Written by Seth O’Bryan, Rights and Responsibilities teacher: Super creative community artist Shawn Dunwoody is working with the Rights and Responsibilities class to build a mural to be placed at a community garden in the city of Rochester. Rights and Responsibilities is a mandatory 9th grade trimester course that focuses...
On Thursday, April 21, the fourth Commons Speaker Series presentation was held in the BCCE. This event featured five of the current student leaders associated with the various strands or tracks of the Commons: design and innovation; sustainability and data systems; community engagement; social justice and advocacy; and overall student...
There was great turn out at Washington Square Park in Rochester on the eve of Earth Day. Many local and regional organizations showed up to support efforts to curb climate change and to march in solidarity through downtown to help raise awareness about this urgent environmental need. Many members of...
Written by Seth O’Bryan, the Living Building class teacher Dr. Susan Spencer of ROCSPOT made a return trip to Harley in April to work with the Living Building class. She worked with the students to study the solar chimneys in the greenhouse and also give feedback on the mini-solar heaters...
The Rochester Youth Climate Leaders met during Earth Week for their first official student-run meeting. The leadership team of Tierra Cherelin, Jacob LaDue, Thomas Neumaier, Benny Smith and Liam Smith opened the meeting by introducing themselves and the specific areas of interest they would help lead within the organization. After...
Written by Kit Taylor, class of 2018, and Jocie Kopfman, Commons Educator: March 8th marks the date of International Women’s Day. The idea and creation of International Women’s day is to commend the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women around the world. The Harley community is filled and...
Blog post written by Seth O’Bryan, Commons Co-Director and Living Building class teacher: “Time is money,” is a popular adage I often hear. If you have walked through the main Gallery recently, then you might have noticed the new water fountain. It contains a motion sensor water bottle filler...
AP® Physics Students Seek Nobel Glory Field Trip to a Master Class at the University of Rochester Thursday, 26 February, 2016 Guest blogger: Dr Rob Szalapski, Harley Physics instructor (Figures taken from Wikipedia. Photos by Art Rothfuss) Field Trip The AP Physics students made an all-day trip to The University...
The previously named Youth Climate Leaders Summit met again, this time at the Genesee Community Charter School. The 6th Grade students from that school had to miss last month’s meeting, since they were traveling to Boston, Washington DC, Madison, and Portland to study Green Schools for their expedition on climate...
In conjunction with Robert Staehle’s visit to Rochester and Harley as a Commons speaker, we were delighted to also welcome his wife, Lori Paul. Lori has the distinction of being one of the first female zookeepers in the United States (Los Angeles Zoo), is an avid conservationists and expert on...
