Two Harker students collected a series of awards at multiple international hack-a-thons.
Upper School
Bettina Love delivers webinar on Black history, racism and abolition
To recognize the beginning of Black History Month, Harker’s Black Student Union and Student Diversity Coalition hosted a webinar by Dr. Bettina Love, the Athletic Association Endowed Professor at the University of Georgia and author of “We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom.”
Harker students win nearly 200 awards in 2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Harker students pulled in a total of 189 awards in the 2021 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, 73 in art and 116 in writing.
Music professor Ron McCurdy speaks on Harlem Renaissance
Ron McCurdy, a professor of music at USC, gave a special presentation Tuesday on the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 30s.
12 seniors selected as 2021 Presidential Scholar candidates
12 Harker seniors were selected as candidates for the 2021 US Presidential Scholars program.
Harker team makes top 50 in Wharton Investment Competition
Four ninth graders have been named regional finalists in the 2021 Wharton Global High School Investment Competition, making them one of the top 50 teams worldwide out of nearly 1,000 entries.
Sophomore poet named finalist in YoungArts competition
Earlier this week, sophomore Sarah Mohammed was named a poetry finalist in the 2021 National YoungArts competition, the highest award offered by the National YoungArts Foundation.
Senior published in medical journal
Senior Suman Mohanty was recently published in “Cardiorenal Medicine,” a medical journal that examines the link between obesity and diseases of the heart and kidneys.
Four seniors named scholars in 2021 Regeneron Science Talent Search
On Jan. 7, the Society for Science and the public announced that seniors Shray Alag, Saloni Shah, Aditya Tadimeti and Sidra Xu were named four of the top 300 scholars in the 2021 Regeneron Science Talent Search.
Six Harker students named to all-state ensembles
Following a rigorous audition process, six Harker students were recently named members of California All-State Ensembles.