Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) announced that two 2017-18 Harker journalism publications would receive Crown awards, the organization’s highest honor.
Top Achievements
Harker siblings compete in Pan Am chess championships, one takes gold, the other fifth
Harker chess powerhouses Omya Vidyarthi, rising grade 3, and brother Vyom Vidyarthi, rising grade 6, represented the United States at the 2018 Pan American…
Two Harker speech and debate students finish in the top 10 in the nation
The speech and debate team wrapped up its season with some nice results! Haris Hosseini, rising senior, made it to the final round of…
Three-peat: Third Harker student wins $20,000 H&R Block Challenge
Freshman Luisa Pan’s college account got a big boost from a $20,000 scholarship from H&R Block for winning the H&R Block Budget Challenge! Two…
MS speech and debate team earns First Place Sweepstakes Team Award, many other awards
Harker middle school speech and debate team members competed at a variety of tournaments across the country and had some great results!
Two alumna named 2018 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows, honoring immigrants and their children
Huge congratulations to Suchita Nety ’13 and Angela Ma ’14 for being named 2018 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows! This unique program honors 30 outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants from the U.S. and around the world who are pursuing graduate degrees in the United States.
Surbhi Sarna ’03 achieves milestone in creating better health care for women, sells company for $275 million
The Harker community was delighted to hear that Surbhi Sarna ’03 sold her medical device company, nVision Medical, for $275 million to Boston Scientific, but the real story is about Sarna’s journey to help women who were being underserved in health care.
Upper school speech and debate coach recognized for outstanding results
Greg Achten, upper school speech and debate coach, has been awarded a 2 Diamond degree of membership in the National Speech & Debate Association’s…
A trio of Harker alumni make Forbes’ 30 Under 30 lists for 2018
Three Harker alumni were named to this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 lists, which feature 600 young stars in 20 different industries.
Senior is finalist in national business challenge, now headed to international conference
DECA member Neelesh Ramachandran, grade 12, is a national finalist in the DECA Virtual Business Challenge 2018, following the second qualifying round. Ramachandran qualified…
