Members of Harker’s Junior Classical League chapter competed at the California JCL State Convention late last month, taking top spots in several categories. The 20-person team included two middle school students – Arohee Bhoja and George Wehner, both grade 8 – who are enrolled in Latin at the upper school.

Harker placed second in two certamen (quiz bowl) competitions and had many stellar individual performances.

The breakdown of top three finishes by Harker students is as follows:

Venkat Sankar, grade 12 – First place: 6; second place: 1

Arohee Bhoja, grade 8 – First place: 4; second place: 2; third place: 3

Nikhil Dharmaraj, grade 10 – First place: 2; second place: 2

Kyle Li, grade 9 – First place: 1; second place: 1; third place: 1

Bryan Wang, grade 9 – First place: 1

Edgar Lin, grade 11 – First place: 1; second place: 2

Andrew Semenza, grade 11 – First place: 1; second place: 3; third place: 1

Jai Bahri, grade 9 – Second place: 1

Jeffrey Fung, grade 9 – Second place: 3; third place: 1

Jack Hansen, grade 9 – Second place: 1

Montek Kalsi, grade 9 – Second place: 1

George Wehner, grade 8 – Second place: 2

Robert Bloomquist, grade 10 – Second place: 2

Sara Min, grade 10 – Second place: 1

Arnav Tandon, grade 12 – Second place: 1;  third place: 1

Jin Tuan, grade 9 – Third place: 1

Nikhil Manglik, grade 12 – Second place: 1