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UPDATE! Junior Takes First Place in National Engineering Symposium, Chooses...

May 9, 2014 Great news from the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in Washington D.C, where Junior Neil Movva presented in late April and came home with the first place prize in the...

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Matching Gift Challenge Enhances Efforts to Educate Students for Lifelong...

Harker’s efforts to fund its planned events center received a huge boost in early May when Chris Nikoloff, head of school, announced the school has received a historic $10 million matching gift...

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Recent Grad’s 3-D Art Piece to be Featured in 2014-15 AP Studio Art Exhibit

In late June, a 3-D art piece created by recent graduate Manon Audebert was chosen to be featured at the 2014-15 AP Studio Art Exhibit. Audebert’s work, a visual representation of tension showing...

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[UPDATED] Recent Grad Wins Gold Medal at Int’l Physics Olympiad

July 23, 2014UPDATE 2: Congratulations to Vikram Sundar ’14, who earned a gold medal at this year’s International Physics Olympiad in Astana, Kazakhstan! As one of three gold medalists (alongside two...

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Innovative New Programs and Offerings Highlight Summer 2014 at Harker

This summer at Harker featured some exciting first-time offerings for students, both local and from around the globe. At the youngest level, history was made with the addition of a new preschool summer...

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Upper School Students Kick Off School Year at Matriculation Ceremony

The 2014-15 school year officially began for upper school students on Aug. 22 during the annual matriculation ceremony. Each grade filed into the neatly arranged seats in the upper school quad. As is...

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Grade 5 Student Wins Award for Designing Anti-Bully App

Grade 5 student Yash Narayan recently received the “Best Educational App” award from iOSDevCamp, where he created an innovative app called BullyWatch. In an event dominated by adult, veteran...

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[UPDATE] Grade 9 Student Wins First-Place Mathematics Award in Broadcom...

Oct. 31, 2014: Earlier this week, Rajiv Movva, grade 9, was announced as a first-place mathematics award winner in the Broadcom MASTERS competition, the finals of which took place in Washington, D.C....

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Free Lacrosse Clinics for Middle School Girls May 26 & 28 – All Schools Welcome

Harker will host free lacrosse clinics for middle school girls (those currently in grades 6, 7 and 8) on May 26 and May 28. The clinics will be held at Rosenthal Field (natural grass field) at Harker’s...

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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 experience, 45-year-old Thompson brings...

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Into the Fringe: Conservatory Takes “Into the Woods” to Edinburgh

This special media-rich expanded feature story includes two videos and a slideshow from Scotland!  Click here for the full experience! Students were all over the place, checking sound, testing lights,...

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Website, Magazine and Advancement Publications Garner Top Awards

Harker has garnered three top awards from the well-known MarCom Awards in their 2015 international awards competition, which recognizes outstanding creative achievement by marketing and communication...

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Dennis McNally Discusses Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation at the Harker...

The Harker Speaker Series and an audience of about 80 welcomed author and historian Dennis McNally on Jan. 14. McNally’s biography of Jack Kerouac, “Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation,...

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Harker Hosts SVCUE Event for Silicon Valley Teachers

On March 5, Harker hosted the annual Teach Through Technology event, organized by Silicon Valley Computer Using Educators. Teachers from throughout Silicon Valley headed to the upper school campus...

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Four Awarded Prizes at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

Harker sent a number of budding scientists to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, held May 8-13 in Phoenix, and four came home with significant awards. Jonathan Ma, grade 12, an Intel...

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Steel in the sky: performing arts and athletic centers’ strength on display

The powerful ironwork structure of the performing arts (PA) center is reaching for the sky – the great frame can be seen from Harker’s middle school parking lot a mile away. The athletic center is...

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Board names Nikoloff’s successor

Diana Nichols, chair of Harker’s Board of Trustees, announced Wednesday that Brian Yager was elected as the new head of the school, filling the vacancy of current head, Chris Nikoloff, who accepted a...

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Passion: Tiffany Liou is following her heart

This article first appeared in the summer 2017 Harker Magazine. By Vikki Bowes-Mok When Tiffany Liou ’08 arrived at Harker in seventh grade, she had no idea what she wanted to be when she grew up. What...

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Harker celebrates milestone as athletic center opens

The grand opening of Harker’s new athletic center drew more than 600 people Friday evening, as members of the Harker community and local media arrived to get an early look at the feature-rich facility....

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Sophomores speak: Alumni share thoughts about their first year of college

This article originally appeared in the winter 2017 issue of Harker Magazine. We asked Harker grads now in their second year of college a few questions about their freshman year to give our 2017 alumni...

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