APRIL 2003 (VOL. 9, NO. 7)
M O N T H L Y
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TICKETS: Students & Seniors $5 Adults $10 Reserved Seating $12 (the best 100 seats per show) For ticket info, contact bobb@harker.org or 408.345.9226
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Wonderful Picnic of Oz! Sunday, April 27 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
US Conservatory Spring Musical
Thurs. - Sat., April 17, 18, 19 8 p.m. Saratoga Gym
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more at the Emerald City Silent Auction (auction catalogs will arrive mid-April), spend Dorothy Dollars in the Tornado Town General Store (a new addition this year) and let the Wonderful Wizard of Wine stock your cellars.
Mark Tantrum
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est. 1893 • K-12 college prep
Follow the Yellow Brick road to the Annual Family & Alumni Picnic and spend a day of magical fun with teachers, students, staff, parents, alumni, grandparents and friends as we gather to celebrate the 52nd anniversar y of this family event. Activities for Bucknall-age kids will include tons of games and
activities including pony rides, prizewinning game booths and the Oz Petting Zoo, while our Saratoga students will get a kick out of the Wicked Witch Whack, the Lions & Tigers & Bears Game, karaoke and dunking their favorite teacher in the dunking booth. Grown-ups, you can shop for trips, jewels, teacher packages, school specials and
Turn the page for volunteer opportunities available throughout the month of April, and purchase lots of raffle tickets to help your student, and their class, win great prizes and increase your chance to win the $10,000 GRAND PRIZE drawing or one of the other fabulous prizes. New this year! US students can win $1,000 for their class fund for every 3,000 tickets they sell, and the MS class selling the most tickets will win a party for the entire class! During picnic time, there’s no place like Harker and we thank our dedicated, creative and generous parent volunteers for making it so. Circle Sun., April 27 on your calendar for a magical family trip to Oz – see you there!
Bucknall Destination ImagiNation team qualifies for state finals ........ 5
Middle School Over one third receive exceptional CML math scores ............... 10
Upper School FBLA students qualify for state competition ........................ 11
important dates Mon., Mar. 31 - Fri., Apr. 4 Spring Break. No classes.
Mon., Apr. 7 All classes resume
Fri., Apr. 11 MS Dance, Bucknall gym 7:30-10:30 p.m.
Sun., Apr. 27 Harker's Family & Alumni Picnic 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Harker JETS Teams Earn First Place…Again! Both the varsity and junior varsity Harker JETS teams (Junior Engineering Technical Society) took first place again this year in their division March 1 at the Bay Area TEAMS competition (Test of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science) held at Stanford University. Harker’s varsity team scored 74 points compared to the second place team score of 61 points, and the junior varsity team, with 66 points, outscored the second place team by 20 points. The rigorous TEAMS exam is given in two 90-minute parts, and the questions posed represent college freshman-level engineering coursework. This year’s national rankings will be announced later in April, so watch for an update in the next newsletter or go to http://www.jets.org/ for more information. We’re extremely
proud of our JETS teams. Congratulations to these fine students and to JETS advisor Judy James. VARSITY TEAM MEMBERS Seniors: Brian Biskeborn, Julia Gitis, Charles Hung, Ranjitha Kumar and Tiffany Yun; Junior:
Sanby Lee; Sophomores: Alan Malek and Justin Wu. JUNIOR VARSITY TEAM MEMBERS Sophomores: Jerry Hong, Mason Liang, Pia Pal, Greg Perkins, Alex Segal and Joel Wright; Freshman: Yi Sun. (See team photos, pg. 13)
EDITOR’S NOTE: In this month’s issue there are lots of parent-organized events, the largest one being the annual Harker picnic coming up April 27, which you won’t want to miss! Also on April 12 is the 4th Annual Harker Golf Tourney, started and organized by parent Nancy Hartsoch. Plus there are three NEW events noted in this issue: the Harker Cookbook, Senior Moms Tribute and an all-Harker fashion show. Thanks to our parents for their ideas, energy and support of Harker. Go parents! —Pam Dickinson, Director, Office of Communications (pamd@harker.org) Remember to check the Parent Home Page for detailed calendars and additional updates between editions of the Harker News!