2002 June Harker News

JUNE 2002 (VOL. 8, NO. 13)

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Inaugural Upper School Graduation for Class of 2002 The Class of 2002, Harker’s inaugural graduating class in the new upper school, received their diplomas at a moving and historic ceremony held at the Mountain Winer y on Sat., May 25th.

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Valedictorian Matt Wong, a Harker student since kindergarten, spoke fondly of the valuable friendships, lessons and education his years at Harker have brought him. Also speaking were keynote speaker Guy Kawasaki, head of school Diana Nichols and president Howard Nichols.

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Students received “First Class” medals along with their diplomas as

— Now Available Online — For more information contact Cathy Snider CatherineS@harker.org happiness and success to this first-ever class of graduates.

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The weather was perfect, and the ceremony was followed by a no-host brunch for families and friends to continue the celebration in the spectacular setting. See pages 10 & 11 for more photos!

Bucknall Inaugural dance concert a “moving” success! ............ 14

Saratoga - MS Grade 7 travels to Sacramento and Berkeley ...................... 4

Saratoga - US Harker JETS JV team named first in nation ...................... 7

important dates Tues., Aug. 27 7-12 110th Academic School Year Begins

Thurs., Aug. 29 K-6 110th Academic School Year Begins Go to www.harker.org and click on PARENTS for detailed Aug. date information by division

Keynote Speaker Many thanks to Guy Kawasaki for his time and inspiration as the keynote speaker for our inaugural Upper School graduation. His astute comments touched our hearts—and our “funnybones”—and we thank him for sharing his observations with us!

Guy Kawasaki is the CEO of Garage Technology Ventures.

Prior to this position, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. and one of the individuals responsible for the success of the Macintosh computer. He has a BA from Stanford University and and MBA from UCLA as well as an honorar y doctorate from Babson College.

special mementos to commemorate Harker’s first class of graduates. The ceremony culminated with touching and inspiring comments by the Nichols, who released 30 white doves to symbolize their wish for peace,

Note: Many thanks to the following Harker staff members who worked particularly hard behind the scenes throughout the year on this ver y special event: Sue Estes, Chris Doll, Vonda Reid, Ruth Tebo and Derek Kameda.

Editor’s Note: May was an amazing month, full of successes, per formances, passages and excitement. Enjoy the last issue of the Harker News this school year, and we’ll see you in the fall. Have a wonder ful summer!

—Pam Dickinson, Director of Communications Remember to check the web site over the summer for news and calendar updates while our Tech. Dept. busily updates our parent e-mail database. Thanks!

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Twenty-eight Harker students and six chaperones traveled to Japan for a 10-day visit as part of our Harker/Tamagawa International Program. Harker students were able to reunite and stay with their Tamagawa “buddies,” whom they had met and hosted during Tamagawa’s visit to Harker in March. “My host family was very nice and made me feel like I was at home away from home,” said Harker student Evan Sanders.

“They didn't speak much English, but communicating was not very hard.”

The Tamagawa students and teachers always extend such a special, warm welcome to Harker. In addition to the welcome assembly and many other special touches throughout the visit, each homeroom class at Tamagawa had made a welcome poster with our students’ names on it. Our students were assigned to certain homerooms during their visit, and on the last day each

homeroom class had a special farewell for “their” Harker students.

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The trip itinerary included wonderful assemblies and classroom time at the Tamagawa School with all the students and teachers. As part of the environmental studies in Gr. 6 at Harker, students prepare presentations on a variety of environmental topics. Based on

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the quality of the content, layout and creativity, several students were selected to present their projects to the Tamagawa students during the visit, and they did an outstanding job. Those students and their topics were: Shelby Golan, Boto Dolphin; Joshua Pinzas, Monarch Butter fly; Ben Englert, Electric Car and Natalie So, Greenhouse Effect.

In addition to the valuable “bonding” time spent in the host family homes and on the

Tamagawa campus, students had a busy sightseeing schedule that took them to Kyoto, Hakone and Hiroshima, and included a ride on a bullet train (and hamburgers for lunch!)

“We hiked in the rain and sailed a pirate ship on a volcanic lake,” said admissions director and Harker chaperone Nan Nielsen.

“We saw the beautiful Golden Pavilion temple and a tree growing in the shape of a ship that is hundreds of years old. We delivered the paper cranes made by all the 6th graders to the memorial in Hiroshima. We stood quietly there at the memorial and found much to think about. We built friendships without needing words.”

“I loved everything about the Tamagawa trip. It was great, and it was all a life experience,” added Evan.

An informational meeting was recently held for current 5th grade parents and students interested in learning about participating in the Harker Tamagawa exchange program for next year!

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■ Tara McFarland’s class celebrated Mother’s Day in May with a fun “Mommies and Muffins” event.

Besides the obvious muffins and other treats, students read poems that they had written themselves and presented their moms with potted flowers. “There were tears, laughs and many memories made,” said Ms. McFarland.

■ The Harker Environmental Committee chose to sponsor awareness about Earth Day this year. In an effor t to help everyone learn more about our environment, 5th grade teacher Jason Oncay created a website to display the work of students who contribute to the cause. Children were asked to send in contributions such as projects, artwork and poetry to display on the web.

The main page of the Harker Environmental Projects website has links to all sorts of environmental topics from “Interesting Environmental Facts” to “Celebrating Wildflowers Color Book Page.”

There is a link for each grade level to view projects that were submitted. The projects range from recycling drawings of children putting paper and cans into the proper recycling bins to poems, collages, and even a short video of a 1st grader, Nikka Van den Dries, reading a poem about the environment. A few of the 3rd grade computer classes made this a class project so there are lots of drawings to view at the 3rd grade link. http://faculty.harker.org/ls/jasono/ htm/earthday/ earthdayframeset.htm ■ Kindergarten teacher Nancy Curran recently held a “thank you”

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■ The Bucknall campus was abuzz as all students and teachers alike did theirvery best to wear crazy clashing outfits for “Clash Day” recently. Teacher and spirit activity coordinator Jason Oncay has some additional photos from this fun day -- go to his site at http:// faculty.harker.org/ls/jasono/htm/ spirit/spiritmain.htm.

party for the many parents who have been regular parent readers in her class.

■ Katherine Harris, Gr. 4, was principal for the day recently as this year’s picnic winner of this fun honor. She could be seen making rounds, attending the tree planting

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ceremony, conducting a teacher observation and write-up, introducing the Bucknall Dance Concert show, visiting the Saratoga campus to visit a few VIPs there and dining on a specially prepared lunch in Ms. Sarah Leonard's office. Time will tell whether this experience will inspire Katherine towards a career in education!

■ The 6th graders were recently treated to a special “Step Up Day,” where they were bused to the Saratoga campus to acquaint them with the campus and to learn about the middle school life that they will begin next year.

The students gathered in Shah Hall, and Ms. Gargano, current US math teacher and the incoming middle school head, gave an explanation of the day’s schedule, and Howard and Diana Nichols welcomed the class to the Saratoga campus. Then specialty subject teachers gave brief descriptions of some of the optional classes and clubs offered on the Saratoga campus, such as acting, Harmon-

AROUND ics, Pep Band, String Ensemble and the Bug Club. Various middle school students spoke to the incoming 7th graders about other student-run activities and clubs.

Lauren Harries described the student-run newspaper, “The Eagle Eye,” and Casey Blair and Amira Valliani talked about the Student Council, explained about the leadership projects and encouraged students to run for homeroom office.

Two Gr. 8 mentors led each visiting Gr. 6 homeroom on a tour of the campus and through an abbreviated class schedule. Then the students joined the middle school students for lunch. When asked about their impressions of the day, the Gr. 6 students said...

“I like having older people around; they are more mature than all the little kids at Bucknall. I like the teachers; they have rules that are set for older kids.” —Alex Boberg “Mrs. Cisar is really nice and I look forward to having her next year!” —Gar-Yun Ho “I feel very comfortable here and everyone has been so nice.” — Aarathi Minisandram “There is so much more to choose from and the food is really good.”

—Nitasha Ranganath “The teachers seem so nice...and Mr. Z gives out Cokes!” —Rachael Peterson Thanks to the following Gr. 8 mentors for hosting our incoming middle school students for this special day: Mina Lee, Ellen Harris, Gareth Scheerder, Tanuj Thapliyal, Miles Bredenoord, Rohini Venkatraman, Asavari Gupte, Elizabeth Moul, Aaron Nemetz, Keir Myers, Mike Lee, Meghana Dhar, Mohammed Ahmed and Ira Patnaik.

bucknall Eureka! Another Successful Gr. 4 Coloma Trip!

All fourth graders and 16 chaperones attended the 9th Annual Coloma Trip in May, spending three days and two nights at the Coloma Outdoor Discovery School by Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park at Sutter’s Mill. “This educational enrichment program offers the per fect complement to our Gr.4 social studies curriculum, with a fascinating emphasis on gold rush history,” said Christy Vail, elementary division head.

Vail added that this learning experience integrates environment, ecology and living history curricula, providing a particular emphasis on the importance of making choices that will have a positive impact on our increasingly fragile environment.

of 15 children each with two Harker chaperones and a Coloma naturalist. Each day included teambuilding and cooperative activities, such as bartering for supplies needed to make cornbread, making cornbread over an open fire and building a shelter from materials found in the natural surroundings.

There was also an all-day nature hike, some square dancing and an evening of sitting by the fireside and listening to a wise old native American.

Thanks to the following faculty and staff for chaperoning this wonder ful annual trip: Sarah Leonard, Keith Hirota, Jon Shiller, Giresh Ghooray, Jim McGovern, Chris Yamashita, Joe Chung, Eric Hoffman, Lisa Hackwood, Lisa Hirata, Sabrina Criscione, Heather Perrotta, Mike Bourquin, Kathy Ferretti, Vanessa Bullman and Martha Acosta.

Children were placed in “tribes”

—Reported by Terry Walsh

About 40 K-6th grade students participated in the Jumping for Joy workshop in May. The Rec Dept. once again hosted its annual Kiddie Carnival on Mon., June 3rd. Many thanks to the creative, hard-working Rec Staff for their energies in putting this together. The children love it!

Note: See pgs. 9, 14, & 16 for more Bucknall news in this issue.

Photos by Chris Yamashita and Lisa Hirata

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■ An opinion piece by Gr. 8 student Meghana Dhar was recently published in the Mercury News Opinion section (Sat., April 27, page 11B) as part of a class assignment in Cyrus Merrill’s World History class. According to Merrill, Meghana’s ar ticle was part of an assignment to write to the justice depar tment or send a letter to the editor or to their elected official regarding their opinion in the Microsoft antitrust case. The students were comparing current issues with those during the Gilded Age. ■ P.E. and health teacher Becky Cisar reported that the 7th graders did a particularly great job creating tobacco and alcohol “spoof” ads in

their drug education class this past semester. Here’s one example by student Annelise Han, Gr. 7.

