In mid-November, almost 50 students from the Harker DECA chapter flew to Anaheim for the DECA Western Region Leadership Conference (WRLC) to mark the beginning of the 2018-2019 competitive season.
Upper School
Guitar Hero founder talks about travails of starting a company to CareerConnect audience
By Ashley Gauba, grade 10 In late November, CareerConnect was excited to have Kai Huang, the co-founder of Guitar Hero, speak about starting a…
Downbeat accepted into International Championship of High School A Cappella
The upper school show choir, Downbeat, was recently accepted into the 2019 Varsity Vocals International Championship of High School A Cappella, a global competition highlighting high school a cappella groups.
Alumnus parlays startup expertise into WanderJaunt, a classy short-term rental service
In a Harker alumni chain reaction, following his employment at DoorDash, Barrett Glasauer ’09 has co-founded WanderJaunt, which partners with property owners to maximize value for short-term rentals.
Girls basketball wins tournament, boys basketball is tournament runner-up
Girls Basketball The girls basketball team became champions of the Pescadero Tournament as it went 3-0 and outscored its opponents 165-60 over the weekend.…
Girls basketball picks up win to open the winter season
Girls Basketball Over the Thanksgiving break, the girls basketball team opened its season with a 65-24 win over University Prep Academy. Alexa Lowe, grade…
Students attend QuickBooks Connect Conference as part of CareerConnect program
More than a dozen Harker students attended the QuickBooks Connect Conference at the San Jose Convention Center last week as part of Harker’s CareerConnect program.
Fall teams complete their season as the winter season gets ready for action
Girls Tennis The girls tennis doubles team of Sachi Bajaj and Fonda Hu, both grade 10, defeated the duo from Soquel 6-0, 6-0 in…
Student’s research into allergies leads to founding of company
Over the summer, senior Ayush Alag received a $10,000 grant from genetic research company Illumina to continue his research into food allergies, which led to the creation of his own company, Allergezy.
Literary trip to SF connects students to the Beat Generation and Litquake Festival
Last week, upper school students headed to San Francisco for a special field trip to the legendary City Lights Bookstore and the Beat Museum.
