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13 years ago

[UPDATED] Students Help U.S. Team to Third Place, Win Medals at China Math Competition

In early November, students Patrick Lin and Ashwath Thirumalai, both grade 9, traveled to Beijing, China, to participate in the World Mathematics Team Championship…

13 years ago

Harker School Ranked in Top 20 Nationwide for Speech and Debate

The Harker School has been recognized as one of the top 100 schools in the nation for speech and debate activities, according to the…

Languages

13 years ago

Harker Students Make Multiple Top 10s at National JCL Convention

This article was originally published in the Fall 2011 Harker Quarterly. Harker’s Latin program is going strong, and students have an annual event at…

13 years ago

[UPDATED] Indukuri and Lapidous to Speak at Clinton Global Initiative Meeting

[Updated Sept. 20, 2011] Earlier today, students Shreya Indukuri and Daniela Lapidous, both grade 12, spoke at a special keynote lunch at the Clinton…

13 years ago

[Updated] 20 Harker Grads Awarded National Merit Scholarships

[Updated: July 11, 2011] Two more Harker graduates, Arthi Kumar and April Luo, have been awarded National Merit College-Sponsored Scholarships. Kumar received her scholarship…

13 years ago

Students Place First in all Three Levels at National Japan Bowl

March 2009 In only the second year that Harker has sent teams for all three levels, Harker’s Japanese program swept all three first-place team…

In the News

14 years ago

Middle School Debaters Again Claim Top National Honors

The task of winning a single national championship in debate is demanding, but putting together victories in back-to-back years is particularly rare. Nonetheless, that’s…

Mathematics

14 years ago

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,…

Mathematics

14 years ago

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…

Research, Science

14 years ago

Research Program Has Students Aiming High in Prestigious Competitions

This story was originally published in the Spring 2010 Harker Quarterly On Jan. 13, Intel announced four Harker seniors had made it to the…