Student Wins $2,500 Grant for Community Effort
Rohan Chandra, grade 10, is one of 10 first place national winners of the Scholastic BE BIG in Your Community contest, in which people…
Outreach
Harker to Host Students at Annual YWCA Luncheon
The Harker School has long supported the YWCA of Silicon Valley’s annual luncheon each year hosting a table of Harker students who have a…
Harker Community Turns Out for Humane Society Walk ‘n Wag
In support of the 2010-11 Bucknall theme of compassion, grade 1 teachers, including Cindy Proctor and Diann Chung, led a contingent of about 15…
Tennis Director Makes Summer Sojourn to New York
As summer drew to a close, Craig Pasqua, Harker tennis director, traveled to Flushing, N.Y., to volunteer at Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day 2010, held…
UNICEF Video Includes Activist Students
Students Shreya Indukuri and Daniela Lapidous, both grade 11, appear in a video (beginning at 2 minutes and 12 seconds) produced by the organization Unite…
Harker Chef Judges Inmate Cooking Competition
In mid-August, inmates transformed San Mateo Women’s Correctional Center’s kitchen into a bustling culinary scene reminiscent of Iron Chef. In the timed cooking contest,…
Charity Rep tells How Money Helped Children
In April, Harker’s Global Empowerment and Outreach (GEO) club was visited by Lauren Roach, a representative from the Toronto-based nonprofit Free the Children. Roach…
Efforts Aid Haitian Earthquake Victims & Many Others
The response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti tops the list of Harker’s recent outreach efforts. Students, teachers and parents joined forces at all…
Lower School Educator Volunteers at Children’s Discovery Museum
Kristin Giammona, elementary division head, recently volunteered at the Children’s Discovery Museum as a guest activity leader at Family Science Night in the Museum.…
Kiva Co-Founder and CEO Talks Micro-Finance
The Nichols Hall auditorium was abuzz Fri., May 7, during the visit of the latest guest of the Harker Speaker Series, Matt Flannery, CEO…