Harker’s upper school newspaper, “The Winged Post,” was chosen as a Crown Finalist for News Publications for its work during the 2016-17 school year.
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Alumnus garners another award to wrap up high school debate career
Aditya Dhar ’17 was awarded a final accolade for his high school speech and debate efforts by the Stennis Center for Public Service Leadership. He…
Update: National Econ Challenge team takes fourth place overall in country
Update May 23, 2017: At the National Economics Challenge finals in New York City, Harker’s team took fourth place overall in the Adam Smith…
Two students receive Second Awards at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Two Harker students won awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, held last week in Los Angeles. Junior Amy Jin’s project, titled “Deep…
Middle school speech and debate team racks up great results at Tournament of Champions
Harker’s middle school speech and debate team, coached by Christopher Thiele, had a successful trip to the Middle School Tournament of Champions in Lexington,…
Freshman wins $20,000 scholarship in H&R Block Budget Challenge
Harker business and entrepreneurship student Roma Gandhi, though only in grade 9, is set to manage a household budget, having won a $20,000 scholarship…
Harker DECA shines at 2017 International Career Development Conference
This article prepared from a report by Shania Wang, grade 10, vice president of public relations for Harker’s DECA chapter. Students in Harker’s DECA…
[UPDATED] Harker senior named 2017 Presidential Scholar
May 5, 2017: Congratulations to senior Meilan Steimle, who has been named a 2017 Presidential Scholar of the Arts! As one of just 161…
Endowments create new batch of scholars, add to growing corpus of humanities papers
Each year, a small number of students apply for and are selected to receive research grants from two endowments, the John Near Excellence in History…
Harker SAT average tops regional private high schools
Harker earned the top spot in a survey of SAT scores at regional high schools, according to a report published this week by the…