Grade 8 Students Interview Alumna, a State Department Staffer
In early November, Cyrus Merrill, a middle school history and social sciences teacher at The Harker School, gave his grade 8 history students the…
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Tamagawa Students Meet Harker Buddies, Observe Classes in Annual Visit
The anticipated meeting between several grade 6 students and their buddies from Tokyo’s Tamagawa Gakuen took place on Oct. 18, when global education director…
Eighth Graders Learning Japanese Create and Star in “TV Show” for Class
In mid-October, all of The Harker School’s grade 8 students learning Japanese became TV show hosts, celebrities, models and bodyguards right in their own…
Eighth Graders Get Hands-On Fourth Amendment Training
Students in Cyrus Merrill’s grade 8 United States history class got a real-life example of how the constitution, the Bill of Rights, and especially…
Global Education Sends Students Around the World Over Summer
Harker’s global education department is thriving, as is evident when one looks at some of the amazing places Harker students and teachers traveled to…
Harker Students Make Multiple Top 10s at National JCL Convention
This article was originally published in the Fall 2011 Harker Quarterly. Harker’s Latin program is going strong, and students have an annual event at…
What’s Brewing Gives Parents of New Middle School Students an Inside Look at Campus Life
The Harker School held its second annual What’s Brewing event at the middle school, once again providing parents of new (or soon to be…
Teacher Visits from China for Yearly Exchange
Shanghai’s World Foreign Language Middle School (WFLMS) teacher Katie Qiqing visited Harker in late September and early October as this year’s exchange teacher from…
Middle School Joins in First Lady’s World Record-Breaking Attempt
“Are we ready to get some jumping jacks done?” Chrissy Chang asked the 590 middle school students and staff who had gathered at the…
Middle School and Upper School Students Attend Long Beach Debate Tournament
In early October, The Harker School had 18 middle school students and three upper school students attend the Jack Howe Memorial Speech and Debate…