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…
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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…
Siemens and Intel Participants Honored at Special Lunch Reception
A special lunchtime reception for students who participated in this year’s Siemens Competition and Intel Science Talent Search was held March 19 in the…
Harker Students Take Top Spots in Two Categories at TEAMS Competition
Five teams of Harker upper school students – 40 students in all – competed in a regional Test of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science…
Research Symposium Attracts Silicon Valley Exhibitors; Keynote Speaker Salman Khan
On Saturday, March 29, at the upper school campus, The Harker School’s science department and the student WiSTEM Club (Women in Science, Technology, Engineering…
UPDATE: Sreyas Misra Named Intel Finalist, Will Compete in Finals in Washington, D.C.
Jan. 22, 2014: Congratulations to senior Sreyas Misra, who has been named a finalist in this year’s Intel Science Talent Search, one of eight…
