Harmony Union School District, Occidental, CA

Notice to the Community:

All school playgrounds and public parks are closed under the Governor's current executive order until further notice. This includes the Harmony campus, field, playgrounds, nature trail, parking lots, garden area or any open access area. Only essential staff is allowed on campus, unless permission is granted by the Superintendent.

Welcome to our school

Harmony Union School District is here to provide for the academic, social, and emotional growth of children in a challenging, creative and safe environment. Harmony Union School District will empower students to become life-long learners able to make informed decisions, become productive citizens, and responsible stewards of the environment.

Our Values as an Educational Community

As educators we all believe:

Students leaving our schools will demonstrate respect for themselves, for their peers, adults, and all living things, the environment and their school.
We are all responsible and accountable for our actions.
All children can and want to learn.
We will inspire children to become enthusiastic life-long learners; the whole community shares the responsibility for life-long education of all students.
Our students and staff will demonstrate compassion and tolerance.
With our help, our students will make meaningful connections between their education and their environment.
Our students will learn and appreciate the value of a healthy lifestyle.

Our Vision for this Educational Community

Our staff will teach to the skill levels, learning styles, and cultural uniqueness of each of our students and utilize hands-on activities and technology through integrated instruction.
As the foundation of the school curriculum, place-based learning will enable our students to become effective stewards of their environment. In this process students will become critical and creative thinkers, effective communicators, and problem solvers.
Students will develop skills necessary to live a healthy lifestyle through comprehensive counseling, school garden, health and Physical Eduction programs.
Our schools will encourage and support parents in being active partners within the school community and to provide a supportive learning environment at home.

Our Goals for this Educational Community

Students will engage in a rigorous academic curriculum that is differentiated and grounded in real-world experiences and applications.
Students will access, evaluate, and responsibly use both print and technological resources.
Students will be eco-literate citizens who care about the environment and are empowered to make a difference.

Students will exercise positive leadership, valuing and supporting one another as contributing citizens of our community and world.

Students will have the knowledge and confidence to make healthy nutritional choices, live physically active lives, and demonstrate social and emotional awareness.