This is the fifth issue of HEC Happenings. For earlier issues, go here

Caldwell Center Sells Prints

A painting by Ada Walter Schulz (American 1876-1928) is just one example of the art prints available.

The Caldwell Center for Culture and Ecology, the newest program at Harmony, is selling high-quality prints from the Nashville Impressionists.

Donors receive their choice of prints for a $2,000 contribution. The prints and frames cost $200, netting a tax-deductible contribution of $1,800.

Nashville, Indiana has been a renowned art colony during the last two centuries.

The paintings that have been made into prints are from private collections. Many have rarely been available to the public.

The Caldwell Center for Culture and Ecology has a two-fold purpose. The Eco-Center gives six of the most notable environmental organizations in Indiana the opportunity to co-locate and collaborate on a new level. The Caldwell Center will develop bioregional centers, early childhood and adolescent curricula, and other outreach activities.

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Harmony Corps Program of the Month Harmony-Corps was chosen as the program of the month and Romona Smith was chosen as member of the month by AmeriCorps Indiana in January.

Harmony Education Center has worked with the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) for the last five years, first as a VISTA and now as an AmeriCorps project. HEC has guided the district as its five large high schools were divided into 25 smaller schools.

Harmony-Corps has 12 AmeriCorps members serving the 25 fledgling small high schools.

Romona Smith serves two new specialized small high schools on the Northwest High School campus: the Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship (FAME) school and the Academy of Science and Technology (STEAM) school.

She works to increase student, family, and community engagement in her small high schools. Her focus is helping students become leaders in school and community issues. The former is complicated by the fact that these student governance structures did not exist in the school prior to her arrival.

Harmony-Corps is directed by Megan Howey who coordinates support from IPS, the wider community, the Corporation for National Service, the United Way of Central Indiana, and the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce.

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Harmony’s Greenhouse and Garden

The greenhouse during construction.

School gardening is ideal for learning lessons in science, nutrition, and the environment.

Harmony School, the Elm Heights Neighborhood Association, and Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard recently collaborated on a successful grant proposal through the City of Bloomington to construct a greenhouse.

This greenhouse will allow students to plant seedlings before the end of the school year that can be transplanted into the garden where they will be tended throughout the summer by neighborhood volunteers.

The students will return to school before harvest time and the food produced from the garden will be shared with low-income families throughout the community.

Taking care of yourself, taking care of the Earth, and taking care of the less fortunate are all important aspects of the missions of these partnering organizations.

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