What can we learn from this amazing building we inhabit, and what is it trying to tell us? Thanks to last year’s Living Building class and our Engineer in Residence, Richard Lange, we have an abundance of sensors all around the Commons constantly reporting back data to our Commons Control...
This fall, new ideas, equipment and plants are popping up all over the Commons and Beckerman! The first bit of news is about the sprouting lettuce plants that have been nurtured in the Greenhouse by the Farm and Community class and will soon be planted in the Harley Organic Micro-farm....
We are so excited to begin this 2014-15 school year IN the Commons! As part of the continuing evolution of the building as our teacher, we are delighted to add two capable and vivacious women to Harley in support of the programs and activities in the Commons. They are our...
The middle school students attending our Horizons at Harley program this summer are given a variety of expeditions to pursue. These two-week-long courses offer them the change to really dig into some hands-on learning and then take trips around the Rochester area which support the material learned in the classes....
New Benches for the LS Playground The two seniors who were serving their internship with Chris Hartman these past three weeks worked hard to build some much-needed outdoor furniture. Matt Andrews and Malcolm Reick proudly moved two benches to the Lower School playground! After they tested out a few models,...
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,...
At long last, the much-anticipated reschedule of the Jammin’ at the Commons interactive community concert (which was originally planned for March, but was cancelled due to monster snow) happened in the Briggs Center for Civic Engagement on Sunday, May 18th. The musicians originally involved in the project came from Harley,...
The grading and hydro-seeding are complete, and we have begun to reclaim ground for the Middle School playground. Some recent additions have been a tether ball court (complete with student-built viewing bench) and rock circle for sitting… There have been some fierce tether ball challenges thrown down in the past...
As is fitting for the space, the Briggs Center for Civic Engagement now has a beautiful student-designed and built podium! Complete with a Harley crest carved by the computer-programmed router, the podium was created from the original Hawkins’ barn wood. Thanks to Matt Andrews and Malcolm Rieck for their excellent...
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...
