Middle School MathCounts Team Takes State Championship, Will Attend Nationals in May
This report submitted by Vandana Kadam, Harker math teacher. Kadam coached the state championship team and will coach them for the national competition. This…
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More than 300 Students Attend 13th Diana Nichols Math Invitational
On March 2, Harker held the 13th annual Diana Nichols Math Invitational for grades 6-8. More than 300 students from 16 schools attended, including…
Kudos: Chess Whiz Takes Team to Playoffs; MS Robotics Teams Going to VEX Worlds
Update: The Santa Clara Weekly ran a great article about the two middle school VEX Robotics teams! http://www.santaclaraweekly.com/2014/Issue-14/local_students_win_state_robotics_championship.html Mar. 19, 2014 In mid-February, Shafieen Ibrahim,…
Grade 6 Student Receives Letter From the President
Last year, as a participant in Harker’s Summer Camp+ program, grade 6 student Jeremy Ding wrote a letter to President Obama about the dangers…
Eighth-Annual Harker Cancer Walk Raises Over $12,000 for Camp Okizu!
On March 14, the Harker community united for the eighth-annual Harker Cancer Walk. The symbolic effort, held on the middle school field, netted more…
Middle and Upper School Students Honored for Knowledge of Latin in Two Separate Contests
Each year grade 8 Latin students participate in contests sponsored by Ancient Coins for Education (ACE). Harker students Edgar Lin and Praveen Batra were…
Middle School Math Students Successful at Santa Clara Valley Mathcounts Competition
This story was submitted by Harker middle school math teacher Vandana Kadam. Harker students had great success at the Mathcounts chapter level contest in…
Instrumentalists Honored by Selection to All-State; One Selected for National Youth Orchestra
Five Harker instrumentalists were selected for the 2014 All-State Honor Band and played in formal concerts over the weekend, and another student was selected…
Kudos: Middle School Musicians Shine at Annual Piano Competition
In early February, four Harker seventh graders placed high at the United States Open Music Competition, an annual piano competition that has highlighted the…
Summer Institute Combines Academics and Fun for Middle- and Upper School Students
Come June, the upper school campus will be filled with students in grades 6-12 who are participating in Harker’s Summer Institute (SI), a unique…
