A History of the Harley School, 1917-1992

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Unpaginated. Includes black-and-white photographs. "The Harley School is an independent college preparatory school serving day students in Rochester, New York, United States. Found ed in 1917 by Harriet Bentley, The Harley School spans from nursery school to the twelfth grade. The Harley School was founded in 1917 by Harriet Bentley and a group of mothers who set out to establish a school for four-year-olds modeled after the schools of Maria Montessori. Originally called The Children's University School of Rochester, it hired a teacher to come from New York City to serve. The school was intended to be democratic, with scholarships for less privileged children, and to work as a cooperative. The original tuition fee was set at $8. The school was initially opened on Oxford Street in the city of Rochester, and later moved to Park Avenue. With the Spanish Influenza outbreak in Rochester in 1918, the school was shut down and in the fall of the same year Harriet Bentley fell ill and died within a week. In 1924 the school was renamed as 'Harley' in her honor, incorporating the first three and last three letters of her name. The school later moved to its current location on Clover Street." Show more