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10 years ago

CareerConnect Brings LinkedIn Speakers to Help Students Build Useful Profiles

James Gatenby, LinkedIn’s manager of web development (talent solutions), and Asha Chandrashekaran, senior software test engineer at LinkedIn (both pictured, standing), spoke at a…

10 years ago

30 New National Honor Society Members Inducted at Ceremony

At a ceremony held at the Nichols Hall atrium on Tuesday, 30 Harker students were inducted into the Harker chapter of the National Honor…

Sports

10 years ago

Homecoming Victory, Girls V-Ball First in League, Tennis Keeps Busy and More

FootballIt was an outstanding Homecoming night on Saturday, with varsity football defeating Santa Cruz 23-13 – in front of what some say was the largest crowd to witness a…

Community, Sports, Ticker

10 years ago

Harker Wins 23-13, Community Flocks to Davis Field for Homecoming 2015

A blustery early autumn evening set the stage for Harker’s 2015 Homecoming celebration, and the football team turned it into a great night with…

Corporate Home Page, In the News, Science

10 years ago

Senior Andrew Jin Wins First Place in Intel Science Talent Search

Update April 1, 2015 Great interview with Andrew on his research when starting his project: http://www.broadinstitute.org/blog/broad-summer-scholar-wins-prestigious-intel-science-prize Update – Mar. 27, 2015 Today, Andrew was the…

10 years ago

51 Harker Seniors are Nat’l Merit Semifinalists, Over Half of Senior Class in Top 3 Percent

Last week, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced that 51 Harker seniors qualified as semifinalists in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program. These students scored…

10 years ago

Nichols Debate Tournament Welcomes 29 Schools

Last weekend, 29 schools from five states visited the upper school campus to participate in the Nichols Debate Tournament. Harker students did not compete,…

In the News

10 years ago

Harker Senior Performs for Indian Prime Minister at SAP Center

This past Sunday, Harker senior and avid dancer Sharanya Balaji performed for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who appeared at the SAP Center in…

Sports, Ticker

10 years ago

V-ball Named to Top 15, Football Crushes, XCountry Cruises and more!

FootballVarsity football defeated Gunn High School 56-0 under the lights of Davis Field Friday to improve to 3-1 overall. Highlights included three touchdowns from…

10 years ago

New Football Coach Has Solid Plan for Success

This article originally appeared in the fall 2015 Harker Quarterly. In April, Mike Tirabassi joined Harker as head football coach, but he’s a known quantity…