Harker School
| The Harker School | |
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Upper School: 500 Saratoga Ave San Jose, California United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°18′48″N 121°58′08″W / 37.31322°N 121.9689°WCoordinates: 37°18′48″N 121°58′08″W / 37.31322°N 121.9689°W |
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| Type | Independent |
| Motto | K through Life |
| Established | 1893 |
| Head of school | Christopher Nikoloff |
| Faculty | 450 |
| Grades | PreK-12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | Upper School – 720 |
| Color(s) | Green and White |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Tuition |
Gr. 9–12: $45,877 |
| Website | www.harker.org |
Upper School: 500 Saratoga Ave
Middle School: 3800 Blackford Ave
Lower School: 4300 Bucknall Rd
Gr. 9–12: $45,877
Gr. 6–8: $42,237
The Harker School is a private, co-educational, non-profit school in San Jose, California. Founded in 1893 as Manzanita Hall by Frank Cramer in Palo Alto, Harker now has four campuses: Union, Bucknall, Blackford, and Saratoga, named after the streets on which they lie. The Union campus houses the Preschool, the Bucknall campus houses the Lower School (Kindergarten through grade 5), the Blackford campus houses the Middle School (grades 6 through 8), and the Saratoga campus houses the Upper School (grades 9 through 12).
The current Harker administration is led by Christopher Nikoloff. Mr. Nikoloff succeeded Howard and Diana Nichols following their retirement after the 2004–2005 academic year. Howard Nichols was the son of Major Donald L. Nichols, who created the present day Harker School by merging the Palo Alto Military Academy in Palo Alto (as Manzanita Hall was then called) with Harker Day School in 1972 and moving to the Saratoga campus. However, at the end of the 2016-2017 school year, Mr. Nikoloff will be leaving the school to head another school in Switzerland.
The upper school, offering grades 9 through 12, is located on the Saratoga Avenue campus. The upper school was added to the K-8 program in 1998, with the first class of graduates in 2002. Currently, there are about 800 students in the upper school.
Harker School has the highest ranking by The College Board for Advanced Placement test scores for AP Computer Science, AP Psychology, AP Chemistry, AP Microeconomics, and AP Calculus. In May 2014, 1,536 examinations were written by 513 students in grades 9–12. Scores of 4 and 5: 88 percent; scores of 3, 4 or 5: 97 percent. Two Harker students were named to the 2014 U.S. Physics Olympiad Training Team and one made the final competition team. Harker School students won gold medals in 2009 in Mexico and 2014 in Kazakhstan.
In the Siemens Competition, Harker School had four national semifinalists in both 2006 and 2007 and six in 2008. In the 2012 competition, Harker School had six regional semifinalists and four regional finalists. In 2012, Harker School had four regional finalists and six semifinalists: one-fourth of the regional finalists in California were from Harker School. In 2013, Harker School had 10 state finalists, and two regional finalists, Andrew Jin and Steven Wang, who earned the team scholarship and split a $40,000 prize. In 2014, Harker School had 13 state finalists and four regional finalists.
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