The Harker Programming Club hosted the second Girls Programming League Challenge, in which 100 girls from around the Bay Area took part in a coding contest and attended talks by a wide variety of guest speakers.
Computer Science
Middle school LID director among first-ever recipients of CSTA Equity Fellowship
Abigail Joseph, the middle school’s learning, innovation and design (LID) director, was named one of the first-ever recipients of the Computer Science Teachers Association’s Equity Fellowship.
Six finalists and one semifinalist in ProjectCSGIRLS Competition
Six Harker middle school girls were named finalists and one named a semifinalist in the 2019 ProjectCSGIRLS Competition for Middle School Girls, which encourages…
Student’s work at Harvard examines the convergence of tech and the arts
Next month, senior Nikhil Dharmaraj will visit Cambridge, Mass., to speak on a panel about the intersection of artificial intelligence and the humanities with Harvard University faculty members Jessica Fjeld and David Weinberger of Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
Senior Amy Jin one of five in the country to win Cutler-Bell Prize in High School Computing
Last month, senior Amy Jin was named one of five students nationwide to receive the Cutler-Bell Prize in High School Computing. Jin’s project provides…
College Board: Eight perfect 2017 AP exam scores by Harker students and ’17 alumna
The College Board revealed that seven Harker students and one 2017 alumna received perfect scores on Advanced Placement exams they took in May of 2017.
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…
Harker Programming Invitational attracts Bay Area coding enthusiasts
An impressive 46 teams showed up to participate in this year’s Harker Programming Invitational, which took place March 19 at the upper school campus.…
Computer science students gather for cybersecurity competition
On Feb. 3, HarkerCTF held its first cybersecurity competition at the Nichols Hall atrium. About 60 students separated into teams to solve cybersecurity problems…
ComSci students learn key design concepts using Gamestar Mechanic
Over the course of the fall semester, middle school computer science students have been learning that software creation is about much more than knowing…
