Watch Those Markets

The Harley Business Club has partnered with graduate students from the University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business to offer a simulated stock competition. The competition runs from February to April, and the Simon School students gave an overview of how stock trading works and will come back to answer student questions and offer tips during the two months of competition. Harley partners every year with Harley parent Richard Couch to provide Masters of Science in Finance students in his FIN465 class with an applied finance project.  

The Harley Business Club, led by seniors Jess Nugent and John Riggs, grew out of one of the projects offered by the Simon students four years ago.

Twoville Post Office

In Lower School, teachers have developed numerous projects over the years to build new communities among the children, giving them independence and lessons on collaboration while keeping learning interesting. Among a number of inventive, interactive projects, the Twoville Post Office, begun in 1982 as a one-week activity, is an annual student favorite. 

Twoville gives students an enjoyable way to learn how to read, practice authentic writing, try new things, and hold roles of responsibility. 

Scientific Processes in Action

The Middle School Science Expo was this week: students conducted research on their testable questions, discovered if their hypothesis was supported or unsupported, and—most importantly—considered, “What will you investigate next?”  

Headin’ to Harvard

The Harvard National High School Invitational Forensics Tournament is the largest and most prestigious high school speech and debate tournament in the country—and our team is heading to Cambridge to participate.

Remember to be KIND Online!

Grade 7 health class recently listened to a presentation from a middle school parent, Stephanie Ashenfelder (Porter Scully /7 and Mae Scully /5) and U of R student, Emma Chang, about a project to combat cyberbullying. 

Emma’s team has designed a plug-in for computers, named KIND (Keep It Non-Damaging), that will alert the user, through the use of AI technology, they might be doing something unkind online. It behaves in a similar fashion to the way your computer anticipates what you want to say while typing, and it will question the user if they are sure they want to send a message that could be harmful to its recipient. 

Students were anonymously surveyed about their use of technology and they offered feedback to Emma from their perspective as potential users. It was great to hear about the project and learn about why they created it. 

Last Day Before Break=Fun!

Grade 5 held their own version of Cupcake Wars, using gingerbread.