Last month, Harker hosted a Common Sense Media panel comprising nine grade 8 students, who spoke to parents about how they spend their time online, particularly with social media. The panel – which included Harker students Om Tandon, Sarah Westgate and Callie Yuan, as well as three students from Hillbrook School and three from Fischer Middle School – gave the visiting parents more insight into students’ digital lives.

Common Sense Media is an organization that provides educational resources on safe technology use for children. Harker is recognized as a Common Sense premier school, and the organization’s curriculum has been adapted by a number of Harker teachers.