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Harley’s Approach to College Counseling is highly individualized and student-centered. Students have direct access to college counselors throughout their Upper School experience, but really, each student is part of a team including faculty, administration, and staff. It’s our job to support each student and we want nothing more than to send students on to the next step of their journey at a right fit school for them. The student centered and driven process is wrapped in care, expertise, and professionalism.

We host college reps during times students are available (no need to miss a class) so they can make connections and learn more about potential schools. We also arrange campus visits for classes as field trips, host an alumni college day (where recent Upper School graduates return to share advice and answer questions), and help connect students with our international alumni network. In fact, representatives from schools all over the world actively seek opportunities to come to Harley and meet with our students!

Our college counselors are accredited and are part of national/global conversations on admission trends. They also attend and present at conferences across the country.

Beginning with our Grade 11 parent night, we offer informational sessions for parents, including one devoted just to financial aid. Our partnership with families is critical, as the college admissions world changes very quickly and having an expert to guide students and families through the process is essential.

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“Club Rush” is an afternoon every fall in the Upper School when students have the chance to sign up for clubs for the year, and each year it is very different because new clubs are created based on student initiative and enthusiasm.

A few of this year’s choices: Sports Media, Social Action Club, Journalism Club, Feminism Club, Student of Color & Allies (SOCA), Gay-Straight Alliance, Tri M (music honor society), E-Sports Club, Euchre, Key Club (service), Animation Club, Dungeons & Dragons, Sustainability Club, Jewish Cultural Club, Astronomy Club, Biomimicry, and Beyond Soup (social justice/service).

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​Each and every year, students at The Harley School participate in HAC Athletics, and their success continues to be impressive, both as students and athletes. Our athletic program is an integral part of Harley, teaching student-athletes invaluable lessons about teamwork, time management, persistence, and competition.  Our program allows them to develop physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally as they represent their school on and off the field. They grow, mature, and work hard to be the best teammate they can, while creating lifelong memories with teammates who often remain friends for life. 

Helping our athletes to reach their potential are some of HAC’s best assets: our coaches. More often than not, they are drawn from the ranks of our faculty and  have a deep understanding of the personalities and abilities of the student-athletes on their teams.  

We strive to find the right balance of academics, exercise, and personal growth for everyone.  By offering a variety of sports at many different levels, all student-athletes find a sport they can be successful in. It is with great pride and pleasure that my team and I work to enrich the athletic lives of all our HAC student-athletes. Go Wolves! 

To learn more check out our athletics page.

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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

Clubs

“Club Rush” is an afternoon every fall in the Upper School when students have the chance to sign up for clubs for the year, and each year it is very different because new clubs are created based on student initiative and enthusiasm.

A few of this year’s choices: Sports Media, Social Action Club, Journalism Club, Feminism Club, Student of Color & Allies (SOCA), Gay-Straight Alliance, Tri M (music honor society), E-Sports Club, Euchre, Key Club (service), Animation Club, Dungeons & Dragons, Sustainability Club, Jewish Cultural Club, Astronomy Club, Biomimicry, and Beyond Soup (social justice/service).

Hospice

Unlike this class, death is not an elective. Although it is one of two universal human experiences, our culture often ignores, denies, or misconstrues the true nature of death and dying. What happens when we bear witness to this natural process in the cycle of life and develop our ability to be fully present with others when they need us more than ever? It has the potential to change us deeply and fundamentally while shining a brilliant light on the path of our own lives.

With the support of their classmates, teacher, and comfort care home communities, senior students are offered the chance to care for others who truly need their purposeful, non-judgmental attention. In the home-like setting of a comfort care home, opportunities for learning extend beyond a traditional classroom rubric and conventional methods of evaluation. In this course, students will certainly find tangible “learning outcomes” by studying the medical/physical processes associated with dying and the basic nursing assistant skills of comfort care. The ultimate goal, however, will always be rooted in true relationships and connection, which occurs only through empathy and compassion.

Learn more about the Hospice Program at Harley HERE.

Capstone/Independent Studies

This program utilizes environmentally-focused approaches to education and hands-on learning in order to foster the next generation of leaders through a lens of sustainability and problem-solving.

Food & Farm: These year-long and trimester-long classes are held outside as much as possible, allowing students to become leaders in our various growing spaces. They cover environmental justice issues as well as hands-on work such as planning and overseeing planting, harvesting, and preparation of the gardens.

