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Forth Grade Fashion Show
Senora Velasco’s 4th grade Spanish class designed fashion lines and hit the runway in a Spanish fashion show last month. This project reinforced what the students learned in a unit about clothing.
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Harrisburg Academy College Fair (2010)
Harrisburg Academy students and visitors from across the area attended Harrisburg Academy’s College Fair. The event featured 74 universities and colleges from across the country.
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Fourth Grade Play
The 4th grade play, “Back to the Future,” showcased the musical talents of the class… and aren’t those big white wigs fun?!
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First Grade Play
The 1st Grade delighted everyone with its performance of “Arf! A Canine Musical of Kindness, Courage and Calamity,” on Jan. 28. The group of children wore creative, homemade costumes and represented many breeds of dogs.
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MS Grandparents and Special Friends Day / MS Science Fair
We were happy to welcome Middle School grandparents and special friends to school on Jan. 21 to spend time with and showcase the talents of our Middle School students. The day included a musical performance, science fair project presentations, and refreshments.
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Africa Trip Presentation
Dave and Cindy Taylor, grandparents of Lana ’19, Marly ’21, and Vivian ’18, visited 1st grade to speak about their recent trip to Africa. The Taylors, who corresponded with the students daily during the trip, were pleased to share examples of African handicrafts, photos, and money with the students.
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Humane Society Presentation
Oscar the ferret & Felix the cat, from the Humane Society, visited Mrs. Sherman's Kindergarten class last Friday. They are best friends, looking for a "forever home" together.
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Holiday Concert
Harrisburg Academy celebrated the season with a school-wide Holiday Concert on Dec. 17, 2009. All Lower School students sang, and all choral and instrumental groups in the Middle School and Upper School performed. It was a magical evening, enjoyed by all.
Photos compliments of Gene Trindell
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Dancing Presentation
Second grade enjoyed a demonstration of Native American jingle dancing on Dec. 7. They learned about the origins of the dance and the special clothing – with the “jingle” parts of the dance outfit traditionally made from the rolled up lids of tobacco cans. The students enjoyed dancing this communal dance together after the presentation.
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21st Annual Alumni Basketball Games
We had a record number of players (27, ranging from the classes of 1981 to 2009, return for the event. Guests traveled from New York City, Washington DC, Philadelphia, and many towns in between. Following the games, the alumni gathered downtown to continue the celebration.
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Grandparents and Special Friends Day
Harrisburg Academy Early Childhood (EC) and Lower School (LS) students welcomed loved ones to school on Nov. 24 for Grandparents and Special Friends Day. This annual favorite, fittingly themed, “Celebrating 225 Years of Tradition & Three Generations of Family,” featured an afternoon of musical performances, class displays, and refreshments.
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The annual Thanksgiving Assembly featured choral and band performances from students of all ages. A highlight was when students, representing all four divisions, spelled, “THANKSGIVING” and shared things for which they are thankful.
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U.S. Embassy Flag Raised and Honored
During Morning Meeting time on Nov. 23, Harrisburg Academy Middle School students conducted a brief ceremony while raising a special American flag on the school flagpole. The last time this flag flew was on Flag Day, June 14, 2009 – over the U.S. Embassy in Iraq in honor of Harrisburg Academy. The gift comes to the Academy from United States Navy Rear Admiral (Select) Jonathan Yuen, a former Academy parent. RDML(s) Yuen was stationed in the green zone of Baghdad for a year and brought the flag back to Pennsylvania when he returned from his tour of duty. He donated it to Harrisburg Academy this summer before relocating to a new command in Hawaii.
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Harrisburg Academy 1st grade students worked hard to prepare sweet potato cookies for Grandparents and Special Friends Day. They chose to use this particular ingredient because it is widely used in Africa. Africa is the main continent studied year-long by this grade.
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3rd Grade Play – “Dig It”
The 3rd Grade performed “Dig It” on Oct. Nov. 19. Everyone in attendance enjoyed their musical journey through the history of monumental world civilizations.
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Food Drive Surpasses Goal by 100%
Harrisburg Academy students collected a staggering 4,000 nonperishable
food items during their annual food drive from Nov. 2-10, 2009. The initial goal to
collect 2,000 items was not only successfully attained, but surpassed by 100%. Roughly, the
number of donated items averages out to 10 cans per Academy student.
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Harrisburg Academy celebrated the accomplishments of its Field Hockey, Boys’ Soccer, and Girls’ Tennis at the first annual US Fall Sports Banquet. The Boys’ Soccer team won the SIAC Championship and was honored with a banner, to be hung in the gymnasium.
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2nd Grade Play - "Once Upon a Lilypad"
Harrisburg Academy 2nd grade students performed “Once Upon a Lilypad” on Nov. 5. We met Frederich J. Frog, a green frog who was feeling blue. Visiting the other creatures in the pond helped him to regain his self-confidence and recognize his special talents.
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8th Grade Field Trip - Roundtop Ropes Course
The 8th grade class traveled to Roundtop on Friday, Oct. 23 to experience the challenges of the high ropes course in an effort to build skills of leadership and teamwork. The eighth grade year is a special year for middle school students, one in which they have worked hard to develop curricular knowledge and to gain independence of thought, time management, and organizational skills. These skills are reinforced through team-building activities like the Roundtop ropes course.
