In mid-September, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation identified 68 Harker seniors as Commended Students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Competition.
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Harker students bring home 14 perfect AP scores, including one double perfect
Over a dozen Harker students earned perfect scores on AP tests taken last spring.
Upper school math students earn accolades in national contests
Harker upper school students performed well in a pair of recent math contests. Yesterday, junior Jeffrey Kwan received an honorable mention from the Mathematical…
Six finalists and one semifinalist in ProjectCSGIRLS Competition
Six Harker middle school girls were named finalists and one named a semifinalist in the 2019 ProjectCSGIRLS Competition for Middle School Girls, which encourages…
Upper school quiz bowl finishes in the top 5 percent nationwide
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.
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.
