Harker Summer Attracts Record Number of Participants for Camp+, Sports, ELI and SI
Summertime fun kicked into high gear at Harker, this year, as enrollment for camps and other seasonal programming skyrocketed across all three campuses, resulting…
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Rising Ninth Grader in Top 15 Worldwide in Google Science Fair Competition – Vote Now!
Venkat Sankar, rising ninth grader, is a one of only 15 global finalists in the 2013 Google Science Fair competition! The Google Science Fair…
Rising Junior Earns Top Honors at 2013 ISEF
In May, rising junior Andrew Jin won a second-place award in the medicine and health sciences category at the Intel International Science and Engineering…
Harker Students Win 2013 Best in Nation in 9/10 Division of TEAMS Competition
This story was submitted by Harker rising junior Cindy Liu. On July 2, a team of eight Harker rising juniors placed first in the…
Summer Institute Offers New Specialty Classes for its Afternoon Activity Program
Laughing and shielding their eyes from the sun, a group of Summer Institute (SI) participants casually tossed a Frisbee to one another out on…
Harker Second in 2013 Physics Bowl, One Point out of First Place; Students Among Top Scorers
During the spring semester, rising seniors Kevin Zhu and Rahul Sridhar became the highest and second-highest Division II scorers in the region, respectively, in…
Seniors Learn About Entrepreneurship in India on Two-Week Trek
This article was originally published in the summer 2013 Harker Quarterly. In late March and early April, students Neeraj Baid, Neel Bhoopalam and Simar…
Headlines: Head of School Urges Graduates to Live with Joy and Passion (like His New Puppy!)
This article originally appeared in the summer 2013 Harker Quarterly. Good morning. I would like to welcome the members of the board of trustees,…
Year-End Awards Format Adjusted to Better Match School Mission
This article was originally published in the summer 2013 Harker Quarterly. Read the complete issue at http://bit.ly/10W17nX. In an effort to realign its recognition…
Upper School Chemistry Teacher Presents Research Findings at Conference in Puerto Rico
This article was originally published in the summer 2013 Harker Quarterly. This past spring, upper school chemistry instructor Rachel Freed headed off to the…