■ The Gr. 8 Advanced Spanish classes went on their annual field trip to Picasso’s Restaurant in San Jose in April and had a chance to

Shah, Kari Berglund, Elyse Trinh, Jamie Cisar, Molly Newman, Cassie Kerkhoff, Aneesha Nilakantan, Richard Kwant, Brice Lin, Varun Sivaram, Nicholas Tan, Andy Drukarev, Justin Chin and Danyal Kothari.

sample traditional Spanish dishes, such as a variety of paellas and tapas. “The group filled the tiny restaurant and did a wonderful job practicing their Spanish with the staff,” said teacher Julie Pinzas.

■ The Gr. 8 Intermediate and Advanced Japanese Honors classes went to Tomi-Sushi restaurant for a field trip recently.

Teacher Masako Onakado explained that since the students learned how to order food in Japanese in class, they were able to practice ordering Japanese food.

“For a few students like Neel Joshi and Ira Patnaik, it was the first experience to go to a Japanese restaurant, so they struggled so much with chopsticks—Neel ended up eating Tempura with his hands!,” laughed Onakado. She added that they all enjoyed the food and the experience!

■ Many thanks to the following Gr. 7 students who served as “garland bearers” at the inaugural graduation ceremony at Mountain Winer y in May. You did a wonderful job, and we appreciate the extra time this took out of your busy schedules. Each of these students received a certificate entitling them to a free dress and lunch in the Edge next Sept. in appreciation for their help. Thanks also to MS teachers Sylvia Harp and Cindy Kerr who helped organize this wonder ful group of students: Kimberly Wong, Jessie Li, Mansi

■ The advanced French classes (apprx. 24 students) went to Crêpe Daniel Restaurant in Saratoga in May for French food, culture, and fun. Carol Parris, MS French teacher, reported that the students were able to watch their meals being prepared on traditional crêpe irons brought over from France and “get up close and

personal with the food units studied in class.” Those with adventurous spirits ordered a variety of French delicacies including French onion soup, escargot and pâté. Bon Appétit!

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The entire ESL department enjoyed a field trip in May to Año Nuevo to see the elephant seals!

Students enjoying Spirit Week just before finals…!

Gr. 7 Trip to Sacramento and Berkeley Packed with Activities One hundred fifty two 7th graders and 15 faculty chaperones went on their annual 7th grade academic trip this year to Sacramento and Berkeley.

The class was divided into two groups to enable smaller groups to visit each site. All students spent two of the days in workshops at the Lawrence Hall of science studying such topics as Laser Luminations, Chemical Reactions, Chills and Thrills, Fantastic Gas Class, Volts n’Jolts and Constellations Tonight.

Students also toured the state capital, including the Train

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Museum and Old Sacramento, and visited the Moaning Caverns and Columbia State Park.

The students were taken to see the musical dance production “Stomp” in Berkeley. They also toured the Hershey Chocolate factory in Oakdale and the Jelly Belly factory in Vacaville.

Many of the students cited the Jelly Belly factor y stop as one of their favorite stops, but here are some other comments from the trip: • Shaina Patel: “‘Stomp’ was cool,

and the dry ice and liquid nitrogen class was fun!”

•Priyanka Bearelly: “The Moaning Caverns were so dark and deep and at one point they turned the lights off and you could not see anything.

It was really freaky. There were cool rocks at Columbia State Park.”

Sacramento was cool how they combined the modern world with the old world. All the shops looked old, but you could buy new stuff in them. I liked the gold mining stuff at the Columbia State Park.”

•Siddharth Chandrasekhar: “I liked how they explained things in the classes at Berkeley.”

Thanks to staff and faculty chaperones Dan Gelineau, Mark Gelineau, Bob Saint, Jeremiah Brewer, Kerri Enzensperger, Antoinette Gathy, Stacie Newman, Michael Schmidt, Chris Nikoloff, Sammy Osoka, Deanna Barnett, Don Barnett, Wayne Hatfield, Henry Cuningham, Raji Swaminathan, Margaret McGovern and bus drivers Heather Perrotta and Dan Hughes.

•Karthik Jagadeesh: “Old

—Reported by Terry Walsh

•Nick Jones: “The heat and chemical class and liquid nitrogen and dry ice classes were really good.”

•Micahel Lee: “I took a lot of pictures at the train museum. I didn’t know the train engines were like 3000 horsepower.”

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Harker once again attended the annual Future Problem Solving state championships held recently in Davis, CA and for the 3rd straight year Harker finished first in the presentation portion of the competition! Harker teacher and team advisor Cyrus Merrill said that for five of the 12 students who qualified for the state finals (Amira Valliani, Sean Turner, Sameer Chopra, Siobhan Stevenson and Alexandra Nicholaeff) this was their second state championship win!

In the qualifying round Harker teams finished first and second in their qualifying group at the elementary level with one team advancing to state finals. The Gr. 6 team members competing in the qualifying round were Kenric Tam, Raven Reddy, Joey Shapiro, Charlie Fang, Niyanth Anand, Randy Chang, Chiraag Deora, Shelby Golan, Palash Agarwal, Rachel Fong and Colin Daw. The Gr. 6 team members making it to the state finals were Michael Kang, Whitney Huang, Chris Tai and Melissa Chen.

For the first time ever, Harker fielded a middle school team as well. Our middle school teams finished second and third in their qualifying group with one team advancing to the state championship. The MS team members who competed in the qualifying round and narrowly missed (by one point) advancing to the state level were Natasha Sarin, Alexandra Nicholaeff, Siobhan Stevensen and Jessica Lee (all Gr. 7).

Harker also had four individuals selected to attend the state competition based on their effor ts in the first two rounds. These competitors had to complete all of the steps on their own. These individual competitors were top participants of teams who just missed advancing to the state level: Shelby Golan and Palash Agarwal (Gr. 6); Siobhan Stevenson and Alexandra Nicholaeff (Gr. 7).

Congratulations to all of you for your impressive performances!

Note: See pgs. 9, 13, & 16 for more middle school news.

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away, from who we are as a community.”

■ Dean of Students Kevin Williamson reported that on Sat., May 18th, three US Students, Alexandra Stanek, Alex Iftimie and

■ Robotics Club Update The Harker School Robotics Club, accompanied by faculty members Randal Harrington and Robb Culter, were guests in May at the gala event “Inspiring Generations of Learners” sponored by the Tech Museum of Innovation at the Fairmont Hotel.

During the reception the Harker Team demonstrated their winning entry from this year’s Tech Challenge.

Adi Goradia, presented their findings on the “state of tolerance and diversity in South Bay high schools,” along with 22 students from 14 other local area high schools.

These students were selected to be part of Congressman Mike Honda’s newly formed Student Advisory Committee (SAC) in early October.

Their recent presentation to Congressman Honda and other elected officials in the Santa Clara City Council chambers was the culmination of a year’s worth of work for the students. The objective of the group was to work specifically on issues of tolerance and diversity and to investigate the effect that the attacks of September 11th have had on tolerance, diversity, and social interaction among the student body of the South Bay and around the world.

They interviewed education authorities, combed libraries and the Internet and authored and tabulated their own survey of over 500 students in the 15th district.

“While we would be naive to think that cultural differences among our student body are not an issue, I did learn that it is not of primary importance to the students,” commented Williamson, advisor for the Harker group. “The learning that goes on at Harker is paramount and the main focus of the students. While it is important to recognize and celebrate our diversity, the students made it clear to me that it is the variation of ideas and beliefs that makes us strong, both individually and collectively, and adds to, not takes

The keynote address was given by inventor Dean Kamen (inventor of many devices including the Segway). The group was able to meet with Mr. Kamen (as he scooted around on his Segway scooter), as well as other prominent members of Silicon Valley’s tech community. Pictures from the event can be viewed at http:// users.harker.org/hs/randalh/ techchallenge/fairmont.html.

The Harker School Robotics Club also placed 4th overall during the preliminary seed rounds in the NASA BotBall competition in April in a field of 30 teams. “During the head to head competition, Harker made it through 4 rounds before being knocked off -- due to battery failure! -- earning a 4-way tie for 9th place,” said Rand Harrington, US teacher and club advisor. According to Harrington, Harker was one of the few rookie teams this year and was commended by many judges for their efforts. Congratulations to members of the team: Alan Malek, Alex Segal, Albert Wu, Pia Pal, Greg Perkins and Adrik Mcllroy.

The Robotics Club plans to continue competing in local events such as the Tech Challenge and BotBall next year, but they also hope to create a team to compete in the prestigious Robotics FIRST competition which challenges teams of students and their mentors to design and build a robot in a six-week time frame, using a standard “kit of parts.” “The goal isn’t simply to build a robot,” said Harrington. “The robot is a vehicle

for learning much more. The real goal is building a collaborative team, a supportive community and solid strategy for problem solving during the competition.”

There will be an informational meeting (date not set at press time) for all interested students and their parents this summer, and if you are interested in being a part of this exciting adventure log into http://randh.harker.org/robotics/ new.htm and provide Harrington with information about how you would like to be involved. You'll be contacted with details about the meeting.

■ Student Elections Elections were recently held for class officers and student body officers for next year. Class dean Lee Carter reported that the freshman elections will take place in the fall to allow for our many new students to participate. We will announce results at that time.

ASB OFFICERS: President, Maheen Kaleem; Vice-President, Maya Hey; Secretary, Rick Hayashi; Treasurer, Sahil Patel.

CLASS OF 2003 (Seniors): President, David Hsu; VicePresident, Kelly Gault; Secretary, Shibir Desai; Treasurer, Trinh Nguyen; Class Dean, Lisa Radice.

CLASS OF 2004 (Juniors): President, Max Kubota; VicePresident, Derek Hwang; Secretary, Anita Gupta; Treasurer, Ed Peng; Class Dean, Marc Hufnagl.

CLASS OF 2005 (Sophomores): President, Anshu Das; VicePresident, Samedha Singh; Secretary, Najm Haque; Treasurer, Erika Gundmundson; Class Dean, Robb Cutler.

Sophomore class dean Robb Cutler reported that the first student online elections were held at Harker on Mon., May 20 for the Class of 2005 officers, with 80% of the freshmen voting. “The web-based voting system allowed us to get results immediately upon closing the polls and compile statistical data,” said Cutler. Thanks to Jeffrey Niederauer and Kevin Mason of the Tech Dept. for their help implementing this first-ever on-line voting!

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1st Annual Harker Regatta The Junior Class traveled to the Santa Cruz Harbor and the Pacific Yachting & Sailing Club to participate in the first annual Race for the Harker Junior Cup. Teams of juniors with Harker chaperones sailed through a day of hands-on instruction, fascinating classroom sailing theory and navigational skills instruction, followed by an actual race with US coastguard licensed captains on each boat, with students as crew. Due to the challenging sailing conditions (high winds!) it was difficult to be consistent with the scoring of the Regatta portion of the event.

