For over a decade, Harmony School and Indiana University (IU) have partnered through the after-school program, Bridges: Children, Language, World. According to Bridges Program Coordinator, Bill Rozycki, the program  began in 2004 at IU through support from the US Office of Education. "The goal is to spark an interest in language learning, and specifically the learning of less-commonly taught languages and the culture associated with their speakers, among elementary school students and other young learners," Rozycki said. The program supports the sending of volunteer instructors, who are generally studying the language, into local schools around Monroe County. Over the last two years, ten IU students have instructed at Harmony offering Chinese, Greek and Persian classes in an after-school setting [...]

Sycamore Land Trust and Harmony’s third & fourth grade class are teaming up for conservation education this fall! Students worked with Sycamore Land Trust (SLT) Environmental Education Director Saige Sentell in September, hand weeding all non-native and invasive species on Harmony’s campus. Other activities are planned this semester to help students experience the outdoors and learn more about the local environment. “Our partnership with the third and fourth grade class will allow students to engage in hands-on stewardship and conservation practices while gaining an understanding of the benefits of our natural environment.” In October, Sentell will present a lesson about tree identification and facilitate a service day of tree planting with the class. Students will also take a field trip [...]