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Lunch On Us

Come in, learn about Harley, and enjoy lunch with us.

Better is Possible… at The Harley School, joy in learning is at the center of all we do.

Lunch On Us is a mid-day information session intended to introduce the parents of prospective students to The Harley School. You’ll meet our admissions staff and Larry Frye, Head of School, receive divisional information, participate in a Q&A, and take a brief tour of each division. 

Join us for our Lunch on Us!

2019 – 2020 dates: March 24,  May 5

Lunch On Us begins at 11:45 am on The Harley School campus at 1981 Clover Street. A member of the Admissions team will greet you in the Gallery at our main entrance and bring you to have lunch in our Commons building. 

RSVPs are required for Lunch On Us. Contact Cheryl Skiba to register.

Email: cskiba@harleyschool.org

Phone: (585) 442-1770 x-1113

What to Expect

  • Hear about our mission and educational philosophy
  • Taste our delicious lunch
  • See our beautiful facilities
  • Discover how Whole-child education leads to students who are academically challenged, known and respected, and highly prepared for the social and academic pace of college

Register for our February Open House!

Please select the grade level(s) of your student(s)

1 + 3 =

We look forward to meeting you!

Renée Fishner

Renée Fishner

Enrollment Assistant
(585) 277-1113
Amanda Patterson

Amanda Patterson

Associate Director of Enrollment and International Student Program Coordinator
(585) 277-1122
Kirsten Allen Reader

Kirsten Allen Reader

Director of Enrollment & Financial Aid
(585) 442-1770 x-1112

Better is possible…at The Harley School, joy in learning is at the center of all we do. We are a community of educators and students who have a passion to learn and to impact the world around us. We encourage curiosity and inspire discovery. Our unique approach delivers a challenging academic program that creates a diverse and close-knit community while nurturing students’ strengths and helping them reach their full potential.

At Harley, we believe the best education comes from a place of joy, freedom and creativity. Joy in learning is at the center of who we are and all that we do. We encourage curiosity and inspire discovery.

Our students are individuals, our faculty are dedicated, our community is diverse, and our history is strong.

Discover joy in learning at Harley.

With a 7:1 student-to-teacher ratio, we are able to nurture and encourage our students as individuals, empowering them to reach their full potential. In our Upper School, for example, no two schedules are alike, allowing students to truly customize their education and tailor their classes to their unique interests and needs.

The Harley School

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

©2023 The Harley School

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

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.

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