After much consultation, it was

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agreed by Mr. Williamson, along with the captains and staff at Pacific Yachting & Sailing Club, that the entire junior class be the recipient of the first-ever Harker Cup to honor the sportsmanship and teamwork of this class. Congratulations to the Class of 2003 —nice work, both on land and at sea!

The Class of 2002’s president won the flag search (pictured); however, the Class of 2003 (juniors) won the rally and was named “Most Spirited Class” for the second consecutive year. “A great job by all classes this year,” said Daren.

“The scores were close enough by the end of this year that this final rally determined the winner.” This wild and raucous event ended with a bittersweet announcement, amid cheers of support and excitement, of the colleges that our graduating seniors had chosen to attend, led by college counselors Sandy Padgett and Nicole Burrell.

■ Round 5 of the Harker intramural chess tournament took place in May, and first place went to US student Lev Pisarsky who won all 5 rounds and is rated 1900th in the United States Chess Federation. Second place went to US student Jeff Shih. “The MS and US students played strong and with enthusiasm,” reported tournament organizer Raji Swaminathan, who added that the following MS students also perfomed very well: Nicholas Tan, Akaash Bhalla, Lucas Motro, Phil Perkins and Alex Nikolaeff. “Alex was the only girl in the entire tournament and she played so well that I hope she is an inspiration to other girls to start playing chess,” said Swaminathan.

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Memories Made at Junior/Senior Prom

■ The theme of the Final Rally in the upper school was “Reality TV,” and the results were hilarious! Chris Daren, activities coordinator and yearbook advisor who organized the event, explained that each class did a skit based a a TV show. The freshmen choose “Bug Juice,” sophs chose “Fear," juniors chose "Fear Factor,” and the seniors chose “The Osbournes.”

They then competed in three different events: milking a cardboard cow (don't ask!), licking their class number out of frosting (don't ask!) and swimming in a pool of pasta (Right. Don't ask!).

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Over 200 students attended this year's Jr./Sr. Prom, held May 17th at the Capital Club in downtown San Jose. The theme was “I Will Remember,” and you can tell from the pictures that they surely will..!

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Seniors gather to pose for their class photo on the senior trip. The senior class began the tradition this year of an annual senior trip to the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego.

The students played, relaxed and just hung out on the beach, enjoying quality time with their classmates and faculty chaperones before going off to college.

bents Matthew Jones and Leann Duong (sophomores) and Christiana Ratazzi (senior). A special recognition to the many students who submitted essays this year -- your time and effor t in seeking this student body position are commendable.

■ JETS Team First in the Nation Congratulations to our JV JETS (Junior Engineering Technology) team for garnering the 1st place ranking in our division nationwide!

As reported in last month’s edition, our JV and Varsity JETS teams each placed 1st in state rankings, and due to this success, our scores were sent to the national office pending national rankings. This was the first year we had a varsity team, and we are also extremely proud of their national ranking of 6th place, particularly given the more challenging field of competitors at this level. Jennifer Gargano, US math teacher and JETS advisor, said that the JV team will receive a trophy and the varsity team will receive a plaque. According to Gargano, “This has been our best year ever!!”

Congratulations to the students and to Ms. Gargano for your wonderful performances! You can visit the JETS ranking web site (we're Division 4) at http:// www.jets.org/teams.htm and you can also get more details on Ms. Gargano's web page at http:// users.harker.org/hs/JenniferG/ syllab/mathweb/ jets_annoucements.htm ■ US teacher Hem Navangul recently chaperoned a team of four Harker students to the 52nd Annual California State Leadership Conference of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) in Irvine, CA. Nearly 1,300 students from over 50 high schools from the South, North, Gold Coast, Bay and Central California sections attended the event, including Homestead, Cupertino and Lynbrook.

During the four-day event, students attended workshops, took tests in various business subjects, heard speeches from successful business leaders and competed for awards in assorted fields such as Network Design, Accounting, Banking and Financial Systems, Marketing, Business Plan, Business Law,

Computer Concepts, Desktop Publishing, Impromptu Speaking and Public Speaking.

According to Navangul, though Harker was the “new kid on the block” as a first time participant, we did very well. Lekha Challa, Harker’s FBLA club president, secured a third place in the Impromptu Speaking category and was also elected vice president for the Bay Section. The team of Wendy Tsai and Sanby Lee secured a fifth place in the field of Business Plan. Nice work to all!

■ Twenty-six students from Key Club and from the Harker US community participated in the Human Race 5k Walk on May 11th, raising $1,100 for the Sunkara Eye Foundation, a local non-profit agency that provides supplies, medicine and funds to eye clinics in India and surrounding countries. Students were able to visit with volunteers from the Sunkara eye foundation the morning of the run to learn more about how the funds are used.

Congratulations to all for participating in this worthwhile event!

■ The students and faculty recently heard a presentation by Professor Kenneth Louden of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of San Jose State University. Professor Louden is a noted speaker and the author of several books, including the Programming Languages textbook used in last semester's Advanced Topics in Computer Science course.

His talk was on the “3Templates and Generics: A Case Study in Programming Language OECrossPollination12.”

Many thanks to Professor Louden for finding time in his busy schedule to share his insights with our school community.

■ Rob Morrill, Brigid Flanagan, Beverley Manning and Diana Moss have all attended workshops at the Center for Digital Storytelling this year to learn how to use this exciting new technology in the classroom. Grade 12 student Haiping Chen’s project in Mr. Morrill's Asian Literature class this past spring was a particularly good example, according to BIll Barnes, Director of Technology for Harker.

“There was an excellent script and a well defined voice apparent in the writing,” said Barnes. Here is a link to Haiping's excellent project:

Ceremonies Mark End of Special Year ■ On Thurs. evening, May 23rd, Harker held its first baccalaureate. The intimate setting of the Quad provided the backdrop for the ceremony.

Chosen by the seniors, Jack Bither, athletic director, provided a nostalgic tribute to the Class of 2002. He was introduced by Adam Vucurevich and Brinda Venkatesh. Tiffany Duong, salutatorian for the Class of 2002, was introduced by her sister, Victoria; Tiffany graced the audience with a moving talk that will never be forgotten. Howard Nichols capped off the evening with an eloquent President’s Farewell.

—Reported by Richard Hartzell, US Head ■ On Fri. afternoon, May 24th, the US held its annual Awards Ceremony, presenting 58 awards to our US students for special achievements in academics, leadership and service. Pictured here are our winners from each grade level of the top award, the President's Distinguished Student Award: Robert Wolfson, Gr. 9; Karan Lodha, Gr. 10; Alexandra Stanek, Gr. 11; Leslie Hernandez, Gr. 12.

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technical side of these projects is fairly easy to master.”

More faculty members will be taking this course over the summer, including Nicholas Manjoine and Marc Hufnagl. Next year there will be new specialized workstations on carts available for faculty trained in Digital Video to use in their classrooms. Bill Barnes will be working with faculty in a summer workshop on August 16 and 19 to teach all of the organization and management details involved with digital video projects. “You can't just tell students to do a project. It takes taut organization, checklists, and good communication to get the work completed,” said Barnes. “The

For more information on the Center for Digital Storytelling, go to http:// www.storycenter.org ■ The Physics Department went on their annual field trip to Great America in May where students do an “on-site” lab and take data both on an off the rides. Great way to see physics in action!

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Harker’s Foreign Language Students Excel in National Competition ■ In March, 39 Harker Latin students in Gr. 7-12 joined 120,000 students worldwide in taking the National Latin Exam. US Latin teacher and JCL advisor John Hawley said that, “Harker's participants showed their greatness yet again,” reporting that there were 3 perfect papers, 9 gold medalists, 8 silver medalists and 12 other certificate winners.

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Harker's Catherine Kim was one of only four students nationwide to achieve a perfect paper on the Medusa Mythology Exam.

“To put a perspective on things,” he added, “there were only 60 perfect papers in California, and in the Level 4 Poetry exam only 66 overall.” Congratulations to all of our Latin students, not only for these wonder ful successes, but for a year’s worth of impressive per formances!

Congratulations, French students, for these magnificent results!

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Rachel Newman (9th) Liat Noten (9th) Cristina Figueroa- (9th) Alexandra Garr-Schultz (9th) Elise Manbert (9th) Jessica Wu (9th) Whitney Graves (10th) Andrew Chen (10th) Sam Levinson (9th)

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2 (out of 17,3350) 5 6 6 7 9 10 10 11

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Hans DeSale (11th)

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Alexandra Stanek (11th) Claudia Ruegg (11th) Yassmin Sadeghi (12th) Mahisha Patel (11th)

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PERFECT PAPER WINNERS: Latin 1-Jonathan Chung, Gr. 10 (Level 1); Latin 4 Poetry-Cathy Kim and Brian Biskeborn, both Gr. 11 GOLD MEDALISTS: Latin 1-Jonathan Chung, Gr. 10; Latin 2-Sridhar Chadalavada, Vivek Bansal, Wesley Wu, all Gr. 10; Latin 3-Allison Kwong, Anita Mazloom, Sheena Reddy, all Gr. 11; Latin 4 & APCatherine Kim, Brian Biskeborn, both Gr. 11.

SILVER MEDALS: Latin 1-Ivan Osokine, Gr. 10 and Adrik McIlroy, Gr. 9; Latin 2-Jennifer Shangkuan, Sean Weinstock, Matt Vucurevich, Sarada Pyda, Vincent Yen, all Gr. 10; Latin 3-Jason Shangkuan, Gr. 11 MAGNA CUM LAUDE CERTIFICATES: Latin 1-Roberta Wolfson, Gr. 9; Richard Kwant, Gr. 7; Shaun Mohan, Gr. 9; Amith Gupta, Gr. 7 and Alex Hsu, Gr. 9. Latin 2-Luke Wyman, Gr. 10; Latin 3- Gabrielle DeMers, Gr. 11; Latin 4 & AP-Elnora Hawley, Alex Sung, both Gr. 12 CUM LAUDE: Latin 1-Sheena (Shivani) Tomar, Gr. 9; Latin 3-Ethan Karpel, Gr. 10; Latin 4 & AP-Adam Vucurevich, Gr. 12.

Hawley also reported that ten Harker students joined over 7,000 students from 325 schools in taking the 50-question Medusa Mythology Exam this spring, and all ten Harker students received awards. “Harker’s combined performance placed them 4th out of 325 schools overall, 5th in the Lower Level, and 6th in the Upper Level,” said Hawley.

Harker’s Catherine Kim was one of only four students nationwide to achieve a perfect paper.

Here are all the Harker medal and certificate winners, and congratulations to one and all!

LOWER LEVEL: Gold Medal - Sridhar Chadalavada, Gr. 10; Bronze Medals Ivan Osokine, Gr. 10 and Christopher Keller, Gr. 7; Corona Laurea - Vivek Bansal, Gr. 10; Corona Oliva - Jennifer Shangkuan, Gr.10.

