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The kindergarten classes of teachers Katherine Chi, Michelle Anderson, Kimberley Sandoval and Kelle Sloan delighted audiences during a series of shows that took place April 25-26 at the Bucknall Theater. Titled “Arf!” each of the four shows, directed by Kellie Binney-Smart, featured each kindergarten...

Hat-happy kindergartners donned unique and colorful headwear during this year’s annual Spring Hat Parade and egg hunt. Wearing hats they decorated at home themselves, Harker’s youngest lower school students participated in a fun parade which wound its way through the Bucknall campus, stopping off...

Parents with incoming kindergartners recently met other new families while learning key information to best prepare for their first year at Harker during AnswerQuest, the school’s annual orientation event. The special, informal evening was held in mid-April at the lower school. The information-packed...

Life just got a little easier for animals at the Humane Society of Silicon Valley, thanks to the efforts of the lower school’s grade 1 community service project. The students showed their love for the shelter’s displaced rabbits, dogs and cats by collecting monetary donations, buying needed supplies...

“Once upon a time there stood an enchanted library. Within its walls, stories would come to life. Each year, the children of the land would invite characters from their best-loved tales to a celebration filled with music and merriment.” So begins the program from the 17th annual Ogre Awards, the...

Field trips are a much anticipated highlight of the year for Harker’s third graders. Their last outing was to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where they participated in the Discovery Lab, a hands-on lab providing students with a fun introduction to some of Monterey Bay’s most precious habitats and...

Students at the lower school were greeted with an afternoon of great weather in early March, following a night of rain, during this year’s Jump Rope for Heart event. By the time the K-5 youngsters got out on the blacktop of the Bucknall campus to celebrate having raised $997 for the American Heart...

Grade 3 students recently enjoyed seeing a play about clever Brer Rabbit, one of the craftiest characters in children’s literature, during a mid-March field trip to the Sunnyvale Community Theater. Derived from African American folktales passed down in the American South, the play “The Adventures...

A fun, festive St. Patrick’s Day party served as the final Eagle Buddies gathering of the school year for upper school juniors and their grade 4 pals. Capping off a successful program for this Eagle Buddies pairing, the party was held on the lower school’s Rincon Field on a sunny afternoon in...

Basketball The boys’ march through the playoffs has come to an end after a 53-46 loss against league-rival Menlo last Saturday at Menlo. The teams had rocketed into their quarterfinal showdown after splitting their two matchups during the regular season. The loss marks a tough end to a very strong...