Grade 12 Student Spends Summers Performing Outreach Work in Pakistan
Senior Shay Lari-Hosain feels fortunate to be able to spend his summers in Pakistan, performing meaningful outreach work under the direction of a recipient…
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Senior Organizes Fundraising Concert for Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area
On the evening of Sept. 12, senior Arun Shriram combined his love of music with his drive to help others by holding a fundraising…
Kudos: Chess Whiz Wins Second Place, Students Perform at International Music Festival
Over Labor Day weekend, grade 9 chess enthusiast Shaunak Maruvada took second place in the expert section (U2200) at the CalChess State Championship. Facing…
Foreign Students Bring International Flair to Harker through Summer ELI Program
Once again Harker’s English Language Institute (ELI) attracted an increasing number of students from all over the world seeking top-level English instruction. Held during…
Unique New Offerings and Fun Afternoon Activities Highlight Harker’s Summer Institute
This year’s Summer Institute (SI) was marked by numerous exciting, first-time happenings. Highlights of the increasingly popular program included an inaugural summer science research…
Coach Thompson Returns to Harker as New Head of Varsity Girls Basketball
Harker’s athletic department has hired Tomas Thompson as the new head coach of the school’s varsity girls basketball team. In addition to his collegiate playing…
Upper School Student Creates Support System for Youth Whose Loved Ones Have Cancer
There was a time when Eesha Chona, a rising senior and founder of an online community for children and teens whose loved ones are…
Students Visit Hiroshima, Rally for Peace
This article originally appeared in the summer 2015 Harker Quarterly. At 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 1945,
the United States dropped an atomic bomb…
Middle and Upper Schools Earn Reward Points for Capri Sun Recycling Program
Since launching the Capri Sun Recycling Program in March 2014, the middle and upper school campuses have collected and shipped a combined total of…
GEO and DECA Raise Money for Charities
Near the end of the school year, the Global Empowerment Outreach (GEO) Club raised money for the Malaria Consortium, an organization that provides malaria…