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The library and Harker Book Blog’s Bookopoly reading contest challenges students and faculty to complete a Monopoly-style game board by reading books from certain categories. Librarians and Book Blog club members aim to inspire leisure reading by offering exclusive prizes as an additional incentive.

Bookopoly contest celebrates recreational reading among students and faculty

by Aryana Bharali, Humans of Harker Managing Editor February 4, 2025

Duncan Marquardt (10) and English teacher Lizzy Schimenti won the first Bookopoly raffle drawing of the year on Jan. 30, claiming a Boba Dragon Squishmallow and Oxford Comma Preservation Society tote bag,...

Assistant to Upper School Division Head Michelle Martinez holds up a book at Book Blog's table outside Nichols Hall. Martinez manages logistics for Cake Friday each month.

Book Blog sweetens reading with Cake Friday collaboration

by Jeremy Peng, Copy Editor October 31, 2024

Book Blog hosted its third annual book swap on Thursday and Friday. The club displayed books outside Manzanita Hall at lunch and outside Nichols Hall after school.  Students and staff browsed a selection...

The upper school’s reading aficionados and literary circles have gathered their resources to reinforce the benefits and delights of recreational reading and help everyone realize their own reader within.

Upper school recommends recreational reading, escapism at its finest

by Alysa Suleiman, A&E Editor October 9, 2020

For a split second, a delicate page of leaf-thin paper sits between the pads of my thumb and forefinger, before gently fluttering down like a blossom petal onto the previous page. My fingertips gently...

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