Past year-long focus projects have included: Creating a native plant shade garden in the Wild Wood area, redesigning our hydroponic system, overhauling Harley’s high tunnel, and improving the irrigation system for the MicroFarm.

Culinary Arts: These classes have a two-fold purpose: to give students practical skills in cooking and the science behind different techniques in the kitchen, learning about food justice, food sourcing, labor topics, and sustainability.

Past topics have included: Examining a plant-based diet, looking at the carbon footprint of different meals and food preparation methods, proposing a low carbon footprint menu to the dining hall, links between food labeling and environmental issues of food production.

Beekeeping: This one trimester class provides hands-on training in beekeeping, how to be a beekeeper, and safety and other techniques for working with bees. Once trained students help with all aspects of Harley beekeeping such as hive inspections, honey collection and extraction, and teaching students in Lower School about our hives.

Students pick a research topic addressing honeybee health and the larger environmental picture.

Social Justice

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.

 

Capstone/Independent Studies

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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Holly Beaston
Director of Development
Jonathan Ntheketha
Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Lydia Okturo
Middle School Head

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elcome to three new administrators!

by Will Fiandach ‘24

Holly Beaston is new to Harley this year, joining our Advancement team as Director of Development. She comes from YWCA, an organization whose mission is to eliminate racism and empower women through housing and young adult services. Holly hopes to help infuse a culture of philanthropy into the Harley community, and she wants to be able to grant students the opportunity to become invested in philanthropy, as well. Holly has been teaching in the field of education for over 15 years with a focus on early childhood, working with children of differing abilities as well as teaching coursework in psychology and sociology. Her plan is to utilize both her teaching and fundraising experience to their fullest potential here. 

She is excited to help push the school towards fulfilling its mission. By helping us reach our fundraising goals, she believes our culture will be able to spread and evolve beyond our walls and into the larger Rochester community. Being a single parent helped empower Holly to approach the world with a “can-do” attitude to help push her goals forward. Her personal mission is connecting amazing humans to missions they love. 

Her first job out of college was as a sociotherapist at Hillside Children’s Center, and she also spent a few years selling cars for the Saturn car company, which she credits with teaching her how to educate people through relationship development. She has a love of theater and firmly believes if you are able to get up on stage and talk in front of thousands of people, then it is easy to utilize those skills in different places, including one-on-one environments like those in fundraising.

She loves that Harley’s mission statement supports diversity and inclusion because it ties back to one of her main goals from her time at the YWCA—eliminating racism and reducing barriers to success for all. Being an anti-racist is an ideal Holly holds in high regard, and she believes it is important that we work together to achieve this goal, as it will help allow the school to thrive for years to come. Holly is the founder of the YWCA program “Equity Through Development.” She created an innovative resource combining curriculum, mentorship, and cohort development to help women of color begin a career in fundraising.  

Holly has a systemic and focused style of thinking and looks forward to using her skills to help support the larger Harley community. She is excited to see what the Development team is going to accomplish together. 

We are glad to have Holly as a new member of the Harley community! 

by Lizzie Tucker ’24

Mr. Ntheketha is the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Harley, which is a brand new position! In addition to teaching in Middle School, Mr. Ntheketha’s work involves the entire Harley community. He is developing DEI curricula for Middle School Grades 6 through 8. The objectives of this course are to introduce vocabulary and understand the impacts of things like institutionalized oppres- sion in the Rochester and Harley communities. DEI 6 focuses on individual understanding and affirming the identities of people. DEI 7 focuses on interpersonal issues, and DEI 8 focuses on local issues like redlining. In the future, these classes will be aligned with the ongoing DEI efforts in Lower and Upper Schools in order to more fully integrate the content into the daily life of students at all levels.

Mr. Ntheketha loves working with Middle Schoolers and enjoys their energy. Harley’s welcoming nature and collaboration with faculty, staff, students, advisors, and families, puts each student at the center of their own learning. He understands the importance of both being heard and being a good listener, which he brings to his work. He wants to enjoy the beauty of life and problem solving to draw different concepts together to reach an end goal. He believes empathy is an integral part of connecting and finding common ground.

