US Student Published in National Journal
A book review by Nikita Agrawal, Gr. 12, was published in the October issue of the nationally distributed Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA). A…
General News
Alumnus Baseball Player Earns Praise in Italy
Alumnus Taylor Martin ’09 spent part of his summer in Italy as a member of a team of baseball players assembled from around the…
Memorial Date, Time Set for Beloved Teacher
John Richard Near May 28, 1953 – September 26, 2009 John Near, longtime and beloved history teacher at The Harker School, passed away at…
Seniors Beat Faculty in Dodgeball Final
The final matches of the upper school’s dodgeball competition took place Sept. 30 at the Saratoga gym. Classes faced one another in best-of-three rounds,…
Alumnus Visits Saratoga, Teaches Latin Class
An interest in Harker’s Latin program brought alumnus Thomas Garvey MS ’95 back to the Saratoga campus on Sept. 21. Currently working on his…
Library Conference Features Harker Director
Harker’s own Enid Davis, library director, was a featured presenter at the BayNet Librarian Conference at the San Francisco Public Library on Sept. 23.…
Beloved Teacher John Near Succumbs to Cancer
Harker lost a member of its community last Saturday when history teacher, basketball coach and mentor extraordinaire John Near succumbed to a four-year battle…
Sophomores and Juniors Head Outdoors
The classes of 2011 and 2012 each took a day off in September for a special trip that emphasized the importance of working together…
Students Win Cash Prizes in Essay Contest
Congratulations to juniors Olivia Zhu and Josephine Chen, who both took honors in the 2009 Anthem Essay Contest, administered by the Ayn Rand Institute.…
Students Learn About Principles of Friction
Students in Raji Swaminathan’s Gr. 7 science class used computer software to perform an experiment on static and kinetic friction on Sept. 21. “Students…