A special Faculty Retreat was held on Feb. 9 to promote sustainability principles and practices among Harker faculty. The event – organized by Harker’s Sustainability Committee – featured talks and activities regarding Harker’s future plans to reduce waste and emissions and what actions can be taken by the entire community.
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Middle school math teacher wins Edyth May Sliffe Award
Middle school math teacher and department chair Vandana Kadam was awarded the Edyth May Sliffe Award for Distinguished Teaching in Middle School and High School.
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…
Teacher Explores Australia, Works with Students on Yearly Exchange
This article was originally published in the fall 2014 Harker Quarterly. Middle school art teacher Elizabeth Saltos headed to Australia this past summer for…
Bay Area Educators Attend Harker Teacher Institute
This article was originally published in the fall 2014 Harker Quarterly. Harker once again invited Bay Area educators to the upper school campus for…
English Teacher Treks to Japan for Annual Teacher Exchange
This article originally appeared in the winter 2013 Harker Quarterly. Lower school English teacher Heather Russell had the great opportunity to travel to Japan as…
Teacher Dispatches from Summer Tanzania Trip
More than a dozen Harker students are on a summer research trip in Tanzania, and upper school biology teacher Mike Pistacchi sent some updates on this amazing…
Computer Science Teacher Active in Outreach
This article originally appeared in the summer 2014 Harker Quarterly. Abigail Joseph, middle school computer science teacher, has been very busy! In mid-May, she…
Art Teacher’s Latest Work Featured in Oakland Gallery
This article originally appeared in the summer 2014 Harker Quarterly. “ImmersionVapor,” the latest work from upper school art teacher Joshua Martinez, was featured at…
Math Chair Receives Inspirational Teacher Award from MIT
This article originally appeared in the summer 2014 Harker Quarterly. Bradley Stoll, mathematics department chair, received an Inspirational Teacher Award from MIT in late…
