During the Presidents’ Week break, nine upper school students embarked on a new international education trip to Quebec.
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Theater teacher visits Australia on exchange with St. Stephen’s College
Last month, upper school theater teacher Jeffrey Draper visited Australia as this year’s exchange teacher to St. Stephen’s College in Coomera, Queensland, located on…
Harker students exercise language skills with Tamagawa buddies in video exchange
Over the fall semester, Harker Honors and AP Japanese students participated in a video exchange with their friends at Tamagawa Academy in Tokyo. Each…
Students Reunite with Overseas Friends During Swiss Excursion
Several upper school students traveled to Switzerland over the summer to meet with their friends from College de Gambach in Fribourg and tour several…
Swiss Student Exchange Program Marks 10th Anniversary
Jennifer Walrod, Harker’s director of global education, can hardly believe a decade has gone by since the upper school launched its exchange program with…
Students Explore Costa Rica, Perform Field Research
This article was originally published in the fall 2014 Harker Quarterly. In late July, 10 upper school students embarked on a summer research trip…
Students Learn and Give During Excursion to Tanzania
This article was originally published in the fall 2014 Harker Quarterly. In June, more than a dozen upper school students, accompanied by upper school…
Clean Tech Club and Student from WFLMS Unite to Promote Environmental Awareness
The global water and pollution crisis was the subject of an informative talk jointly hosted by the upper school’s Clean Tech Club and Venezia…
Visiting Japanese Exchange Teacher Observes Classes, Creates Art Projects with Students
Maruko Ishigami, a visiting exchange teacher from Tamagawa Academy K-12 School & University – Harker’s sister school in Tokyo, Japan – was touched by…
Inaugural Tanzania Trip Provides Students with Hands-On Learning Adventure
This story originally appeared in the fall 2013 Harker Quarterly. This past summer 11 biology Harker history by embarking on an educational first for the school:…