UPPER LEVEL: Gold Medal - Catherine Kim, Gr. 11 (for perfect paper) and Anita Mazloom, Gr. 11; Silver Medal - Allison Kwong, Gr. 10; Corona Laurea - Georgia Manry, Gr. 12; Corona Oliva - Ryan Alley, Gr. 10.

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■ Harker students from French Levels 2, 3, and AP Literature participated in the National French Contest this past March, an annual test for students of French at all levels nationwide. US French teachers Clémence Richard and Françoise Thompson recently reported the results, explaining that this one-hour test evaluates students in listening, aural comprehension, grammar, reading comprehension and culture. Students are tested against other students of the same level, and over 92,000 students nationwide competed this year.

Fourteen Harker students received regional recognition, by ranking between 1 and 10 in Northern California and were awarded certificates

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recently at a special awards ceremony at Stanford University. In addition, ten Harker students were among the top eleven students nationwide in their respective levels.

Harker freshman Rachel Newman was ranked #2 nationally, in a field of 17,335 students at the French 2 level.

Math Competition Highlights Seventeen students (three from the middle School) participated in the DOE-LLNL Math Challenge held in April at Lawrence Livemore National Laboratory (LLNL) in Livermore. Harker Team B with members Jerry Chi (Gr. 12),Yi Sun (Gr. 8) and Ozan Demirlioglu (Gr. 10) placed third overall.

Congratulations to Yi Sun, an 8th grader in the high school math competitions group who qualifed to participate in the USA Math Olympiad (USAMO) at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Yi qualified after achieving very high scores in a series of contests conducted by American Math Competitions (AMC) -- the AMC10, AMC12, and the AIME. USAMO contestants are the top 250 high school students in the nation. As an 8th grader, beating top high school students in a math competition is indeed a big achievement.

Harker students participated in the CSU-Fresno Math Field Day held in April and received the first place trophy in the Small School category. Participating schools were categorized based on the school population, and since The Harker School has less than 1,000 students, we were classified as “Small School.”

However, most of our students

who participated in the contest received the highest awards.

In the Leap Frog Relay, Harker had 6 contestants and they ALL received awards. The team of Yi Sun (Gr. 8) and Jerry Hong (Gr. 9) placed first; the team of Ravi Mishra (Gr. 10) and Elise Nguyen (Gr. 10) placed 3rd and the team of Adi Jain (Gr. 10) and Andrew Zhang (Gr. 11) placed 5th.

In the Mad Hatter B Category (a contest meant for freshmen and sophomores), Harker fielded 3 contestants: Ozan Demirliolgu (Gr. 10) got first while Ashray Urs (Gr. 10) got the 2nd place award and Karthik Kailash (Gr. 10) received the 5th place award.

The last contest for this school year was the American Regions Math League (ARML) held May 31June 1 at San Jose State University. The following students will be participating on the San Francisco Bay Area Team: Ozan Demirlioglu, Charles Hung, Felix Lee, and Yi Sun. For detailed and updated information on our math competitions, visit Fisico’s newly created contest web site at http:/ /users.harker.org/hs/MisaelF/ mathcontests.htm —Reported by US math teacher Misael-Jose Fisico

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The graduates sang several musical numbers and the Harker Harmonics performed.

Our very best wishes to all of our middle school graduates!

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The first annual promotion ceremony for the 6th grade took place on Wed., June 5th in the Bucknall gym. Families attended this special event, which included Qtr. 4 awards, as well as special presentations to the students — and from the students — to mark the symbolic occasion of their “promotion” from the Bucknall campus to the Saratoga campus next year.

“This touching event was followed by lots of hugs and yearbook signing,” commented Christy Vail, elementary division head. “We’ll miss our 6th graders, but we’re excited for them and know we will still see them over the coming years.”

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Harker proudly presented 8th grade diplomas to 152 students on Thurs., June 6th in a ceremony held in the Bucknall gym. Over 300 proud parents, relatives and friends listened to speeches given by class president, Amira Valliani; valedictorian, Yi Sun; and head of school, Mrs. Nichols.

Students earning special recognition were Young Jo Kim, Carley Award; Samantha Fang, salutatorian; Casey Near and Amira Valliani, general excellence. The following students earned Service Awards for outstanding participation and leadership in the Harker community for three years or more: Casey Blair, Asavari Gupte, Lauren Gutstein, Michael Hammersley, Sharon Her, Amy Huang, Jaya Iyer, Michael Lee, Ira Patnaik and Rohini Venkatraman.

Grade 6 Promotion Ceremony

Kindergarten Tree Planting Ceremony On May 30th the tree planting ceremony took place, an annual Kindergarten tradition since 1996. The entire kindergarten class plants a tree on the Bucknall campus in a special ceremony attended by all the kindergarten children and the teachers. “As they grow and move through their years at Harker, it’s something they can look back on with fond memories, something they can call their own that signifies their beginnings here as a kindergartener,” explained Sarah Leonard, primary division head.

Chris Daren (Gr. 8 grad & Gr. 6 promo); Marianne Rager (Kindergarten)

Grade 8 Graduation

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Ooh La La! Harker's 2002 Picnic in Paris Was Truly La Fete Fantastique!

On Sun., April 28th, Harker families, alumni and friends passed through the blue, white and red balloon archways and strolled down topiary lined Rue de Harker on our Saratoga Avenue campus.

Greeted by a delightful French mime on stilts, picnic patrons were eager to enjoy the colorful array of French themed activities.

From Les Crepes d'Antoine on the Left Bank, to student artists recreating treasures of the Louvre on the Rue de Quad, to the elegant auction on the Champs Elysees, we all were transported through “Paris” literally…by Le Choo Choo train!

Highlights of the day included the fabulous Follies d'Harker Student Performance and the spectacular Santa Clara Aquamaids' Moulin Rouge Review. Students especially enjoyed the French Waiter Relays du Jour, the daring Quasi's Climb, the spirited Ponies of Provence, and the ever popular Wheels of Fortune. Game prize winners were treated to special assistance at the newly created Concierge booth where winnings were stored until the end of the day.

Our Grand Finale Drawing concluded the day in style. Harker parent Terry Woods won the $10,000 first prize (sold by Nicole Woods, G5); Luke Olsen will enjoy the Paris Las Vegas weekend (sold by Madeline Lucan, G4); Maria Medrano is the proud owner of the Sony Digital Camcorder (sold by top ticket seller Raven Reddy, G6); The Gardanier Family won the Mountain Bike (sold by Lauren Gardinier, G3); and Ram Madduluri brought home the Nintendo Game Cube (sold by Rahul Madduluri, G2). Congratulations one and all!

We would like to extend special thanks to our Premier Picnic Committee, to our generous sponsors and donors, and to our hundreds of parent, student and staff volunteers. Merci beaucoup for making Picnic in Paris such a grand success!

—Lynette Stapleton, picnic coordinator and board member

More Event News on Pg. 19

Chris Daren

Special Gifts From Sixth and Eighth Graders

■ The graduating 8th graders have donated a beautiful bench that will be placed near Shah Hall on the Saratoga campus as a gift to the teachers and future students. Students are shown here at their graduation rehearsal presenting the plaque to Mrs. Nichols. The bench, which arrived one week later, is being installed this summer.

Picnic photos by Eugene Louie

■ This year was the first year there was a 6th grade on the Bucknall campus. In honor of this, the 6th grade students and families planted a Sycamore tree in the primary lunch area as part of their promotion festivities. The plaque, which will be mounted near the tree, reads: “A gift to The Harker School from the first 6th grade class, Bucknall 2002.”

Many thanks to the 6th and 8th grade students and families for these special tributes. We will enjoy these lasting gifts together for years to come!

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The Harker Harmonics staged a fabulous production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” in May, presenting two evening performances for families and two daytime per formances for students. These talented middle school students began rehearsals in Februar y, and their hard work was evident in the quality of the show. The music, the lights, the sets and the student per formances were truly magical. Many thanks to the 39 per formers and 8 crew members, as well as director Brian O’Sullivan, music director Maureen Driggs and the dozens of other faculty, friends, staff and parents who brought this wonderful story to life for all to enjoy.

Chris Daren

We announced next year’s Harmonics members in last month’s newsletter.

We look for ward to more great things from this wonderful middle school performance group in the years to come!

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Eugene Louie

You could just feel the energy and enthusiasm of the dancers at the first annual Bucknall Dance Concert held May 31st and June 1st in the Bucknall gym. Over 150 dancers tapped, swirled, bopped and rocked to music selected and introduced by Harker teachers and staff in prerecorded introductions to each number. Kudos also to the crews and ushers, and to all the students who submitted artwork for use in the programs. The personal touch, the spirited performances and the clear dedication of the students, teachers and staff involved truly made the performance a moving experience! Many, many thanks to the following Harker staff: Gail Palmer, director; Wendy Huber, asst. director; Tara Taylor, after-school dance instructor; Danny Higgins Dunn, technical director and stage manager; Natti Pierce-Thompson, lighting designer; Stephen Philley, sound board operator and Brian Larsen, technical consultant.

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arts Harker Wins American Musical Theatre’s Best High School Musical Award!

The US Conservator y participated this year in American Musical Theatre’s (AMT) High School Honors program, and our cast and crew of “Oklahoma!” were awarded Best Musical of 2002 at AMT’s 8th annual awards ceremony. In addition, out of 36 male performers, Rick Hayashi was selected as one of only six finalists. Over 2,500 participants from the 28 other Bay Area high schools competing attended the event, which was held at AMT's theatre in downtown San Jose.

Chris Daren

Judging for this event was comprised of eight professional musical theatre judges visiting each participating school to observe and evaluate all aspects of their productions. The San Francisco Chronicle and several other papers mentioned our win in their publications. Congratulations, all!

Spring Concert

Students in Laura Lang-Ree’s Student Directed Showcase class worked tirelessly throughout the semester learning the craft of directing. Students chose their own one-act drama or comedy, held auditions and cast their show from over 40 students who auditioned, designed their own show logo, their costumes, props, lighting, tickets and programs, created and maintained a show budget and produced their shows in May. The productions were a hit, drawing nearly 200 audience members over their two night run. The 2001-02 student directors were junior Gabby DeMers and seniors Teja Patil, Samana Kahn, Sean McKenzie, Ashley Alston, Irene Altman and Carmen Antoun. “These dedicated and creative directors made this class the most rewarding of my career at Harker,” said Lang-Ree.

The annual spring concert was once again a fabulous evening, showcasing the talents of our jazz band, string ensemble, orchestra (and guests!) and middle school choir. Many thanks to Bob Scannell and Len Allen for all their work, and to all of our wonderfully talented students.

