On Wednesday, junior Trisha Iyer was named a finalist in The New York Times Student Review Contest, receiving an honorable mention for her review of an exhibit at the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco. In this annual competition, teenagers review creative works in any discipline covered by The Times.
Iyer’s piece analyzed the exhibit featuring the works of Chinese Fashion designer Guo Pei. “When I was deciding how to fill my days last summer, visiting the exhibit honoring Guo Pei at the Legion of Honor museum was a no-brainer,” she said. “Of course, I’ve watched runway shows on YouTube and admired the couture whipped up every season from afar, but this exhibit was my first time up close and personal with anything high fashion.”
The sight of Guo’s work juxtaposed with the other works featured at the museum was a major source of inspiration, and she felt compelled to write about her experience. “Seeing Guo Pei’s designs in real life, placed next to the museum’s oldest paintings, prompted a shift in my thinking: outfits like these weren’t just clothes, but fully-realized, embroidered, wearable works of art,” she recalled. “I was so in awe that I had to write down my impressions about the exhibit once I got home.”
Iyer later heard about The Times contest and “chose to dust off this piece and submit it because I felt proud and confident about my ability to share my enthusiasm for this exhibit with readers. It’s a lovely surprise to know that others enjoy reading this review as much as I enjoyed writing it.”
In the segment, Lu shares his motivation for co-founding YAPA, which stems from his own love of learning and the desire to foster that love in younger kids. “I’m someone who really enjoys learning, and this would be a missed opportunity if we didn’t do something like that,” Lu told CBS.
The president of Harker’s Philosophy Club, Sophia Gottfried, grade 11, had an essay, titled “An Essay on Nothing,” published in the online magazine Philosophy Now.
The Glasgow Group tweeted about the Student Diversity Leadership gathering held at Harker on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The theme of the event was “We Are All Integrators.”
The Society for Science & the Public announced that senior Cynthia Chen is among the 40 finalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search. The Chinese-language website World Journal also reported on the semifinalists. A previous post noted that Chen and fellow senior Joshua Zhou were among the top 300 scholars selected from nearly 2,000 entries. Harker Aquila also ran an article on the awards.
An article in The Los Altos Town Crier quotes Harker senior Mahi Kolla, a member of the Los Altos Youth Commission, which is campaigning to make young people aware of the dangers of vaping.
Senior Mahika Halepete is among five students featured in a Washington Post article about young inventors, philanthropists and activists, and the parents who raised them.
A great article published on Medium.com details how Princeton University added a Living Latin class at the urging of Kevin Duraiswamy ‘14.
The Daily Journal ran a nice article on student journalism, mentioning Harker as presenters at the 2019 Journalism Education Association and National Scholastic Press Association (JEA/NSPA) Convention.
Freshmen helped clean up an open space preserve this fall, and the organizer posted a nice article on its website.
Gentry Magazine ran a nice profile of Jason Lin, grade 11, in its most recent issue. Jason has raised tens of thousands of dollars for a great cause. Read all about it and the good work his peers from other schools are doing!
Harker was mentioned in a news articlein the Madison (Wis.) Record, which noted that our math team placed nationally in a math competition.
Annie Ma, grade 12, has had a number of poems published in The RavensPerch, an independent literary magazine. Just search for Annie Ma to read the others!
A Swiss magazine, Das Magazin, includes an article from a local Swiss writer on her efforts to find a school for her child. She visited Harker and included some comments about it in her article.
Volleyball phenom Jarrett Anderson ’19 is lauded in the Los Altos Town Crier as a critical member of Mountain View Volleyball Club’s 18 Red team, which took the 18 Open Division of the USA Volleyball Boys Junior National Championships earlier this summer.
Harker’s “Urinetown” traveling team went to Scotland this summer to present the show in the noted Edinburgh Festival Fringe and garnered a nice review in the Edinburgh Guide.
A pair of Harker students, Nikhil Sharma and Arnav Joshi, both grade 12, are noted for creating a platform to launch new technology ideas.
Three Harker women were honored by the Davidson Institute. Two were named fellows and one received honorable mention. Patch included the two fellows in this article about Davidson Fellows from the South Bay. For more information on these three women, see our Harker news article.
Jai Bahri, grade 12, who lives in Los Altos Hills, spoke at a recent city council meeting to support raising the minimum wage, as reported in the Los Altos Town Crier.
SportStars Magazine noted its top 75 athletes in the Bay Area, and two of Harker’s finest made the list: Ethan Hu, rising grade 12, for swimming, and Jarrett Anderson ’19 for volleyball.
Silicon Angle featured a very nice article about DoorDash, co-founded by Andy Fang ’10, with a link back to our profile on Fang in December 2018.
Annie Ma, rising grade 12, had her poem, “And the Train Went On,” published by The Skinny Poetry Journal.
CalHiSports, an independent reporter on high school sports, noted Harker had some exceptional teams this year. In a nice write up, the site awarded them statewide all-sports honors for the 2018-19 school year for performances in several sports.
Harker had a group of visitors from New Zealand this year for the Harker Research Symposium. The hometown newspaper, the Wairarapa Times-Age, featured an article about the visit. See Harker News for more details on the visit.
Very nice article from the Napa Wine Project on Jarvis Estate Winery. Will Jarvis ’97 is noted as having pioneered a current offering, Science Project, while at Harker!
Jason Lin, rising junior, was named a distinguished finalist by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards and was celebrated in the Los Altos Town Crier.