Kindergartner Neev Kotandon was recently named a third-place winner in the U.S. National Park Service’s Frederick Douglass Oratorical Contest.
Lower School
Kindergartner takes second in piano competition, set to perform at Carnegie Hall
Harker kindergartner Evelyn Hua is slated to perform at New York City’s Carnegie Hall in March after placing second in American Protégé International’s 2024 Competition of Romantic Music.
Second grader wins tennis tournament in dramatic fashion
Over the summer, second grader and tennis enthusiast Ethan Tian won the Little Mo West Region Single Title, a prestigious junior tennis tournament.
Future Problem Solving competitors qualify for internationals, take top spots
Several Harker students qualified to compete at the international level, and more earned top spots at the state finals of this year’s Future Problem Solving (FPS) competition.
Kindergartener wins gold medal in jiu jitsu competition
Kindergartner Kiyana Wager, a jiu jitsu practitioner, recently won a gold medal at the CompNet California Winter Championship in Orange, Calif.
Assembly celebrates successful pajama and book drive
The drive collected 158 pajamas and 374 books for the Pajama Program.
Two Harker students to perform at Carnegie Hall
Wanke Li, grade 9, and Aeuvum Mistry, grade 3, will visit New York City later this year to perform at Carnegie Hall.
Kudos: Fourth grader earns big taekwondo wins
In July, fourth grader Jaden Choi competed in the USA Taekwondo national championships in Jacksonville, Fla. and won the gold medal in the Youth 10-11 category.
Fourth grader finishes as semifinalist in ICA National Science Bee
This past summer, fourth grader Nathan Xing visited Arlington, Va. and finished as a semifinalist in the national championships of the International Academic Competitions Science Bee.
Rising fifth grader wins state Department of Fish and Wildlife art contest
Kayla Choi, who starts grade 5 in the fall, recently won an award from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.