Senior and Reischauer honoree speaks at 2021 Japan Day
Last weekend, senior Erica Cai gave a presentation about colorism in Japan at an event held by the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural…
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20 Harker grads named 2021 National Merit winners
An additional 15 seniors won National Merit scholarships last week, bringing the total number of winners so far to 17.
Senior Utkarsh Priyam named Presidential Scholar semifinalist
Senior Utkarsh Priyam was named one of 625 semifinalists in the 2021 Presidential Scholars competition. These semifinalists were selected from 6,500 candidates in the competition, who were selected from 3.6 million graduating seniors.
12 seniors selected as 2021 Presidential Scholar candidates
12 Harker seniors were selected as candidates for the 2021 US Presidential Scholars program.
[UPDATED] Final 2020 National Merit winner announcement brings Harker total to 23
Earlier this month, 63 seniors were named semifinalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship, placing them among the top one percent of the 1.5 million students who entered the contest as juniors last year.
Reception honors 2019-20 Near/Mitra scholars
On April 28, a virtual reception was held to honor the students who received scholar grants in the 2019-20 John Near and Mitra Family…
[UPDATED] Senior named national runner-up in Journalist of the Year contest
May 1, 2020: In mid-April, the Journalism Education Association named senior Eric Fang one of its national runners-up in their Journalist of the Year…
Two eighth graders among first-ever winners of Maryam Mirzakhani Award
Earlier this month, eighth graders Angelina Hu and Olivia Xu were among five students to win the inaugural Maryam Mirzakhani Award in the American…
Student documentary wins grand prize in C-SPAN StudentCam contest
“Cmd-Delete,” a short documentary created by juniors Jason Lin, Sara Yen and Amar Karoshi, was today named the grand prize winner of C-SPAN’s 2020 StudentCam contest.
[UPDATED] 11 students win National Merit scholarships, nearly 60 percent of class recognized overall
In mid-September, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation identified 68 Harker seniors as Commended Students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Competition.