Guest Speaker in the Briggs Center for Civic Engagment Returning from our February break, we started this week with a special guest speaker. Andre Langston, manager of WDKX (103.9 FM) radio station, is the son of the station’s founder, Andrew Langston. As an appropriate conclusion to the Third Grade’s study...
Here’s an update on how the Salad Project has progressed and evolved since the late fall. With the opening of the Greenhouse space in the Commons, Chris Hartman and his students have been eagerly designing and experimenting with hydroponic growing sites indoors. Sugar snap pea sprouts are emerging from the...
This year’s Science Fair took over the bigger spaces in the Commons. The Briggs Center for Civic Engagement held the projects of the 5th and 6th graders and the Workshop, Project Space and Greenhouse held the science projects and STEM creations of the 3rd and 4th graders. Wandering from the...
The Center for Mindfulness and Empathy Education sponsored a mini-residency with Daniel Rechtschaffen of the Omega Institute. During his three days at Harley, he met with many grade-level classes, as well as faculty and administrators, and then led a day-long workshop on Mindfulness & Education. Here is a brief clip...
This week marked the starting point of students and faculty working together to keep the common spaces of the Commons clean. The common spaces are those area which are used by everyone, but for which no one in particular is responsible. As the role of students managing the building grows...
