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...
Living Building The Commons is a high-tech building. There are many different systems that can be manipulated to allow for the greatest energy efficiency. They are not easy systems to learn and understand. That is where the Living Building class plays an important role. Living Building was an Upper...
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,...
The class banners at Harley all have special symbols and meaning, each connected to specific classes who are currently in school and alumni. Flag Hall, a connecting 2-story hallway between the east and west sides of the building, was a gathering place for students for many years where the original...
After a few weeks of growing lettuce in the 7th Grade hydroponic prototypes, it was time to evaluate how the different models worked. Mrs. Rivers and Mr. Hartman took the classes out to the greenhouse to harvest a few choice leaves from each team’s crop to sample, then they did...
The Project Space has seen some great activities and planned events, but sometimes the best use of the space is when it is spontaneous. If you want to know what spontaneous means, just look up Dan O’Brien in the dictionary. Mr. O’Brien (the math one) took his 7th Grade Pre-Algebra...
Recently, we were able to have the fantastic team from Design Imaging Studios tour the Commons and capture the beautiful architecture and feel of the spaces. Rich Paprocki photographed the spaces, and the team at the studios finished them as the stunning photos you will see below. Christian Scully wrote...
