Lower and Middle School KidLead Graduates Poised to Take on Leadership Roles
The desire to lead is what unites 13 graduates of KidLead, Harker’s successful after-school offering for lower and middle school students. Ready and armed…
Posts by Debbie Cohen
New VIP Tour to Complement this Year’s ELI Program
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. Applications are now being accepted for Harker’s long-running and highly successful English Language Institute (ELI), held…
Summer Institute Provides Academic Paths for Those in Grades 6-12
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. Come June, the upper school campus will be filled with students in grades 6-12 who are…
Harker Summer Programs Draw Largest Number of Campers Yet to Variety of Classes and Activities
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. In just a few short months, The Harker School will become a one-stop-shop for summer programs…
Students Are Passionate About Volunteer Outreach Efforts – from Humane Society to Free The Children
This spring saw an amazing number of important outreach efforts at both Harker’s lower and upper schools. At the lower school, grade 1 students…
Fourth and Fifth Graders Expand Learning Opportunities
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. Few days go by that Harker’s grade 4-5 students aren’t using Google Chromebooks in their classrooms.…
New Lower School Toolbox Project Empowers Students’ Natural Resiliency for Learning…and Life!
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. Imagine if children struggling to make sense out of confusing emotions could simply reach into a…
St. Patrick’s Day Assembly Features Hidden Shamrocks, Green Spirit and Plenty of Irish Fun
St. Patrick’s Day was cause for celebration at the lower school. On the afternoon of March 17, students in grades 4-5 had some Irish…
Kudos: Chess Whiz Takes Team to Playoffs; MS Robotics Teams Going to VEX Worlds
Update: The Santa Clara Weekly ran a great article about the two middle school VEX Robotics teams! http://www.santaclaraweekly.com/2014/Issue-14/local_students_win_state_robotics_championship.html Mar. 19, 2014 In mid-February, Shafieen Ibrahim,…
Jump Rope for Heart Season Kicks Off in March
The beginning of March officially heralded Jump Rope for Heart season at the lower school. On March 7, K-5 students took to the blacktop…
