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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Students fill out PSAT registration in their advisory. The sophomore and junior classes took the PSATs on Wednesday.

Sophomores and juniors take PSAT exam, frosh participate in annual service trips

by Hima Thota, Reporter October 16, 2022

The sophomore and junior classes took the annual Preliminary SAT (PSAT) examination from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday morning while the frosh class embarked on their yearly community service trip. Testing...

Each year, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation hosts the National Merit Scholarship Program, a national high school competition meant to acknowledge academically gifted students across the country. 52 Harker seniors from the class of 2022 received the honour of National Merit semifinalist on Sept. 15 after scoring in the top 1% on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) they had taken the previous school year.

52 Harker seniors recognized as National Merit semifinalists

by Emma Gao and Julie Shi October 2, 2021

52 Harker seniors from the class of 2022 received the honour of National Merit semifinalist on Sept. 15 after scoring in the top 1% on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) they had taken the...

22 percent of the Class of 2021 was named as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists in September. The test was administered to nearly 1.5 million high school juniors last October.

42 seniors qualify as National Merit semifinalists

by Nicholas Wei, Humans of Harker Staff Writer October 12, 2020

The National Scholarship Corporation named 42 members of the class of 2020 as National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists in September. More than 1.5 million high school juniors took the PSAT/NMSQT to...

Nellie Tonev (11) and Maya Franz (10) discuss ideas for a storytelling exercise during a workshop at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this weekend. A group of 28 students and four teachers travelled to Ashland, Oregon, on Friday and returned to San Jose on Sunday night.

Weekend recap 9/24/18

by Eric Fang, News Editor September 24, 2018

The Guys' Gig club organized rehearsals that were open to all upper school students on Monday. Freshmen prepared for homecoming during the advisory period on Tuesday. They met in the Nichols atrium,...

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