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Elected Student Council President his senior year at Harley, James Greenebaum ’07 was already headed down a path of service. The scope of his work grew when he attended Ohio State University; he was a residential advisor, a university “telecounselor,” a member of the oldest student service organization (the Ohio Staters, Inc.), volunteered for an after school program, and led a service trip to New Orleans. It was at OSU that his service work took on a medical bent, with volunteer work at the university’s me dical center and at an HIV/AIDS hospice facility. Continuing his public service after graduation, James served in the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic. James currently works as a disease intervention specialist for the Los Angeles LGBT Center, and annually bikes in the AIDS Lifecycle ride, a 545-mile ride from San Francisco to LA, raising money for HIV/AIDSHIV prevention and treatment. James is translating the values shaped in part by his time at Harley into a life dedicated to helping others, a life of great purpose.
 

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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