Tiffany Zhu ’17, now at Stanford, had her Mitra Family Endowment for the Humanities paper, written while at Harker, published in the spring 2018 issue of the Stanford Undergraduate Research Journal.
Upper School
Theater and literature lovers head to Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Last month, 29 students headed to Ashland, Ore., for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. This annual trip, established in 2009, gives students with a love of literature and theater the chance to enhance their understanding not just of Shakespeare but also the elements of storytelling.
Girls volleyball and girls water polo take second in tournaments as girls golf and football dominate
Girls Golf It was a very busy and successful, week for the girls golf team. The girls started the week with a 194-297 win…
Weirich finishes second at Stanford Invitational; alumna ties for second in UC links boost
Cross Country Anna Weirich, grade 10, competed at the prestigious Stanford Invitational over the weekend and showed why she is one of the top…
Girls water polo stays hot and the seniors dominate in football blowout
Football The football team dominated visiting Lowell on Friday to the tune of 50-0. It was also Senior Night, and the Seniors had quite…
Business & entrepreneurship program facets explained to freshmen in “Crash Course”
Ashley Gauba, grade 10, contributed to this report The first business & entrepreneurship Crash Course event was held this week to tell incoming high…
Guest speaker informs students about dangers of plastic waste
Environmental activist Jackie Nunez visited the upper school today for a special assembly on the use of plastic and how disposable plastic products –…
Senior holds inaugural event for sports nonprofit opening offices in U.S.
Organized by Akhila Ramgiri, grade 12, Harker hosted a basketball tournament as an awareness event for Hi5 Youth Foundation in the school’s athletic center this past weekend.
AP U.S. History students engage in discussion about First Amendment for Constitution Day
In recognition of Constitution Day, recognized this past Monday, upper school history teacher Julie Wheeler’s AP U.S. history students participated in a special video chat discussion on the First Amendment.
Mitra and Near endowment awardees for humanities research papers announced
Harker is pleased to announce its 2018-19 endowment awardees; each student will receive a grant to help them in their yearlong effort producing a research paper on a humanities subject.
