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Connie Zheng to be next artist-in-residence with Dickinson Endowment
Chinese-born artist, writer and filmmaker Connie Zheng will begin her residency for the Dickinson Visual Arts Endowment.
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Eagle Update: Girls Golf heads to CCS after seventh straight league title
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Senior presents at music information conference
enior Saanvi Bhargava recently presented at the International Society for Music Information Retrieval’s (ISMIR) annual conference.
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Harker DECA spends productive weekend at western region conference
From Nov. 7-10, over 70 Harker students attended DECA’s Western Region Leadership Conference.
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Harker Aquila: students practice empathy and media literacy during Day of...
The Day of Understanding, held at the upper school on Nov. 8, led a group of 60 students through activities designed to promote media literacy and cross-cultural empathy.
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Eagle Update: Girls basketball starts strong, soccer wins season openers
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Upper journalism publications named 2025 CSPA Crown Finalists
All four of Harker’s upper school journalism publications have been named Crown Finalists by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.
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Harker Magazine: A Matter of Honor
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Senior jazz pianist wins YoungArts Award With Distinction
Senior Elena Weng was recently selected as a winner of a YoungArts Award With Distinction for her work as a jazz pianist, one of just nine student jazz instrumentalists chosen nationwide.
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Harker dance groups take first place in USA Dance Regionals
Last month, Harker upper school dance groups Kinetic Krew and the Harker Dance Company took first place in three categories in the United Spirit Association’s Dance Regional II contest.
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Three seniors among top 300 scholars in 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search
Three Harker seniors were named to the top 300 scholars in the 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search, one of the country’s most prestigious science competitions.
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DECA students enjoy learning and competition at SV Career Development Conference
More than 130 members of the Harker DECA chapter attended the Silicon Valley Career Development Conference (SVCDC).
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Two Harker students to perform at Carnegie Hall
Wanke Li, grade 9, and Aeuvum Mistry, grade 3, will visit New York City later this year to perform at Carnegie Hall.
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Future Problem Solving competitors qualify for internationals, take top spots
Several Harker students qualified to compete at the international level, and more earned top spots at the state finals of this year’s Future Problem Solving (FPS) competition.
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Harker students win nearly 300 National Art & Writing Awards
A record 286 Harker students (112 for art and 174 for writing) were named winners of regional awards in the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Contest.
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Harker team named semifinalist in Wharton Investment Competition
Team Mango recently became a semifinalist in the 2024-25 Wharton Global High School Investment Competition.
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Harker middle and upper school students win 166 art and writing awards
Late last month, 166 Harker students were named regional winners in the 2022 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, with 75 art awards and 91 writing awards.
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Four upper school teams receive Scholastic Championship Team Awards
Four upper school varsity teams all received Winter Scholastic Championship Team Awards in the CIF CCS.
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Junior profiled in LA Times High School Insider
Junior Shreya Vemulapalli was recently profiled in the Los Angeles Times High School Insider for her work in alleviating struggles associated with cancer.
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Junior named winner in New York Times 100-Word Narrative Contest
Junior Elie Ahluwalia was recently named one of the 20 winners in the New York Times 100-Word Narrative Contest.
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Harker dance groups take top spots at Festival of Champions
Over the weekend, three Harker dance teams placed in the top three of their respective divisions at Cupertino High’s Festival of Champions.
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Harker Aquila: Diversity Leadership Summit and Gathering invites students...
On Sat., Feb. 22, Harker hosted the Student Diversity Leadership Gathering and Leadership Summit, which featured a series of workshops and guest speakers on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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Journalism wins First Amendment Press Freedom Award for fourth consecutive year
Harker was among 16 high schools named 2025 winners of the First Amendment Press Freedom Award by the Journalism Education Association (JEA), making this Harker’s fourth consecutive year receiving the...
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With broad repertoire, Poulenc Trio closes out Harker Concert Series season
The Poulenc Trio, joined by soprano Shawnette Sulker, closed out the 2024-25 season with a broad selection of pieces suited to their unusual oboe-bassoon-piano configuration.
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Harker takes top spots at highly competitive SCDC
More than 180 members of the Harker DECA chapter attended the most competitive State Career Development Conference (SCDC) ever recorded.
