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At the annual Head of School’s Circle Dinner on May 2, 2008, The Harker School also celebrated 10 years of the Bucknall campus and upper school. Students from the National Honors Society, lower school, middle school and upper school student councils, were honored and carried the numerous banners naming some of the most noteworthy accomplishments that our students have achieved in the past 10 years in the Parade of Accomplishments. These 100+ accomplishments consisted of regional, state, western regional, national and international awards. The Parade of Accomplishments is listed in full below. |
| Academics |
| 1st and 2nd Place Winners for Quiz Bowl |
| 2 Time Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Spanish Poetry Contest Winners |
| 2005 Grade 3 Destination Imagination Team to Nationals |
| 2008 4th Grade & 3rd Grade Destination Imagination Teams Regional Winners & Onto Nationals |
| 3rd Grade Team - 2 Time Continental Math League Regional Champions - 2 students achieving National Honors |
| 4 time Winner of the Santa Clara Valley Math Association Outstanding Senior Student of the Year Award |
| 50% of Harker US Students recognized as National Merit Scholars |
| American Society of Civil Engineers Contest: First Place |
| Among Finest in Nation: ERB Test Results Past 10 Years |
| California Junior Classical League State Champions in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 |
| California Junior Classical League 2nd Place in State in 2001, 2004, 2005 |
| Harker to host 2009 JCL State Convention |
| California Math League State Champions 2008 |
| e cyber mission - Team Collaboration and Communication award |
| e cyber mission - 4 time 1st Place Winners in South West Regional |
| e cyber mission - Application of Science, Math and Technology Award |
| e cyber mission - Harker teams have earned $192,000 in savings bonds for college so far |
| Enlight'ning Literary Magazine - Gold Crown National 1st Place |
| Future Problem Solving Team - International Team Championship 2007 |
| Future Problem Solving Team -8 Time California State Champions in either middle or senior divisions or both |
| Gold Medal Prize Winner (perfect score), 2004 National French Contest Level 3A |
| Gold Medalist, 2004 International Physics Olympiad held in Pohang, South Korea |
| Gold Medalist, 2005 Asian Pacific Mathematical Olympiad |
| Grand Prize Winner – 2004 Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad |
| Intel Science Talent Search - 2008 Three Semifinalist s- 2007 Three Semifinalists - 2006 2nd Place Finalist in the National Competition |
| International Science Fair |
| National Latin Exam 26 Gold Medals-7 perfect papers |
| Outstanding ERB Test results for the past 10 years |
| Over half of all Harker graduates attend top-tier universities - of the 751 graduates, 52% attend the top universities in the country |
| Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering Fair: First Place Award in Engineering Category |
| Siemens AP Awards - 2007 Both California Finalists - 2006 One Finalist - 2005 National AP Scholar |
| Silver Medalist, 2004 Asian Pacific Mathematical Olympiad |
| Silver Medalist, 2006 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held in Slovenia |
| Spanish National Honor Society Honorees |
| The College Board Ranking: #1 In The World - AP Chemistry |
| The College Board Ranking: #1 In The World - AP Computer Science |
| The College Board Ranking: #1 In The World - Calculus |
| The College Board: #1 In The World - AP Psychology |
| Top Winner in the Second Annual North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad |
| Athletics |
| Girls Diving - All American & AAU National Qualifier |
| Boys' Tennis Team Qualifies for CCS |
| Girls Track - 1st Place Triple Jump WBAL |
| Boys Volleyball Champions - Aptos Tournament |