This philosophy has supported Mr. Ntheketha in his hobbies and previous work. He spent 16 years at RIT in the Division of Diversity and Inclusion. This included helping students of color navigate a predominantly white institution and creating a place that was safe for everyone. He notes, “systems can either affirm or break down individuality and excellence.” Additionally, Mr. Ntheketha has a passion for storytelling and performance. Theater has always been an important part of his life, and he has a degree in speech theater, as well as education. He taught at the University of Rochester, RIT, and the Geva Summer Academy. He also works with the theater-based training company Impact Interactive. They use performing arts to help people think and further connect with issues of oppression and discrimination and figure out solutions. Entertainment also plays an important role in Mr. Ntheketha’s hobbies. When it comes to books, movies, and TV, he loves animé, theater, and afro-futurism. He enjoys popular media like Stranger Things, The Office, and Marvel, especially Hawkeye and Black Panther, as well as authors like Nnedi Okorafor who wrote Remote Control, Binti, Akata Witch, and more. One of Mr. Ntheketha’s other hobbies is cooking. He loves to barbecue and smoke meats. He would always go to the Public Market with his mother, where he loved to select produce. He loves ribs, brisket, and jambalaya, and enjoys figuring out the science behind cooking. He loves to try new foods, loves spices and seasonings, baking desserts, and enjoys tasting foods from different cultures.

by Anna Sinha ’29

Where were you from?

I was born in Lagos, Nigeria and moved to the US at the age of nine. I grew up in New York City.

Where did you work before you came to The Harley School?

Right before Harley, we lived in India, and I worked at the American International School Chennai (AISC) for five years. Before that, we lived in the Middle East, and I worked at the American School of Kuwait.

What was the reason that you came to Rochester?

Actually, I moved here for my job at Harley, and I thought Rochester was a nice, safe place to have a home and raise my family. I have a young son, in Grade 2 at Harley.

What is your favorite food?

I love a lot of different things. I guess one of my top favorites would be a dish from Senegal. It’s called Thiebou jen. It’s a rice and fish dish that is super delicious! I lived in Senegal for one year a long time ago—and my husband’s family is from there.

How old are you?

Almost 50!

How long have you been teaching?

Over 22 years!

What is your favorite book genre?

I love reading most genres when I have the time…I like memoir, biography, realistic fiction. My favorite book of all time when I was teaching is The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Do you have a pet?

Not currently, but my son wants a hamster or a dog! I told him we will have no rodents in my house!

If you have had more than one job, what is/was your favorite job?

I really enjoyed working as an editor at Scholastic in New York City. I got to do a lot of reading, research, writing, and editing. And I met several famous authors!

What is your favorite place to visit?

I have a few places I like to visit, but the one my family visited most often was Thailand. When we lived abroad, we would travel to Bangkok and Phuket Island for the winter holiday. We love the beaches, the sun, the people, the food, and the adventure. Everything!

What is your favorite color and why?

Burnt orange, the color that you usually see in the fall (which is also my favorite season). The burnt orange color makes me happy. I used that color in my wedding many years ago.

What was it like in India?

So hard to describe, but if I had to sum it up in one or two words, I would say INCREDIBLE and VIBRANT. Everything is magnified, the sights, sounds, smells. Everything. There is always something to learn and discover. It’s definitely a place that I would return to.

What is your favorite food from India?

My favorite Indian food is chicken or shrimp korma, and lamb saag, and lamb biriyani. I also really like garlic naan.

When did you decide to come to Harley?

A little over a year ago in March of 2021 when we were still living in India.

Was there a specific reason that you decided to work at The Harley School?

No, not one specific reason; there were several. I was drawn to the sense of care that teachers showed for students and the sense of community here. It was also very important to my family that my son go to school where I work. Additionally, being in Rochester was attractive because there is so much space and nature and opportunities for different family-friendly activities.

What was the hardest part about leaving India?

The chance to travel more and meet people from, literally, all parts of the world. We had a pretty good life, and we felt very safe, so packing up our lives and leaving that safe space was challenging. We also miss all the cheap fresh fruit you can eat. Mango season is always a favorite time of year. Almost every night in late April, May, and June, we would buy a big bag of mangoes for two or three dollars and devour three or four an evening. There were so many different types—our favorite was Banganapalli mangoes because they were big and juicy and sweet!

What is your favorite part of Harley?

