HarkerNews

Silicon Valley Community Newspapers – Aug. 29, 2011: Kevin Sparrer reports on Harker varsity football’s first season in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League’s El Camino Division, with a special focus on the role of receiver Daanish Jamal, grade 12. The Argus, Fremont – July 31, 2011:...

Siddarth Satish ’06 is part of a team at Stanford working on the USAIDS/Gates Foundation project Saving Lives at Birth. The group is one of 70 finalists in the competition for their project titled “Low-Cost Mobile Platform for Real-Time Monitoring of Blood Loss.” The team, co-advised by professors...

Three members of the Harker community participated in the Silicon Valley Youth Classic 37th Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star Football Game on July 20 at San Jose State University’s Spartan Stadium. Harker coach Karriem Stinson was named head coach of the North squad, while new graduates Rishi Bhatia...

Jason Martin ’07 has been recognized for his contributions to the San Jose State University (SJSU) baseball team at their annual senior day. Martin, who was a standout player for the Harker varsity baseball team, is one of the most successful players in SJSU’s history and has been recognized many...

[Update #3: July 5, 2011] Coxswain Colby Rapson ’10 and University of California, Berkeley’s freshman crew won the 2011 Henley Royal Regatta Temple Challenge Cup on July 3, capping off an undefeated season after soaring past the Netherlands’ Amsterdamsche Studenten Roeivereeninging...

In February, lower school math teacher Pat Walsh’s grade 5 students submitted building designs to Aaron Bean ’85, who now works as a general contractor. Bean assessed designs submitted by students in all of Walsh’s classes, and selected a winner from each class to go on a special trip to a building...

Anna Huang ’07 presented an inspiring array of clothing at the California College of the Arts’ annual fashion show. Her collection, named Nympheas, was shown in front of a sold out crowd. More than 800 people were able to view the works of 10 graduating seniors in a tent erected outside of the...

The San Jose Mercury News announced their boys tennis and volleyball all-stars today and Harker is well represented. Karthik Dhore, just graduated, was named to the First Team All Mercury News Boys Tennis. Classmate Jacob Chappell was named to the Second Team All Mercury News Boys Volleyball. Additionally,...

Jocelyn Ko ’07 was recognized in early May for her outstanding work at Stanford University by receiving the J.E. Wallace Sterling Award for Scholastic Achievement. This is one of Stanford’s most selective academic awards. Based on overall academic performance, it is given to 25 students from the...

Emily Chow ’08, a student at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, has been awarded an Eric Lund Global Reporting and Research grant to study the effects of connectivity in the Virtual Village in Arabianranta, a section of Helsinki, Finland. The award is given to projects conducted...