by arothfuss | Oct 22, 2017 | BCCE (Briggs Center for Civic Engagement), Common Ground, Commons in General, Sustainability
Started in December of 2015, the Rochester Youth Climate Leaders has continued to be a strong, but small group of students from Rochester area schools (Harley, School of the Arts, Genesee Community Charter School, Calkins Rd., Twelve Corners, World of Inquiry, and...
by arothfuss | Oct 22, 2017 | Common Ground, Commons in General
Back in 2013, our first blog post dedicated to Common Ground (meaning a teacher and class integrating Commons resources or programs into their existing curriculum) featured Mr. Singaravelu working with his history students to construct terraced gardens. You can...
by arothfuss | Oct 22, 2017 | BCCE (Briggs Center for Civic Engagement), Commons in General, Sustainability
In early October, Harley was proud and honored to host a group of women leaders from African nations and Haiti who were part of the Department of State’s professional exchange program, International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), to learn more about the...
by arothfuss | Oct 22, 2017 | BCCE (Briggs Center for Civic Engagement), Commons in General
Harley was proud and honored to have Dr. Mark Zupan as our featured speaker at the first Commons Series event of the school year. Mark Zupan is a Harley parent (’10 and ’14), past Board of Trustees president, and current President of Alfred University....
by | Oct 22, 2017 | Commons in General, Edible Education, Micro-farm (HOG), Project Space
The opportunistic students in Food and Farm 101 made good use of the harvestable vegetables from the high tunnel gardens. For those of you who haven’t visited the covered growing space, it was virtually filled to the roof with all kinds of tomatoes! The enclosed...
by | Oct 22, 2017 | Commons in General, Project Space
The first few meetings of Robotics allowed the students to get to know each other, as well as to meet their new teacher, Kima Enerson. As the Project Space evolves over Tri I to house Maker Ed courses, Robotics, and a future teaching kitchen, it was important to also...