| Boys Basketball League MVP |
| Boys Basketball Quarter-finalist in CCS Tournament 2008 |
| Girls Cross Country 2nd Place in League |
| Girls JV Cross Country League Champion |
| Girls Volleyball Champions - Maui Invitational 2007-08 |
| Boys Track 1st Place in 100m, 400m, 100m Relay, Triple Jump, and Long Jump |
| Girls Cross Country 1st place in the 800m and 3000m |
| JV Wrestler League Champion |
| First Harker female to medal in wrestling |
| Harker alum playing Division I College Baseball |
| Girls Volleyball Captain - All American & Academic All American |
| Volleyball Captain to play Division I on Full Scholarship |
| 23 teams in four years have won CCS Scholastic Championships |
| CPSAL Girls Volleyball League Championship, 2000 |
| WBAL Girls Golf League Championship 2003, 2004, 2006 |
| WBAL Girls Volleyball League Championship, 2005, 2007 |
| PSAL Boys Volleyball League Championship, 2006, 2007 |
| PSAL Boys Swimming League Championship 2006 |
| WBAL Girls Tennis League Championship 2006 |
| PSAL Boys Cross Country League Championship 2007 |
| Nor Cal Champs Girls Volleyball 2007 |
| State Finalist Girls Volleyball 2007 |
| US Debate |
| Champion, Student Congress – Berkeley National Invitational |
| Champion, Student Congress – Golden Desert Invitational |
| 1st Place Speaker, Lincoln-Douglas Debate – National Debate Coaches Association Championships |
| Champion, Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Vestavia Hills Over-the-Mountain Classic |
| Octafinalists, Policy Debate – National Tournament of Champions |
| National Forensic League recognized Harker as one of the Nation's top 100 debate schools of 2,700 chapters |
| Performing Arts |
| American Musical Theater’s High School Honors Award: Best Musical Oklahoma |
| American Musical Theater’s High School Honors Award: Outstanding Ensemble 2000, 2008 |
| American Musical Theater’s High School Honors Award: 4 Best Musical Nominations |
| American Musical Theater’s High School Honors Award: Best Actress Finalist 2000, 2006 |
| American Musical Theater’s High School Honors Award: Best Featured Dancer |
| American Musical Theater’s High School Honors Award: Best Supporting Actor |
| American Musical Theater’s High School Honors Award: Best Supporting Actor Finalist 2000, 2006 |
| American Musical Theater’s High School Honors Award: Best Supporting Actress |
| Cantilena - 2004 - European Tour to Budapest, Vienna, Prague and 2007 Tuscany Tour |
| Cantilena - 2004, 2006 - Superior Ratings at CMEA |
| Cantilena - 2007 - Unanimous Superior at CMEA |
| Creation of Showstoppers (female) and High Voltage (male) dance teams in the MS |
| Creation of 6th grade choir that was recently asked to perform on KRON to promote the local food drive |
| Creation of after school instrumental and vocal lessons |
| Creation of the Bucknall Choir, 4th-6th grade |
| Creation of comprehensive after school instrument program for winds, strings, brass at the LS |
| Creation of the award winning Orchestra program, K-12 |
| Creation of The Certificate Program, an elite performing arts training program at the US |
| Creation of The Conservatory, Comprehensive Musical Theater, Theater, Technical Theater, Instrumental Music, Vocal Music and Dance program in the US |
| Creation of the Upper School- Only Dance Production featuring student and alumni choreography |
| Creation of top-notch dance troupe -Dance Fusion at the LS |
| Creation of Vivace, MS classical choir |
| Harker’s Instrumental program has had more command performances at the CMEA solo & ensemble festival than any other school the last two years |
| Harker’s piano trio won 3rd place at the US Open Music Competition in 2008 |
| Ohlone Theater Festival: 2nd Place Musical Theater Small Group, 1st Place Musical Theater Large Ensemble, 1st Place Improvisation, 2nd Place Dramatic Dialogue, 1st Place Dramatic Scene |