How is Harley different from the school in India? A lot of people at Harley are from this area, and they have been here for a really long time. Also, Harley is over 100 years old, whereas the school in India is only 25 years old with students and teachers from about 30 different countries. But, in some ways, Harley is pretty similar to my old school in India. They are both about the same size and there is the sense of community you feel, plus, the fact that everyone is so nice. People are willing to help you. Harley has many traditions that I appreciate (like Elf Day and May Day). This is like the school in India which has special traditions, too, such as the United Nations Day Parade…I guess both schools are pretty similar if I really think about it.

w

elcome to three new administrators!

w

elcome to three new administrators!

Holly Beaston
Director of Development

by Will Fiandach ‘24

Holly Beaston is new to Harley this year, joining our Advancement team as Director of Development. She comes from YWCA, an organization whose mission is to eliminate racism and empower women through housing and young adult services. Holly hopes to help infuse a culture of philanthropy into the Harley community, and she wants to be able to grant students the opportunity to become invested in philanthropy, as well. Holly has been teaching in the field of education for over 15 years with a focus on early childhood, working with children of differing abilities as well as teaching coursework in psychology and sociology. Her plan is to utilize both her teaching and fundraising experience to their fullest potential here. 

She is excited to help push the school towards fulfilling its mission. By helping us reach our fundraising goals, she believes our culture will be able to spread and evolve beyond our walls and into the larger Rochester community. Being a single parent helped empower Holly to approach the world with a “can-do” attitude to help push her goals forward. Her personal mission is connecting amazing humans to missions they love. 

Her first job out of college was as a sociotherapist at Hillside Children’s Center, and she also spent a few years selling cars for the Saturn car company, which she credits with teaching her how to educate people through relationship development. She has a love of theater and firmly believes if you are able to get up on stage and talk in front of thousands of people, then it is easy to utilize those skills in different places, including one-on-one environments like those in fundraising.

She loves that Harley’s mission statement supports diversity and inclusion because it ties back to one of her main goals from her time at the YWCA—eliminating racism and reducing barriers to success for all. Being an anti-racist is an ideal Holly holds in high regard, and she believes it is important that we work together to achieve this goal, as it will help allow the school to thrive for years to come. Holly is the founder of the YWCA program “Equity Through Development.” She created an innovative resource combining curriculum, mentorship, and cohort development to help women of color begin a career in fundraising.  

Holly has a systemic and focused style of thinking and looks forward to using her skills to help support the larger Harley community. She is excited to see what the Development team is going to accomplish together. 

We are glad to have Holly as a new member of the Harley community! 

Jonathan Ntheketha
Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

by Lizzie Tucker ’24

Mr. Ntheketha is the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Harley, which is a brand new position! In addition to teaching in Middle School, Mr. Ntheketha’s work involves the entire Harley community. He is developing DEI curricula for Middle School Grades 6 through 8. The objectives of this course are to introduce vocabulary and understand the impacts of things like institutionalized oppres- sion in the Rochester and Harley communities. DEI 6 focuses on individual understanding and affirming the identities of people. DEI 7 focuses on interpersonal issues, and DEI 8 focuses on local issues like redlining. In the future, these classes will be aligned with the ongoing DEI efforts in Lower and Upper Schools in order to more fully integrate the content into the daily life of students at all levels.

Mr. Ntheketha loves working with Middle Schoolers and enjoys their energy. Harley’s welcoming nature and collaboration with faculty, staff, students, advisors, and families, puts each student at the center of their own learning. He understands the importance of both being heard and being a good listener, which he brings to his work. He wants to enjoy the beauty of life and problem solving to draw different concepts together to reach an end goal. He believes empathy is an integral part of connecting and finding common ground.

