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Planting Gardens to Manage Floods
December 15th, 2017
New Harmony students won’t just learn about how to adapt for our changing climate, they will take action! New Harmony participated in turning a parking lot into a garden this fall with the Louisiana Green Corps, Home by Hand, and the Urban Conservancy! See […]
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Generation to Make a Difference
December 14th, 2017
New Harmony is dedicated to preparing students for their own futures and for the ecological preservation of Southern Louisiana. School leader Sunny Dawn Summers in this article explained: “We expect our students to become stewards for the future of Louisiana’s […]
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Relevance
December 11th, 2017
New Harmony knows that education must be relevant. Here’s a little tidbit to remind us all what we did (or did not) learn in high school. Or in college. Or in grad school.
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Is Climate Change Real?
December 7th, 2017
For the second time this fall, New Harmony piloted a learning plan with middle schoolers. We brought students from Waldorf School of New Orleans on a three-day leaving-to-learn excursion to attempt to find evidence to support or refute the question “Is climate […]
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DRONES!
December 1st, 2017
We at New Harmony recognize that the proverbial pendulum is most often magnetized to the status quo. We often talk about how “rethinking” high school means rethinking everything we’re inclined to do simply because it’s the thing we’ve been doing. […]
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Smart Greenhouses
November 29th, 2017
New Harmony is always interested in ways to innovate sustainable food production. New smart greenhouses have been developed so that sunlight can pass through the roof, but the roof is also used by an innovative solar panel to create electricity. […]
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Lake Pontchartrain Love
November 17th, 2017
The “Save our Lake” campaign by the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation shows how an organization can rally to reverse man-made damages on the environment. Over the past 28 years the lake has been cleaned up and there is a lower […]
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Students React: Takeaways!
November 14th, 2017
On the last day of the food unit, we wanted to see the takeaways that stuck with students after a week of educational activities and conversations. We had them express this in the form of an “I learned…I wonder…I will…” […]
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Walk the Walk (And Meet Ruth!)
November 10th, 2017
At New Harmony, we believe that learning is done best by doing, and an internship is an invaluable experience. This summer, we walked the walk, and hosted an intern! Meet Ruth who details her experience this summer. I’m a senior at […]
