Kudos: Lower school chess player takes first in Costa Rica youth competition
At the World Chess Federation’s 28th Panamerican Youth Championship, held June 30 to July 7 in Costa Rica, student Omya Vidyarthi, a rising grade…
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Harker US and MS teams shine at National Speech & Debate Association Tournament
By Jenny Achten Both the upper and middle school speech and debate teams did incredibly well recently at one of the three major national…
Grades 9-10 TEAMS crew takes fourth in U.S.
Harker students had great success at the national TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science) finals in Orlando, Fla., in late June, where…
Girls on the Run program helps lower school students gain confidence and kindness
During the spring semester, lower school English teacher Heather Russell got 32 lower school girls involved with the national Girls on the Run program.…
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…
Middle schoolers unite with Tamagawa buddies and explore Japan during annual trip
The annual middle school trip to Japan in mid-May took 23 grade 6 students across the Pacific to meet with their buddies at Tamagawa…
Preschoolers meet NASA visitor, learn about space travel
The preschool welcomed a special visitor Monday, as Harker parent and NASA employee Rochelle Ribeiro (Zachary Mascarenhas, kindergarten) joined the transitional kindergarten students in the STEM…
Boys golf in State Championship; postseason awards announced
Boys Golf Congratulations to the boys golf team for reaching the CIF State Championship for the second year in a row. More than 1,500 California…
Update: National Econ Challenge team takes fourth place overall in country
Update May 23, 2017: At the National Economics Challenge finals in New York City, Harker’s team took fourth place overall in the Adam Smith…
Middle school students venture to China for annual exchange
The second part of this year’s exchange with the Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy kicked off in late March. Thirteen middle school students – accompanied…
