Middle school math teacher and department chair Vandana Kadam was awarded the Edyth May Sliffe Award for Distinguished Teaching in Middle School and High School.
Middle School
Highway cleanup a labor of love
By Diana Moss Have you ever felt dismay about the increasing quantity of litter along our freeways, including our own Saratoga Avenue exits? If so,…
Harker siblings compete in Pan Am chess championships, one takes gold, the other fifth
Harker chess powerhouses Omya Vidyarthi, rising grade 3, and brother Vyom Vidyarthi, rising grade 6, represented the United States at the 2018 Pan American…
Summer Sports Kudos: Sophomore foilist takes gold at nationals, many other nice results
A solid contingent of foil fencers from Harker competed in the Summer National Championships in St. Louis, Mo., in late June and early July,…
Middle schoolers examine the development of history via the story of Pakistani activist
Middle school students seized upon a great opportunity to learn about historical analysis through the lens of current events at the Middle School Summer…
Face Time: Mark Gelineau
This article originally appeared in the summer 2018 issue of Harker Magazine. Harker runs through the veins of middle school English teacher Mark Gelineau…
Face Time: Carol Parris
This article originally appeared in the summer 2018 issue of Harker Magazine. Carol Parris is the department chair for the grades 1-8 modern and…
MS student named finalist in Young Scientist Challenge
Sriram Bhimaraju, who will enter grade 7 in the fall, was today named a finalist in the Discovery Education 3M 2018 Young Scientist Challenge!…
Middle school presentation takes first at Future Problem Solving Internationals
Eighth graders Rohan Thakur, Shahzeb Lakhani, Daniel Wu and Kailash Ranganathan had a successful run at last week’s Future Problem Solving Program International Conference,…
Middle school math closes out spring with second place at MathCounts nationals
At last month’s MathCounts National Competition in Washington, D.C., the California team, featuring eighth grader Rishab Parthasarathy (pictured, second from left) and coached by…
