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,...
Houston, we have lettuce…. Remember the hydroponic prototypes the 7th grade students made a while ago? Well, they voted on the designs that proved the most successful in terms of plant growth and they created full-sized working models. These vertical models are suspended from the balcony to the floor in...
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...
On May 15th, the sixth grade students from Genessee Community Charter School visited Harley to check out the Commons and work with our sixth grade students on questions of sustainability. The students started the day with a tour of the Commons by Chris Hartman. Their year-long study and focus has...
We welcome Seeley Taylor back to the blog after interviewing Mrs. Carli Rivers, 7th and 8th Grade science teacher. Seeley interviewed Carli Rivers to see how she has been taking advantage of the spaces and the technology. Seeley met Mrs. Rivers four years ago when she first came to Harley....
On Thursday, May 8th, the Harley School hosted an incredibly meaningful and powerful event in the Briggs Center for Civic Engagement. As an offshoot of discussions taking place in the 9th Grade Rights and Responsibilities class, Seth O’Bryan and Chris Hartman have been collaborating with filmmaker Carvin Eison around his...
In case you haven’t seen it up and running, the flat-screen television at the entrance to the second floor by the science classrooms is now displaying data about The Commons’ energy use and production. Thanks to Richard Lange, Max Bednarcyk and the ongoing work of the web design club in...
