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Middle School

11 years ago

Middle School Coach Visits Tamagawa for Instruction, Sightseeing and Cultural Experiences

Middle school athletics coach Chrissy Chang spent part of October and November in Japan as this year’s exchange teacher with Tamagawa Academy K-12 & University in Tokyo.…

Global Education

11 years ago

Grade 6 Students Chat With Tamagawa Buddies Via Video Conferences

Prior to the Tamagawa students’ visit in October, Harker’s grade 6 students spoke with their buddies via special video conferences. The Harker students had been learning…

Global Education

11 years ago

Grade 8 Students Discuss Global Issues with Students in Shanghai

Grade 8 computer science students have been discussing global issues online with students at the World Foreign Language Middle School (WFLMS) in Shanghai. They have…

Faculty, Technology

11 years ago

Flow and Gaming in Education – Special to Harker News

This article first appeared on the Web log for the American Association of School Librarians. It is reprinted here by the kind permission of…

11 years ago

Debate Sees Success Locally and Out-of-State in Fall Competition

By Zach Jones, with additional information provided by debate teachers Carol Green, Jenny Alme and Karina Momary Students Earn Accolades and TOC Spots at…

Outreach

11 years ago

Middle School Club Sells Handmade Cards to Help Protect Wildlife in India

In mid-November, the middle school’s Wildlife SOS club sold handmade greeting cards for $1 each to raise money for Wildlife SOS, an organization that…

11 years ago

Grade 8 Students Receive Top Honors at Local Robotics Competition

The Eaglebots, a VEX Robotics team comprising Harker students, is off to a strong start with this year’s VEX Skyrise challenge. The team – Andrew Chang,…

middle school, Outreach

11 years ago

Grade 8 Students Send Halloween Care Packages to Soldiers Serving Abroad

Halloween took on new meaning this year for grade 8 students in Cyrus Merrill’s history class, who donated care packages filled with thank you letters and…

11 years ago

Nichols Invitational Debate Tournament Attracts Nearly 400 Competitors

Harker hosted the 15th annual Howard and Diana Nichols Invitational Debate Tournament on the last weekend of September. A total of 380 students from 26 California…

middle school, Outreach

11 years ago

Middle School Holds Annual Canned Food Drive to Help Feed the Hungry

The middle school’s annual canned food drive began in early October and will run until mid-November. This year’s drive is being hosted by The…