Upper school science teacher Kate Schafer began a two-week survey in the Gulf of Mexico studying shark and red snapper populations — faculty development at its best!
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Face Time: Pat Walsh
This article originally appeared in the summer 2017 issue of Harker Magazine. Pat Walsh is a legend at Harker. The lower school math teacher…
Vegesna grant awardees taking instruction to the next level
This article first appeared in the summer 2017 issue of Harker Magazine. The words, scrawled neatly in reddish-brown, rest solemnly on a rectangular piece…
Face Time: Abel Olivas
This article first appeared in the summer 2017 Harker Magazine. Spanish teacher Abel Olivas is one of the few remaining teachers who started at…
Face Time: Patricia Burrows
This article first appeared in the summer 2017 Harker Magazine. Patricia Burrows teaches middle school English, but her enthusiasm for her job is evident…
Face Time: Eric Nelson, US computer science chair
This article originally appeared in the winter 2016 Harker Magazine. Eric Nelson has the distinction of teaching nine different courses at the upper school,…
Alumnus ’04 returns to Harker on the other side of the teacher’s desk
They say you can’t go back, but you can – after you’ve graduated college (Harvard!) and been in the work force for a decade – anyway. Karan Lodha…
Near and Mitra Scholars Recognized, Vegesna Program Awardees Revealed
This article originally appeared in the summer 2016 Harker Quarterly. In late April, the 2016 John Near and Mitra scholars were honored at a…
Milestones from Harker Quarterly Summer 2016
This article originally appeared in the summer 2016 Harker Quarterly. Harker library director Sue Smith and upper school librarians Lauri Vaughan and Meredith Cranston…
Journalism Director Wins NSPA Pioneer Award
The National Scholastic Press Association recently named upper school journalism teacher Ellen Austin one of this year’s Pioneer Award winners. Considered the NSPA’s highest…






