Several Harker students qualified to compete at the international level, and more earned top spots at the state finals of this year’s Future Problem Solving (FPS) competition.
Top Achievements
Two Harker teams named winners in Hamilton Education Program competition
Two groups of Harker muddle schostudents were named winners in the Hamilton Education Program’s online competition, in which middle and high school students wrote and performed songs based on their own historical research.
Harker team reaches semifinals of Wharton Investment Competition
The five students are among the top 50 teams in a competition with more than 1,600 entries.
[UPDATED] Senior Michelle Wei places third in Regeneron Science Talent Search
Senior Michelle Wei was named third-place winner of this year’s Regeneron Science Talent Search, taking home an award valued at $150,000.
Jazz band attends Essentially Ellington festival, two students take home awards
During the February break, the upper school jazz band traveled to Orlando, Fla. with music teachers Dave Hart and Jaco Wong to participate in the Essentially Ellington Festival.
Senior nominated for Presidential Scholar in the Arts
Iris Fu was just one of 60 students nominated nationwide.
HELM named finalist for CSPA Crown Award
The 2022-23 edition of the Harker Eclectic Literary Magazine (HELM) was named a finalist for the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Crown Award
Simar Bajaj ’20 awarded prestigious Marshall Scholarship, bound for Oxford
The award-winning journalist will study global health science and epidemiology, while also investigating treatment for socially stigmatized diseases.
DECA takes top spots at Silicon Valley Career Development Conference
From Jan. 5-7, more than 120 members of the Harker DECA chapter attended the Silicon Valley Career Development Conference (SVCDC).
15 students inducted into International Thespian Society
15 Harker students were recently inducted into the International Thespian Society, an honors society for middle and high school theater students.