Last weekend, a team of Harker won the K-12 Championship at the CalChess State Scholastic Championship at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The team — senior Vignesh Panchanatham, junior Michael Wang, sophomore Michael Tang, fifth grader Vyom Vidyarthi and fourth graders Anika Rajaram and Mihir Kotbagi – scored a total of 16 points to secure […]
Last weekend, a team of Harker won the K-12 Championship at the CalChess State Scholastic Championship at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The team — senior Vignesh Panchanatham, junior Michael Wang, sophomore Michael Tang, fifth grader Vyom Vidyarthi and fourth graders Anika Rajaram and Mihir Kotbagi – scored a total of 16 points to secure […]
The 13th annual Harker Research Symposium, held Saturday at the upper school campus, drew more than 700 people from the Harker community to learn more about “The Artificial Intelligence Revolution” – this year’s theme – and see the work of Harker student researchers. Dr. Jeff Dean, a Google Senior Fellow with Google’s Brain Team and […]
The upper school robotics team is in Houston this week for the FIRST Championship, which includes teams from more than 60 countries. The team qualified after last month’s second place finish at the Sacramento Regional, held at the University of California, Davis, where it sailed through the seeding rounds into the quarterfinals. After winning a […]
Four Harker upper school students and one middle school student have advanced to the third round of the USA Math Olympiad and Junior Math Olympiad, respectively. Sophomores Cynthia Chen, Rohan Cherukuri and Jeffrey Kwan, senior Swapnil Garg and eighth grader Rishab Parthasarathy were among the top 500 students from the roughly 75,000 who took the […]
Last week, grade 4 students made their annual trek to Coloma, gaining insight into the lives of Gold Rush-era miners as they lived the life for a couple of days!
Last week, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced that Divija Bhimaraju, David Wen, Adrian Chu, Megan Huynh and Amy Jin, all grade 12, were recipients of corporate-sponsored scholarships in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Competition. This is the first round of awardees in this year’s program, and more winners will be announced over the next […]
The Harker Conservatory reached a milestone this past weekend, as this year’s spring musical, “42nd Street,” was the first to be held at the Rothschild Performing Arts Center. Set in 1930’s New York, “42nd Street” is a classic yarn about showbiz dreams and behind-the-scenes drama, with all the dazzling music and choreography natural to a […]
On April 16, students in Kumi Matsui’s Japanese 2M class went on a special field trip to learn more about Japanese culture and customs, starting with a visit to Japanese restaurant Tomisushi. “They ordered dishes using Japanese expressions they have been practicing in class and enjoyed a tasty, authentic, Japanese lunch,” Matsui said. “The students […]
Earlier this week, Lisa Masoni’s grade 6 Latin students celebrated Rome’s 2,771st birthday (which fell on Sat., April 21) by preparing and sampling various foods from ancient Rome, such as dates dipped in honey, sesame candy, meatballs and libum (Roman cheesecake). Students also had their first taste of garum, a fish sauce used by ancient […]
At the California Junior Classical League Convention on April 13 and 14, held at the Menlo School, Harker upper school Latin students were successful in a large number of events, with Harker taking first place overall in its division. Two students won awards for the best academic performance at their respective levels. Freshman Akshay Manglik […]
Harker students from the lower, middle and upper schools headed to San Diego last weekend for the Future Problem Solving California State Bowl, where teams from all three divisions were winners in various categories. In the Senior division (grades 10-12), the grade 11 team of Taylor Lam, Sara Min, Kelly Shen, and Tiffany Wong were […]
Over the weekend, four Harker teams from lower and middle school were award winners in the 2018 Tech Challenge Showcase, held at the Tech Museum in San Jose.
Harker’s National Economics Challenge team has ranked in the top eight in the nation and qualified for a trip to New York City for this year’s national finals! The team of seniors Jerry Chen, Melissa Kwan, Jimmy Lin and Justin Xie took first place last month at the Northern California finals, held at the San […]
In mid-April, middle school French teacher Carol Parris and her French 2M students visited the Left Bank restaurant at Santana Row for a taste of French food and culture. “We had a leisurely meal in the les Amis room, a lovely private dining room,” Parris said. Students enjoyed appetizers of French bread and fries while […]
Upper school students flocked to the campus quad yesterday to see their schoolmates perform at the second Quadchella, which featured a wide assortment of singers, dancers, instrumentalists and comedians. Many acts on the bill performed their own renditions of their favorite songs. Sophomores Katelyn Chen, Smiriti Vaidyanathan and Max Lee’s cover of “Rise Up” by […]
Last month, Harker’s upper school robotics team traveled to Houston for FIRST Championship, an international competition with representation from more than 60 countries. It was the team’s first appearance at the championships since 2005, and signs were good early on, as the team cleared the quarterfinals of their group “by a wide margin,” said upper […]
Today’s upper school spirit rally was a special one for the students, faculty and staff who either watched or participated in the many memorable moments that transpired at the Athletic Center. Onlookers were gleefully surprised at the flash mob formed by faculty and staff, who danced to loud cheers from the audience. Each class performed […]
In April, eighth graders David Dai, Harsh Deep, Shounak Gosh, Rishab Parthasarathy and William Zhao received certificates of commendation from Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, who represents California’s 18th Congressional District. Eshoo graciously issued the certificates to congratulate the students on reaching the finals of the National Science Bowl, which took place April 26-30. The team reached […]