990s (2004 to 2009): Ali Tekin, Ayhan Oruc, Bulent Dogan, Bulent Gumus, Christopher John Gieske [sic Gieseke], Emrah Oral, Kamil Yilmaz, Kemal [aka Mark] Namver, Metin Ekren, Mithat Karabulut, Roland Campos, Turgay Korkmaz
Notes
This organization's schools are operated in partnership w/the Cosmos Foundation; Cosmos gets 5% of Riverwalk’s annual state funding under a "Support Services Agreement" (see below).
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NEW DIMENSION EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC.
Federal Tax ID
EIN 010758906
Website
None
Individuals involved
Names appearing on Form 990 for 2003 (only year available at NCCS): Henry Bowling, Kamil Sarac, Matthew Rogovein, Osman Kazan. Additional sources connect Osman Kanlioglu and Serdal Kirmizialtin to the organization.
Notes
During the interview for New Dimension Math and Science School on September 2010, it was noted that the “corporate status of the sponsoring entity was forfeited in 2008. A representative of the proposed school stated that it has since been reinstated, and the entity is in good standing.”
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1. LEARN MORE about the Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools HERE and HERE and HERE.

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2. LIST OF LOCATIONS

Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools = 36 schools
  • Austin - 5
  • Beaumont - 1
  • Brownsville - 1
  • Bryan/College Station - 1
  • Carrollton - 1
  • Dallas -2
  • El Paso -2
  • Euless - 1
  • Fort Worth -1
  • Garland - 1
  • Grand Prairie -1
  • Houston - 13*
  • Laredo -1
  • Lubbock -1
  • Odessa - 1
  • San Antonio -2
  • Waco -1

Riverwalk Education Foundation’s Schools of Science and Technology schools = 4 schools
  • Corpus Christi -1
  • Leon Valley -1
  • San Antonio - 2

* Houston is also where the Gulen Institute, the multi-state branched Institute of Interfaith Dialog and Raindrop Turkish House (both Gulenist organizations) are located. It is also the home to some of the Gulen movement's most prominent non-native Turkish American supporters, namely William Martin and Helen Rose Ebaugh. In other words, the fact that Houston has a high concentration of Gulen charter schools is not a coincidence.

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3. "SUPPORT SERVICE AGREEMENTS"


Cosmos is in “Support Service Agreements” with the following organizations:
http://ccweb.co.fort-bend.tx.us:15505/docs/2011/CCTR/20110510_2258/3717_Cosmos%20Foundation%20Borrower%20Charter%20Schools.pdf  (p. B-3)
  • Riverwalk Education Foundation w/four charter schools in Texas
  • Millennium Education Foundation w/two charter schools in Missouri
  • SKY Foundation w/ four charter schools in Oklahoma
  • Pelican Educational Foundation w/two charter schools in Louisiana
  • Focus Foundation w/ one charter school in New Mexico
  • Read Foundation w/ one charter school in Tennessee
  • Little Scholars of Arkansas Foundation w/two charter schools in Arkansas
Cosmos “...provides support services in the following areas: school start up; facility management; financial consulting and advisory; professional leadership; technology and database support; student admissions; marketing and employee recruiting; curriculum and assessment; student development and school climate; cooperation with home-school, external organizations and science fair organizations; and academic and non-academic performance.”
  • Cosmos gets 5% of Riverwalk’s annual state funding
  • Cosmos gets 3% of Millennium’s annual state funding
  • Cosmos gets 3% of SKY Foundation’s annual state funding
  • Cosmos gets 5% of Pelican’s annual state funding
  • Cosmos gets flat fee of $45,000/year from the Focus Foundation
  • Cosmos gets 3% of the Read Foundation’s annual state funding
  • Cosmos gets 3% of LISA’s annual state funding

“In fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, the Borrower received an aggregate of approximately $2.7 million in revenue from such Support Service Agreements.”

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4. Texas schools in alphabetical order
  1. Harmony School of Advancement High – Houston
  2. Harmony School of Art And Technology – Houston
  3. Harmony School of Business – Dallas (Pending)
  4. Harmony School of Discovery – Houston
  5. Harmony School of Excellence – Austin
  6. Harmony School of Excellence – Houston
  7. Harmony School of Excellence - San Antonio (Pending)
  8. Harmony School of Excellence Endeavor – Houston
  9. Harmony School of Ingenuity – Houston
  10. Harmony School of Innovation – Dallas
  11. Harmony School of Innovation – El Paso
  12. Harmony School of Innovation – Fort Worth (Pending)
  13. Harmony School of Innovation – Houston
  14. Harmony School of Innovation – San Antonio
  15. Harmony School of Language – Houston (Pending)
  16. Harmony School of Nature And Athletics – Dallas
  17. Harmony School of Nature And Athletics – Houston (Pending)
  18. Harmony School of Political Science And Communication – Austin
  19. Harmony School of Science – Austin
  20. Harmony School of Science – Houston
  21. Harmony School of Science High – Sugar Land
  22. Harmony Science Academy – Austin
  23. Harmony Science Academy – Beaumont
  24. Harmony Science Academy – Brownsville
  25. Harmony Science Academy – Bryan/ College Station
  26. Harmony Science Academy – Dallas
  27. Harmony Science Academy – El Paso
  28. Harmony Science Academy – Euless
  29. Harmony Science Academy – Fort Worth
  30. Harmony Science Academy – Garland
  31. Harmony Science Academy – Grand Prairie
  32. Harmony Science Academy – Houston
  33. Harmony Science Academy – Houston High
  34. Harmony Science Academy – Houston Northwest
  35. Harmony Science Academy – Laredo
  36. Harmony Science Academy – Lubbock
  37. Harmony Science Academy – North Austin
  38. Harmony Science Academy – Odessa
  39. Harmony Science Academy – San Antonio
  40. Harmony Science Academy – Waco
  41. Harmony Science Academy West Houston
  42. Harmony Teacher Academy – Houston (Pending)
  43. New Dimension Math and Science School (Pending)
  44. School of Art Denton (Inactive)
  45. School of Art Houston (Inactive)
  46. School of Science and Technology – Alamo
  47. School of Science and Technology – Corpus Christi
  48. School of Science and Technology – San Antonio
  49. School of Science and Technology Discovery