Harmony High School
Encyclopedia
Academic Departments
Advanced Placement Courses,Army JROTC,
Art Education,
Business Education,
Career Paths,
Drama,
Dual Enrollment,
English,
ESE ESOL,
Family and Consumer Sciences,
Foreign Language,
Health /Physical Education,
Marketing,
Mathematics,
Media /Technology,
Music,
Science,
Sex Ed,
Social Studies
Extracurricular activities
Harmony High School hosts numerous extracurricular activities. In the 2008-2009 school year, Harmony had the following extracurricular activities. Band, Robotics, International Travelers Club, Spanish Club, FCCLA, Art Club, Best Buddies, French Club, Ballroom Dance Team, FCA, National Honor Society, Interact Club, Longhorn Legion, Math Club, FEA-FEAHS, Drill Team, Chorus, Bowling Club, Yearbook, Student Government, NewspaperAthletic Teams at Harmony
The Longhorn Athletic Department has had some success in its first five years, winning several FHSAA district and regional championships. Harmony has produced 2 individual state champions in boys weightlifting and girls discus, as well as several other state finalists. The Longhorn Athletic Department has won the OBC All Sports Trophy twice.Additionally, eleven Harmony athletic teams have been honored by Osceola School District for highest GPA's among teams in Osceola county.
- BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- CheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
- Cross country runningCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- Flag FootballFlag footballFlag football is a version of Canadian football or American football that is popular worldwide. The basic rules of the game are similar to those of the mainstream game , but instead of tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt from the ball carrier to end...
- FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
- GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Soccer
- SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
- TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- WeightliftingPowerliftingPowerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman...
- WrestlingScholastic wrestlingScholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
Demographics
- School Enrollment: 1816
- White students: 1325
- Black students: 5
- Hispanic students: 512
- Asian students: 18
- Native American students: 10
- Multiracial: 70
- Female students: 872
- Male students: 944
- School grade: B