Over Two Dozen Recognized for Japanese Proficiency
In December 2009, 27 Japanese students took and passed the annual Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). Administered worldwide to evaluate and recognize language proficiency…
Upper School
Harker Emerges as Top School in Spanish Poetry Contest
The 28th annual Spanish Declamation Contest “Gustavo A. Bécquer” took place at Harker March 24 at the Nichols Hall auditorium. Spanish students in levels I-V as…
Two Students Headed to National Junior Science Symposium in Maryland
Alex Han, Gr. 12 and Jacqueline Wang, Gr. 9, have been selected as two of the five delegates from the Northern California region to…
Announcement: Graduation Ceremony Time Change
To all planning to attend the Gr. 12 graduation ceremony on May 22, please be aware that the time has changed from 10 a.m.…
Academic Integrity Expert Meets with Honor Council
Dr. Paul Melendez, director of the ethics program at the University of Arizona, made a special trip to the upper school on March 15…
Harker Intel Finalist Mentioned in N.Y. Times Column
New York Times op-ed writer Thomas L. Friedman mentioned Harker’s Intel Talent Search finalist Namrata Anand, Gr. 12, in his March 20 column after…
Student Publication Wins Highest Honors
The Winged Post and the online Web site, talonwp.com, have won a Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) for its excellence…
Library Project Receives $15,000 Grant from U.S. Bank
The new upper school library recently received $15,000 of additional funding thanks to a generous grant by U.S. Bank, which has been a strong…
GEO Skypes With charity: water on Use of Donated Funds
Always enthusiastic about finding out the effects of their successful – $10,000 raised – fall fundraiser, Global Empowerment and Outreach club (GEO) members flocked to…
Students Compete in Invitational Round of Linguistics Olympiad
On March 10, Erik Andersen, Gr. 9 and Andrew Zhou, Gr. 12, competed in the invitational round of the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad…