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Visitors from South Africa
The people of third world countries face many challenges in the education of their children. On Oct. 19, 2009, Harrisburg Academy welcomed four visitors from South Africa. Opah (farmer), Joyce Jabu Ntuli (artist), Ntokozo Happiness Mpethwane (youth advisor), Nombuso Hendrieta Siputuma Nombuso (student) spoke to students and teachers in all Academy divisions to learn about ways in which to overcome the barriers to education and “grow future leaders”.
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Each year we host a reception for people who have supported the Academy in significant ways. This year, the guest list for the Oct. 18, 2009 event included not only those who give at the leadership level to the Annual Fund and endowment campaigns, but also alumni who have given ten years or more since they left the school. People heard from Jim Newman and board chair Tom Schmidt about the positive impact of their gifts on the school.
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Two parents visited Mrs. Stabach’s JK class to talk about Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. It has significance in several countries and religions. The guests gave a brief lesson on what Diwali is, read stories, and showed a decorative outfit, modeled by one of the students.
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Harrisburg Academy Athletics Hall of Fame
Three outstanding athletes were inducted into the Harrisburg Academy Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 3, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza hotel in downtown Harrisburg. Courtney J. Kaplan '99, Donald H. Brownlee '40, and Rangsey K. Van '99 were honored before an intimate audience of alumni, parents, faculty and enthusiasts of the Harrisburg Academy Athletics Program.
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Harrisburg Academy 6th Annual Golf Tournament
Questionable weather didn't dampen the spirits of the fifty-two golfers who participated in the 6th Annual Harrisburg Academy Golf Classic to support scholarships at Harrisburg Academy. A variety of enthusiastic participants, including faculty, parents, alumni, friends of Harrisburg Academy, and for the first time, students, were given a chance to display their skills on the beautiful grounds of Blue Ridge Country Club.
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On Oct. 2, all Harrisburg Academy students participated in Community Service Day, a school-wide philanthropic effort. Upper School and Middle School students dispersed to 24 locations throughout the greater Harrisburg area, including Channels food rescue, the Bethesda Mission, Country Meadows, and the GreenBelt. Their volunteer tasks included cooking, packaging food, painting, cleaning, raking leaves, sorting donations, and more. Younger children in the Early Childhood and Lower Schools stayed on-site at the Academy and completed items to be donated to local children’s charity, Caitlin’s Smiles, and to area nursing homes.
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Happy Birthday at 10 Erford Road, Harrisburg Academy! We enjoyed celebrating this milestone with former and current board members, alums, faculty, and guests by unveiling a new banner on the building and sharing coffee and birthday cake. Elsie Burch, widow of Ernest Burch, the original chairman of the board of trustees of Harrisburg Academy, and former trustee Pat Cameron unveiled the banner.
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Greg Zeigler Visits Harrisburg Academy
Following in the footsteps of John Steinbeck – 50 years later – Greg Zeigler is taking the road trip of a lifetime. In retracing the steps of the iconic author (with his Maltese, Max), Zeigler traveled through Central Pennsylvania and made a special stop at Harrisburg Academy. Students in Mrs. March’s IB-HL/Honors World Literature class enjoyed hearing about his journey and discussing the similarities and differences of the America the Steinbeck experienced and the America that Zeigler is discovering.
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Sketching Nature in the Garden
Students from Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. Sherman’s classes enjoyed an afternoon sketching nature in Harrisburg Academy’s garden. They shared their discoveries and drawings with their classmates afterward.
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Ritsuko Sato, Professional Japanese Artist, Speaks at Harrisburg Academy
Ritsuko Sato, mother of Mrs. Bender, is a professional Japanese artist. She visited Mr. Bowie’s IB Art class in September and spoke about her inspirations and experiences as an artist. The latter portion of the class was spent drawing with the students.
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Triple Anniversary All-School Picnic & Ice Cream Social
Harrisburg Academy’s official kick-off to the 2009-10 Triple Anniversary school year was a resounding success! The picnic was a fun opportunity for families to reconnect after a busy summer. The theme of the event was “Bring a Can – Get a Cone” and all attendees were asked to bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to Channels Food Rescue. The Academy collected 428 cans of food!!
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Summer Expeditions 2009 – A Summer of Adventure and Learning
It has been a wonderful summer for the campers at Harrisburg Academy’s Summer Expeditions 2009! The first few weeks of summer were a raging success, packed full of exciting visits to both new and familiar PA destinations. The program kicked off the summer with a great trip to Lake Tobias, where the campers made lots of new friends. Our campers loved getting their creative juices flowing at the Crayola Factory and experiencing thrills and excitement at HersheyPark! We even had a chance to stop by Meadowbrook Gourds farm and see how they make gourds into birdhouses and many other things. The campers took pride in making their own uniquely painted and designed birdhouse. Whether we were exploring the depths of Indian Echo Caverns, riding on the Pride of the Susquehanna riverboat, climbing in and out of real helicopters, taking a royal trip in Dutch Wonderland, traveling through time and experiencing fashion and music of the past, and journeying to Washington to see a piece of US history, the Harrisburg Academy summer campers experienced a summer they will never forget!
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2008-09 Photo Gallery Archive
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