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2025 Programming Invitational receives more than 200 participants
Harker’s programming club held its annual Harker Programming Invitational, which attracted 210 participants from more than 50 Bay Area schools to the Nichols Hall atrium.
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Eagle Update: Boys volleyball wins thriller, boys tennis improves to 6-2
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Harker Orchestra performs in Chicago, wins highest recognition
Over spring break, The Harker Orchestra went to Chicago to perform at the Chicago International Music Festival, held at the Symphony Center, home to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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Upper school robotics team earns spot at World Championships
Harker’s upper school robotics team finished as finalists in the Central Valley Regional in Fresno, Calif.
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Two juniors nominated for 2025 Rita Moreno Awards
Juniors Tom Campisi and Simon Kirjner have been nominated for Rita Moreno Awards.
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Junior takes first prize in Narrative High School Writing Contest
Helen Gu, grade 11, was recently named the first-place winner of Narrative Magazine’s 10th annual High School Writing Contest.
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Harker hosts Startup World Cup National Youth Qualifier
Students from the school’s business and entrepreneurship programs came together to host the National Youth Qualifier of the world’s largest startup competition.
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Harker singers take top honors at Anaheim Heritage Festival
Harker vocal groups Festival Chorus and Capriccio received honors in their respective divisions at the WorldStrides Heritage Festival.
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23 students take top spots at California Science and Engineering Fair
Twenty-three middle and upper school students recently had high placings at the 2025 California Science and Engineering Fair, held in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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Spring musical cast and crew perform to sell-out crowds at Fringe
Over the summer, the cast and crew of the spring 2023 upper school musical traveled to Scotland to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world’s largest arts festival.
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Harker Conservatory invited to perform at Festival Fringe in 2023
The American High School Theatre Festival has invited the Harker Conservatory’s musical theater program to perform at the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world’s largest international arts festival.
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2024-25 Near-Mitra Scholars recognized at ceremony
Families and friends of this year’s Near-Mitra Scholars gathered at Nichols Auditorium for this year’s Annual Recognition Event.
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10 seniors win in first two rounds of 2025 Nat’l Merit Scholarships
National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently announced the first two rounds of graduating seniors who have won scholarships in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program.
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Student-founded non-profit receives grant from Texas Instruments
STEM Veda, a non-profit organization founded by sophomore Rohan Goyal, recently received a $2,500 grant from Texas Instruments to expand its operations.
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Eagle Update: Girls track and field makes history
Girls track and field won the first WBAL track and field championship in Harker history.
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Harker sends well-wishes to Class of 2025 at Baccalaureate
The Class of 2025 was joined by the juniors, faculty and their families at the upper school quad for this year’s Baccalaureate ceremony.
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Senior crowned National Debate Coaches Association champion, Harker sets new...
Senior Ansh Sheth was crowned the tournament champion and top speaker and won of the award for the most outstanding record for the year last month at the National Debate Coaches Association Championship.
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Fall speech and debate season off to a strong start
The Harker speech and debate team’s year is off to a strong start. They have attended tournaments as far away as Dallas and Des Moines, as well as several local events.
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Upper school debate wins LD nat’l championship, named Leading Chapter
After a four-way closeout, seniors Muzzi Khan and Rahul Mulpuri and juniors Ansh Sheth and Panav Gogte were declared National Speech and Debate Association’s Lincoln-Douglas co-champions.
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Speech and debate coach inducted into Gold Key Society
Speech and debate coach Greg Achten was inducted into the Emory University Barkley Forum’s Gold Key Society
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Debate teacher elected to National Debate Coaches Association executive board
Upper school debate teacher Greg Achten was recently elected to the executive board of the National Debate Coaches' Association.
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Class of 2025 graduates: “You will grow in ways you never expected”
Families and friends of the Class of 2025 gathered at the Mountain Winery last week for the 2025 graduation exercises, where the senior class celebrated completing their journey as Harker students.
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Journalism enjoys historically successful spring semester
Harker’s journalism program saw many successes during the spring semester, most recently with the TALON yearbook and Winged Post newspaper winning first place in the Journalism Education Association...
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