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Library

Research. Study. Peace of Mind.

The Harley School Library system is comprised of two libraries: The Lower School and the Main (Middle and Upper School) libraries.

The library also subscribes to numerous online periodical and reference databases, including EBSCOhost, Thomson Gale, Proquest, Britannica Online, Worldbook Online, and Country Watch. These databases are accessible at school and at home.

 

Library Hours

Monday – Friday 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., when school is in session.

Lower School Library

The Lower School library is adjacent to the Lower School Technology Lab.

It houses a collection of more than 9,000 volumes, 4 computers, a Lower School library classroom and a story nook.

Middle/Upper School Library

The Middle/Upper School library holds a collection of more than 15,000 volumes, subscriptions to more than 60 periodicals, 9 computers and a portable cart with sixteen laptops. The Middle/Upper School computer lab is located close to the library.

Students, faculty and staff can access the library’s catalog online through the Internet for library books, videos and cataloged Web sites.

The Harley School

1981 Clover Street
Rochester, NY 14618
(585) 442-1770

©2023 The Harley School

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. 

About

Academics

Key Programming

Enrollment

Letter from the Head of School

Letter from the Editor

Features

Central Work that Matters: DEI

Harley Black Alumni Network

Climate Crisis Curriculum

Citizen Scientists

Joy Moss: Storytelling Roots

In Every Issue

Class Notes

Diane Donniger Award

By the Numbers

From the Archives

What’s (Who’s) New at Harley

Divisional Highlights

Alumni Profile: Vandebroek

Alumni Profiles: Keller

HAC Athletics

2021 Lives of Great Purpose Awards

1000 Words

Commencement 2022

Reunion 2022

In Memoriam

Retirements and Fond Farewells

Letter from the Head of School

Letter from the Editor

Features

Central Work that Matters

Affinity Group Forms

Climate Crisis Curriculum

Citizen Scientists

Joy Moss: Storytelling Roots

In Every Issue

Class Notes

Diane Donniger Award

By the Numbers

From the Archives

What’s (Who’s) New at Harley

Divisional Highlights

Alumni Profile: Vandebroek

Alumni Profiles: Keller

HAC Athletics

2021 Lives of Great Purpose Awards

1000 Words

Commencement 2022

Reunion 2022

In Memoriam

Retirements and Fond Farewells