Bernie Morrissey’s classroom is the middle school library, so individual students, teachers and entire classes circulate through his space all day.
Faculty
Face Time: Isabel Garcia
A Harker teacher since 1999, Isabel García inspires students in her Spanish 3 Honors and AP Spanish Literature classes. She’s also an advisor for the upper school Spanish National Honor Society.
Face Time: Heather Russell
This story originally appeared in the Spring/Summer 2026 issue of Harker Magazine, which can be read and downloaded from Harker’s issuu page. Making connections…
Howard Saltzman, beloved longtime Harker teacher and coach, passes away at 80
The beloved educator, coach and friend passed away peacefully at his home on March 16 at the age of 80.
Performing arts director receives three awards for 2025 book
Laura DeKraker Lang-Ree, Harker’s director of performing arts, received three 2025 Goody Business Book Awards for “The Cancer Parent’s Handbook.”
English teacher wins Perugia Press Prize, debut book to be published in Sept.
Upper school English teacher Jennifer Siraganian was named the winner of the 2026 Perugia Press Prize, which highlights the work of women poets.
Art teacher featured at UC Santa Cruz exhibit, meets with alum
Upper school visual arts teacher Pilar Agüero-Esparza was featured in an exhibition at UC Santa Cruz’s Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery.
Art teacher receives Teaching Artist Cohort grant
Upper school art teacher Pilar Agüero-Esparza was recently named a recipient of a Teaching Artist Cohort grant from the Center for Craft, an organization…
Performing arts chair to release “The Cancer Parent’s Handbook” in February
Laura DeKraker Lang-Ree, Harker’s K-12 performing arts director, recently completed work on her first book, titled “The Cancer Parent’s Handbook: What Your Oncologist Doesn’t Have Time to Tell You.”
[UPDATED] Journalism director named Rising Star by Journalism Education Association
Whitney Huang ’08 was named a Rising Star by the Journalism Education Association, along with eight other teacher from around the country.
