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Homecoming — Join Us Oct. 17!! Harker’s Homecoming football games will take place Oct. 17 at Foothill College. The junior varsity game begins at 4:30 p.m., and the varsity team will play at 7 p.m. Parents and students from every campus are invited to come see the big games and have fun at this annual Harker tradition. Foothill College is located at 12345 S. El Monte Rd. in Los Altos Hills.
Rhovylynn Cansino
■ Grads Receive Intel Science Awards 2008 graduates Frank Wang, Thomas Roxlo and Senan Ebrahim were honored March 18 at San Jose City Hall for finishing as semifinalists in Intel’s Science Talent Search. Last year they were awarded prizes from Intel for submitting projects that detailed scientific solutions to real-world problems.
Frances Ross
■ Harker Students Organize Donation Drive In July, Vamsi Vemireddy, Gr. 10 and Nithya Vemireddy, Gr. 7, organized a large donation drive for the client families of the St. Francis Center in Redwood City. The two students filled 40 boxes with items to donate to St. Francis, which were then delivered by a large U-Haul truck. ■ Senior Wins Writing Award Congratulations to Lexi Ross, Gr. 12, who won a national-level Gold Scholastic Writing Award from the Alliance for Young Ar tists & Writers. Ross was presented with a gold medal during a ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Her work will appear in the Alliance’s “The Best Teen Writing” anthology.
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■ Grad Named to All-America Volleyball Team by Coaches Association In July, Brian McEuen ’08 became the first Harker student to be named to the 2007-08 American Volleyball Coaches Association Boys High School Senior All-America Team. McEuen was a key player in the boys volleyball program during his high school career. He is attending the University of California, San Diego. ■ Junior’s Art Featured in Olympic Art Expo After being named one of 38 finalists for the Beijing 2008 International Cultural Competition and Exhibit, junior Jackie Ho flew to Beijing in late July, where she and the other finalists received a replica of a jade treasure that was once possessed by a Chinese emperor. She was also featured on Chinese television, and her ar twork now resides in China’s Olympic Ar t Expo.
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