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12 years ago

Harker Hosts Mike Honda Student Advisory Council This Weekend, Health and Wellness Topics Discussed

On Sunday, April 28, Harker will host Congressman Mike Honda’s Student Advisory Council Conference, organized by Honda’s Student Advisory Council (SAC), a group of…

12 years ago

Campus Mourns the Loss of College Counselor Sandy Padgett

Harker community members were devastated when told Monday afternoon that longtime employee Sandy Padgett, co-director and founder of the upper school’s college counseling department,…

Outreach, Student Life, Student Life Upper School

12 years ago

Annual Upper School Blood Drive to Help Local Blood Shortage

At least 100 locally-based hospital patients desperately in need of blood will be helped, thanks to the annual Harker Blood Drive held at the…

Science

12 years ago

STEM Week Brings Science Awareness, Raises Money for Charities

Harker’s WiSTEM club (Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) held this year’s STEM week in late January, as students in Harker’s various science-based…

Mathematics, Outreach

12 years ago

Upper School Student Creates Unique Math Program for Children

Like many teens Urvi Gupta, grade 11, maintains a jam-packed schedule. An active student in Harker’s journalism program, she also plays as a starter…

Outreach, Student Life, Student Life Upper School

12 years ago

GEO Week Raises Funds to Build Schools Overseas

The Global Empowerment and Outreach (GEO) student club held its annual GEO week in mid-March, raising nearly $1,000 for Pencils of Promise, an organization…

12 years ago

Grade 11 Families Dress up, Dance, Play Bingo at Multicultural Party

This story was submitted by Harker parent Narendra Nayak (Avinash, grade 11). With a busy year winding down, grade 11 families decided on a…

Science

12 years ago

Student Wins Aspirations in Computing Award from National Center for Women in Informational Technology

Sadhika Malladi, grade 9, received an Aspirations in Computing Award from the National Center for Women in Informational Technology (NCWIT), which recognizes young women…

12 years ago

AP Art Students Display and Discuss Works at Exhibition

In late February, AP Studio Art students put their works on display at a special reception held in the Nichols Hall atrium. Using a…

Global Education, Performing Arts

12 years ago

Tamagawa Exchange Teacher Visits Upper School’s Music and Performing Arts Center

This article was originally published in the spring 2013 Harker Quarterly. Upper school students and faculty alike gave a warm welcome to visiting exchange…