Harmony Ed: Cologne | Important Information (August Touchpoint Email)

by | Aug 16, 2025 | News Minnesota

Hello Cologne Academy Online/Harmony Families and Scholars,

We are excited for another year with Cologne Academy Online, partnered with Harmony Educational Services. We look forward to serving your students and are honored to be a part of their educational journey. It will be an awesome year for learning and growing.

In this Touchpoint

  • Calendar
  • Family Focus Friday
  • Resource Ordering
  • Get Social

    Calendar
    August 19: Preconferences – look for an email to sign up between 9:30AM – 3:00PM
    August 25: First Day of School
    Sep 1: Labor Day (No School)
    Oct 15-17: Fall Break (No School)
    Nov 25: End of Trimester 1
    Nov 26-28: Thanksgiving Break (No School)
    Dec 24-Jan 2: Winter Break (No School)

    Family Focus Friday

    Join us for our interactive Family Focus Fridays sessions designed to support and empower parents in the homeschooling journey.

    What to Expect:

    Practical tips for utilizing the curriculum offered by Harmony Q&A sessions to address specific     family curriculum needs

    Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm MDT/MST

    Location: Google Meets: meet.google.com/ckw-pyow-fyw

    Dates and Curriculum/Program covered:

    8/29/25: Exploring Canvas

    9/12/25: How to Use Harmony Choice Add-ons

    10/17/25: Moby Max 

    10/31/25: Portfolio

    11/14/25: Bright Thinker

    12/12/25: DreamBox

    1/16/26: Aleks 

    		 1/30/26 Electives

    2/13/26 Moby Max 

    2/27/26 Edgenuity

    3/13/26 Bright Thinker 

    3/27/26 Edementum

    4/10/26 DreamBox 

    4/24/26 Mixed Bag Q&A

    Resource Ordering
    The Harmony program offers the ability to order resources with left over funds your student might have after taking care of their required courses. Below are some examples of resources. Please talk with Haley Steele if you are interested in this service.

     

    • Request Technology: Order laptops or PCs with funding, if needed.
    • Request Educational Supplies & Resources: You can order all your general supplies, workbooks, textbooks, pencils, art supplies, museum membership, etc. You can submit items from multiple websites.
    • Request 3rd Party Payments: Once your 3rd party vendors are approved, funds can go toward payment of dance classes, karate classes, swim classes, etc. You will receive a check to pay them once it is processed. If your child is taking a full-year class, make sure to split up the payments and only pay by semester.
    • Internet Payments: Use this to request up to $225 payable to your internet service provider per semester. Note: This is limited to one per family.
    • Request Curriculum Subscriptions and/or Kits: You can purchase subscriptions as an extra resource (i.e. MobyMax, Dreambox, etc.).
    • Request Reimbursement: Reimbursements can be submitted up to 10 times per year – once for each month of the school year. Receipts dated May 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026 can be submitted.
    • Request Educational Subscriptions: Educational subscriptions include subscriptions for Tinker Crate, ABC Mouse, Kiwi Crate, and dozens of other educational subscription options.
       

    Get Social
    Are you part of our growing community of Harmony parents? If not, please join us and get social. It’s a great place to share what is working with your family, ask questions of other parents, and receive updates on Harmony news.

    Haley Steele, Program Manager (hsteele@harmonyed.com)
    Sarah Chellen, Teacher of Record (schellen@cologneacademy.org)