Chris Daren

Eugene Louie

Student Directed Showcase

Senior Showcase

Kindergarten Show

Seniors in the Performing Arts Certificate Program performed in a Senior Showcase held in May at the Sunnyvale Community Theatre. Eleven seniors showcased their singing, acting and dancing talents to a supportive audience of Harker friends, families and fans. Congratulations to all of you for earning your certificate. Participants were Leena Bhalerao, Heather Browning, Irene Altman, Georgia Manry, Brinda Venkatesh, Leslie Hernandez, Sean McKenzie, Carmen Antoun, Elnora Hawley, Teja Patil and Ashley Alston.

All of our kindergartners put on an adorable show in May under the direction of music teacher Len Allen. Kudos to all of our budding performers!

Eugene Louie

The annual Gr. 5 performance at the Harker Picnic was “magnifique!” The appreciative audience was clearly impressed with the talent these youngsters demonstrated, and we thank them all for putting on such a great show.

Many thanks to music teacher Michael Pease for his capable direction!

Pam Araki

Grade 5 Picnic Performance

Grade 6 Tech Crew Some of the students in Mrs. Dunn's Gr. 6 Technical Theatre class have been working with students at other South Bay schools to create props for a local theatre company. The Tabard Theatre Company in San Jose presented a production of Neil Simon’s comedy “Fools” in May using props created by these students. Harker participants in this community project were Brian McEuen, Harrison Gardanier and Neel Vudakkala.

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Kimmy Wong, Gr.7

Connie WU, Gr. 5

Kaileen Yen, Gr. 12

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Karen Chiu, Gr. 8

Amy Huang, Gr. 8

Steve Castillo (all artwork)

Kristina Bither, Gr. 5

Alice Chang, Gr. 7

Chris Berglund, Gr. 5

Anteneh Daniels, Gr. 5

Bucknall May Art Show The 20th annual Gr. K-6 Bucknall May Art Show was held May 7-23rd with 970 pieces on display. The fabulous student work included paintings, drawings, collages, prints, constructions, fiber arts and ceramics. Four hundred of the pieces, in 50 different categories, were from the After-School Art program, where students have the opportunity to create before school, during recess and lunch, and after school.

We commend our students for the high caliber artwork they produced this year, and we thank them for sharing their creative work with us.

Huge kudos also go to our wonderful Bucknall art teachers, Eric Hoffman, Sang Bae and Margaret Peterson.

Middle School Art Show The annual Middle School Art Show was held May 15-24, with approximately 100 pieces created by our Gr. 7 and 8 students. For the first time ever, the show was mounted in Shah Hall, which was a wonderful venue to showcase the students’ work. A variety of mediums were used to represent this year’s themes of “Patterns” and “Portraits,” including acr ylic paint, paper collages, markers, watercolors, clay and wire.

Katy Yu

A special reception was held to open the event, and students, faculty and parents were invited.

“This year's show was a great display of all the hard work that the students have done this year,” said MS art teacher Margaret McGovern. “We are hoping to make it an even bigger event next year.” Congratulations to all the students, and to all the art teachers involved in this year’s show, Margaret McGovern, Alice Schwartz and Don Maxwell, for sharing your incredible talents with us!

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Bucknall & MS We had one of our best soccer seasons ever for both our boys’ and girls’ MS teams. Coached by Coach Walid and Coach Karriem, our girls “A” team went 4-1 and was led by Liz Moul (Gr. 8) and Megan Kehriotis (Gr. 7). Our boys “A” team, coached by Coach Manny and Coach Airto, went 3-2 and was led by Jay Sohn and Jonny Jenq (both Gr. 8).

Katy Yu

Coached by Coach Charles and Coach Aaron, our MS tennis team competed in a very tough league.

They managed to earn a 4-7 record, winning their final match against Blach convincingly. They were led by Rohan Narayen and Jonathan Chien.

MS girls at football practice.

The MS boys volleyball teams, coached by Pete Anderson, Laurie Held and Nai Saechew, had a very successful season, with 61 participants! The “A” team went 33 and took 1st place in the Harker tourney and Mt. Madonna tourney.

The “B” team had a competitive season and even won a game

briefs against an 8th grade team in the Harker tourney!

Our girls football program had 60 participants this year! The Gr. 6 girls scrimmaged the Gr. 7 girls team twice with the first game ending in a 12-12 tie and the second game going down to the very end. The 7th graders won 106. Great participation from the 4th6th grade teams!

There was softball for the 7/8 girls, coached by Coach Airto and Coach Manny. They played a few games, but the season was mostly for practice and intramural games.

At Bucknall, our athletes didn’t have any games over the spring season, but they practiced and improved, with the girls playing softball and flag football (as noted above) and the boys playing baseball and volleyball. All coaches commented on the improvement and enjoyment the students had in learning new skills and participating. Everyone, coaches and players, did an outstanding job this spring. In fact, the boys 4th grade led all participants (4th-8th grade) in the number of students playing 4 or more sports with 24 students!!

At this year’s annual Athletic Awards ceremony, Lung-Hao Yu and Bret Hampton were named male Athletes of the Year and Elizabeth Moul was named female Athlete of the Year. Congratulations to all!

—By Theresa Smith, Gr. 4-8 athletic director and Mary Kay Olks, P.E. teacher

SUMMER REMINDERS Please remember that summer workouts and conditioning begin on Mon., June 17th when our varsity coaches are on hand to run closely supervised weight and agility training. The ever growing Eagle Iron Program is open to all 9-12th grade Harker students free of charge.

Take your pick of the ongoing sessions which will meet on Mon., Wed., and Fri. from 9-10:30 a.m. and again from 1-2:30 p.m. We encourage all of our athletes to participate. Many of our teams will be participating in summer league seasons as well as camps and open gyms at the Bucknall campus.

Open Gym Volleyball begins June 18 and meets on Tues. and Thurs. from 6-8 p.m. Open Gym Basketball begins June 17 and meets on Mon. and Wed. from 6-8 p.m. Open gyms are coed and open to any entering 9th-12th graders.

Coach Smitty will be running mandatory volleyball “double days” for varsity players starting Aug 12th from 9-2 p.m. The mandatory volleyball “double days” for incoming freshman and JV volleyball players start Aug. 19th from 9-2 p.m. More details to come on these programs.

See you on the courts and fields!

Upper School The spring sports season has concluded with fine performances all around. Highlighting the spring season was swimmer Lynn Chang, who became Harker’s first ever CCS swimming entrant. Swimmers must swim under a certain time in

First year softball coach Keith Hirota led the freshman and sophomore laden squad to six victories this season, finishing the season with a thrilling 21-20 bottom of the seventh inning victory over league foe ICA! Rumors of a juiced ball turned out to be unfounded! The team, led by juniors Kari Saltzman and Arianna Joll, will be looking to continue its rapid improvement.

Track and field joined Harker sports teams with some more “firsts.”

The boys quarter mile relay team, led by senior Ben Janofsky, won the PSAL league title which allowed them to compete in the CCS championship meet.

Jack Bither, US athletic director, with US Athletes of Ben, who also won the the Year, Alexa Bush and Adam Vucurevich league title in the 200 and the 400, will be order to qualify, which Lynn did sorely missed. Junior David Hsu while finishing 2nd in the PSAL placed second in the long jump, league championships in the 100 triple jump, and the high jump. It is yard butter fly. The second year a safe bet to say that David is quite swim team finished fourth in a a leaper! Sophomore David Ly ran league of seven schools with nary well also, finishing 3rd in the 100 a single senior or junior, so the meters. Departing senior Alexa future looks good for the swim Bush led the lady Eagles, competteam! The team won three of the ing in the hurdles, relays, and the five regular season meets and high jump. sent a 200 yard medley relay team Boys’ volleyball finished the to the league finals. season on a high note drubbing Baseball finished the season in the league rival Valley Dublin. A team middle of the pack of the PSAL and with no seniors in only its second along the way said goodbye to nine year of existence, they finished in four-year players. These nine were the top half of the tough PSAL. Only honored by Coach Cali and will a year removed from not winning a forever be remembered as the league match, the Eagle netters group that started the team from finished 6-7 in league play. nothing four short years ago.

Sohpomore Michael Leonard was Additionally, junior Kevin Hartsoch named 1st team all-PSAL. was honored as 2nd team allCongratuations, Michael! Vincent league, as was senior Chris Fong.

Yen also earned honorable mention Earning honorable mention honors all-league honors as well. were Adam Vucurevich and Shiraz As is becoming the norm for Harker Khan. Kevin also earned the team’s teams, boys tennis, golf, and track most valuable player award. all were awarded CCS Scholastic Boys’ tennis finished second in Championship titles. For the year, PSAL play to perennial power Menlo Eagle student athletes won nine this season with a league record of scholastic team championships, 12-2. The Eagle squad also without a doubt a single year record qualified for its first ever CCS for any high school, in only our first berth. With many returning players year of entering this contest. In the team looks ready to make a run fact, out of 1293 high schools in at the league title next season. the state, our wrestling team finished 3rd in the entire state in Boys’ golf finished their season led the statewide academic contests.

by Ryan Graumann and Amir Congratulations to our grapplers!

Novahkt. A ver y young team this Steve Castillo

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season, the team is looking to improve its performance next year.

—By Jack Bither, US athletic director

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Boarding Program Closes Leaving Great History and Fond Memories Behind outside of the classroom, and many of the teachers developed special bonds with this “extended family.”

“There will be a void when the dorms are not here star ting next school year,” said Terry Walsh, dorm manager this past final year.

“Plus, teachers have become accustomed to coming over for irons, candles, batteries, light bulbs, dice, decks of cards and other various items that the dorm always seemed to have on hand,” she laughed.

2002-03 Boarding Students The Harker Boarding Program, which moved to the Saratoga campus in 1972, officially closed on Thurs., June 6, 2002, due to the continuing space needs of Harker’s expanding K-12 program. The decision almost two years ago to close the program at the end of this school year was extremely difficult for President Howard Nichols who was once a Harker boarding student himself.

Caring, capable staff have taken care of the health, academics and social lives of approximately 1,377 school year boarding students over the years and approximately 2,100

Joe Rosenthal with boarders, circa 1990 summer boarding students. Study hall, meals, recreation, shopping, haircuts—all the daily needs—were met by the enthusiastic, dedicated dorm staff.

Photos from Harker archives

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campus, Howard Nichols and Dan Gelineau.

earthquake; hiking through the hills to cut down the per fect Christmas tree and then having a party to decorate it with handmade ornaments; making bag lunches for

We asked former dorm staff to share some of their favorite memories:

Cindy Kerr and Pat Walsh come pretty close to the 30 year mark!

