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In the News: May 2018

June 1, 2018 by William Cracraft

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Consumer website Varesha.com ran an interesting article about leasing clothing in India, which included a big section on PromElle, the prom dress leasing app by Harker juniors Nishka Ayyar and Riya Gupta.

Leasing fashioner garments is not any more a social stigma.

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PromElle also got a lot of attention during prom season, including this article in The Star Online.

https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2018/05/10/prom-dresses-breaking-the-bank-bay-area-teens-have-an-app-for-that/

The SwimSwam website and Swimming World News noted sophomore Ethan Hu’s great successes in the pool. 

Way Too Early NCAA Recruit Ranks: Boys High School Class of 2020

Ethan Hu Hits #6 100 Fly Time in 15-16 Age Group at CIF Central Coast

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The San Jose State Spartans’ Twitter site noted that James Pauli, grade 12, will be a preferred walk-on to the football team this year.

Inside The Spartans • @InsideSpartans

James Pauli, LB from San Jose’s Harker School, will join @SJSUSpartanFB this year as a preferred walk-on. twitter.com/_jpauli_/statu…

The Mercury News and East Bay Business Times published numerous articles on National Merit Scholarship awardees, and Harker students were listed. 

These 141 local students awarded $2,500 National Merit Scholarships

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California’s National Merit Scholars: The 9 top high schools in the state

A number of articles celebrating the 2018 Presidential Scholars were published in numerous media. Harker’s Jacqueline He, grade 12, was named a Presidential Scholar for the Arts this year. 

http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/znjy/4013257.html

https://mynewsla.com/education/2018/05/08/two-los-angeles-area-students-named-2018-u-s-presidential-scholars/

https://timesofsandiego.com/education/2018/05/08/san-diego-student-named-as-a-2018-u-s-presidential-scholar/

https://patch.com/california/delmar-carmelvalley/carmel-valley-student-named-2018-u-s-presidential-scholar

The Watsonville Register-Pajaronian noted top CCS golfers and Harker’s Daulet Tuleubayev, grade 12, in this article.

https://register-pajaronian.com/article/ccs-golf-championships-2018-trans-stellar-season-ends-in-section-championships

Palo Alto Online wrote a nice article that included Enid Davis, former director of libraries at Harker. Davis has written lyrics for the play, “A New Style of Jeans,” using songs in the popular domain. The show was performed in early June at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/05/17/a-new-style-of-jeans

NBC interviewed Harker student Prameela Kottapalli, grade 11, about her winning essay entered in the “Growing Up Asian In America” contest. She was interviewed on NBC’s Asian Pacific America with Robert Handa.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Prameela-Kottapalli-on-Asian-Pacific-America_Bay-Area-483254511.html

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