Harker Places Second in National Math Contest
The Harker School recently came in second place nationwide in National Assessment & Testing’s 2011 Fall Startup Event mathematics contest. Coached by math teacher…
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Stats Students Gather Data at S.F. Giants Game
In late September, upper school statistics students attended the San Francisco Giants’ final regular-season game to gather information that they will be using for…
Rising Grade 6 Student Youngest Member of Team USA at Math Competition
In July, Shaya Zarkesh, who starts grade 6 in the fall, helped Team USA win the team championship at this year’s Indonesia International Math…
Grade 5 Math Students Exercise Architectural Talents
In February, lower school math teacher Pat Walsh’s grade 5 students submitted building designs to Aaron Bean ’85, who now works as a general…
Grade 3 Students Win Math League Regional Award
Third grade students earned a Regional Award in the recent Continental Mathematics League (CML) contest. This yearly contest, which consists of three separate meets,…
Harker Supplies Coach and One Member to National Mathcounts Champion Team
[Update] The San Jose Mercury News has published a nice story about the victory – read all about it! May 11, 2011 Harker’s Vandana…
IBM Engineers Visit Grade 5 Math Class with Mars Rover Model
In early April Pat Walsh, lower school math teacher, had a pair of engineers from IBM and the Harker community visit his classes. Eric…
MathCounts Team Named State Champs; Seventh Grader Qualifies for Nationals
Harker’s MathCounts team, Celine Liang, grade 7 and eighth graders Matthew Huang, Cindy Liu and Andrew Zhang, placed first at the State MathCounts competition…
Harker Excels in Feb. and March Math Contests
During a flurry of math contests in February and March, Harker students have been performing admirably. On Feb. 12, Harker participated in the Santa…
10th Diana Nichols Math Invitational Features Overseas Competitors
The tenth annual Diana Nichols Harker Math Invitational for grades 6 to 8, held March 5, was a highly successful event with 21 local…