Students Reach Out to Communities Over Holidays
In keeping with the giving spirit of the holiday season, Harker students from all three campuses participated in service projects to spread cheer to…
Posts by Catherine Snider
Less Paper, More Online at Harker
Harker continues to go electronic, moving away from paper in a number of ways. Besides making Harker News Online our primary news channel, the…
Middle School Laptops-for-All Program Booming!
Drop into any classroom, it seems, on the middle school campus and you are bound to see many students hard at work using their…
Harker Research Symposium: April 10
The Harker Research Symposium will take place April 10, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Nichols Hall. Submissions are due Fri., Jan.…
Students Excel in Mathematics League Meets
Harker students continue to perform well in this year’s Continental Mathematics League competition. After three meets, the current lower school leader at the Gr.…
Writing Mentor Program Driven by Student Interest
The middle school Writing Mentor Program is off to a great start this year. Created last year, the program has expanded a good deal…
First Harker Quarterly Hits Mailboxes
Harker’s inaugural issue of its Harker Quarterly mailed to families, alumni and friends in mid-December. The Harker Quarterly – which will publish winter, spring…
Budding Calligraphers Work Towards “Heart” Theme
Recently, upper school Japanese students had a visit from a professional calligrapher from Kamakura, Japan. Shoko Kazama visited Harker once before, three years ago.…
NASA Space Camp Opens Eyes to Solar System
One summer camp class this past summer was out of this world—the NASA Science, Technology and Exploration Program, facilitated by Miriam Allersma, physical science…
Middle School Science Classes Study Laws: Ohm’s and Conservation of Electricity
Seventh graders have been learning about the basics of electricity and kinetics in science class. Raji Swaminathan, Gr. 7 science teacher, says the section…