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Upper School

9 years ago

Wrestling has strong showing at league tournament while the other Harker sports head in to the final week of league play

Wrestling The wrestling team took seven Eagles to the SCVAL Tournament over the weekend and returned with six medals and four CCS qualifiers. Diego…

kudos

9 years ago

Kudos: Chess enthusiast named to 2017 All-America Team, recognized as International Master

Late last year, Vignesh Panchanatham, grade 11, was named to the US Chess Federation’s 2017 All-America Chess Team in the age 15 category, one…

physics

9 years ago

Harker takes third at Young Physicists Tournament

Harker’s team of physicists took third place overall at the United States Invitational Young Physicists Tournament, held late last month at Philadelphia’s University of…

Student Life Upper School

9 years ago

Students attend Watermark Conference for Women

A score of female Harker students attended the Watermark Conference for Women this year, thanks to the conference organizer, which provided 20 tickets for…

Computer Science

9 years ago

Computer science students gather for cybersecurity competition

On Feb. 3, HarkerCTF held its first cybersecurity competition at the Nichols Hall atrium. About 60 students separated into teams to solve cybersecurity problems…

Outreach

9 years ago

Soccer teams take to the field for Camp Okizu at annual Kicks Against Cancer game

In late January, upper school soccer teams took to Davis Field for this year’s Kicks Against Cancer event to benefit Camp Okizu, which organizes…

Mathematics

9 years ago

Senior takes first place, two other students win honors at SCU math contest

Three Harker students had notable performances at Santa Clara University’s High School Mathematics Contest, held in November. Senior Kai-Siang Ang took first place among…

Sports

9 years ago

Big wins in close games for Harker winter teams

Girls Soccer Playing in two close matches last week, the girls soccer team fell to Pinewood 2-1 before taking care of Castilleja 2-1. Joelle…

Performing Arts

9 years ago

Upper school dance show “Circus” pays tribute to the big top

A huge cast of 170 students twirled and tumbled their way through this year’s upper school dance production, “Circus,” held Jan. 27-28 at the…

Sports

9 years ago

Harker winter teams head down the stretch in league play

Girls Soccer The girls soccer team lit up the scoreboard again last week, defeating Mercy San Francisco 9-2. Joelle Anderson, grade 12, continued her amazing…