This week (in photos) at Harley:
Howl Like a Wolf (Pack)
Our homecoming weekend begins at 3:30 today, and we thank Parent Council and Student Council for taking it up a few notches this year! Every child received a Wolf Pack shirt, so wear it with pride and join us for festivities.
New Audio Studio Space Is Shaping Up
We’ve been working behind the scenes for nearly two years to find a space larger than Art Rothfuss’ tiny office to hold our Middle School podcasting flextime class and “Joy In Learning” podcast interview guests, and now he’s moved to a larger, mini-classroom space that can accommodate 6-8 students, audio equipment, and (soon) workstations. Although this is his office and he needs to get work non-podcasting work done too, the plan is to make the equipment available for other projects as well. Last year, for example, one of the Grade 12 Capstone projects included a podcast series and several other classes have expressed interest in using this medium. You can find our podcasts on iTunes or Podbean.
Links: Middle School podcast, The Harley Parley. All school podcast, Joy in Learning.
Pictured: The Harley Parley students in action.
Science Students Take to the River
Hands-on is the philosophy for our biology students this week! They participated in the inaugural “A Day in the Life of the Genesee River.” This program was organized by the NYS DEC and Dept. of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. A NYSDEC officer and Dave Will from the Seneca Park Zoo helped us with sampling at Turning Point Park. Students collected data including (water temp, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, phosphate, pH, wind speed and direction, turbidity, and a macroinvertebrate survey). We’ll be looking to see how these variables change depending on where along the Genesee River the data was collected.
AP Environmental Science students collected and filtered water samples for “eDNA” or environmental DNA. The samples will be sent to Cornell University where they will be sequenced and compared to the DNA sequences of a list of invasive—and some endangered—fish species. The DNA from cells fish leave behind in the water can be analyzed to determine which species of fish have been in the water recently.
Information contributed by Peter Hentschke, Upper School Science Teacher
The Art of Happiness: AP Portfolio Prep
AP Art and Portfolio Prep students explore: What Makes Us Happy? AP art has changed its focus this year to hone in on what students are passionate about. Ms. Parsons appreciates the shift as, “This is what art should be about.” The pictured assignment was a first step in directing students toward the “Big Questions” that will drive their artwork and refine how they express concepts visually. AP students will create 15 final pieces for their portfolios this year.
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