Rising Senior’s Team Wins First Place at International Linguistics Olympiad
Erik Andersen, grade 12, helped one of the United States teams win first place at the International Linguistics Olympiad in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Andersen, who…
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Recent Graduate Wins Poetry Contest
Daniela Lapidous ’12 recently won the Saratoga Library Teen Poetry contest in the high school category for her submitted poem, titled “Regression.” Lapidous attended…
Harker Journalism Takes Top Honors in Youth Journalism Awards
In May, Youth Journalism International announced the winners of its yearly contest, and Harker came up big. Class of 2012 graduates Sanjana Baldwa, Michelle…
Middle School Latin Students Win Big in National Exams
Middle school Latin students took the National Latin Exam in March, and of the 52 Harker students who received awards, 18 won gold medals…
Five Gold Key Winners Learn and Grow on Creative Journeys
This story was originally published in the spring 2012 issue of Harker Quarterly. Among 200,000 paintings, short stories, writing portfolios, poems, digital art pieces…
Harker Senior William Chang Wins Elk’s National Foundation Writing Award
William Chang, grade 12, has won an $800 award for an essay contest. Chang was a district finalist in the Elks Most Valuable Student…
Journalism Website TalonWP.com Wins Prestigious CSPA Gold Crown Award for Digital News
Harker’s student journalism news website, TalonWP.com, has been awarded the prestigious Gold Crown Award for digital news from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA).…
“Enlight’ning” Awarded Gold Medal
Enlight’ning, a magazine published every spring at the middle school which showcases artwork, poetry and prose created entirely by middle school students, has been awarded…
Scholastic Arts Award Winners Attend Ceremony at Carnegie Hall
In early June, recent graduate Vladimir Sepetov and rising senior Jessica Lin attended a special ceremony held at Carnegie Hall in New York City…
[Updated] Several Students Receive Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
The creativity and hard work of Harker students translated into significant success in this year’s Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Student artist Vladimir Sepetov, grade…