Rights and Responsibilities — field study

Community Engagement Outing: July ‘64 Tour — by Jocie Kopfman and Lars Kuelling On a rainy Friday, November 3rd, the Trimester I Rights & Responsibilities class (required for all 9th graders) took a trip to downtown Rochester to hear first-hand memories of the July 1964 race rebellion and gain context...

Rochester Global Connections visitors

In early October, Harley was proud and honored to host a group of women leaders from African nations and Haiti who were part of the Department of State’s professional exchange program, International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), to learn more about the topic of women political leaders. Rochester Global Connections was...

Commons Series #1 — Dr. Mark Zupan

Harley was proud and honored to have Dr. Mark Zupan as our featured speaker at the first Commons Series event of the school  year. Mark Zupan is a Harley parent (’10 and ’14), past Board of Trustees president, and current President of Alfred University. His latest book, Inside Job: How...

New Teachers and Commons Courses

For the 2017-18 school year, we are pleased to introduce two new faculty members in the Commons and one new collaborative course! You can meet the new educators below and read more about the course offerings in the Commons for Trimester I.   Meet Lisa Barker, Food and Farm Coordinator....

Commons Speaker Series — #9 Fake News vs. Journalism

On May 31st, Harley hosted “Fake News vs. Journalism” as part of our Commons Speaker Series. The interactive talk focused on the role of journalism in civic engagement, featuring local experts, Erica Bryant and Rajesh Barnabas. This Rochester storytelling power couple took turns addressing their own engagement with media and...