April 2014 - The Harley School

The Harley School
Parent Council Gazette
April 2014
Happy Spring Harley Friends,
The snow is melting...again! Slowly but surely we are leaving winter behind and we hope you are enjoying the
longer days and the wonderful sunshine.
We finished March with another successful Blast and we have a very busy spring here at the Harley School
From coffeehouse, plays and class trips to a full activity week, there is never a dull moment. Spring HAC sports
teams are starting outdoor activities and we are ready to cheer them up.
As we tackle the last to months of school we wish you a wonderful Spring Break.
Tammy Allen
Mariana Zanandrea (Mana)
Parent Council Co-Chairs
Harley Happenings
Special Sections
April 4th
MS dance grades 6-8 at Harley 7:30-9:30 pm
(not in the printed calendar)
April 3rd, 4th & 5th
Upper School Musical 7:00 pm (NO pasta dinner)
April 14th-18th
Spring Recess
April 25th
MS/US Coffee House 7:00 pm details
April 28th - May 2nd
MS Activity Week
Harley Happenings
SAVE THE DATES
May 12th
Parent Coffee
May 15th
Oak Tree Ceremony 2:00 pm
May 18th
Harley Day at a Rochester Red Wings game
May 19th
Faculty Appreciation Day details
June 10th
Seabreeze Night 6:00 - 10:00 pm
Lower School Corner
Middle School Corner
Upper School Corner
CMEE
Hartman's Corner
McDowell's College Corner
Upper School Play
April 3rd, 5th and 5th 7:00pm
A musical celebration of the songs
of Richard Rodgers and Lorentz
Hart.
Lower School Corner
Dear Lower School Parents,
The snow might be melting outside but the Lower School will be cooling
down while they study Alaska, this year's theme for Focus Week. Kids
love the special activities that Focus Week brings. You have probably
already heard a lot about the giant igloo.
April 14 - 18: SPRING RECESS
Vacation Camp is available Monday - Thursday. Let Adele Latham
know if you are interested: alatham@harleyschool.org.
Lower School Classroom Happenings
*Second grade play" will be on April 9th during assembly.
All the best,
Becca Tiffin and Jessica Lieberman
Lower School Co-Coordinators
Middle School Corner
Happy April Folks,
The sun is out and the birds are singing. The days are longer and the
temps are a bit warmer. Spring is in the air!
It's a quick month of school having Spring Break in the middle of it but
there's always something going on inside these walls of Harley.
April 9: Meeting for 6th Grade Parents 6:15pm
Come find out more information about the upcoming Outdoor Ed trip
that is planned for the end of the month.
April 9: Math Fair 7:00pm
Following the meeting, we will be having the Math Fair. The kids have
been working hard at creating fun math games and are excited to show
us all they have learned in the wonderful world of math!
April 12-20: Spring Break & Happy Easter
Enjoy the time with your family, wherever you may be!
April 25: MS/US Coffeehouse 7:00pm
This is a super fun evening where students can show off their many
talents whether it be singing, dancing, juggling, playing instruments,
telling jokes, etc. Please come out and support all of the wonderful
performers.
April 28: MS Activity Week
Prior to students leaving later in the week for their class trips, each day
will bring a new theme. Stay tuned for more details.
April 30: Departures!
6th Grade leaves for their Outdoor Ed trip
7th Grade leaves for their Boston trip
From their first hit song in 1925
through their final show-stopper in
1943, the prolific team of Rodgers
& Hart was continually redefining
the musical theater with its wit,
freshness and intelligence. In this
rousing pastiche, the first act sets
the stage for romance while the
second act is comprised of their
more satiric gems. The brief
narration highlights the Rodgers &
Hart story, but it's the songs that
explain their success. Perhaps
master tune-smith Irving Berlin
summed it up best: 'Tuneful and
tasty, schmaltzy and smart-music
by Rodgers, lyrics by Hart.
McDowell's College
Corner
The SAT and "Me"
The College Board's recent
announcement about revisions to
the SAT has created
understandable jitters in the lives
of many of us who work in the
college admission process, as
well as in families with soon-to-be
college students. While the
proposed changes are
theoretically beneficial and noble,
most of us simply want to know,
8th Grade leaves for their Washington, DC trip
May 2: Departure!
5th Grade leaves for their day trip to Niagara Falls
One last thing... we are starting to plan for next year in terms of finding
room reps for each class grade. If you are interested in volunteering
your time and helping out as a rep, please let us know. You can
contact me at chrissymmiller@me.com or Maria
@mpfdesign@yahoo.com. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with
either Maria or myself about any questions you may have about
anything related to the Middle School. If we can't help directly, we can
sure point you in the right direction!
Thanks for readingChrissy Miller & Maria Furgiuele,
Your Middle School co-coordinators
Upper School Corner
Dear Upper School families,
1) Forensics (AKA Speech and Debate): This upcoming weekend
several students from grade 9-12 will have the honor of representing
Harley in the state Forensics championship in Oneonta, NY. Three of
these studnets have also qualified to compete in the national Forensics
championship in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend. All that debating
that students do with their parents over phones, curfews, etc seems to
be paying off!
2) Spring sports are in full swing: Come on out and cheer for students
playing baseball, tennis, and running cross country. Sports schedules
can be found on the HAC athletics website and in Larry Frye's weekly
newsletter.