This philosophy has supported Mr. Ntheketha in his hobbies and previous work. He spent 16 years at RIT in the Division of Diversity and Inclusion. This included helping students of color navigate a predominantly white institution and creating a place that was safe for everyone. He notes, “systems can either affirm or break down individuality and excellence.” Additionally, Mr. Ntheketha has a passion for storytelling and performance. Theater has always been an important part of his life, and he has a degree in speech theater, as well as education. He taught at the University of Rochester, RIT, and the Geva Summer Academy. He also works with the theater-based training company Impact Interactive. They use performing arts to help people think and further connect with issues of oppression and discrimination and figure out solutions. Entertainment also plays an important role in Mr. Ntheketha’s hobbies. When it comes to books, movies, and TV, he loves animé, theater, and afro-futurism. He enjoys popular media like Stranger Things, The Office, and Marvel, especially Hawkeye and Black Panther, as well as authors like Nnedi Okorafor who wrote Remote Control, Binti, Akata Witch, and more. One of Mr. Ntheketha’s other hobbies is cooking. He loves to barbecue and smoke meats. He would always go to the Public Market with his mother, where he loved to select produce. He loves ribs, brisket, and jambalaya, and enjoys figuring out the science behind cooking. He loves to try new foods, loves spices and seasonings, baking desserts, and enjoys tasting foods from different cultures.

Lydia Okturo
Middle School Head

by Anna Sinha ’29

Where were you from?

I was born in Lagos, Nigeria and moved to the US at the age of nine. I grew up in New York City.

Where did you work before you came to The Harley School?

Right before Harley, we lived in India, and I worked at the American International School Chennai (AISC) for five years. Before that, we lived in the Middle East, and I worked at the American School of Kuwait.

What was the reason that you came to Rochester?

Actually, I moved here for my job at Harley, and I thought Rochester was a nice, safe place to have a home and raise my family. I have a young son, in Grade 2 at Harley.

What is your favorite food?

I love a lot of different things. I guess one of my top favorites would be a dish from Senegal. It’s called Thiebou jen. It’s a rice and fish dish that is super delicious! I lived in Senegal for one year a long time ago—and my husband’s family is from there.

How old are you?

Almost 50!

How long have you been teaching?

Over 22 years!

What is your favorite book genre?

I love reading most genres when I have the time…I like memoir, biography, realistic fiction. My favorite book of all time when I was teaching is The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Do you have a pet?

Not currently, but my son wants a hamster or a dog! I told him we will have no rodents in my house!

If you have had more than one job, what is/was your favorite job?

I really enjoyed working as an editor at Scholastic in New York City. I got to do a lot of reading, research, writing, and editing. And I met several famous authors!

What is your favorite place to visit?

I have a few places I like to visit, but the one my family visited most often was Thailand. When we lived abroad, we would travel to Bangkok and Phuket Island for the winter holiday. We love the beaches, the sun, the people, the food, and the adventure. Everything!

What is your favorite color and why?

Burnt orange, the color that you usually see in the fall (which is also my favorite season). The burnt orange color makes me happy. I used that color in my wedding many years ago.

What was it like in India?

So hard to describe, but if I had to sum it up in one or two words, I would say INCREDIBLE and VIBRANT. Everything is magnified, the sights, sounds, smells. Everything. There is always something to learn and discover. It’s definitely a place that I would return to.

What is your favorite food from India?

My favorite Indian food is chicken or shrimp korma, and lamb saag, and lamb biriyani. I also really like garlic naan.

When did you decide to come to Harley?

A little over a year ago in March of 2021 when we were still living in India.

Was there a specific reason that you decided to work at The Harley School?

No, not one specific reason; there were several. I was drawn to the sense of care that teachers showed for students and the sense of community here. It was also very important to my family that my son go to school where I work. Additionally, being in Rochester was attractive because there is so much space and nature and opportunities for different family-friendly activities.

What was the hardest part about leaving India?

The chance to travel more and meet people from, literally, all parts of the world. We had a pretty good life, and we felt very safe, so packing up our lives and leaving that safe space was challenging. We also miss all the cheap fresh fruit you can eat. Mango season is always a favorite time of year. Almost every night in late April, May, and June, we would buy a big bag of mangoes for two or three dollars and devour three or four an evening. There were so many different types—our favorite was Banganapalli mangoes because they were big and juicy and sweet!

What is your favorite part of Harley?

How is Harley different from the school in India? A lot of people at Harley are from this area, and they have been here for a really long time. Also, Harley is over 100 years old, whereas the school in India is only 25 years old with students and teachers from about 30 different countries. But, in some ways, Harley is pretty similar to my old school in India. They are both about the same size and there is the sense of community you feel, plus, the fact that everyone is so nice. People are willing to help you. Harley has many traditions that I appreciate (like Elf Day and May Day). This is like the school in India which has special traditions, too, such as the United Nations Day Parade…I guess both schools are pretty similar if I really think about it.