On May 15th, the sixth grade students from Genessee Community Charter School visited Harley to check out the Commons and work with our sixth grade students on questions of sustainability. The students started the day with a tour of the Commons by Chris Hartman. Their year-long study and focus has...
We welcome Seeley Taylor back to the blog after interviewing Mrs. Carli Rivers, 7th and 8th Grade science teacher. Seeley interviewed Carli Rivers to see how she has been taking advantage of the spaces and the technology. Seeley met Mrs. Rivers four years ago when she first came to Harley....
On Thursday, May 8th, the Harley School hosted an incredibly meaningful and powerful event in the Briggs Center for Civic Engagement. As an offshoot of discussions taking place in the 9th Grade Rights and Responsibilities class, Seth O’Bryan and Chris Hartman have been collaborating with filmmaker Carvin Eison around his...
In case you haven’t seen it up and running, the flat-screen television at the entrance to the second floor by the science classrooms is now displaying data about The Commons’ energy use and production. Thanks to Richard Lange, Max Bednarcyk and the ongoing work of the web design club in...
On Thursday, May 8th, the Briggs Center for Civic Engagement was transformed into a full-on fiddling zone! The Fiddlers of the Genesee returned to continue their side-by-side work with our string students in the Middle and Upper Schools, and the result was a rousing barn-dance style event! Kelly Schroeder’s 7th...
You may recall that several of our Middle School students organized themselves for a fundraiser for Alex’s Lemonade this fall. This same intrepid group mobilized again recently to hold several bake sales in the Middle School during the March Madness season to help raise money for The Commons and Alex’s...
On Thursday, April 24, the seventh graders went to the Greenhouse to harvest the robust growth of the hydroponic basil trials. The basil was picked and then taken to the Harley dining hall where Vicki and her amazing crew were planning to make something delicious with it for Friday’s lunch.
All of the Commons construction video footage taken from the Upper School faculty room window was edited by Aimee Lewis’ intern, Laura DeMartino, so that it could be projected on the flat-screen television in the lobby of the Commons. You can see the 12-month effort condensed into two minutes below…....
The Commons had its official public grand opening this morning, significantly held on Earth Day! We were honored to have Brighton Town Supervisor Bill Moehle join us, as well as other respected guests. Members of the Hawkins family, from whom Harley acquired the vintage barn which so ably supports our...
In honor of Earth Day, the students of Nursery Blue and the 5th Grade Science class trekked to Allens Creek on Monday to pick up litter and generally clean up the grounds. The students took advantage of the great weather (unlike the actual rainy Earth Day today!) and collected four...
