Harker was among 16 high schools named 2025 winners of the First Amendment Press Freedom Award by the Journalism Education Association (JEA), making this Harker’s fourth consecutive year receiving the award.
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Harker Aquila: Diversity Leadership event attracts students from around Bay Area
On Sat., Feb. 22, Harker hosted the Student Diversity Leadership Gathering and Leadership Summit, which featured a series of workshops and guest speakers on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Harker dance groups take top spots at Festival of Champions
Over the weekend, three Harker dance teams placed in the top three of their respective divisions at Cupertino High’s Festival of Champions.
Junior profiled in LA Times High School Insider
Junior Shreya Vemulapalli was recently profiled in the Los Angeles Times High School Insider for her work in alleviating struggles associated with cancer.
Kindergartner places third in National Park Service speech contest
Kindergartner Neev Kotandon was recently named a third-place winner in the U.S. National Park Service’s Frederick Douglass Oratorical Contest.
Four upper school teams receive Scholastic Championship Team Awards
Four upper school varsity teams all received Winter Scholastic Championship Team Awards in the CIF CCS.
2022 alum in the news for first-ever photos of rarely seen rodent
Prakrit Jain ’22 and his colleagues at UC Berkeley recently made headlines for being the first researchers to take photographs of the Mount Lyell shrew.
Harker team named semifinalists in Wharton Investment Competition
Team Mango recently became a semifinalist in the 2024-25 Wharton Global High School Investment Competition.
Harker students win nearly 300 Regional Art & Writing Awards
Harker students won a record 286 regional awards (112 for art and 174 for writing) in the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Contest, organized by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.
Kindergartner takes second in piano competition, set to perform at Carnegie Hall
Harker kindergartner Evelyn Hua is slated to perform at New York City’s Carnegie Hall in March after placing second in American Protégé International’s 2024 Competition of Romantic Music.
