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Our athletic event mobile snack truck was named for Phyllis Carley, Harker’s biggest sports fan. She worked and volunteered for Harker for more than 50 years, starting in 1952. She started as a driver, later served as secretary for Major Nichols, and ultimately became secretary to the board of trustees.
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Rajiv Movva ’18 awarded Davidson Fellowship for ongoing project

 

Rajiv Movva ’18 awarded Davidson Fellowship for ongoing project
Rajiv Movva ’18 was named a Davidson Fellow by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development to develop his project "SNPpet: Deep Learning the Human Epigenome Reveals Regulatory Sequence Patterns and Genomic Mechanisms of Disease."
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Class of 2026 says goodbye through words and music at Baccalaureate
Class of 2026 says goodbye through words and music at Baccalaureate

 

11 Harker students named 2026 Nat’l Merit winners
11 Harker students named 2026 Nat’l Merit winners

 

Movement artist Ankita Sharma ’16 to receive Life in the Arts award
Movement artist Ankita Sharma ’16 to receive Life in the Arts award
2026 Near-Mitra scholars share experiences and gratitude at recognition event
2026 Near-Mitra scholars share experiences and gratitude at recognition event

 

Harker students see success at California Science and Engineering Fair
Harker students see success at California Science and Engineering Fair

 

Harker Aquila picks up third NSPA Pacemaker Award in Minneapolis
Harker Aquila picks up third NSPA Pacemaker Award in Minneapolis
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125th Anniversary Video Channel
Enjoy this video from our archives where in 1993, Howard and Diana Nichols drive their converted 1986 Pontiac Fiero, renamed the Destiny 2000. It was one of a pair; you may have seen the other one in the film ‘Naked Gun 2 1/2.’
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125th Anniversary Memories

One year our school bus (a 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Station Wagon, one of a fleet of six or so) was out of commission, so they used Major Donald Nichols’ personal 1968 black Cadillac limousine, with Mrs. Cimonini driving, for our route that year. It must have raised some neighbors’ eyebrows seeing me standing out front of my house, dressed in my uniform, getting picked up for private school in a limo!


Donald Teer ’74
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