Last month, Harker’s DECA chapter hosted its first fall conference, during which 50 grade 9 DECA members from the Silicon Valley district prepared for the upcoming DECA competitive season.
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Incoming upper school students learn business at DECA launch event
On Aug. 14 and 15, the Harker DECA chapter hosted their eighth annual Harker DECA Launch event.
Harker DECA has history-making showing at annual conference
With 46 competitors and two first place champions, Harker DECA had the best ICDC results in chapter history. An exceptional 12 finalists placed in the top 20 for the preliminary round. Out of those 12, eight finalists were in the top 10 final round.
Harker DECA performs well at SCDC
From Feb. 22-25, 139 students from The Harker School DECA Chapter attended the 2021 State Career Development Conference (SCDC). This conference was held virtually…
Major success for Harker DECA at Silicon Valley conference
From Jan. 11-14 135 students from the Harker DECA chapter attended the 2021 Silicon Valley Career Development Conference (SVCDC).
Harker team takes second place in DECA pitch challenge
This story was submitted by Gianna Chan, grade 11. From Oct. 19-23, five teams participated in California DECA’s business pitch challenge, an entrepreneurship video…
Alumnus speaks to students on venture capital career, shares advice
On Thurs., Nov. 5, the Harker Investment Club and Harker DECA co-hosted alumnus Amit Mukherjee ‘06 to speak to students over Zoom about his journey from Harker to venture capital and his job as an investment partner at New Enterprise Associates.
Fun and learning at annual DECA Launch event
From Aug. 15-16, 70 students attended Harker DECA’s seventh annual launch event, which is designed to introduce prospective members to DECA and The Harker School’s business, economics and entrepreneurship department.
Student-organized Children’s Business Fair offers learning and business opportunities
On Oct. 12, the student-founded non-profit KidzRule, co-founded last year by Harker sixth grader Mikhil Kiran, held the second annual Santa Clara Children’s Business Fair in Santa Clara’s Live Oak Park.
Grade 5 student puts on Santa Clara Children’s Business Fair
After Mikhil Kiran, grade 5, attended a children’s business fair in Burlingame, he decided to bring a similar event to the South Bay.
