In mid-September, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation identified 68 Harker seniors as Commended Students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Competition.
Top Achievements
Harker debaters garner first and second at nationals, have a great season overall!
Team Harker crushed it at the National Speech & Debate Tournament, where Haris Hosseini ‘19, and Avi Gulati, a rising senior, nailed first and second places in original oratory.
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…
Freshmen win H&R Block Budget Challenge for managing household budget
Shahzeb Lakhani and Alivia Li, both grade 9, are Harker’s latest winners of the H&R Block Budget Challenge! The students each earned $20,000 by…
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…
Zachary Wong ’19 receives The Forgotten International’s Compassion Award
Photo: Kathy Fang, grade 11 At yesterday’s school meeting, Zachary Wong ’19 was presented with The Forgotten International’s 2019 Compassion Award for his work…
Incubator classes help students build on existing and new enterprises
The business & entrepreneurship department launched two incubator courses this school year and the young entrepreneurs have been going full tilt all year. Here is a quick look at the first year of these classes.
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.