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11 years ago

Grade 6 Students Create Warm Blankets for Donation to Ill and Foster Children

At their community social in mid-November, grade 6 students made warm blankets for Project Linus, a volunteer-driven nonprofit organization that provides blankets to children who are…

Outreach, upper school

11 years ago

Freshmen Spend Day Volunteering at San Jose Municipal Rose Garden

In mid-October grade 9 students spent their “freshmen service day” volunteering at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden. Freshmen service day is a mandatory, daylong event designed…

Outreach

11 years ago

Middle School Students Collect Shoes for People in Need

Eight grade 7 students in the advisory of Cindy Ellis, middle school head, are collecting shoes for those in need. The shoe drive, which began…

Corporate Home Page, Outreach, upper school

11 years ago

Hoops & Scoops Charity Basketball Game Raises Money to Help Fight Muscular Dystrophy

The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) was the real winner of a students versus faculty/staff basketball game held during a long lunch on Nov.12 in…

Outreach, upper school

11 years ago

Upper School WiSTEM Club Holds Diabetes Awareness Week

In mid-November, Harker’s WiSTEM (Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Club held a Diabetes Awareness Week on the upper school campus. The goal…

Outreach

11 years ago

Middle School Club Sells Handmade Cards to Help Protect Wildlife in India

In mid-November, the middle school’s Wildlife SOS club sold handmade greeting cards for $1 each to raise money for Wildlife SOS, an organization that…

Outreach

11 years ago

Upper School Students Read Stories to First Graders as Part of Ongoing Program

Each year, the upper school Lead and Read program brings Student Council and Honor Council officers to the lower school campus to read stories…

Outreach, upper school

11 years ago

Upper School Students Continue Tutoring Partnership with Local Elementary School

A group of Harker upper school students signed on to volunteer with The Tutoring Network (TTN), a Stanford-based nonprofit organization that offers free after-school…

Outreach

11 years ago

Grade 2 Students Deliver Colorful Painted Pumpkins to Neighbors

Grade 2 students recently painted and delivered colorful pumpkins to residents living near the lower school campus in an effort to thank them for being such…

middle school, Outreach

11 years ago

Grade 8 Students Send Halloween Care Packages to Soldiers Serving Abroad

Halloween took on new meaning this year for grade 8 students in Cyrus Merrill’s history class, who donated care packages filled with thank you letters and…