This article originally appeared in the winter 2019 issue of Harker Magazine and was reprinted in Harker News Online. Harker’s incubator program, after one full year, has turned out some solid successes, awarding cash grants to students who developed business plans and successfully pitched to […]
This article first published in Harker News Online on Jan. 20, 2013Harker’s maturing endowment program produced six scholars this year, all seniors, who each presented their papers in late April to fellow students, parents, faculty and administrators in the Nichols Hall auditorium. Established in 2009, […]
This article was first published at Harker News Online on Jan. 7, 2020 Each year, the Raju and Bala Vegesna Foundation’s Teacher Excellence Program at Harker launches a group of teachers on voyages of discovery. The teachers apply for and are awarded grants from the […]
This article first appeared in Harker News Online on March 9, 2011The Harker Quarterly and Harker News Online have been awarded second and third place, respectively, in the annual regional CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) contest. The competition recognizes excellence in communication, […]
This article first appeared in Harker News Online on March 7, 2016 Harker Quarterly, the school’s magazine, earned the 2016 bronze award for independent school magazine from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education in its District VII Awards of Excellence. The magazine, which […]
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This article first published in Harker News Online on Oct. 8, 2019 Maverick McNealy ’13 gave notice early on that he would be a force on the Harker golf team and his outstanding play and conversion to a pro put him front and center to […]
Priscilla Chan Encourages Harker Students to Focus On The Change You Want to See in the World; Technology Excites Performing Arts Education; Kronos Quartet, Eco Ensemble — Bay Area Cool New Music Scene on Display; Harker Graduate Takes Second in National Speech and Debate Tournament […]
This article first published at Harker News Online on May 22, 2019 By William Cracraft Two of Harker’s performing arts alumni were named inaugural awardees of Harker’s Life in the Arts awards on Friday at the annual Senior Showcase, the celebration of those graduating with […]
This article first published in Harker News Online on May 29, 2019 The business & entrepreneurship department launched two incubator courses this school year, and the young entrepreneurs have been going full tilt all year. Here is a quick look at the first year of […]
This article first published in Harker Magazine, winter, 2018, then in Harker News Online on Dec. 18, 2018 Prior to the Homecoming game, a few of Harker’s finest athletes, along with their friends and families, gathered for the opening of the Harker Athletic Hall of […]
First published in Harker News Online on Nov. 8, 2017 Along with the beautiful Patil Theater in Rothschild Performing Arts Center, there are rehearsal rooms, practice rooms and a top-flight scene shop. These rooms support the Harker Conservatory, which graduates between 35-50 certificate students each […]
This article first appeared in the summer 2017 Harker Magazine and was reprinted in Harker News Online. When Harker’s competitive robotics program was just starting in 2003, it needed help. “From an engineering standpoint, the team was highly unpredictable and unreliable,” said Eric Nelson, robotics […]
Summertime Training Prepares Athletes for Fall Season This article originally appeared in the fall 2015 Harker Quarterly and was reprinted in Harker News Online. The football team and the boys and girls basketball teams trained particularly hard over the summer to get into peak shape […]
This article was originally published in the spring 2013 Harker Quarterly and reprinted in Harker News Online. Entrepreneurship is nothing new to Harker students and now the school will draw together existing activities and new pieces to launch an academic Business and Entrepreneurial Program (BEP) […]
This article originally appeared in the summer 2012 Harker Quarterly The Mitra Family Endowment, established last year, has borne its first fruit. Sarah Howells, grade 12 and the first Mitra scholar, added her effort to the handcrafted social and historical analyses produced by this year’s […]
Developing Our Athletes: New Integration Creates Career Path for Harker Athletes This article originally appeared in the spring 2012 Harker Quarterly and was reprinted in Harker News Online. Harker’s athletic department is making a concerted effort to make available the best sport-specific training possible to […]
It was my second New Year’s Eve in Germany, ten years later, and this time things got dangerous. The first clue was the clutch of 6 black torches lying on the kitchen island when I came in, the second was the 3-foot long bottle rockets […]
This article originally appeared in the winter 2011 Harker Quarterly and was reprinted in Harker News Online. This October, a unique combination of events conspired to give performing arts students a at a hitherto unexplored area of their craft: the Broadway casting call. It started […]
By: Steven M. Boyle ’06 and William Cracraft This article originally appeared in the winter 2011 Harker Quarterly and was reprinted in Harker News Online. Harker, like most schools, hosts visitors at athletic events, student-run events like Junior States of America, performances of all types […]
This article originally appeared in the winter 2011 Harker Quarterly and was reprinted in Harker News Online. The Harker School has a long history of promoting the morals and character of its students, encouraging discovery of unique talents and passions and giving students opportunities to […]
I started these last Christmas in Germany because I couldn’t sleep very long on the mattress we had, so was up late and rose early. John was just learning to read, and I try to make good use of my time, so tried my hand […]
I still can’t believe I didn’t try to get a fee for this piece, but it was worth the slight to my professional integrity to get the good ol’ Battlewagon into the limelight for a few seconds in the SF Chronicle. Too bad the the […]
As promised, all photos! I may or may not do a final wrap up on video, with interviews. We’ll see. Read the whole story in order, if you want: 1. The whole story started with the hood installation in mid-June 2. Things really got cooking […]
Next day, I was in my grubs by 8:30 and had the sink installed by 9:30. Alexandra said, “ Don’t you have to put down a sealer or something? I’m just asking.” The beads of sweat popped out on my forehead. Getting it in hadn’t […]
