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Thanks to video conferencing, even students as young as kindergarten can participate in Harker’s successful global education program. Long before the much-anticipated exchange program with the Tamagawa Gakuen School in Japan that occurs in grade 6, Harker’s youngest students begin building relations...

For many children bedtime means snuggling up in cozy pajamas and reading a favorite bedtime story. Yet for youngsters in need, even something as basic as curling up with a good book in comfy jammies can be wishful thinking. For the past six years, to make life a bit better for children living in shelters...

During the Jan. 18 pajama day assembly, sophomore Eagle Buddies took the opportunity to personally tell their grade 3 pals how proud they were of them for collecting books and pajamas on behalf of children in need. The upper school students had traveled to the lower school campus as part of the Eagle...

This year’s grade 5 show, “The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, Jr.,” directed by Jennifer Sandusky, gave all grade 5 students the chance to showcase their musical prowess in late January at the Bucknall Theater. A musical re-telling of Jeff Brown’s beloved 1964 children’s book, “Flat...

To Kendricks “Ken” Allen, Harker’s new dean of lower school students, there is nothing like the sound of children at play. And, from where he sits in his office – located adjacent to the gymnasium and across from Rincon Field – students are never very far away. “I like being where the action...

A cold Friday night in early January did not keep grade 1 students and their families from attending a movie night held at the lower school. Warmed by the good feelings of shared camaraderie, they gathered at the gym for the special event which had been organized by grade level coordinators. Some 74...

Last month, the lower school’s youngest students took to the Bucknall gym for a much anticipated breakfast with Santa shortly after the start of their day on Dec. 14. Led into the gym by their teachers, the excited kindergartners met up with their parents and were treated to a delicious breakfast prepped...

Technological learning was in full swing for the lower school’s grade 5 class during a recent class field trip to the Intel Museum. This past October, fifth graders visited the museum, conveniently located near Harker at Intel headquarters in Santa Clara. The museum has exhibits of Intel’s products...

Each year the lower school Service and Spirit Club sells “snowman-grams” on all three of Harker’s campuses in an effort to promote holiday cheer and raise funds for various causes. Sold during the month of December for a dollar apiece, the ‘grams are delivered with a small bag of...

After reading a book about the American legend Johnny Appleseed this past fall, grade 2 students in teacher Judi Beil’s classroom marked his accomplishments by holding a classroom celebration in his honor. During the gathering, the lower school students had the opportunity to discuss the life of Appleseed,...