Lower and Middle School Raise $8,096 for Typhoon Victims
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. The week after Thanksgiving break, the lower school’s student council sponsored a hot chocolate…
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Lower School Student Honored for Philanthropic Work at Children’s Hospital
UPDATE: Dec. 11, 2015 Last week, Bryan Zhang, now in grade 7, joined up with seniors Luke Wu, Kevin Kim and Jason Lee and junior…
Student Travels to India to Perform Medical Screenings, Tests Nearly 600 Children
After being diagnosed as a freshman with hypothyroidism – a disorder in which the thyroid gland fails to produce sufficient thyroid hormone, causing fatigue,…
Students Are Passionate About Volunteer Outreach Efforts – from Humane Society to Free The Children
This spring saw an amazing number of important outreach efforts at both Harker’s lower and upper schools. At the lower school, grade 1 students…
Jump Rope for Heart Season Kicks Off in March
The beginning of March officially heralded Jump Rope for Heart season at the lower school. On March 7, K-5 students took to the blacktop…
Eighth-Annual Harker Cancer Walk Raises Over $12,000 for Camp Okizu!
On March 14, the Harker community united for the eighth-annual Harker Cancer Walk. The symbolic effort, held on the middle school field, netted more…
Upper School Students Get a Kick Out of Raising Money for Camp Okizu
The fifth-annual Kicks Against Cancer boys and girls varsity soccer games raised more than $5,000 for children who attend Camp Okizu, a camp for…
Grade 5 Food Drive Helps 750 Families Celebrate Thanksgiving
This story was submitted by Harker parent Heather Wardenburg (Frederick, grade 5). Hundreds of families’ Thanksgiving feasts were made better by the generosity of…
Senior Receives Community Service Spotlight Award for Volunteer Efforts
Senior Alicia Clark was awarded Harker’s Community Service Spotlight Award at a recent Monday morning school meeting. At the gathering, she received a $200…
Junior Raises Money to Build Shelter for Family Living in Afghanistan
In the fall, Sidhart Krishnamurthi, grade 11, launched a fundraiser for The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, which raised more than $2,000 to help build a…
