Two teams of Harker students performed admirably at this past weekend’s Middle School Science Bowl regional competition. The first team, consisting of eighth graders David Dai, Harsh Deep, Shounak Ghosh, Rishab Parthasarathy and William Zhao, went undefeated throughout the competition and emerged as the winning team, earning them a trip to Washington, D.C. for the […]
Two teams of Harker students performed admirably at this past weekend’s Middle School Science Bowl regional competition. The first team, consisting of eighth graders David Dai, Harsh Deep, Shounak Ghosh, Rishab Parthasarathy and William Zhao, went undefeated throughout the competition and emerged as the winning team, earning them a trip to Washington, D.C. for the […]
Last month, senior Swapnil Garg was invited to participate in the Romanian Master of Mathematics competition, held Feb. 21-26 in Bucharest. This already-impressive feat was followed up by being one of just 10 competitors worldwide to win a gold medal. Garg’s performance in the competition also helped the United States team take first place overall. […]
10 Harker students have moved on to the invitational round of the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad! Seniors Swapnil Garg, Joanna Lin, Rajiv Movva and Derek Yen; juniors Rose Guan, Katherine Tian, Michael Wang and Katherine Zhang; Rishi Dange, grade 10, and Luisa Pan, grade 9, will take part in the next stage of the […]
At the US National Junior Chess Congress in San Jose this past weekend, lower school chess competitors Vyom Vidyarthi, grade 5, and Omya Vidyarthi, grade 2, turned in impressive performances in their respective age groups. Though he qualified to compete in the “under 10” section, Vyom instead opted to compete in the “under 20” group, […]
Today, schools across the country organized walkouts to remember the lives of those taken in the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 14 students and three staff members were killed. At the upper school, students, faculty and staff wore black in remembrance of the shooting victims. […]
Earlier this week, several Harker students were named national medalists in the 2018 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Jacqueline He, grade 12, earned a gold medal for “Mollusk Threnody,” her entry in the Poetry category. Junior Annabelle Perng was awarded a silver medal for her Flash Fiction piece, “Name Tag,” and Katherine Zhang, also grade […]
On Monday, middle school music students received a visit from Brad Hogarth, band and orchestra director at San Francisco State University.
An estimated 650 people arrived at the middle school campus Friday morning for the 2018 Cancer Walk to spread awareness of cancer and raise money for Camp Okizu, which organizes camp outings for children living with cancer. The event was started in 2007 by former Harker computer science teacher Michael Schmidt, whose mother passed away […]
After being canceled last year due to ongoing construction, the annual upper school Hoscars variety show made its Rothschild Performing Arts Center debut on Friday, featuring dozens of students putting their many talents on display, be they musical, comedic or terpsichorean. Several students performed modified versions of popular songs, such as the duo of pianist […]
Filmmaking educator Michael Hernandez, recognized by PBS, Google and Apple for his innovative methods, gave a special workshop to Harker journalism students on video storytelling.
The annual Ogre Awards, held yesterday at the Bucknall gym, saw 88 grade 2 students in costume as literary archetypes from various cultures. In the months leading up to the show, students had been reading and discussing stories from many different countries, including Indonesia, Ecuador and Russia. Each year the Ogre Awards celebrate these stories […]
Late last month, junior Tiffany Wong took second place in the youth division at the Korea International Harp Competition in Seoul! Her performances of Gabriel Pierne’s ‘Impromptu Caprice’ and Hugo Reinhold’s ‘Impromptu in C# Minor’ (arranged by Elizabeth Hainen) won her a trophy, certificate and 500,000 South Korean won (equivalent to $470). Established in 2015 […]
Last month’s Jump Rope for Heart fundraising effort raised more than $17,000 for the American Heart Association, the largest amount since 2002. This annual event brings students together to jump rope, shoot hoops and other fun activities to raise funds and bring awareness to healthy lifestyle habits that reduce the risk of heart disease and […]
In late March, 24 grade 7 and 8 students visited Greece for a week-long journey through the country, visiting the sites of many pivotal historical events and experiencing its complex culture firsthand. Students detailed their daily activities on their blog of the trip. Major events during the first two days included a stop at the massive […]