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In late April, grade 8 students Venkat Sankar, Arjun Subramaniam and Davd Zhu and grade 7 students Edgar Lin and Rajiv Movva traveled to Washington, D.C., for the National Science Bowl, in which the team placed fifth overall among 46 other teams hailing from 34 states. Middle school science teacher Vandana...

David Zhu, grade 8, took fifth place in one of the toughest math competitions in the U.S. Last Friday, student representatives from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, Department of Defense and State Department schools worldwide participated in the 2013 Raytheon...

Nineteen enthusiastic grade 7 and 8 students recently returned from the annual middle school trip to China, where they spent time with their buddies at the World Foreign Language Middle School (WFLMS) in Shanghai. Adding to the excitement of this year’s visit to Harker’s sister school in China, which...

Each spring, all three of Harker’s campuses hold art shows, giving students age-appropriate venues in which to display the special works they have completed throughout the year. The middle school art show is unique in that it hosts its opening reception off-site, over at the upper school. Following...

Updated April 11, 2013 18:02 Final donations have been recieved and this year’s Harker’s Annual Cancer Walk raised $8,105.45, over twice the amount estimated! “This will give many young cancer patients a fantastic opportunity to go to camp!” said Cindy Ellis, middle school head....

After participating in the middle school’s second annual “Geo Bee,” Soham Khan, grade 8, has been selected to represent Harker at the state finals of the National Geographic Bee, slated to occur in Sacramento in early April. Khan also won the Harker Geo Bee last year and qualified to go to the...

The 12th annual Diana Nichols Math Invitational on March 10 was a “super success,” according to middle school math teacher Vandana Kadam. More than 300 participants from 23 schools took part in the contest, with several Harker students earning high placings. In the grade 6 individual category, Rose...

With the knowledge that there is nothing like a favorite “blankie” to comfort a suffering child, grade 7 middle school students in the advisories of Karina Momary and Julie Pinzás teamed up in early February to create blankets for donation to the South Bay chapter of Project Linus. A volunteer-driven...

Dance Jamz, the annual middle school dance show, entertained audiences at the Blackford Theater on March 8 and 9. Directed by Gail Palmer with choreography by Rachelle Ellis, Grant Chenok, Stephanie Bayer, Kimberley Teodoro and Palmer herself, middle school students (and several faculty members) hit...

Harker teams took the top two spots at the Middle School Regional Science Bowl competition on March 3, held at the National Hispanic University. The first-place team was captained by Venkat Sankar, grade 8, who led eighth graders Arjun Subramaniam and David Zhu as well as Edgar Lin and Rajiv Movva, grade...