ONE HUNDRED

HARLEY STORIES

ONE HUNDRED

HARLEY STORIES

Archives: Admissions Pieces Yesterday and Today

You never know what you might find when you dig into the Harley Archives!

One recent discovery: meeting notes taken by Heather Hutton (English, 1982-87) from a “What It Means to Be a Harley Teacher” committee consisting of (from left to right above): Leah Watson P ’88 (Learning Diagnostician, 1976-1987), Kay Pearson P ’78 (Middle School, 1978-86), Judy Hirschberg (Lower School, 1982-??), Jan Erikson (Art, 1984-85), Heather Hutton, Bud Ewell ’40, Guy Brown (Music, 1970-87), Peter Flinders P ’88, ’89 (French, 1978-1994), and Lee Sherwood Allen McDermott ’64 (Math, 1973-present).

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