Captain Janeway’s Birthday Party & Elm Heights/Harmony Hall of Honor Ceremony
Harmony will be hosting an in-person, outdoor ceremony this Saturday, May 21, 2022, at 1:00 PM to celebrate the past, present, and future of the nearly 100 year old building which first housed Elm Heights School and which Harmony has owned since 1985. Captain Kathryn Janeway, an alum of Harmony in its future form, will return to Harmony on her birthday weekend to deliver a message of inspiration, through a Harmony student, to the Bloomington community. Join us for this special time-bending event, in person or via livestream on Harmony's YouTube page!
Interviews with Harmony’s newest teachers! (Spring 2022)
The '21-'22 school year found us welcoming back all of our students in person as well as welcoming SIX new teachers into the Harmony community. It's been a big couple years of changes for everyone, and we are growing and learning together through it all. We hope you enjoy these interviews with our new teachers, reporting on how the school year is going for them, sharing what brought them to Harmony, and more: Rafi Friedman (ECP), Elaine Bonadies (K-2), Stacy Blair (5-6), Mercedes Lechlitner (Middle School Language Arts & Social Studies), Arlo Welty (Middle School Math), and Wes Sturdevant (High School Digital Arts & Media).
Black History Month, February 2022
From our youngest in lower elementary and from our high school, here are two reports of what students were talking about and working on during Black History Month this year.
Growing through the Pandemic: Lessons Learned by our Middle Schoolers
Goodness…middle school is tough! I have said for many years that I teach middle school because I never let go of my teenage angst, and this year maybe more so than ever. It is a tough year! I cannot tell you how much I want to slam my computer shut every time I have to ask a student to show their face (just for a minute), or yell into the pandemic abyss when I have to send another email or text to remind students of an assignment or to attend class. But I don’t, other teachers don’t, and even the students don’t (at least not every time). We acknowledge that this is our time to learn hard lessons.
ECP and Elementary Updates, Fall 2020
Harmony’s Early Childhood Program scaled back from our normal enrollment of 21 kids and started a pod of six children and one teacher in an outdoor classroom set up on our little playground. ... The Elementary is off to a great start with our distance learning. At this time, all the classrooms are meeting in small groups over Zoom for their lessons, routines, and themes. Each classroom is also providing opportunities for the kids to see each other during in-person time at and away from Harmony.
Middle and High School Updates, Fall 2020
The first two weeks the middle school held socially distanced classes outdoors. Our third week marked the switch to online learning. The students have all been given individualized schedules with times when they will meet with each teacher in large groups, small groups, and one-on-one when needed. . ... Perhaps the most exciting news from the high school this fall has been the departure of high school senior, Kobe Thompson, on his senior project: to swim the English Channel!