Gr. 4-5 Students Post Highest Scores Ever in In-House Math Contest
Gr. 4 and Gr. 5 students posted their highest scores ever during Harker’s annual in-house Math League contest in May. This year, 41 fifth-graders…
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[Updated]: Teams Shine at International Future Problem Solvers Competition
[Updated] Harker had five top-three placements in an impressive showing at the international finals of the Future Problem Solvers competition, held the weekend of…
Three Students Named in Third Round of National Merit Scholarships
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) has announced the third of its four rounds of scholarship winners. The first two rounds were corporate-sponsored; this round…
Future Problem Solvers Head to Internationals
Last month, Future Problem Solvers (FPS) had 54 students qualify for the Future Problem Solving Program of California’s state tournament. They went on to…
Eighth Graders Cited for Writing Excellence
Albert Chu, Gr. 8, was one of eight California winners in the Promising Young Writers Program, which recognizes talent and emphasizes the importance of…
Stanford Researchers Partner with Harker to Study Virus Networking
Reprinted from the Harker Quarterly March 2010 issue On Jan. 14, the tables turned at the upper school campus. The students, typically collecting awards…
Busy Debate Team in Finals and Semifinals on East Coast
Harker debaters made the final round of the National Debate Coaches Association Championships the weekend of April 17-18 in Washington, D.C. Justine Liu, Gr.…
Senior Wins Scholarship in National Merit Scholarship Program
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), a nonprofit organization that honors the scholastic achievements of high school students, has begun to announce the winners in…
Lower School Students Earn Regional Awards in Annual Math Contest
Students from Gr. 3, 4 and 5 had impressive results in this year’s math competitions. All Gr. 3 students recently completed participation in the…
Senior Wins Poetry Award
Patrick Campbell, Gr. 12, was named the 2010 River of Words Environmental Poetry and Art Contest Bioregion Prize Winner for a poem he wrote…