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...
As a follow up to the previous PLANTS post on the 7th Grade science students designing and building hydroponic structures, here is a video of the prototypes pumping water and watering their sprouting lettuce plants. You will notice plenty of wires close to water, but be assured that these pumps...
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...
Here’s an update on how the Salad Project has progressed and evolved since the late fall. With the opening of the Greenhouse space in the Commons, Chris Hartman and his students have been eagerly designing and experimenting with hydroponic growing sites indoors. Sugar snap pea sprouts are emerging from the...
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...
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...
Over the past month, Harley’s Commons, greenhouse (The Salad Project) and Hospice Program have been featured in local and national media. The links to the two “Go Green” segments on WROC Channel 8 News can be found below. Go Green: School Grows Its Own Food Go Green: The Commons Mindful...
The last few weeks have focused on finishing up the interior of the Commons, but a few obvious additions can be seen on the roof. These solar panels will be responsible for heating the water of the building, hopefully eliminating the need for any traditional hot water heaters. The view...
Two recent images capture some new developments at The Commons. The first is a collaborative art project of a Harley Acorn, created by using 6″x6″ squares of blue, green and brown paper collages which were then assembled into acorn form, if you look at it from a distance. The project...
During the Homecoming events this fine weekend, workers were still taking care of business inside the Commons. These are the most recent shots of the construction progress.
