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Theater department members Taylor, Daniel Miao (12) and Holly Templeton (12) announce the Oregon Shakespeare Festival trip to Ashland, Oregon. Attendees will participate in workshops and see four plays: “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” “The Importance of Being Earnest,” “Into the Woods” and “As You Like It.”

School Meeting 9/2: Robotics, Spirit Kickoff and evacuation drill

by William Jiang and Sam Li September 8, 2025

Upper School Assistant Division Head Kelly Horan opened the school meeting with academic updates, beginning with a message drawn from the film “KPop: Demon Hunters.” She focused on the theme of embracing...

Theater teacher Brandi Griffith explains details of the Certificate program to a group of frosh. The Certificate program allows students to focus on one performing arts discipline throughout high school.

Performing arts students set stage with new theme at Conservatory Kickoff

by Chelsea Xie and Leah Krupnik September 2, 2025

Current and prospective members of the Harker Conservatory connected and learned about various performing arts departments and events during the Conservatory Kickoff at the Rothschild Performing Arts Center...

Senior Fern Biswas addresses junior Ollie Masoni. Fern was the final performer before the Certificate mentors honored Jack Farnham ('17) with the Life in the Arts award.

Conservatory concludes year with Hammies and Senior Showcase

by Lily Peng, Sports Editor May 28, 2025

Conservatory honored performing arts students and Certificate seniors in the annual Hammies and Senior Showcase on May 17 in the Patil Theater. Hammies, Harker’s Conservatory awards ceremony, kicked...

Speech and Debate Team captains Ananya Pradhan (11), Anoushka Chakravarty (11) and Sahngwie Yim (12) celebrate the Tournament of Champions qualifiers. Harker won for the 10th time in the Cal Berkeley Invitational.

School Meeting 3/20: Fan Art, Speech and Debate and Curly Fryday

by Claire Xu, Assistant Spors Editor March 24, 2025

Head of Upper School Paul Barsky opened the school meeting by expressing appreciation for events like Spirit Week and the musical for bringing the community together. He honored board chair Diana Nichols...

Linda Zeng (11) talks about Harker's Research Symposium, named “AI Trends: The Future is Here.” The event will host student and keynote speaker, as well as workshops from different clubs.

School Meeting 3/4: Women’s History Month, Research Symposium and ReCreate Reading

by William Jiang and Leah Krupnik March 6, 2025

Co-president of the Indian Student Association Rayan Arya (12) opened the meeting by announcing a Bollywood night on March 15 from 5 to 8 p.m. The event is open to everyone and will feature food and musical...

Student Diversity Coalition representative Dhanya Ramanan (10) speaks about Black History Month. She followed by showing a video about celebrating Black pride and triumphs.

School Meeting 2/20: Black History Month, Humans of Harker and Spirit

by Claire Tian and Heather Wang February 24, 2025

Head of Upper School Paul Barsky opened the school meeting with an anecdote about the book “What You Are Looking For is in the Library” by Michiko Aoyama. Sharing Aoyama’s quote, “It’s how you...

Make Our Schools Safe officers Ariana Gauba (12) and Victoria Ma (11) announced a club speaker event hosting  gun violence prevention advocate Kath Tsakalakis. The event will be held in biology teacher Michael Pistacchi’s room on Feb. 4.

School Meeting 1/22: Conservatory, Make Our Schools Safe and Astronomy Club

by Samuel Tong, Assistant News Editor January 23, 2025

Conservatory representatives Maya Affaki (12), Leo Sobcyzn (12), Hanz Baek (10) and Lea Kandl-Zhang (10) opened the school meeting by introducing themselves as the representatives for the second semester....

ASB Outreach Committee member Avi Gupta (9) speaks about the sock drive. He thanked the community for donating donating over 2,000 pairs of socks, with the class of 2027 donating 1,369 pairs.

School Meeting 11/22: Winter Wishes, De-stress Week and sock drive

by Claire Xu and Wenjie Zou November 25, 2024

Head of Upper School Paul Barsky opened school meeting by reminding students to respect the presenters by putting away devices and avoiding side conversations. Associated Student Body Community Service...

Fall Choral Concert explores “Songs of the Earth”

by Suhani Gupta, A&E/Lifestyle Editor November 23, 2024

Choral groups united for the annual fall concert, with this year themed "Songs of the Earth," on Nov. 14. Find the video's transcript below: Vocal music teacher Susan Nace: Tonight is all about honoring...

Programs often distribute merch without considering whether students actually want the items they are offering, instead ordering bulk and distributing until they run out. Departments like performing arts, athletics, and speech and debate provide swag to members every year, especially with every new production and season, resulting in members receiving duplicates if they continue for multiple years.

Unsustainable swag negatively impacts environment

by Heather Wang and Charlize Wang November 22, 2024

DECA tote bags. Robotics fedora hats. Conservatory hoodies. Year after year, clubs and programs distribute swag to members and attendees. While students sometimes sport these items around school, some...

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