| Over 40% of the US participates in The Conservatory |
| The Conservatory graduates students into the top Performing Arts schools in the nation each year – NYU, UCLA, USC, Boston, Berkley, Berklee, UC Santa Cruz, Vassar Conservatories |
| US Dance tours to Las Vegas and San Francisco |
| US Instrumental ensembles and soloists, honored with CMEA Command Performance & Superior distinctions for the last 5 years |
| US Musical Theater Department one of 37 schools in America selected to perform at The Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland |
| US Orchestra - Paris Tour in 2007 and New York City to play at Lincoln Center in 2009 |
| Vivace, Downbeat, BKN Choir, Showstoppers, Fusion, Bel Canto, Harmonics yearly community service tours to local children’s hospitals, retirement homes, local festivals and parades |
| Robotics |
| 2nd place in First Lego League, MS Robotics |
| 1st place in the Four-Can Challenge in 2001, US Robotics |
| 1st place Tech Challenge in 2001, US Robotics |
| Rookie All Star Award in 2002 Sacramento Regional, US Robotics |
| Spirit Award in 2003 Silicon Valley Regional, US Robotics |
| 1st place in the WRRF Regional Cal Games Driver Obstacle Challenge in 2003, US Robotics |
| Judges Award by Steve Wozniak in 2004 Silicon Valley Regional, US Robotics |
| Innovative Design Award in 2004 Sacramento Regional, US Robotics |
| Xerox Creativity Award in 2007 Sacramento Regional, US Robotics |
| Silver Medal at 2008 UC Davis, US Robotics |
| US Newspaper: The Winged Post |
| 2007 Silver Medalist by Columbia Scholastic Press Association |
| 3 Awards in the National Write-off competition at the NSPA/JEA Annual Spring Convention in Denver |
| 3rd place award for News writing in the California Press Women’s Association contest |
| Honorable mention for photography in the California Press Women’s Association contest |
| Articles selected by High School Journalism.org for publication in the National Edition |
| Interviewed or questioned: Ben Bradlee; Linda Ellerbee; Kofi Anan; Hayden Panittiere; Jonathon Ryes-Myers; Wajid Shamsul Hasan; Ahsan Wagan; Ann Shoket; Emmy Rossum; Lisa Izzi; Dasha Vintilova; Jaya Patil; Rosalind Wiseman |
| US Yearbook: the TALON |
| 2007, 2005, 2004, 2002 Gold Medalist; 2003, 2006 Silver Medalist; 2000 Bronze Medalist by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association |
| Talon spread from 2007 book featured in Jostens “Look Book” of the best of the best |
| Talon cover of 2006 book featured for a second time by Jostens |
| Best Theme Packet Award-Highest award at Summer Program, 4 out of 5 years in a row last being Summer 2007 |
| All 11 Yearbook students earned awards at the camp |
| 1st Place Award from American Scholastic Press Association |
| Volunteerism |
| Assist International – supporting an orphanage in Uganda |
| Books Aloud |
| Bucknall campus neighbors |
| California Youth Symphony |
| Camp Galileo |
| Camp Kennolyn |
| Campbell Village Retirement Home |
| Cancer Walk |
| Computer History Museum |
| Eco Magic |
| Friend of Children with special needs |
| Furry Friend Rescue |
| Habitat for Humanity |
| Hidden Villa |
| Humane Society of Santa Clara Valley |
| Jump Rope For Heart, as feature on CNN Headline News |
| Lake Cunningham Native Garden |
| Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital |
| Oak Meadows |
| Outstanding Philanthropic Youth Group K -12 |
| Public Libraries |
| Resource Area For Teachers (R.A.F.T.) |
| Salvation Army |
| San Francisco Zoo |
| San Jose Family Shelter |
| Scott Lane Elementary |
| Second Harvest Food Bank |
| St. Justin’s Community Outreach |
| Stanford Medical Center |
| Sunday Friends |
| Tech Museum |
| Terreno Gardens |
| Toys for Tots |
| Tri City Homeless Coalition |
| Tsunami Relief |
| Walden West |
| Walk and Wag |
| World Wildlife Foundation |
| Yes! Reading |
| YMCA |