Harker’s A Quiz Bowl team – juniors Rohan Cherukuri, Jeffrey Fung, Kyle Li and Arun Sundaresan – spent Memorial Day weekend in Atlanta, where they finished in the top 5 percent at the High School National Championship Tournament for National Academic Quiz Tournaments.
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Junior wins Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award at Intel ISEF
In mid-May, junior Allison Jia was named one of two winners of the Intel Foundation Scientist Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
Three students win grand prizes at 2019 Synopsys science fair
Juniors Cynthia Chen and Allison Jia and senior Ruhi Sayana were all grand prize winners at the Synopsys Silicon Valley Science & Technology Championship in March.
Endowment scholars wrap up year of exploration at lovely reception
This year’s John Near and Mitra Family endowment scholars were honored at a reception in the Nichols Hall auditorium, celebrating the completion of their intensive research and writing projects.
Seniors named speech and debate All Americans
Nine Harker students were presented with National Speech & Debate Association Academic All American awards this month.
Senior earns State Department language scholarship, Congressional Award
Senior Logan Bhamidipaty was recently awarded a scholarship from the U.S. State Department’s National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSIL-Y), which funds a full academic year abroad.
DoE Science Bowl teams make top eight, rookie team takes second
Harker took second in the annual Department of Energy regional science bowl held in mid-February.
[UPDATED] Three seniors named Regeneron Science Talent Search finalists
Seven Harker seniors – the most of any school in California – were named Top 300 Scholars in this year’s Regeneron Science Talent Search.
Two students win recognition and prizes in Broadcom MASTERS competition
Last month, Alice Feng, grade 9, and Sriram Bhimaraju, grade 7, were announced as winners in this year’s Broadcom MASTERS competition.
Senior accepted into New York Academy of Sciences Junior Academy
The New York Academy of Sciences accepted senior Ayush Vyas into the NYAS Junior Academy
