Upper school math students earn accolades in national contests
Harker upper school students performed well in a pair of recent math contests. Yesterday, junior Jeffrey Kwan received an honorable mention from the Mathematical…
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Harker Math Invitational attracts nearly 330 competitors from 15 schools
Nearly 330 middle school students from 15 schools attended the 18th annual Diana Nichols Math Invitational. In addition to the 14 South Bay schools participating in the event (including Harker), Las Vegas’ Coral Academy of Science made the trip from out of state for the third consecutive year.
Middle school team wins Mathcounts competition, eight individual competitors in top 16
Middle school math students had a great showing at a the Santa Clara chapter Mathcounts contest, held Feb. 16 at the upper school campus.
Middle school math teacher wins Edyth May Sliffe Award
Middle school math teacher and department chair Vandana Kadam was awarded the Edyth May Sliffe Award for Distinguished Teaching in Middle School and High School.
Middle school math closes out spring with second place at MathCounts nationals
At last month’s MathCounts National Competition in Washington, D.C., the California team, featuring eighth grader Rishab Parthasarathy (pictured, second from left) and coached by…
Second grader wins bronze medal in International Math Contest, second place for Math Kangaroo
Second grader Manalee Chowdhury was recently awarded a bronze medal from the RSM Foundation after competing in the organization’s International Math Contest in March…
Middle school MathCounts students shine at state competition; one bound for nationals
At the MathCounts state competition on March 31 at Stanford University, the Harker middle school team won the state MathCounts championship in a field of 35 teams and 175 students.
Five students qualify for national math olympiads
Four Harker upper school students and one middle school student have advanced to the third round of the USA Math Olympiad and Junior Math Olympiad, respectively.
16th Harker Math Invitational attracts 300 competitors
Math enthusiasts from 13 schools visited the Harker middle school campus on March 4 for the 16th annual Diana Nichols Math Invitational, in which…
Senior wins gold medal at Romanian Master of Mathematics competition
Senior Swapnil Garg participated in the Romanian Master of Mathematics competition, held Feb. 21-26 in Bucharest, and was one of just 10 competitors worldwide to win a gold medal.
