As part of their afternoon expeditions, some 5th Grade Horizons students worked with Ja’Daiza Johnson (Harley ’07) on step routines. This especially rainy summer called for some creative use of spaces, and the BCCE proved to be the perfect spot for this athletic and energetic activity. The acoustics of the...
The middle school students attending our Horizons at Harley program this summer are given a variety of expeditions to pursue. These two-week-long courses offer them the change to really dig into some hands-on learning and then take trips around the Rochester area which support the material learned in the classes....
On Friday, June 27th, the BCCE was a hot spot for entrepreneurs with their new sustainable business start-ups. Hosted by Arunas Chesonis and Cranberry Capital, CEOs and representatives from a variety of technologically-innovative companies shared their early work and plans for market launch for their products. The morning began with...
New Benches for the LS Playground The two seniors who were serving their internship with Chris Hartman these past three weeks worked hard to build some much-needed outdoor furniture. Matt Andrews and Malcolm Reick proudly moved two benches to the Lower School playground! After they tested out a few models,...
Even though this excellent design-thinking project wasn’t completed in the Commons, it fully and entirely embraces many of the goals we have for how the students will collaborate, think outside the box, prototype/test/re-built/re-test, and offer feedback on each others’ work. With just enough guidance from Jim Tiffin to get started,...
Houston, we have lettuce…. Remember the hydroponic prototypes the 7th grade students made a while ago? Well, they voted on the designs that proved the most successful in terms of plant growth and they created full-sized working models. These vertical models are suspended from the balcony to the floor in...
At long last, the much-anticipated reschedule of the Jammin’ at the Commons interactive community concert (which was originally planned for March, but was cancelled due to monster snow) happened in the Briggs Center for Civic Engagement on Sunday, May 18th. The musicians originally involved in the project came from Harley,...
The grading and hydro-seeding are complete, and we have begun to reclaim ground for the Middle School playground. Some recent additions have been a tether ball court (complete with student-built viewing bench) and rock circle for sitting… There have been some fierce tether ball challenges thrown down in the past...
As is fitting for the space, the Briggs Center for Civic Engagement now has a beautiful student-designed and built podium! Complete with a Harley crest carved by the computer-programmed router, the podium was created from the original Hawkins’ barn wood. Thanks to Matt Andrews and Malcolm Rieck for their excellent...
As a great follow-up to the fun fiddling adventure with the Fiddlers of the Genesee, Harley Middle School string players and Kelly Schroeder strolled around the grounds of the Lilac Festival, playing at frequent intervals between the rain downpours. Thanks to the parents to drove and walked around with the...
