There was great turn out at Washington Square Park in Rochester on the eve of Earth Day. Many local and regional organizations showed up to support efforts to curb climate change and to march in solidarity through downtown to help raise awareness about this urgent environmental need. Many members of...
Written by Seth O’Bryan, the Living Building class teacher Dr. Susan Spencer of ROCSPOT made a return trip to Harley in April to work with the Living Building class. She worked with the students to study the solar chimneys in the greenhouse and also give feedback on the mini-solar heaters...
The Rochester Youth Climate Leaders met during Earth Week for their first official student-run meeting. The leadership team of Tierra Cherelin, Jacob LaDue, Thomas Neumaier, Benny Smith and Liam Smith opened the meeting by introducing themselves and the specific areas of interest they would help lead within the organization. After...
Blog post written by Seth O’Bryan, Commons Co-Director and Living Building class teacher: “Time is money,” is a popular adage I often hear. If you have walked through the main Gallery recently, then you might have noticed the new water fountain. It contains a motion sensor water bottle filler...
The previously named Youth Climate Leaders Summit met again, this time at the Genesee Community Charter School. The 6th Grade students from that school had to miss last month’s meeting, since they were traveling to Boston, Washington DC, Madison, and Portland to study Green Schools for their expedition on climate...
In conjunction with Robert Staehle’s visit to Rochester and Harley as a Commons speaker, we were delighted to also welcome his wife, Lori Paul. Lori has the distinction of being one of the first female zookeepers in the United States (Los Angeles Zoo), is an avid conservationists and expert on...
In what is becoming an ever-expanding event at Harley, the STEAM Fair (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) was held all over campus on Thursday evening, February 12th. Science projects from 3rd-6th grade students were shared along with penguin habitats by Primary Two, many technology projects, some math challenges, and...
One of our former Commons speakers, solar scientist Dr. Susan Spencer of ROCSPOT, returned to campus on Tuesday, Feb. 9, to make new and deeper connections. In an effort to continue to forge meaningful and mutually-beneficial community connections, we asked Dr. Spencer to plug in again to share her expertise....
As part of their study of electricity, the third grade students and teachers have been working with Chris Hartman and Ja’Daiza Johnson on an exciting proposal: taking the Centrum off the grid! The students learned about the basics of electron flow, circuits, polarity of batteries, and more. They then met...
Martin Luther King Day not only was a day-on for service opportunities around the area, but it also provided a day when all area schools were not in session. This allowed the Youth Climate Leaders Summit group to meet again conveniently. This second meeting of involved and invested students concerned...
