Calming Campuses: Harker Takes Great Strides to Reduce Stress
This story recently appeared in the winter 2012 edition of Harker Quarterly. As upper school students face mounting pressure in their academic and personal…
Middle School
Grade 5 Parents and Students Preview Middle School Life During Two Separate Events
Current grade 5 families were treated to an informative on location preview of middle school life at Harker during two separately held events last month…
Grade 6 Students Hike, Birdwatch and Explore Santa Cruz Mountains During Class Trip to Redwood Forest
There was no shortage of fun activities to keep grade 6 students united and active during their recent class trip to the Santa Cruz…
“Seussification” a Hilarious and Entertaining Retelling of Bard’s Tragedy
The middle school fall play production, “The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet,” took Shakespeare into whimsical and hilarious territory in late November. Directed by…
Harker Sixth Graders Meet Their Tamagawa Buddies!
For weeks Nikhil Dharmaraj had been envisioning what it would be like to finally meet his overseas buddy, Momotaro Nakamoto. On Oct. 16 that vision became…
Calorimetry Lab Provides Middle School Students Fun Way to Learn About Science
Learning and a whole lot of fun was had by grade 8 students during a recent biology lab class on calorimetry. Thanks to biology…
Tamagawa Video Conferences Set the Stage for an Exciting Grade 6 Student Exchange Program
On Sept. 21 and 28, grade 6 students mettheir Tamagawa buddies and families from Harker’s sister school, Tamagawa Gakuen in Tokyo, Japan, for the…
Kudos: Middle School Student Wins Awards at International Math Contest
In July, Michael Kwan, grade 7, participated in the International Math Contest in Taiwan and won the Individual Merit Award and two runner-up team…
Middle School Latin Students Hold JCL Induction at Laser Quest
Harker’s Junior Classical League (JCL) got off to a great start with this year’s inaugural event, held Sept. 28 at Laser Quest in Mountain…
Middle School Forensics Team Named All-Around National School of Excellence
This article was originally published in the fall 2012 Harker Quarterly. Harker’s middle school speech and debate team capped another strong season on June…
