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  • Lo and Behold

    August 5th, 2017

    We had a packed week in New York visiting Swale, Science Barge, Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, Rocking the Boat, The General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen and the NY Department of Education in Tweed Courthouse. Then, walking about New York City on Friday night, LO […]

  • Water Sways

    July 18th, 2017

    Harold N. Fisk’s geological survey of the Mississippi is a moving history. Fisk’s maps from 1944 are the most beautiful combination of art, science, history. Water sways like fabric in the winter wind. Play around here with our current terrain and the series […]

  • Swamp School

    July 5th, 2017

    One… Two … Three … Release! Remember to release with my teeth! As the net sailed over the bayou in an almost perfect arch, I turned to congratulate my teenage teacher on her great instructions. Yes, this was part of the […]

  • The Dutch are Doin’ It

    June 21st, 2017

    Suffering the rains from tropical storm Cindy these last few days, and watching puddles cover streets, and yards become swimming pools, I’m reminded sternly of our need to adapt to live with more water– coming from storms, rising from seas, […]

  • Another Wakeup Call to Defend the Coast

    June 16th, 2017

    Guest posting by Folwell Dunbar, educator, swamp lover, and friend of New Harmony High! During the War of 1812, the British burned Washington DC and tried, unsuccessfully, to take New Orleans. The war was a wakeup call for the young nation. […]

  • “We Water People”

    June 2nd, 2017

    Here is a beautiful 7 minute listen from Peter O’Doud on WBUR’s Here & Now, A Refrain As Louisiana’s Coast Washes Away: We’re ‘Water People. We Can’t Leave’, plus a short article, and some incredible images from Virginia Hanusik (who I […]

  • Charter Update and Superintendent’s Support

    May 19th, 2017

    Exciting news for New Harmony High in the article entitled “New Orleans superintendent recommends new charter school dedicated to coastal ecology apply to state, not district” published in The Advocate overnight thanks to the persistence of Sheila Grissett. Dr. Henderson Lewis, […]

  • Football Analogies Gone Wrong?

    May 11th, 2017

    Nope. Unfortunately, whether or not the football analogy rubs your pig skin the wrong way, it’s a touchdown! Read The Time Picayune’s article today, Is Louisiana really losing a football field of land per hour?, and get sad that what […]

  • Rolling on the River

    April 27th, 2017

    New Harmony High’s connection to Tulane University is highlighted in Rolling on the River, an article written by the adorable Fiona Grathwohl whose insistence on getting our story right lasted until the final minute.

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