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Rebekah Sherman Myntti ’09 was recently featured in Nylon.com, an organization that “celebrates emerging voices, and underground talent”, about her recent film work in New York City. Her mom, Valerie Myntti P ’09 (Lower School, 2001-2007, Director of Admissions, 2007-2012, Interim Head of School, 2012-2013) shared that in the highly competitive world of film and entertainment, Rebekah has stuck with her values of collaboration and cooperation to get work done. “She says she has a different ethos and approach—one she learned at Harley!”

Click here to watch episode 1 of Tomorrow! and you will see another Harley alum, Kimberly Baldo ’20!

TOMORROW! IS MTV UNPLUGGED FOR WHAT’S COOL IN NEW YORK NOW

Rebekah Sherman-Myntti is a filmmaker memorializing and capturing New York City’s downtown art scene with the devotion of a cartographer: mapping not only emerging talent, but the feeling of what it’s like to be there — regardless of whether or not you even are.

In her new variety show Tomorrow!, Sherman-Myntti brings together New York City’s emerging talent across music, food, comedy, and fashion under one roof. In the case of the first episode, this roof is at the Williamsburg venue Baby’s All Right. In the same way that shows like MTV’s Unplugged captured not only the music of a time, but a feeling, Sherman-Myntti wants to archive and celebrate New York City — in particular, the artists who make it so special.

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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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