18 Graduating Seniors Win National Merit Scholarships
Last month, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation began announcing this year’s National Merit Scholarship Winners – and 18 Harker graduating seniors have been named thus far.…
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[UPDATED] Rising Sophomore’s Project Featured at White House Maker Faire
Sept. 18, 2014: Davis Dunaway, grade 10, and his collaborators on the “Grid” project, detailed below, will appear at the World Maker Faire in…
UPDATE! Junior Takes First Place in National Engineering Symposium, Chooses Internship at Stanford
May 9, 2014 Great news from the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in Washington D.C, where Junior Neil Movva presented in late April…
New Wet/Dry Trash Program Introduces Upgraded Recycling Effort
Harker recently instituted a new schoolwide waste program that separates waste into “wet” and “dry” categories. The initiative coincides with a system rolled out…
Freshman Named Finalist in USA Computing Olympiad, Qualifies for Summer Training Camp
David Zhu, grade 9, was recently announced as one of the finalists in the 2013-14 season of the USA Computing Olympiad (USACO). As one…
Orchestra Wins Gold Award at Chicago International Music Festival
Spring break was an opportune time for The Harker School Orchestra, which traveled to Chicago to perform at the Chicago International Music Festival. Earlier…
Eagle Buddies Meet During Pajama Day Assembly
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. The annual Pajama Day assembly on Jan. 17 was special for the Eagle Buddies…
Budding Middle- and Upper School Scientists Take Home a Range of Prizes From 2014 Synopsys Championship
Harker enjoyed another successful year at the Synopsys Championship in March, as dozens of middle and upper school students garnered awards. Five upper school students…
Gelineau Becomes Newly Published Fiction Author
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. Middle school English teacher Mark Gelineau recently made his debut as a fiction author…
Pistacchi Earns Esteemed Certification
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. Congratulations to upper school biology teacher Mike Pistacchi, who recently received National Board Certification…