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This article was originally published in the fall 2012 Harker Quarterly. Siddarth Satish ’06 certainly knows how to get extra mileage out of his graduate work. What began as a study for his master’s thesis led to his becoming a finalist in a prestigious contest, followed by the successful launch...

Colin Dickey MS ’91 visited the upper school on Aug. 30 to share insights into his book, “Cranioklepty.” Dickey sat down with students in biology teacher Dan Ajerman’s classroom to discuss the book, which examines the obsession of many individuals to possess the remains of famous persons,...

In May, Andree Beals ’12 was awarded a four-year scholarship from George Washington University’s Presidential Scholars in the Arts program. GWU’s department of theater and dance offers this award to incoming freshmen studying the disciplines of dance, acting or design and technical production....

Michelle Lo ’12 has been honored with a Chi Am Circle scholarship in recognition of her extraordinary extracurricular activities, high scholastic merit and community spirit. Chi Am Circle is a nonprofit Asian-American women’s organization established in 1965. Chi Am is built on a foundation...

Harker alumni are back on campus helping out and, incidentally, picking up a paycheck. Alumni have helped out as volunteers in the past but, this year, several were hired as paid employees and brought their Harker knowledge to the job. “We do big searches for administrative assistants,” said Chris...

A dynamic group of Harker moms and their student daughters participated in this year’s Relay for Life event, held in Los Altos on June 9-10 in support of cancer research. Relay for Life is the signature activity of the American Cancer Society and the Harker team “Girls for the Girls” has raised...

Four recent graduates and two upper school student musicians with the San Francisco Symphony’s Youth Orchestra participated in the Symphony’s European tour from June 20 to July 7. Cellist Melody Huang, cellist Jeffrey Kwong, violist Jessica Shen and flautist Pavitra Rengarajan, all recent...

It’s not every day a Harker graduate gets to experience life on the other side of the classroom, but Vyvy Trinh ’07 was on the other side of the desk when she came out to Harker for a visit last spring. Trinh, who starts medical school at Brown University this fall, had been teaching grade 5-6 after-school...

Tyler Koteskey ’11 has just finished his freshman year at the University of California, Los Angeles, and he spent part of it organizing a record-breaking rally for presidential candidate Ron Paul. More than 6,600 people attended the event in early April, making it Paul’s largest rally ever....

This article was originally published in the summer 2012 Harker Quarterly. There’s something about a room with a view. And from Butch Keller’s office on Harker’s upper school campus, students can easily be seen walking happily to and from class throughout the day. Moreover, the upper school head’s...