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Harley Black Alumni Network

Established February 2022

Mission Statement

The Harley Black Alumni Network (HBAN) serves as a source of support, information, networking and advocacy for black alumni, students and faculty at The Harley School. This affinity group welcomes all allies and affiliates interested in promoting a more diverse and inclusive Harley School community.

The Harley Black Alumni Network meets during the year on Zoom and in-person during Harley Reunion weekend in June.

Founding Members

Mrs. Kay Benjamin P ’09, ’15, ’15
Ms. Kristina Benjamin ’15
Ms. Talethea Best ’82
Ms. Eboné Creighton P ’33
Mr. Rashid Duroseau ’05
Dr. Samuel Hampton ’77
Mr. James Hawkins, III ’22
Mr. Jonathan Ntheketha P ’29, ’31
Ms. Sommer Henry ’06
Ms. Amanda Johnson ’11
Mrs. Shaena Henry Leuthe ’03
Mrs. Chenoa A. Maye, Esq. ’02
Ms. Melissa Mueller-Douglas ’05
Ms. Indiadora Nicholson ’11
Ms. Lydia Okutoro-Seck P ’32
Mr. Toren Reaves ’06
Mrs. Valerie English Russell ’83
Mr. Jason Speirs ’99, P ’36
Ms. Leslie Granston Walker ’84
Mrs. Kristina Jackson Zabaleta ’12

If you are interested in learning more about HBAN, please email hban@harleyschool.org.

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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. 

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