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Oaks and Acorns: October 2018

Oaks and Acorns: October 2018

First, a thank-you I just wanted to express my appreciation for all the energy and good feeling around last weekend’s installation, “Igniting a Second Century.” This ended up being a wonderful celebration of the Harley community and tremendous fun. I’d love to reach...
Oaks and Acorns: October 2018

Oaks and Acorns: September 2018

September 6, 2018   Drum roll, please   There’s a point each summer, typically mid-August, when the folks who work at Harley through the dog days go into a kind of mild existential funk. We can only survive so long in the absence of kids! It makes the hallways too...
Oaks and Acorns: October 2018

Oaks and Acorns: Special Playground Edition

August 20, 2018   Taking Play-based Learning to a New Level: Winslow Natural Playground & Outdoor Learning Center   If you’ve ever followed animal footprints, dangled from a tree branch, rolled down a hill, jumped from boulder to boulder, or made a mud pie, you’ve...
Oaks and Acorns: October 2018

Oaks and Acorns: August 2018

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, it is a fire to be ignited.” So wrote the ancient Greek philosopher Plutarch in Moralia, and this sentiment has been repeated by educational thinkers ever since. It makes a kind of gut-level sense to those of us who had...