In late July, 12 Harker upper and middle school students attended the National Junior Classical League Convention, held this year at Emory University in Atlanta.
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Sarah Mohammed, rising junior, named National Student Poet
Rising junior Sarah Fathima Mohammed today was named one of five National Student Poets of 2021. The National Student Poets Program, which is run…
English teacher named Poet Laureate of Los Gatos
In late March, upper school English teacher Jennifer Siraganian was named the next Poet Laureate of Los Gatos.
Reception honors 2019-20 Near/Mitra scholars
On April 28, a virtual reception was held to honor the students who received scholar grants in the 2019-20 John Near and Mitra Family…
Endowment scholars wrap up year of exploration at lovely reception
This year’s John Near and Mitra Family endowment scholars were honored at a reception in the Nichols Hall auditorium, celebrating the completion of their intensive research and writing projects.
Mitra and Near endowment awardees for humanities research papers announced
Harker is pleased to announce its 2018-19 endowment awardees; each student will receive a grant to help them in their yearlong effort producing a research paper on a humanities subject.
Students named national medalists in Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Several Harker students from upper and middle school were named national medalists in the 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
Two student writers named national finalists in 2017 YoungArts Competition
In October, senior Meilan Steimle and junior Jacqueline He we named as two of the 166 national finalists in the 2017 YoungArts competition, which…
Upper School’s HELM Named Finalist in CSPA Crown Awards
HELM, the upper school’s literary magazine, was recently named a finalist in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s 2017 Crown Awards competition. These awards are…
Grade 8 History Students Learn About Nautical Techniques of European Explorers
Students in Allen Lyle’s grade 8 history class have been studying the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, along with the navigation methods they…