10 Students Advance in Linguistics Olympiad
Results from the first round of the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO) recently arrived, and the following 10 students qualified to advance to…
Upper School
13 Harker Seniors Named Presidential Scholar Candidates
Thirteen Harker seniors were named U.S. Presidential Scholar candidates for 2016. Each year, about 4,000 graduating seniors nationwide are selected, based on their SAT…
Harker Teams Take First at Annual TEAMS Competition
Updated: April 13, 2016 Also in February, a group of Harker seventh graders — Sidra Xu, Betsy Tian, Arya Maheshwari, Jason Lin, Alexander Kumar, Nicky Kriplani, Paul…
Sophomore Wins Emperor Science Award, Will Participate in Cancer Research Project
Rajiv Movva, grade 10, was recently named one of 100 students nationwide to win the Emperor Science Award, presented by PBS LearningMedia, Stand Up…
Two Dozen Students Win 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Two dozen Harker student writers were honored in this year’s Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers,…
Student Reaches National Finals in Math Game, Wins $1,000 for Math Department
Earlier this month, senior Allison Wang was a national competitor in the “Who Wants to Be a Mathematician” game, hosted by the American Mathematical…
Three Upper School Students Earn Highest Possible Scores on AP Exams
Three Harker students received the highest possible scores on their Advanced Placement exams, according to the College Board. Vedaad Shakib, grade 11, and Sahana…
Harker Mathematicians Take Top Spots in National Math Contests
December has been a great month for Harker math students, who’ve been performing very well in annual math competitions. Last week, Harker took first…
[UPDATED] Harker Team Takes Prize at Siemens Competition National Finals!
UPDATE: Dec. 8, 2015 This morning, the Siemens Foundation announced the winners of this year’s Siemens Competition via live stream, and teammates David Zhu…
Harker’s Red Cross Club Hosts Annual Blood Drive
On Dec. 2, the Harker Red Cross Club held its annual blood drive at the upper school gym, inviting students, faculty and staff to…