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...
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...
AP® Physics Students Seek Nobel Glory Field Trip to a Master Class at the University of Rochester Thursday, 26 February, 2016 Guest blogger: Dr Rob Szalapski, Harley Physics instructor (Figures taken from Wikipedia. Photos by Art Rothfuss) Field Trip The AP Physics students made an all-day trip to The University...
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...
From 5th and 6th Grade Science teacher, Anneke Nordmark: In the first weeks of school, 6th graders made observations of Allens Creek where it borders Harley’s campus. After a heavy rain storm, we went back outside and observed some differences in the location of sediment along the banks. We discussed...
From Carli Rivers, 7th and 8th Grade Science teacher: As part of the chemistry (Bernoulli’s Principle), physics (lift, drag, weight), and engineering portions of the eighth grade science course, we partnered with the Design and Innovation Lab to learn all about kites. In the first phase of the project, students...
It was a sunny and warm afternoon in October when the Class of 2024 made their way to the varsity soccer field to throw around some pumpkins! The fourth grade students were challenged to create a device at home which would propel either a candy pumpkin or a real pumpkin/gourd....
Many thanks to Erin Berg, US English teacher, for sharing and writing about this experience, and to Michael Frank, US Digital Media teacher, for taking the photos! “In preparation for our next book in our 9th grade English class, Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees, we attended a...
Taking advantage of the Ocean Conservancy‘s annual International Coastal Clean-up on September 19th, Peter Hentschke (Upper School Biology instructor) led an intrepid band of students to Charlotte Beach to rid it of waste and garbage. The group included Wenyi Zeng, Lillian Scalia, Adrian Bell, Lily Kegl, Jacob LaDue, Sam Reeder,...