3) This is a very exciting time for Harley seniors as students are
receiving news back from colleges. Stay tuned for the list of the Class
of 2014 plans for the upcoming year.
4) The 10th grade will be visiting Hobart William & Smith Colleges on
Friday April 25. The purpose of the visit is to get 10th graders thinking
about college.
5) The annual "Through the Student Lens" show is up at Image City
Photography on University Avenue. Ten Harley students have their
work featured in this show.
Stop by if you get a chance. The photography displayed is quite
impressive!
_________
April 3rd, 5th and 5th 7:00pm
Upper School Play: Sing for your Supper
A musical celebration of the songs of Richard Rodgers and Lorentz
Hart.
"How will this affect me?"
Here's how things appear to be
shaking out. The Class of 2017,
Harley's current freshmen, will be
the first to give this newer SAT a
try. According to the College
Board, the latest version of the
exam will be ready for students in
March of 2016. By then, present
juniors will have graduated, and
current sophomores will be
starting the final trimester of senior
year, presumably awaiting returns
on their college applications. The
take-home message is this:
present tenth and eleventh graders
and their families can feel free to
ignore the coming changes. In
fact, while staying informed can't
hurt, remaining focused on the
current test-its format, content,
and grading-is our
recommendation.
True, each year a handful of
eager tenth- and eleventh-graders
sit for their first SATs as early as
January, but colleges requiring
SAT scores likely will encounter
difficulty comparing "old" and
"new" scores. Moreover,
attempting to navigate two very
different versions of the SAT
seems complicated and even risky
for some students. In a moment
of test-induced anxiety, a testtaker easily could forget, for
example, which version of the SAT
penalizes students for incorrect
answers, and this in turn could
lead to unhappy results.
Therefore, we'll encourage present
freshmen to wait until at least
March of 2016 to take their first
SATs, remembering that they
could repeat the test in May, June,
October, November, or even
December of senior year.
As an alternative, collegebound ninth-graders could bypass
the SAT altogether and take the
ACT, a truly viable option.
Admissions offices at virtually all
American colleges and universities
will accept scores from either
standardized testing organization,
and at this point, we are unaware
of any proposed changes to the
Upper School Coordinators
Priscilla Gumina & Catherine Burke
The Center for Mindfulness & Empathy Education
Mandala of Compassion
Lama Tenzin Returns to Harley
Did you notice the transformation in the gallery?
Tenzin Nignyen is visiting Harley again to create the Mandala of
Compassion in The Gallery until April 4th (this Friday).
The event is open to the public, and all are encouraged to participate in
the dismantling ceremony on the final morning of the event. What this
wonderful tradition provides is not instruction in Buddhism, but a
beautiful demonstration of the Golden Rule: we should treat others as
we would wish to be treated. Here is a short video that may give you a
better sense for what this event means for the Harley community and
the world at large: Mandala 2013
Hartman's Corner
GOOD FOOD Information Session
Tuesday April 8th, 7:00 p.m.
Come learn about The Good Food Collective and membership
opportunities connecting Rochester to some of the area's best local,
organic farmers and weekly distributions of GOOD vegetables, fruit,
eggs, meat, and lots more. Join Chris Hartman, founder, along with the
GFC team in The Commons at Harley for a brief presentation on the
vision of the project, the details of the program, and plenty of time for
questions and answers. Hope to see you there!
WHAT IS THE GOOD FOOD COLLECTIVE?
The Good Food Collective (GFC) is a membership program that
connects individuals and families to local, organic farmers and a weekly
supply of fresh vegetables and fruit throughout the growing season
(Spring, Summer, and Fall memberships available). Created by our own
Chris Hartman, the GFC will be delivering to Harley and a wide range of
other community-based locations around Rochester. Learn more on
The GFC. website: http://www.thegoodfoodcollective.com/
ACT in the foreseeable future.
Proof of the ACT's legitimacy is
that according to several reputable
sources, the ACT has surpassed
the SAT in national market share.
To be clear: more students took
the ACT than the SAT during the
most recent application cycle for
which such data are available.
Worth considering is that a
combination of ACT (with Writing)
and College Board Subject Test
scores could make a handsome
bouquet for wooing nearly any
college.
While we all await further
details about amendments to the
SAT, we encourage you to be
reassured in knowing that we in
college counseling have
successfully weathered previous
major overhauls: namely, the
revision of the SAT in 2006, and
just last summer, the redesign of
the Common Application.
In a nod to longtime critics of
the SAT, David Coleman,
president of the College Board,
promised that the newer SAT "will
no longer stand apart from daily
studies and learning." A move in
that direction increasingly aligns
with Harley School values. We
applaud it.
If, by the way, you'd like to
keep abreast of progress on the
new SAT, visit the College Board's
microsite at
http://deliveringopportunity.org
Harley Store
Come and check out the apparel
New arrivals!
Located next to the
Auditorium Box Office
Store hours
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Box Tops
The Harley School participates in
Parent Council Activities Details
MS/US Coffeehouse 7:00 pm
Signup sheets will be available for this informal evening to celebrate all
forms of performing arts.
Come see our talented students in the Harley Theater.
the Box Tops for Education
program. This is a simple way to
raise funds to enhance our
children's learning environment.
If you have any questions, please
contact Melissa Hall
Faculty Appreciation Day May 19th
This is a special day at Harley. Parents bring in breakfast, lunch and
snacks to share with the Harley faculty.
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