Harker History: Catherine Harker
Catherine Harker was born to a pioneer family in Portland, Ore., on March 2, 1865. She was the daughter of James Bartlett Harker and…
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Harker History: Boarding Program Closes
The Harker boarding program, which moved to the Saratoga campus in 1972, officially closed on Thurs., June 6, 2002, due to the growing space…
Student Wins Gold at Math Olympiad
Aneesh Samineni, who enters Gr. 5 this fall, achieved a placing in the top two percentile nationally at the Math Olympiad for Elementary Middle…
Recent Grads Make All-Mercury Teams
Harker is represented on both baseball and softball teams in the All-Mercury lineups announced in late June. Shelby Drabman ’09 made the Mercury News…
Orchestra Workshop Closes With Concert
Summer Orchestra campers lugging large musical instruments were a common sight around campus in June and July – and some of the instruments were…
Camp Chronicle Grows Budding Journalists
For 10 days students researched, wrote, edited and took photographs, and finished up designing news pages. Nineteen intrepid, aspiring middle school journalists gathered this…
Fourth Annual Teachers Institute Draws Educators from Around the Area
In mid-June, teachers from around the Bay Area attended the fourth annual Harker Teacher Institute held in Nichols Hall. Kicked off with a keynote…
Harker History: Otelia Winchell Cullen Polk De Witt
The women for whom The Harker School is named came from strong pioneer stock. Catherine and Sarah Harker, who founded and ran Miss Harker’s…
Harker History: Gloria Brown, 1945 Miss Harker’s Grad
On March 23, 2002, Miss Harker’s alumna Gloria Brown sat down for an interview at a Harker gala event. Brown, a Palo Alto resident,…
Kindergartners Play, Prepare for Fall in Summer Program
Morning and afternoon on the Bucknall campus, Harker’s youngest summer campers are energetically enjoying toys, climbing on play equipment and getting to know each…