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11 years ago

Library Director Contributes to Award-Winning Book on the Value Librarians Bring to Education

Susan Smith, Harker’s library director, traveled to Chicago over the summer for an annual conference sponsored by the national American Library Association (ALA), where…

Corporate Home Page

11 years ago

Middle School Forensics Successful at National Junior Forensics League National Tournament

The middle school forensics program traveled to Birmingham, Ala., in June to compete at the National Junior Forensics League National Tournament. The team as…

Science

11 years ago

Rising Junior Earns Top Honors at 2013 ISEF

In May, rising junior Andrew Jin won a second-place award in the medicine and health sciences category at the Intel International Science and Engineering…

Corporate Home Page, Science

11 years ago

Harker Students Win 2013 Best in Nation in 9/10 Division of TEAMS Competition

This story was submitted by Harker rising junior Cindy Liu. On July 2, a team of eight Harker rising juniors placed first in the…

Faculty, Mathematics

11 years ago

Middle School Math Teacher Participates in Mathematics Olympiad in Turkey

In late June, middle school math teacher Vandana Kadam traveled to Turkey to participate in the Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad (JBMO). It was the…

11 years ago

Camp+ Offers Something for Everyone – From Learning to Outdoor Activities and Outings

It’s “the summer of wow!” over at the lower school’s Summer Camp+ program, just as the colorful sign hanging near the entrance to the…

11 years ago

Summer Institute Offers New Specialty Classes for its Afternoon Activity Program

Laughing and shielding their eyes from the sun, a group of Summer Institute (SI) participants casually tossed a Frisbee to one another out on…

11 years ago

Alumnus Receives Sterling Award for Scholastic Achievement from Stanford University

In April, Anand Natarajan ’09 became the second Harker alum in three years to receive the J.E. Wallace Sterling Award for Scholastic Achievement from…

Global Education

11 years ago

ELI Program Draws Record Number of Lower School Students from Across the Globe

The hot, late-afternoon sun could not deter a group of lower school English Language Institute (ELI) students from heading outdoors for recess, where they…

11 years ago

Harker Second in 2013 Physics Bowl, One Point out of First Place; Students Among Top Scorers

During the spring semester, rising seniors Kevin Zhu and Rahul Sridhar became the highest and second-highest Division II scorers in the region, respectively, in…