Senior Utkarsh Priyam was named one of 625 semifinalists in the 2021 Presidential Scholars competition. These semifinalists were selected from 6,500 candidates in the competition, who were selected from 3.6 million graduating seniors.
Upper School
Middle and upper school robotics competitors wrap up successful season
Harker upper and middle school VEX robotics teams had a very successful year, with seven teams qualifying for the world championship in May and…
Senior becomes congressional debate national champion
This story was submitted by speech and debate department chair Jenny Achten. Senior Andrew Sun was named the congressional debate national champion at the…
Upper school students see multiple economics successes
Upper school students had two big recent successes in economics competitions. Karan Bhasin, grade 12, recently won in the grades 11-12 category in the…
Senior Anna Vazhaeparambil named Journalist of the Year Runner-Up
Senior Anna Vazhaeparambil, who serves as editor-in-chief of the student news website Harker Aquila, was selected as California Journalist of the Year by the Journalism Education Association.
Upper school debate takes Lincoln-Douglas championship
This story was submitted by speech and debate department chair Jenny Achten. Harker closed out the national championship final round in Lincoln-Douglas debate. Seniors…
English teacher named Poet Laureate of Los Gatos
In late March, upper school English teacher Jennifer Siraganian was named the next Poet Laureate of Los Gatos.
Students win grand prize and other awards at international hack-a-thons
Harker students Krish Maniar, grade 10, and Kabir Ramzan, grade 9, received the Grand Prize and several other awards at the HackDefy 2.0 hack-a-thon, held during the weekend of March 27.
Harker DECA performs well at SCDC
From Feb. 22-25, 139 students from The Harker School DECA Chapter attended the 2021 State Career Development Conference (SCDC). This conference was held virtually…
Student-created website tracks vaccination progress
Earlier this month, a group of Harker seniors published a website that tracks the rate of COVID-19 vaccination in the United States and the country’s progress toward herd immunity.
