Spanish Cultural Night Celebrates Music, Dance and Cuisine
On March 8, Harker’s Spanish Honors Society held its annual Spanish Cultural Night at the upper school gym, which was attended about 75 current…
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Harker Benefits from Visits by Exchange Teachers from Japan and China
This story recently appeared in the winter 2012 edition of Harker Quarterly. Harker hosted two exciting visits from exchange teachers in September, one from…
Middle School Latin Students Hold JCL Induction at Laser Quest
Harker’s Junior Classical League (JCL) got off to a great start with this year’s inaugural event, held Sept. 28 at Laser Quest in Mountain…
Japanese Save the Children Rep Visits to Discuss Tsunami Relief Efforts
On Sept. 6, Yu Sasaki, a Japanese representative from Save the Children, visited Harker to talk to the students about her relief work in…
Rising Senior’s Team Wins First Place at International Linguistics Olympiad
Erik Andersen, grade 12, helped one of the United States teams win first place at the International Linguistics Olympiad in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Andersen, who…
Upper School Latin Students Earn High Placements at JCL Convention
Upper school Latin students attended the California Junior Classical League Convention in late March and took top spots in many of the convention’s events.…
Middle School Latin Students Win Big in National Exams
Middle school Latin students took the National Latin Exam in March, and of the 52 Harker students who received awards, 18 won gold medals…
State Latin Convention a Successful Trip for Middle School Latin Students
Several middle school debate students headed to the Menlo School in late March for the State Latin Convention, where many of the students placed…
Middle School Latin Students Score High on National Mythology Exam
Results from this year’s National Mythology Exam arrived recently, and several middle school students earned high marks. Gold medals, earned for scoring 100 percent…
Middle School Math Chair Kadam on Exchange in China–Still Teaching Four Sections per Day
Middle school mathematics chair Vandana Kadam is currently on an exchange trip in Shanghai to visit and instruct at the World Foreign Language Middle…