Parting advice from Chris Nikoloff: Don’t forget to sing in the lifeboats
This article first appeared in the summer 2017 Harker Magazine. Good evening. I would like to welcome members of the Board of Trustees, administration,…
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Face Time: Abel Olivas
This article first appeared in the summer 2017 Harker Magazine. Spanish teacher Abel Olivas is one of the few remaining teachers who started at…
Coach Cheng named Coach of the Year
After another dominating season for the boys golf team, Coach Ie-Chen Cheng was named the NorCal Boys Golf Coach of the Year by the…
Upper school librarian receives award for ReCreate Reading program
Upper school librarian Lauri Vaughan accepted the Margaret A. Edwards Award for the nation’s best reading program for teens at the American Library Association…
Grades 9-10 TEAMS crew takes fourth in U.S.
Harker students had great success at the national TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science) finals in Orlando, Fla., in late June, where…
Human Ecology class begins journey of the heart
Update: Aug. 25, 2017 Great article by participant Edwin Su, grade 11, on what he gleaned from this great program: http://inianislandsinstitute.org/2017/08/04/harker-school-to-inian-islands-institute/ Update July 13,…
Face Time: Eric Nelson, US computer science chair
This article originally appeared in the winter 2016 Harker Magazine. Eric Nelson has the distinction of teaching nine different courses at the upper school,…
Self-Reflection and Guidance Characterize the College Counseling Process
This article originally appeared in the winter 2016 Harker Magazine. By Casey Near ’06 Know yourself, know the colleges, know the process. That three-pronged…
Boys water polo named State Academic Champion for second year in a row
Congratulations to the varsity boys water polo team on being named one of the 29 CIF State Academic Team Champions for the 2016-17 school…
Rising sophomores take second place at Cupertino Hackathon
In April, rising sophomores Catherine Zhao, Ronit Gagneja, Jeffrey Yang and Michelle Kwan took second place at the Cupertino Hackathon, held at the city’s…
