There’s just something about fall and catapults…. Both 8th Grade and 4th Grade students built catapults (or less formal launchers) as part of their science classes. As punkin’ chunkin’ devices can be found at most farms this time of year, it was time for our students to try their engineering...
As part of their “Blank Tape” series of concerts, the Institute for Creative Music returned to the Briggs Center for Civic Engagement to share new pieces and community collaboration. The evening started off with the members of the IfCM “collective” performing pieces written by the members. The members of the...
As a follow up to collecting 4,184 acorns this fall, Primary C helped start our Oak Tree Nursery out by the Commons. Chris Hartman’s Farm and Community class built the raised bed garden frame and squirrel screen. Together, the students from PC and Farm and Community (mostly 10th graders) helped...
This past Thursday, Connie Moore (5/6 English teacher) and Raj Singaravelu (5/6 History teacher) spent the day in the Briggs Center for Civic Engagement with their 6th Grade students. The classes were combined to discuss Christopher Columbus and Columbus Day was planned with an integrated humanities approach. The students worked...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Students in Kaitlin Bates’ science classes in 5th and 6th Grade designed and created Earth Day posters to raise awareness for how we can all work to protect and preserve our planet. The gallery of posters is below, and you can see that the topics range from recycling, reducing CO2,...
Monsieur Blanc worked with the fourth grade students in the Commons Project Space to construct and paint bird houses. Bart is a huge supporter and organizer of our Harley Bird educational efforts, and this project complimented both that ongoing study and the fourth grade’s service outreach to Lollypop Farm. The...
