Latin Week Keeps Campus Hopping
Latin Week events were popping up all over the upper school campus the week of April 19-23. Sponsored by the Junior Classical League (JCL), the…
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Harker Performs Well at JCL Convention in Irvine
The Harker upper school Junior Classical League (JCL) earned a first-place trophy in its division at the California Junior Classical League Convention. In the…
Japan Bowl Teams Score High in Washington, D.C.
Nine Harker students traveled to Washington, D.C., in early April for the 2010 National Japan Bowl competition. All three Harker teams made the final…
Stanford Professor Discusses Errors in Ancient Literature
Norbert Lain, classics professor at Stanford University, was the latest guest of the Harker Cum Laude Society’s Lecture Series on April 7. Lain gave…
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…
Student Places in Japanese Speech Contest
In November, Roslyn Li, Gr. 12, earned second place in the non-native speaking category at the 36th annual Japanese Speech Contest, held at the…
Students Sweep National Japan Bowl
In only the second year that Harker has sent teams for all three levels, the Japanese program swept all three first-place team prizes at…
Japanese Orchestra Wows Assembly
A special performance by Japan’s Okayama Gakugeikan High School Symphonic Band had the morning crowd cheering at a special US assembly on March 16.…
JCL Convention Hosted by Harker
The California Junior Classical League Convention came to Blackford in late March for a weekend of toga-clad competition. In the end, Harker students graced…