When Friday dawned we had great hopes for a transformation, and got close. As we looked over the paint job in the morning light, we found it tolerable. I saw every flaw, Alexandra told me to quit complaining, and I complied. The BR Electric guys […]
July 13-14 Wed Thurs We left off in #5 with the kitchen in primer, ready to be painted, I hope, because that’s where I’m taking up the tale. (Number 6 was the Tile Teaser) We were a day out of synch with our schedule, but […]
Here are the tile shots, before, after tiling before grouting and after grouting. Wow. Stuck on with thin-set, it took maybe 3.5 hours to do the job. This is prior to grouting. Watch this space for more junk on our kitchen rebuild. I’ll get around […]
Kitchen Mission Official Day One: Schedule Scramble Windfall Day July 10 We got started a day early because I took a medical at Nationals in Reno. I got stabbed over the right knee on my attack and then in the next tenth of a second […]
The epic kitchen renovation will start on July 12 in full stride: We got the first 31 pieces—cupboard doors and drawers—into primer. I toddled into the kitchen 9ish on Saturday and John and I pulled hardware. Kid got pretty good with the drill, I doubt […]
The kitchen remodel actually started a few weeks ago when we bought the first appliance, a 36-inch Kenmore hood. We drug that monster home and put it in the basement in mid-May. A week later, I got the bug and set to. It was simple, […]
The counter guy came to measure, today. I’ll write that up in a few days. Bit of a patchy day Sunday, the 19th, but I did get all nine initial pieces (five doors, 2 drawers, 2 inside shelves) sanded and their handle, hinge hole and […]
We’re doing a renovation of our 1963 kitchen. The cupboards are varnished 3/4-inch plywood, in great shape except the finish is way old and the hardware is that once-so-fashionable faux-French beaten copper stuff. So, we’re painting the cupboards, changing out the counter tops, having the […]
This article originally appeared in the summer 2011 Harker Quarterly and was reprinted in Harker News Online. The inaugural John Near Scholar Grant cycle is complete, and the first three reports were filed this spring for public access in the John Near Resource Center. Four […]
This article was written by William Cracraft and first published in 1998 in an Oakland Tribune special adverstising supplement celebrating the opening of the Aircraft Carrier Hornet Museum. The eighth USS Hornet, CV12 Essex Class Aircraft Carrier, retired, holds seven battle stars, a presidential citation […]
This article was written by William Cracraft and first published in 1998 in an Oakland Tribune special adverstising supplement celebrating the opening of the Aircraft Carrier Hornet Museum. One of the Hornet’s greatest claims to fame is the flawless recovery of U.S. astronauts from the […]
This article was written by William Cracraft and first published in 1998 in an Oakland Tribune special adverstising supplement celebrating the opening of the Aircraft Carrier Hornet Museum. There she found Odysseus among the slaughtered dead men, spattered over with gore and battle filth, like […]
This article was written by William Cracraft and first published in 1998 in an Oakland Tribune special adverstising supplement celebrating the opening of the Aircraft Carrier Hornet Museum. The sheer size of the Hornet illustrates the size of her volunteers’ jobs. With thousands of square […]
This article was written by William Cracraft and first published in 1998 in an Oakland Tribune special adverstising supplement celebrating the opening of the Aircraft Carrier Hornet Museum. Ron Bubeck worked on the flight deck of the Hornet at the start of the Cold War […]
A most interesting day was had by former roomates Bill Cracraft and Jay Richardson when they took their German wives on a tour of the Aircraft Carrier Hornet, now a museum moored at the old Alameda Naval Base. Richardson and Cracraft, avid military historians, were […]
Feasibility Study (Written for a technical writing class in 2001) Executive Summary This study set out to determine if net income from a fencing club located in San Mateo County would be enough to justify actually opening a club. I define “enough” as in the […]
Ol’ rebel filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and badly twisted Antonio Banderas have ended up with a film that is très hollywoodien, under the aegis of Harvey & Bob Weinstein, no less. Looks like somebody grew up and had kids. Looks like somebody wanted their kids to […]
It was early January, and, like so many couples, we had spent our last dime on closing costs for our home. My wife was off work, preparing to take the California Bar exam, I had a hectic schedule as a writer/photographer and fencing coach and […]
This article was first published on fnsreporting.com in 2005 Dresden, once known for its beauty as the Florence of Germany, is emerging from a chrysalis of time. Overgrown shrubbery is being cleared away and long neglected homes returned to their former stately selves. The city […]
It was Saturday night in Paris and as my cab came to a halt outside Maxim’s a liveried doorman charged into the street to meet it. I was ushered into a warm atmosphere of rich wood paneling, cleverly placed mirrors and polished brass fixtures. The […]
A dictator can extend his reach across the world to inflict great harm on his perceived enemies, but before World War II he required an army with trained multitudes, transportation and, most importantly, a large network of loyal supporters. Those requirements changed in the 1920s […]
Heading out the hotel door to Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on New Years Eve, we met a couple of matrons swathed in fur coats on the same mission. It was a good night. We saw a brandished handgun, an arrest, an Elvis impersonator, a drunk, ebullient […]
I just finished a great 45-minute run through the German woods on an icy path; felt like James Bond prepping for a mission. Had on running shoes, a pair of stretch pants, sleeveless t-shirt, my O’Dowd sweatshirt, edelweiss bandanna, Jaguar ball cap and fleece gloves. […]
This article first appeared in the spring 2010 Harker Quarterly and was reprinted in Harker News Online. Green is busting out all over Harker, and not just because it is spring. On the upper school campus, the greenhouse is filled with flora cultivated by the […]
This article was first published in the Hiller Aviation Museum special advertising section in the San Mateo County Times in June 1998 By William Cracraft The primary purpose behind the creation of the Hiller Aviation Museum was to establish an educational institution to study past […]
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