On Tuesday, December 1st, Evan Dawson (host of WXXI’s Connections talk show) was the featured presented on the Commons Speaker Series, speaking on confirmation bias and what it would take to change one’s mind. The BCCE was full with nearly 100 audience members, and as expected, the evening’s presentation and...
From Commons Educator, Ja’Daiza Johnson: The Food and Farm lab students took a trip to Headwater Food Hub and Lagoner Farm last week. At the Hub, they learned about how they source and distribute local organic food to families, restaurants, and schools in the Rochester area. They also learned about...
From Seth O’Bryan and Jocie Kopfman, Rights & Responsibilities class teachers: Jackie Campbell, director of The Children’s Agenda alliance and ROC the Future, spoke to the Rights and Responsibilities class on Monday, November 16th. Learning more from local leaders about efforts to improve Rochester and address areas of concern helps...
From 5th and 6th Grade Science teacher, Anneke Nordmark: In the first weeks of school, 6th graders made observations of Allens Creek where it borders Harley’s campus. After a heavy rain storm, we went back outside and observed some differences in the location of sediment along the banks. We discussed...
From Seth O’Bryan, Living Building class instructor: This Monday, November 16th, Abby McHugh-Grifa and Sue Hughes-Smith of the Rochester People’s Climate Coalition (RPCC) spoke to the Living Building class about climate change and the ways in which they can be activists in addressing it locally. Abby and Sue shared...
From Carli Rivers, 7th and 8th Grade Science teacher: As part of the chemistry (Bernoulli’s Principle), physics (lift, drag, weight), and engineering portions of the eighth grade science course, we partnered with the Design and Innovation Lab to learn all about kites. In the first phase of the project, students...
From the Living Building Class members: With eye-popping art, the Living Building Class has redesigned the west end of Flag Hall in the Commons. We have included solar facts and jokes, weekly net energy reports, the weather, and the news (local and within the community). We have done this to...
From 5th and 6th Grade Science teacher, Anneke Nordmark: In the first weeks of school, 5th graders visited Allens Creek, which borders Harley’s campus to the south, to make observations of terrestrial and aquatic habitats. We planned to study these types of habitats over a period of time and decided...
It was a sunny and warm afternoon in October when the Class of 2024 made their way to the varsity soccer field to throw around some pumpkins! The fourth grade students were challenged to create a device at home which would propel either a candy pumpkin or a real pumpkin/gourd....
The eager students in the Food and Farm Lab class worked last week to harvest the honey from our two resident bee hives, with the expert help of Adriana Lozada and Arthur Rothfuss. The flats which were full of honey and had been capped off with wax were removed (after...
