California is the Classroom for Successful Middle School Backpacking Trip
This article was originally published in the fall 2014 Harker Quarterly. In mid-June, 19 students and three teachers set off on a five-day backpacking…
Science
Students Learn and Give During Excursion to Tanzania
This article was originally published in the fall 2014 Harker Quarterly. In June, more than a dozen upper school students, accompanied by upper school…
[UPDATED] Students Receive Mayoral Commendation for Success in Google Science Fair
Oct. 28, 2014:On Oct. 21, Daniela Lee, grade 12, and Sadhika Malladi, grade 11, were honored by San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and the…
[UPDATED] Rising Sophomore’s Project Featured at White House Maker Faire
Sept. 18, 2014: Davis Dunaway, grade 10, and his collaborators on the “Grid” project, detailed below, will appear at the World Maker Faire in…
STEM Subjects Fascinate Youngest at Harker
On any given day, Harker Preschool’s on-site STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) lab is buzzing with activity. But it’s not every day the…
UPDATE! Junior Takes First Place in National Engineering Symposium, Chooses Internship at Stanford
May 9, 2014 Great news from the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in Washington D.C, where Junior Neil Movva presented in late April…
Budding Middle- and Upper School Scientists Take Home a Range of Prizes From 2014 Synopsys Championship
Harker enjoyed another successful year at the Synopsys Championship in March, as dozens of middle and upper school students garnered awards. Five upper school students…
Grade 8 Students Become First-Time Parents of Flour Sack Babies
It’s not easy being a new parent. So discovered grade 8 students who, after spending a week caring for five-pound flour sack “babies,” better…
Computer Science Program Expands
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. By Debbie Cohen and Zach Jones Even Democrats and Republicans agree on the crucial…
Harker Science Lovers Flock to Research Symposium to be Inspired by Students and Speakers
UPDATE: Videos of the keynote speakers, breakout sessions and the panel discussion from this year’s Research Symposium are now available on YouTube. Science enthusiasts from…