“I remember that we would play Other current staff who capture the flag before have lived and/or study hall when worked in the daylight-saving time dorm, and the commenced in number of the spring. We years they had a great were dorm time.”— staff are Howard Terry Walsh, Nichols, Harker 24 yrs.; Joe president Rosenthal, 20 “Drive-in movies Harker “Weekenders,” yrs.; Pam on the lawn where circa 1990 Dickinson (who Dobbins is, big pool lived in the family par ties and whale staff apartment with her watching with 24 sick kids husband, John Near, and daughter, and three sick staffers. And I’ve got Casey Near), 11 yrs; Pat Walsh , a million more!!!” —Pat Walsh, Gr. 10 yrs.; Cindy Kerr, 6 yrs.; Jack 5 teacher Bither, 6 yrs.; J.R. Del Alto, 3 yrs.; “One of my fondest memories when and Andrew Hansen, 2 yrs. Many of I was a houseparent in the dorm the dorm staff were coaches, was the Major’s dog Dutch, a 140 teachers and bus drivers by day, lb mastiff. Dutch was the unofficial and dorm staff by night! Some staff school mascot, and as such, had started out at the Harker dorm and the run of the dorms and the went on to be Harker teachers. campus.”—Dan Gelineau, former The dorm provided a family element asst. head of school and current to the school over the years, and summer camps consultant with breakfast and dinner served “Staying up all night with the kids each day to the boarding students, reading fairy tales after an Harker encouraged faculty to come early or stay late and spend time with the boarders. The boarders always enjoyed seeing teachers

Harker dorm room, circa 1970 the girls so they could have “home” lunch; sewing on untold numbers of patches on sweaters; knowing that kids like Marta, Theresa, Jessica and many others felt like they were ‘home.’ “ —Cindy Kerr, MS math teacher and dept. chair “I'll never know who really had more fun in the weekend boarding program —me or the kids!”—Pam Dickinson, director of communications “Sitting in the dorm office with a bowl of fruit on my desk and having boarders stop by after school for a snack and a chat. The younger kids would plop down on my lap for a little TLC. It will be strange after 23 years not to have children asking me for a key to their room or a dollar or two to buy snacks.”

—Terry Walsh, boarding manager

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Oklahoma! BBQ Event a Huge Success

The BBQ held before the US Conservatory performance of “Oklahoma!” was a foot-stompin’ success, and conservatory director Laura Lang-Ree was thrilled to have the pre-show excitement. The Advancement Office hopes to host more pre-show events in the coming years, so watch for them!

Howard Nichols with boarders, circa 1960

Welcome to our New Families!

“I have the greatest respect for the boarding students. Boarders become independent and self-reliant and remember the kindnesses shown to them and know how important kindness is in their lives. I am a much better person because of what I have seen these children do and the expressions of friendship and kindnesses shown to each other. Only if one lived it would one be able to know how meaningful and important the boarders have been to each other.” —Joe Rosenthal, exec. director of advancement & residential life

The boarding program has contributed greatly to the fascinating history of The Harker School. Warm memories of boarding students, staff and dorm activities will remain in the hearts of all those touched by this great program.

Over 250 new parents gathered recently for our annual K-8 New Parent Orientations.

We warmly welcome all our new families to the Harker community and look forward to many wonder ful years together!

Chris Daren

A special thanks to Terry Walsh, who managed the program this past year, and to this year’s dorm staff who cared for our last batch of wonderful boarding students: houseparents Margaret McGovern, Mary Kay Olks and Tim Butler; and dorm assistants Lynda Sutton, Lee Trotter, Adam Gill and Anthony Wood.

Eugene Louie

President’s Reception at Villa Montalvo

Harker donors enjoying themselves at the annual President’s Reception at Villa Montalvo, which included a rousing performance by the Harker Harmonics.

Stellar Staff Deserve High Praise!

This is a good time of year to acknowledge the hard work of those who produce the awards and diplomas each year. There’s a lot of midnight oil burned as hundreds of lists, certificates, pins, medals and diplomas have to be created, proofed, ordered, proofed, organized, alphabetized, proofed and categorized...in a very short amount of time!

Clockwise from upper left: Dorm TV room, circa 1970; Girl’s night in Dickinson apartment, 1992; Boarders, 1995; Boarding student lounge, circa 1970

Many, many thanks to Linda Brearly, Ofelia Chavez, Joe Chung, Marianne Rager, Kelly Schlernitzauer, Teresa Thomas and Felicia Wiltz for their professionalism and genuinely monumental production work. You’re the best!

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Our heartfelt thanks go out to ALL our wonderful parent volunteers who gave so generously of their time and talents in support of Harker students throughout the 2001-02 school year.

Next year's detailed division calendars are posted on the Parent Home Page, along with summer reading lists and other useful information. Watch the Parent Home Page over the summer for updates while we give our e-mail database an overhaul for the coming school year. We’ll rely on regular mail and the web site to keep you posted, so check in regularly!

Look for your copy of the 2001-02 Volunteer News, a special repor t of The Harker School, sent out to all families over the summer. The Volunteer Handbook section outlines the many ways YOU can help out during the upcoming school year. Fill out and return the Volunteer Form to indicate your personal interests and skill, and get involved. It’s fun!

Mail or fax your form to the address below anytime during the summer months. “Harker does not require parents to make a commitment of service to the school, but please know we value whatever time you are able to give—no amount of time is ever deemed too little,” said Nancy Reiley, director of community relations. “There are many fun things in store for us all in the year to come, and we welcome all who enjoy participating in our volunteer efforts.”

Mark your calendars now for the Volunteer Breakfast on Fri., Aug. 30 in the Bucknall gym. Stop in after morning drop-off and have breakfast with friends and veteran parent volunteers before you head off to work or home.

Learn about the opportunities available and sign up on the spot! See you as early as 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 30!

Warm Summer Welcome by Harker Ambassadors Many thanks to Harker volunteers who will be serving as “Ambassadors” over the summer to welcome and help new students and their families get ready for a new school year here at Harker. New families should expect a friendly phone call and word of welcome from a veteran Harker parent at some point over the summer. Ambassadors are a great source of information from a fellow parent’s perspective and in many cases can answer some of those “how to get started” questions that arise right before school begins in the fall.

Used Book Exchange for MS and US Students On Sat., June 29 and Sat., Aug. 10 the Shah Hall field at Saratoga will be made available for a “fleamarket” style sale for the convenience of our parents. Middle and upper school parents and students who wish to sell their unneeded Harker textbooks can bring a blanket or table and set up on the field. Grads of '02 are welcome to come sell their textbooks, as well! A list of books that will be reused next year, and therefore eligible for re-sale, will be mailed to families prior to the first event. Suggested price for a gently used book is 60% of “new” purchase price. Transactions are strictly between Harker sellers and buyers, so bring checks or cash. (Sellers, remember to bring change and a cash box to use that day!). The Saratoga campus will open at 9 a.m. and will close promptly at noon on both Saturdays.

Questions and volunteer forms can be directed to Nancy Reiley, Director of Community Relations, Harker School Advancement Office, 94 N. San Tomas Aquino Rd., Campbell, CA 95008. Phone 408.871.6608, Fax 408.871.6601, Email: nancyr@harker.org

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■ Harker theatre arts teacher Jeffrey Draper recently perfomed as Cliff in “Cabaret” at the Bus Barn Theater in Los Altos.

■ School nurses Debra Nott and Kathleen Harrington swam one mile, biked 25 miles and ran 6 miles in the Olympic Distance Triathalon fundraiser held in May to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. This “radiant in victory” shot was provided by Debra Nott. Great work, Debra & Kathleen, and they once again thank all those who pledged.

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Book Sale Dates (See BEING INVOLVED on this page for more book exchange info.)

Date

Time

Event

Location

Sat., June 29

9 a.m.-noon

Gr. 7-12 Used Book Exchange

Shah

Sat., Aug 10

9 a.m.-noon

Gr. 7-12 Used Book Exchange

Mon., Aug 19

9 a.m.-7 p.m. Gr. 12 Book Day/US Pictures

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Tues., Aug 20 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Gr. 11 Book Day/US Pictures

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Wed., Aug 21

Shah

9 a.m.-7 p.m. Gr. 9 & 10 Book Day/US Pictures 94 STAR

Thurs., Aug 22 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Gr. 7 & 8 Book Day

Shah

Fri., Aug 23

Shah

9 a.m.-7 p.m. Gr. 7 & 8 Book Day

All summer session books are available at the Saratoga Book Store with Bob Benge (345-9226).

Gr. K-6 books are distributed directly to students in class in the fall.

Late Supervision for 2002-03 Just a reminder to our K-8 families that extended care from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. is included in tuition. However, the following fees and policies apply after 6 p.m.

6-7 p.m.

7-7:30 p.m.

$20 per hour or $5 per 15 minutes $20 per 15 minutes. Late pick-up by 7:30

The Bucknall campus closes at 6:30 p.m. and all remaining students are transported to the Saratoga campus for supervision. Late supervision is available only until 7:30 p.m.

This information was incorrect in the recent Harker Highlights sheet given to our new families at the recent Parent Orientation. Please accept our apologies, and make a note of this correct information.

Daily Bus Info Harker parent Sundari Mitra notified us that there are a few available seats on the daily buses between Fremont and the Bucknall and Saratoga campuses. If you are interested in this parent-organized transportation, call her at 510.353.1221.

Corrections: ■ Point of clarification: While the Spanish Declamation Contest repor ted in the May edition (pg. 10) was organized by US Spanish teachers Susanna Hartzell, Abel Olivas and Diana Moss (who also prepared the students for this event), all of our US Spanish teachers contributed to the success of our students, including Alicia Hart and Francoise Thompson.

■ In the MS Multicultural Club article, Emily Isaacs name was misspelled. Sorry, Emily!

The Harker News is published monthly by the Harker Office of Communications. Current and archived issues are also available on the Parent Home Page on the website at www.harker.org Editor: Pam Dickinson Design: Blue Heron Design Reporter: Terry Walsh Bucknall Photographer: Pam Araki Photo Editor: Chris Daren Printing: Communicart

JUNE 2002

Thanks, Ken!

We Kept the Spirit Alive With 1.25 and Your Participation 100

Since the 1997-98 Annual Giving Campaign, Ken Azebu has been an active and respected member of Harker’s Development Council.

As a member, he has watched his children, Megan and Matthew, grow along with the annual giving campaign goal each year!

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For the 1999-00 fiscal year, he was asked to take on the role of Development Council Chairman, and boy did he take it on! Under his leadership, with enthusiasm and ingenuity, the Council surpassed its goal by a landslide.

With such a successful campaign under his belt, Ken agreed to stay on as the 2000-01 chairman and requested a co-chair. Shyamoli Banerjee rose to the challenge, and together they led the Council through another goalbreaking campaign.

In 2002-03 we will have Ken again…this time as a member of the Development Council. He is passing on the torch to Shyamoli, who will lead the 2002-03 campaign along with Christine Davis. We want to thank Ken for his many years of ser vice and leadership on the Council, and we look for ward to having him continue on with us as a member, sharing his ideas and experience.

