Mr. O’Bryan’s Math Topics class finished their game and took it to the Second Grade to test out. The students had a great time playing it and offered good feedback to the Upper School students… To see the original post from the start of this project, please click here.
Harley Commons was well represented by Leaders In Residence Jocie Kopfman and Ja’Daiza Johnson at the George Eastman House for the Fast Forward Film Festival… The Fast Forward Film Festival invited emerging and established filmmakers from the greater Rochester area to submit to the inaugural 2015 Fast Forward Film Festival....
Two recent events were held in the Briggs Center for Civic Engagement that are not directly related to Harley, but are great examples of how The Commons serves as a venue for passionate and curious learners in the community to gather together with common purpose. Rogue Music Education Conference 2015:...
After long last, and after a concerted effort by the Commons Student Council, we have cushions for the nine wooden benches in the Briggs Center for Civic Engagement. The Commons Student Council began with a proposal to the Harley Administration Team for cushions, then did the requisite legwork to research...
Members of the Administrative Team, Commons Leadership, and maintenance received a lovely invitation via email upon their return from spring break: “Dear Commons Team, The Living Building class would like to invite you on Thursday, April 9th at 8:20 AM for an interactive presentation. Over this past trimester we have...
On Friday, February 27th, the entire Eighth Grade class trekked to Mendon Ponds Park to test their friction-defying sleds they constructed during their engineering and physics unit in science. The students were charged with the task of designing and building a snow sled that would experience the lowest force of...
On Wednesday, March 11th, several people virtually attended a webinar of a presentation given by Dr. Adam Frank, U of R astrobiologist, at the University of Rochester entitled “Human Impacts on Earth”. As a webinar, the audience was able to view Dr. Frank’s information slides and hear his live presentation...
Design Thinking process with Math Topics class–by Seth O’Bryan The Math Topics class, an elective course in the upper school, has been building a math board game for lower school students in the workshop. The project began with the goal of creating a game to help students learn math. With...
Summary of Net Zero Commons Trial–by Seth O’Bryan Below is a table summarizing net energy use in the Commons from March 2-6, 2015. An important caveat is that this doesn’t include the energy use of the compressors, which drive the heating and cooling. The compressors are the biggest energy users...
Guest author: Cameron Yudelson For the last several weeks the students of the Living Building class have been working on a net zero energy project. The goal of this project is to conserve as much energy in the Commons. The ultimate goal is for energy use to match the amount...
