The exciting culminating Geography Bee Game Show was this past Thursday afternoon in the Briggs Center for Civic Engagement. The final grade-level teams (decided through preliminary rounds earlier in the week) engaged in heated head-to-head team and individual competition while the rest of the Middle School cheered them on from...
We are pleased to have students as our guest bloggers now that we are in full swing in the Commons. One such student is Seeley Taylor, president of the 10th Grade class and chair of the Commons Student Council. She is also a member of the Living Building class. She...
On Friday, March 7th, a group of students from School Without Walls and their teacher, Samantha Brody, joined our 9th Grade Rights and Responsibilities class in the Briggs Center for Civic Engagement to discuss and dialogue about hunger in the Rochester area. The morning began with the students breaking out...
Guest Speaker in the Briggs Center for Civic Engagment Returning from our February break, we started this week with a special guest speaker. Andre Langston, manager of WDKX (103.9 FM) radio station, is the son of the station’s founder, Andrew Langston. As an appropriate conclusion to the Third Grade’s study...
This year’s Science Fair took over the bigger spaces in the Commons. The Briggs Center for Civic Engagement held the projects of the 5th and 6th graders and the Workshop, Project Space and Greenhouse held the science projects and STEM creations of the 3rd and 4th graders. Wandering from the...
This week marked the starting point of students and faculty working together to keep the common spaces of the Commons clean. The common spaces are those area which are used by everyone, but for which no one in particular is responsible. As the role of students managing the building grows...
“I don’t always write computer programs, but when I do….” These fine gentlemen are working hard on the technical side of collecting data from the various systems in the Commons and making sure that there is way for those systems to share information in a way for students to compare...
We were excited to once again host the American Red Cross blood drive at Harley. With volunteers from Mrs. Northrup’s health class, many donors were gently ushered through the donation process, then refueled at the end. It was another great opportunity to use the Briggs Center for Civic Engagement, and...
On one of the snowy days when it was warm enough to head outside, these photos were taken of the now-completed Commons. Quite a stunning building in winter!
After just three days of fully using the Commons (thanks, Polar Vortex), we held the grand Commons Unveiling opening events for our Harley community! The day began right off with a full school assembly to honor and thank all of the people who have invested time, thought, effort and money...