90 Thanks to the leadership 90 of Development Council Co-Chairs, Ken Azebu and 80 80 Shyamoli Banerjee, the 70 70 time and effor ts of Development Council 60 60 members and the commitments made by 50 50 Harker families and friends, we made our goal! 40 40 We are truly indebted to 30 each and every one of you 30 who participated in this 20 20 campaign and provided essential student program 10 10 support this past year.

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Matching Challenge Grant contributed by a Harker family, we successfully matched 225% of this grant! Yes, you read that right…255%! The grant matched dollar-fordollar gifts received by returning families who did not participate in the 2000-01 Million for the Millennium Annual Giving Campaign. We are especially grateful to the Harker family that provided us with this oppor tunity and thankful to those families that participated in this challenge.

Your generosity, participation and commitment speak highly of your dedication to our students. On behalf of each and every Harker student, a heartfelt thank you for supporting this year’s campaign.

Have a wonderful summer and see you next year.

—-Kelly S. Parker, Development Director

We wish to thank members of the Associates Gift Club and above who have contributed to this campaign during the 2001-02 fiscal year (June 1, 2001 - May 31, 2002). A complete listing of all our supporters will be included in the 2001-02 Annual Report published this summer.

Anonymous 16 • Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Abdalah • Richard Abdalah and Diane Bennett • Adobe Systems, Incorporated • Advanced Micro Devices • Dr. and Mrs. Vinod Agarwal • Avnish and Madhu Aggarwal • Rakesh and Shalini Agrawal • Dr. and Mrs. Mohammed F Ahmed • Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Alexander • Mr. and Mrs. Farhat Ali • Bill and Lauren Alley • Mr. and Mrs. Rober t Amick • Drs. Robert and Carol Amick • Mr. Torben B. Andersen • Sally Anderson • Antec, Inc. • Mr. and Mrs. Elie Antoun • Yoshiaki and Yuko Arai • Brian and Pam Araki • Leonid Arbatman and Veronica Rocksman • Mr. and Mrs. Farouk Arjani • Mr. and Dr. Abid Asghar • Mr. and Mrs. Yves Audebert • Autodesk, Inc. • Frank Auyeung and Wing Tan Wong • Mr. and Mrs. Moses Awe • Jonathan and Frances Axelrad • Mr. and Mrs. Kannan Ayyar • Dr. Shekar Ayyar and Ms. Mythili Sankaran • Ken Azebu and Dede Ogami • Mr. and Mrs. Nobu Azebu • Mr. and Mrs. Narinder S. Bajwa • Keith Ball and Diana Morabito • Alex and Gloria Banuelos • Mr. and Mrs. Shekhar Bapat • William and Edith Barnes • Deanna Barnett • Mr. and Mrs. Edward Barthold • Mr. Niall Bartlett and Ms. Elsbeth Rowaan Bartlett • Mr. and Mrs. Jagan Bearelly • Mr. and Mrs. Donald Beck • Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Beck • Mr. Anil Bedi • Judi Beil • Mr. Zawde Belayneh and Ms. Yodith Debebe • Steve and Paula Benedict • Steve and Sandy Berglund • Deepak and Shashi Bhagat • Mr. and Mrs. Jai Bhagwan • Mr. and Mrs. Vinod Bhardwaj • Mr. and Mrs. Arvind Bhargava • Drs. Reena Bhargava and Gautam Bhargava • Nirdosh and Madhur Bhatnagar • Mr. and Mrs. Debasish Bhattacharya • Mr. and Mrs. Hemant Bheda • Robert and Punita Bigler • Mr. and Mrs. James Bird • Dr. and Mrs. Robert Biskeborn • Mr. and Mrs. Balvinder Bisla • Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bither • Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Blair • Mr. and Mrs. Steve Blozis • Paula and Christopher Blum • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Boberg • Ms. and Mr. Jackie Bohn • Ms. Denise Boland • Jeff and Sheryl Boone • Debasish and Kajari Bose • Bill Bost • Mike Bourquin • Raymond Boyington • Violet and Rick Boyle • Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bracken • Mr. John Bredenoord and Ms. Barbara Kelly • Mr. Lewis Brentano • Mr. and Mrs. George Brisker • Mr. Raymond Browning and Ms. Lesley Bone • Mario and Cynthia Bruketa • Mr. and Mrs. Andrei Brunfeld • Sara Selbo-Bruns and Kamalu Bruns • Mr. and Mrs. Kiran Buch • Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Burch • Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Burke • Dr. and Mrs. John Busch • Mr. and Mrs. Eric Bush • Charles Cali • Mr. and Mrs. Mark Cali • Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Campos • Bret Carpenter • Fred and Candy Carr • Mr. Jean-Louis Casabonne and Ms. Lisa Ansilio • Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Case • Dr. Cheryl Cavanaugh • Mr. and Mrs. Memduh Celebioglu • Jian-er Chai • Ms. Huali Chai Stanek and

Mr. Herbert Stanek • Mr. Ravi Chalaka and Ms. Chitraleka Vivek • Mr. and Mrs. Roddy Chan • Mr. and Mrs. David Chang • Mr. and Mrs. Homer Chang • Mr. Jon S.C. Chang and Ms. Ruth H. Chen • Mr. and Mrs. Yen C. Chang • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chang • Dr. and Mrs. Rong Jong Chang • Mr. and Mrs. Simon Chang • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chang • Mr. Liang-Jih Chao and Ms. Ya-Min Su • Sheila and Sanjay Chatterjee • Alex and Erica Chen • Jason Chen • Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Chen • Hongtao and Emily Chen • Mr. and Mrs. Kong-Chen Chen • Lee Chen • Chen • San and Doan Chen • ShuDer Chen • Teyao and Hui-Mei Chen • Mr. Chui-Sing Cheng and Ms. Bessie Jiang • Mr. Fred Cheng and Ms. Alice Huang • Dr. Peng Cheng and Dr. Xiaoyu Yang • Michael Chern and Sophia Chen • Ms. Galina Chernova • Ivy Chi • Mr. and Mrs. Francis Chien • Mr. Kelvin Chin and Ms. Jean Hsiang • Shaoan and Gillian Chin • W. T. Chiu • Mr. Ajay Chopra and Ms. Shyamoli Banerjee • Mr. C.P. Chou and Ms. I-Mei Chow • Mr. and Mrs. Wen Chang Chou • George Chow and Priscilla Lau • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chow • Mr. and Mrs. Kim Chun • Mr. Kam Yee Chung and Ms. On Kai Chung • Robert, Betsy, Jonathan, Jeremy and Jessmyn Chung • Cisco Systems • Ms. Anne Clark • Mr. Steven Clark • William T. Cleary • The Clifford Family • Compaq Computers • Mr. and Mrs. Jose Costa • Kim Coulter • John and Rebecca Cox • Allen and Eden Cronce • Dr. Paul C. Cronce • Ms. Veronica Cruz • Kechung and Jeannie Cu • Mr. Henry Cunningham and Ms. Wendy Wang • Mr. Wei-Jin Dai and Ms. Faustina Chen • Robert Dandelet and Mary Henick • Mr. and Mrs. Mohammad Darbandi • Chris Daren • Mr. and Mrs. Subroto Datta • Dr. Ilona Davies • Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Davis • John and Christine Davis • Enid Davis • George and Nancy Davis • Mr. and Mrs. Scott Dawkins • Ding-Yuan and Shin-Mann Day • Douglas and Connie De Mers • Arnab and Mausumi Debnath • Mr. and Mrs. Locke deBretteville • Mr. and Mrs. Mueez Ud Deen • Mr. and Mrs. Francois Delepine • Mr. and Mrs. Ron Dell’Aquila • Carl and Deborah Dellar • Mr. Youping Deng and Ms. Ming Lu • Ajit and Sucheta Deora • Mr. and Mrs. Ashok Desai • Mr. and Mrs. Govind Desale • Vinay and Anjali Deshpande • Roberta and Roger Dodd • Sean and Leslie Doherty • Mr. Walt Donovan and Ms. Marilyn Lang • Manharlal and Angelina Doolabh • Mr. and Mrs. James Dorrian • Mr. and Mrs. Desi DosSantos • Mr. and Mrs. Allan Douglas • Mr. and Mrs. Neal Douglas • Bob and Terence Dowling • Ken Doyle and Marilyn Tearse • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Doyle • Jeff Draper • Drs. Lory Drukarev and Alexander Drukarev • Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Drummer • Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dunkle • Drs. Thuan and Thanhmai Duong • Stan and Joan Dutrow • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Eagan • Steve Earth • Mr. and Mrs. Ian

