by arothfuss | Nov 4, 2017 | BCCE (Briggs Center for Civic Engagement), Commons in General, Uncategorized
Community Engagement Outing: July ‘64 Tour — by Jocie Kopfman and Lars Kuelling On a rainy Friday, November 3rd, the Trimester I Rights & Responsibilities class (required for all 9th graders) took a trip to downtown Rochester to hear first-hand memories of...
by arothfuss | Nov 4, 2017 | Commons in General, Micro-farm (HOG), Project Space, Uncategorized
On Thursday, November 2, senior Davy Brooks shared their ongoing work to redesign the Harley Micro-Farm as part of an independent study with Lisa Barker, Food and Farm Coordinator. On the heels of being part of the current and former student panel on sustainability...
by arothfuss | Nov 4, 2017 | Common Ground, Micro-farm (HOG), Sustainability, Uncategorized
Guest blogger: Lisa Barker, Food and Farm Coordinator The Harley Garden Club is taking on a new project: The Harley Compost Project. Our goal is to be able to build usable compost for the Harley Micro-Farm separately from the compost that goes to Community Compost...
by arothfuss | Nov 4, 2017 | Common Ground, Sustainability, Uncategorized
The Harley School was proud to be the host location for the first NY Climate Solutions Summit all day on Saturday, October 28th. Harley partnered with Rochester’s People Climate Coalition, Mothers Out Front, Citizen’s Climate Lobby of Rochester, ACE NY,...
by arothfuss | Nov 4, 2017 | Commons in General, Edible Education, Micro-farm (HOG), Uncategorized
One fine lunch time in the Lower School (Wednesday, October 25th to be exact), members of the Food and Farm 101 class set up a table for sampling two varieties of pickles which they made in class. One variety was made with the standard ingredients of vinegar, water,...
by arothfuss | Nov 4, 2017 | Commons in General, Edible Education, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Guest bloggers: Seth O’Bryan, Commons Director, and Lisa Barker, Food and Farm Coordinator Recently, students from The Harley School and World of Inquiry School gathered on a Saturday to participate in the second edition of ‘Common Plate.” This...
