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In the latest effort to reduce morning traffic in the area around the upper school campus, Harker has introduced an early-morning breakfast to encourage students and faculty to arrive at school before morning rush hour. The program requires participants to arrive by 7:45 a.m. to enjoy the meal, which...

Harker athletes are rebounding, wrestling and running the legs off their opponents as the winter athletic season comes into its own! Basketball Girls basketball lost for only the second time this year in a tough game against 10th-ranked Menlo last Friday. Daniza Rodriguez, grade 12, scored 12 points,...

A contingent of Harker students had the unique opportunity to hear six-time Olympic medalist, motivational speaker and foundation founder Jackie Joyner-Kersee give the keynote address at this year’s local YWCA luncheon. A longtime supporter of the YWCA of Silicon Valley’s annual luncheon event, Harker...

Harker debate students made history in the final week leading up to the holiday break, being the first team to both win the Public Forum open invitational and the elite Public Forum round robin hosted by The Blake School in Minneapolis. Anuj Sharma and Aneesh Chona, both grade 12, won the Public Forum...

At a special assembly held in the upper school gym on Nov. 27, students got a firsthand look at many exotic (and to some, scary) creatures. Michelle Durant of WildLIFE Associates, an organization that adopts and cares for animals unfit for release into the wild, brought out a variety of reptiles for...

This story recently appeared in the winter 2012 edition of Harker Quarterly. “Our Home: Music of the United States” gave an evening audience exactly what was printed on the flier and then some on the evening of Nov. 15, as upper school vocal groups, Cantilena, Camerata and Guys’ Gig, in addition...

This story recently appeared in the winter 2012 edition of Harker Quarterly. Before their performance at the Harker Concert Series in late September, renowned jazz pianist Taylor Eigsti, bassist John Shifflett and rummer Jason Lewis held a master class in the Nichols Hall auditorium to help upper and...

This story recently appeared in the winter 2012 edition of Harker Quarterly. William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” the 2012 fall play produced by the Harker Conservatory Oct. 25-27, offered a refreshing take on the revered, centuries-old tale of the rotten happenings in the state of Denmark. Featuring...

Several Harker students successfully auditioned for roles in an upcoming independent film being produced by the Bay Area-based Silk Road Films. Auditions for the movie, to be titled “Family Party,” were held Dec. 4-5 at the upper school campus. With filming scheduled for April, during Harker’s...

In early November, this year’s Siemens Competition regional finalists gave presentations of their research to Harker students and faculty in the Nichols Hall auditorium. Ashvin Swaminathan, Paulomi Bhattacharya and Rohan Chandra, all grade 12, and Zareen Choudhury, grade 11, each gave presentations...