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2022 Class Notes

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Members of the Class of 1971 gathered for a fun-filled weekend in June to celebrate their 50th Reunion! Special thanks to Ann Hallick, Larry Lunt, Nancy White McGahey, and Robin Rae Vavrina for their help pulling the class together! Those monthly Zoom calls really did the trick!

Ann Hallick ’71 stopped in for a tour and a t-shirt this summer.

Kiera Holloran, grandbaby of Peter Holloran ’71

Ethan Parker, grandson to Lisa Osborne Lange ’74, P ’09 in his new Harley onesie!

Dining at Jines Restaurant in Rochester with Kathy Durfee D’Amanda ’76 and Mike Lasser (English, 1966 to ’98) 

(L-R) Rob Gulick ’83, Chris D’Amanda ’78, Mike Lasser (English, 1966 to ’98), Kitty Lindsay Hawks ’66, Doug Gilbert ’87, and Ron Richardson (Art, 1975 to ‘98) gathered at Kitty’s home for refreshments and conversation before going to a concert by musical legend Dennis Wilson.

From Ron Richardson: “Great fun to join together such a variety of friends to attend a memorable show.”

And later that same week, Joyce, Dick, and Doug Gilbert, Kitty and Ron, went to Kilbourn Hall for a packed-house program featuring Mike’s selection and description of songs in celebration of his 40-year radio show, “Fascinatin’ Rhythm.”

Stephanie Weiner Payton ’79 (aka Dr. Stephanie Todd), a veterinarian in the Albany area, was interviewed for a story on News 10 in Albany, NY, about the challenges of running her business during the pandemic: https://www.news10.com/news/another-local-veterinary-talks-about-challenges-of-past-year-and-a-half/.

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Our Upper School is filled with formal and informal opportunities for students to take on leadership roles. Whether following passions or learning new skills, student-driven opportunities take many shapes. 

  • Independent study: one trimester, full year, and multi-year projects have included automating our solar chimneys, coding handmade musical instruments, or developing a class on financial literacy for underserved high school students.
  • Serving on student council: 
  • STEM: Climate curriculum program, biomimicry program, NASA Hunch program

At Harley, our students learn how to evaluate social systems in order to identify complex problems in society through a lens of social justice. They take a hands-on approach to working for a fair, equitable society by researching, exploring and evaluating different perspectives, and offering solutions—both theoretical and practical.

Our faculty integrate social justice into our broader curriculum to assist students in gaining a foundational knowledge about what makes a democracy function. By gaining skills in ideating supportive pathways they become more exposed and experienced to how communities can undergo healing and restorative actions.

Students may create independent studies with supervising teachers throughout their Upper School experience or, during Grade 12, they can design Capstone projects—intensive collaborations with Harley faculty and off-campus mentors—involving rigorous academic study and culminating in public presentations. They are empowered to create their own curriculum, set goals, and work on time management skills in order to accomplish their objectives.

Independent Studies run the gamut from The Psychology of Sports to Furniture Design to The Neuroimaging of Alzheimer’s Disease. Capstones, meanwhile, are as diverse as the students who pursue them: Fictional Rochester, Autobiographical Art, Biomimicry Education, Organic Fuel, and Rochester Refugees. 

Indicative of Upper School curiosity and creativity, pursuits such as these distinguish our graduates in college. Through deep dives of this sort, Harley students master more than speaking, writing, and computing: they learn to communicate, advocate, collaborate, organize, listen, and empathize. 

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