Edvalson • Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Edwards • Mr. and Mrs. Abu Eghan • Mr. and Mrs. Doug Emery • Mr. Wen Eng and Ms. Ronlyn Goo • Susanne Englert • eScrip • Ms. Maaza Essayas and Mr. Daniel Bezuayehu • Mr. and Mrs. Victor Eydus • Mr. and Mrs. Cosme Fagundo • Elaine Falconer • Ms. Sherr y Fang • Mr. Alex Fedorov and Ms. Nina Schindler • Mr. and Mrs. Larry Fernandes • Kathleen Ferretti • Mr. Sheldon Finkelstein and Ms. Beatriz Infante • Misael Fisico • Bruce Fitzpatrick and Lida Nobakht • Mr. and Mrs. Kin Fong • Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Fong • Mr. and Mrs. James Forsberg • Catherine Fr ye • Mr. and Mrs. Sai-Wai Fu • Toshiyuki Funaki and Ahyoomi Woo • Allen and Janie Fung • Ramana and Sunanda Gadagottu • Mr. Lou Galbiati and Ms. Shu-Mei Cheng • Ms. Peggy Gale • The Gandhi Family • Mr. and Mrs. Hemant Gandhi • Dr. and Mrs. Subhash Garg • Jennifer Gargano • Gartner Group • Antoinette Gathy • Jeff Gatlin • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gault • Mr. and Mrs. Alberto Gavarre • Mr. Miles Gehm and Ms. Lynn Forester • Kristin and Samuel Giammona • Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Gimlan • Mr. Michael Ginn and Ms. Paulina Crittenden • Michael and Rita Giomi • Linda and Roger Goossens • Mr. and Mrs. Dinesh Goradia • Steve and Debra Gordon • Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Gorman • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Grabeel • Russ and Julie Grabeel • Mrs. Helen Graedel • Concepcion Grande • Mr. Tim Graumann and Ms. Clare Lindsay • Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Graves • Mr. Mark Green and Ms. Kayo Yamamura • Ms. Balwant Grewal and Ms. Surjit Kaur • Rajiv and Neeru Grover • David and Molly Grunbaum • Mr. and Mrs. Boris Gruzman • Mr. and Mrs. Larry Guevel • Mr. and Mrs. Rao Gummadi • Mr. and Mrs. Amar Gupta • Mr. and Mrs. Praveen Gupta • Ms. Smita Gupta • Mr. Sunil Gupta and Mrs. Regina Panikar • Mr. and Mrs. Vivek Gupta • Dr. and Mrs. Leo Gutstein • Mr. and Mrs. Louis Haggerty • Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hall • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Halloran • Mr. and Mrs. Julian P. Hammersley • Mr. and Mrs. James Han • Mr. and Mrs. Craig Hansen • Gregory and Karen Hansen • Mr. and Mrs. Munsi Haque • Manoj and Manisha Hardikar • Jim and Candy Hardy • Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Harriman • Mr. and Mrs. Nick Harris • Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Harris • Mr. and Mrs. William Harte • Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hartoog • Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Hartsoch • Dr. and Mrs. Richard Hartzell • Jacob Hazard • Mr. and Mrs. William Healy • Mr. John Hejtmanek and Ms. Sandra Hopkins • Mr. and Mrs. Wei-Cheng Her • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Herbert • Ting and Angela Herh • Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Hernandez • H. Peter and Yukiko Hey • John and Linda Heyes • Dottie Hickey • Lisa Hirata • Mr. and Mrs. Kaoru Hirose • Mr. and Mrs. Huddee Jacob Ho • Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ho • Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Ho • Don Hodge • Mr. and Mrs. Hajrudin Hodzic • Mr. and Mrs. Eric A. Hoffman • Mr. and Mrs. John Holmes • Mr. Michael Hong and Ms. Tracy Tsuei • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hong • Mr. Duane Hooton and Ms. Yue Yang • Mr. Michael Howells and Ms. Paulina Wegrowicz • Christine Howkins • Colin and Cindy Hsi • Dr. and Mrs. Richard Hsiao • Chen-Yi and Shinwhea Hsu • Mr. and Mrs. Ching-San Hsu • Su-Ling and Eva Hsu • Dr. Jackson Hu and Mrs. Michelle Hu • Susan and Charlie Huang • Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Huang • Mr. Eric Huang and Ms. Margaret Yeung • Mr. James Huang and Ms. Casie Ho • Michael and Diana Huang • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Huber • Marc Hufnagl • Mrs. Alberta Hughes • Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Hughes • Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hunt • Mr. and Mrs. David D. Hutchings • David Hwang and Anita Yen • Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Hwang • Mr. Rick Hyman and Ms. Cheryl Acheson • Intel Corporation • Ernaz and Mahyar Irani • Keiko Irino • Dov and Madelyn Isaacs • Fujiyo Ishiguro and Takashi Hoshino • Mr. Ashok Krishnamurthi and Ms. Deepa Iyengar • Mr. and Mrs. Ashok Jain • Mr. and Mrs. Shailendra Jain • Mr. and Mrs. Asad Jamal • Mr. and Mrs. Eric Janofsky • Mr. and Mrs. Harr y J. Jansen • Rajen and Kalpana Jaswa • Drs. Yaminali Javid and Athiya Javid • Mr. and Mrs. Joong S. Jeon • John and Helena Jerney • Mr. and Mrs. Sunil Jeswani • Jockers Family Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Johnson • George and Nancy Jones • Dr. Larry G. Jones and Ms. Patricia Benfield Jones • Mr. and Mrs. Sunil Joshi • Vandana Kadam • Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kai • Mr. Jeffrey Kalb • Arun and Sujata Kamat • Mr. and Mrs. Jay Kamdar • Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Kanada • Parthiban Kandappan and Padma Shyamala Eswari • Mr. Dan C. Kang and Ms. De Hwa Fu • Mr. and Mrs. Raja Karipineni • Mr. and Mrs. Ron A. Karpel • Dr. and Mrs. James Kastelman • Mazen and Kyong Kawadri • Mr. and Mrs. David Kawahara • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kendall • Cindy Kerr • The Keyashian Family • Dr. Leon Khaimovich • Mr. and Mrs. Feroze Khan • John and Yelena Khaydarov • Mr. and Mrs. Ata Khojasteh • Mr. and Mrs. David Kim • Kenneth and Kirstin Kim • Mr. Yong-Tae Kim and Ms. Mal-Bul Park • Mr. and Mrs. Makoto Kimura • Dr. Robert Kirby and Dr. Mar y Usher • Mr. and Mrs. James Kleinsteiber • Lavanya and Ralph Kling • Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Knudsen • Jerry Ko and Sophie Chiu • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ko • Mr. and Mrs. Han Young Koh • Ujjal and Sarita Kohli • Mr. Prakash Kondepudi and Ms. Usha Rao • Mr. and Mrs. Muder Kothari • Jay and Angie Krackeler • Maciej and Katarzyna Kranz • Srinivasan and Sujatha Krishnaswami • Yukihito and Uina Kubota • Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kui • Mr. and Mrs. Ashok Kumar • Mr. and Mrs. David Kuo • Ms. Jane Kuo • Mr. and Mrs. Chia Cheng Kwan • Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kwant • Mr. Ben Kwong and Ms. May Cheung • Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Kwong • Mr. and Mrs. Rober t Kwong • Mr. and Mrs. Christopher LaBruna • Mr. and Mrs. Raj Lad • Dr. and Mrs. Maxim Ladonnikov • Mr. and Mrs. Rajeeva Lahri • Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Lai • Mr. and Mrs. Jean Laine • The Lam Family • Mr. and Mrs. Mark LaMar • Mr. and Mrs. Nils Lang-Ree • Mr. and Mrs. James Lau • Larry and Lisa Lau • Mr. and Mrs. Sam Law • Mr. and Mrs. David Laws • Mr. Chieu Le and Ms. Yen Quach • Mr. and Mrs. Didier Le Lannic • Ben Lee • Ms. Carolyn M. Lee • Do Shin and Doris Lee • Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Lee • Mr. Henry Lee and Ms. Shirley Chow-Lee • J.C. Lee and T. Jessica Kao • Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Lee • Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lee • Mr. and Mrs. Sheau-Jiung Lee • Mr. and Mrs. T. Paul Lee • Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lehmann • Mr. and Mrs. Albert Leung • Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Leung • Mr. and Mrs. Sui-Hing Leung • Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Levasseur • Jerry and Ilene Levine • Dan and Hannah Lewis • Lexmark International, Inc. • Dr. and Mrs. Cheng-Ming Li • Hong Li and Xinwei Jen Zheng • Marcel and Christine Liang • Ming Liao • Mr. and Mrs. Fu Lin • James and Mieko Lin • Dr. and Dr. N. Lin • Dr. and Mrs. Robert Lin • Dr. and Mrs. Wen-Jung Lin • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lindars • Dr. and Mrs. Steven Linder • Mr. and Mrs. Jye-Chyuan Ling • Kevin and Maggie Lio • Mitch Liou • D. and G. Liu • Tony and Jacky Liu • Kelvin Liu and Yun Wang • Mr. and Mrs. Tai-Ja Liu • Mr. and Mrs. Wei-Ti Liu • Mr. Shu-Chung Lo and Ms. Hsiu-Chi Wu • Mr. and Mrs. Y. M. Lodha • Ms. Dee Loh • Ilia Lossev and Natalia Bagotskaya • Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Low • Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lundie • Mr. Congyun Luo and Ms. Haiyong Deng • Mr. and Mrs. Ming Ma • Mr. David Mackler and Ms. Anna Shapiro-Mackler • Ram and Renuka Madduluri • Mr. and Mrs. Amol Mahajani • Mr. and Mrs. Dinesh Maheshwari • Mr. and Mrs. George Malek • Mr. and Mrs. Saeed Malik • Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Malone • Mrs. Lela Nadiene Malone • Ed and Mary Malysz • Mr. and Mrs. Edward Malysz • Mr. Kenneth Manaster and Ms. Ann Brandewie • Mr. and Mrs. Rush C. Manbert • Dr. and Mrs. Jay A. Mandell • Danut Manea and Catherina Matheis • Rhonda Mann • Bill and Linda Manry • Roger and Marilyn March • Mr. and Mrs. Chris J. Marchese • Diane and David Martin • Mr. Gregory Martin and Ms. Melissa Hardaway • Ms. Renee Martin • Mr. and Mrs. Terry Martin • Lisa and Mark Masoni • Ms. Lisa D. Mata • Preety Mathur • Mr. and Mrs. Pankaj Mayor • Mary Ryan McCarthy • Mr. W. Barry McCarthy, Jr. • Mr. and Mrs. Gregory McElveen • Ms. Lisa McEuen and Mr. John Dickman • Ms. Tara R. McFarland • Mr. and Mrs. John McKenna • Mr. and Mrs. James McLoughlin • Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. McNamara • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meagher • David and Joanna Medin • Dr. and Mrs. Henry Meffert • Mr. and Mrs. Mike Meffert • Sanjay and Sangeeta Mehrotra • Mr. Nimish Mehta and Dr. Anita Mehta • Dinesh and Minal Mehta • Mr. and Mrs. Nitin Mehta • Mr. and Mrs. Keith Melbourne • Mr. Richard Meltzer and Dr. Ada Koransky • Mr. and Mrs. Harris Meyers • Laura Miller • William Miner • Mr. and Mrs. Ambrish Misra • Mr. and Mrs. Samir Mitra • Alok and Shiva Mittal • Mr. and Mrs. Sanjay Mittal • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Modesitt • Mr. and Mrs. Nikhil Modi • Mr. and Mrs. Narayan Mohanram • Craig and Winnie Mohrman • Michael and Wen-San Morgan • Kevin Morishige • Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Morris • Mr. Saeid Moshkelani and Ms. Azin Shahzamani • Mr. and Mrs. Harry Motro • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Moul • Ms. Melody Moyer • Mr. and Mrs. Richard F.

Mrgudich • Mr. Debopam Mukherjee and Mrs. Uttara Mukherjee • Mr. Sumanta Mukherjee and Dr. Monu Mukherjee • Mark Muller • Mr. Yatin Mundkur and Ms. Sharvari Dixit • Mr. Srinath Murthy and Ms. Shashi Srinath • Mr. and Mrs. Kip Myers • Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Nagalingam • Mr. and Mrs. Ramchander Nagulpally • Mr. and Mrs. Russell T. Nakano • Dushyant and Suchitra Narayen • Dr. and Mrs. Kishore Narra • Ben and Aloka Naskar • Mr. and Mrs. Dimitry Nasledov • Mr. and Mrs. Mohammad Nasser • Mr. and Mrs. John Navarro • Mr. and Mrs. Nersi Nazari • John Near and Pamela Dickinson • Mr. and Mrs. Howard Neckowitz • Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Nelson • Mr. and Mrs. Philip Nelson • Mr. and Mrs. Gary Nemetz • Network Appliance Corp. • Mr. and Mrs. Mark Neubieser • Stacie and Keith Newman • Jim and Irene Newton • Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Nguyen • John Nguyen and Mary Le • Mr. and Mrs. Long Thanh Nguyen • Ms. Maria Nguyen and Mr. Ba Tran • Mr. and Mrs. Tu Nguyen • Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. 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