2004-05
est. 1893 • K-12 college prep
VOLUNTEER
MANY THANKS
Volunteer Appreciation
Harker News — May 05
As the school year begins to wind down, we pause to reflect on the astounding successes we have achieved and the fun we have generated in the process. So many of the activities, programs, resources and special events that Harker students and their families enjoy would not happen without the concerted effort of generous parent volunteers. It is with great pleasure and sincere gratitude that we acknowledge the many volunteers who have served in so many different ways during the 2004-05 academic year. As we go to press, volunteers have already given over 9,000 hours in service to the school, and this represents the help of over 400 Harker volunteer families. We ask our volunteers to help us record volunteer hours by signing in and out whenever they have been working on campus, but, regrettably, we know that there are many behind-thescenes helpers whose labor slips under our “radar,” who forget to report time spent on campus and off, or who prefer to donate their time and talents without fanfare. There are still a number of events which will happen between now and the closing days of the 2004-05 academic year, so we know that there are heroes yet to come whose energy and enthusiasm will deserve our praise and appreciation. We apologize most sincerely for any names we have inadvertently missed in this report. Keeping track of such an extensive cadre of active volunteers sometimes challenges our ability to count all noses and to spell names without occasional glitches, so for any omissions or misspellings, we apologize in advance. We believe that this annual volunteer report demonstrates in yet another significant way how our Harker community responds with so much love and support for our students, helps us meet their needs and expands their horizons even further, and underscores the spirit of friendship and service to others which abounds at The Harker School. —Nancy Reiley Director of Community Relations
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We wish to recognize and thank the following volunteers for their overwhelming support and tireless energy on behalf of The Harker School students, faculty and staff during the 2004-05 school year.
Volunteer Leadership LOWER/MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Monisha Bheda Faustina Chen Candy Carr Nora Comee Becky Cox Kelly Delepine Ellen Harris Roopal Mayor Sangeeta Mehrotra Sarah Pennell Sue Prutton Shankari Sundar UPPER SCHOOL PARENT VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Cherrie Blair Joan Brooks Reeta Gupta Eva Hsu Amanda Lundie Melody Moyer Kathy Polzin Carol Underwood Radhika Venkatraman DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL Christine Davis, Co-Chair Doug Emery, Co-Chair Linda Emery, Co-Chair Tamra Amick Ken Azebu Shyamoli Banerjee Sandra Berglund Heather Blair Joan Brooks Ravi Chalaka Roy Chetty Alice Chi Karen Coates Rebecca Cox Sue Datta Grace Edvalson Susanne Englert Galina Gaknoki Melinda Gonzales Russell Grabeel Elena Gruzman Regina Gupta Vivek Gupta
Sangeeta Gupte Chris Gustafson John Hawley David Heslop Marcia Hirtenstein Colin Hsi Ernaz Irani Deepa Iyengar Helena Jerney Vidya Kamat
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Robert Kendall Sandhya Kulkarni Vidya Lakshmi Chari Betsy Lindars Jacky Liu Philip May Sangeeta Mehrotra Brian Moss Nimi Nagalingam
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Weili Dai Sean Doherty Meiying F. Forney-Shatas Boris Gruzman Ting Herh Navin Jain Prashant Kanhere Vani Kola Bill Larson Daniel Lewis Christine Liang Srini Madala Sharon Mandell Debajyoti Pal Amit Parikh Gianluca Rattazzi C.N. Reddy Archana Sathaye Ajah Shah Steven Shatas T.C. Wu GRADE LEVEL COORDINATORS Michelle Anderson Pam Araki Fran Axelrad Lisa Dorrian Regina Gupta Brenda LaBruna Greg Martin Ruth Mohanram
PARENT TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Prakash Bhalerao Angela Cheng Ajay Chopra Wei-Jin Dai
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Mark Shapiro Abha Shukla Janet Smith Huali Chai Stanek Lynette Stapleton Niyati Thapliyal Carol Underwood Jane Villadsen Nina Walvekar Heather Wardenburg Bella Yanovsky Evelyn Yao Carol Zink
ROOM PARENTS, K-8 Cheryl Acheson Yasmin Aladin Kim Alonzo Tamra Amick Tanuja Bali Anju Bansal Tina Bean Cindy Beine Sandy Berglund Anu Bhargava Reena and Gautum Bhargava Monisha Bheda Violet Boyle Cynthia Bruketa Jose and Christine Camara Faustina Chen Christine Cumpston Neena Dandia Sue Datta Debbie Dellar Viji Dilip Leena Donde Chris Douglas Roberta Estrada Janie Fung Atreyee Guha Adriana Gupta Chris Gustafson Kim Hall Karen Hansen Ellen Harris Vivian Healy Dee Hospoder Shalini Jain Madhu Jain Shanthi Kannan Kyong Kim-Kawadri Kasia Kranz Durga Madala Renuka Madduluri Bhavani Mamidanna Susan Mandell Tracey May Roopal Mayor Maryann Montrym Mina Mortazavi Vidhya Narasimhan Saranga Netke Tan Nguyen Leslie Nielsen Hemangi Parikh Harita Patel Kim Pellissier Irina Petrova Kathy Polzin
Aparna Pujar Pavani Reddy Marcia Riedel Mario Sancen Cheryl Sanchez Karen Saunders Randie Schwartz Kamala Seeni Malathy Sethuraman
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Sarah Pennell Jeannette Perez Charu Prakash Sue Prutton Latha Ravisankar Leslie Tomihiro Laura Kavinsky Vandendries Radhika Venkatraman Jane Villadsen
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Suchitra Narayen Vidhya Narasimhan Aloka Naskar Rene Newton Kiran Padwekar Philip Palmintere Hemangi Parikh Galina Patil Kim Pellissier Sarah Pennell Kathy Polzin Taruna Punj Sharadha Raghavan Rodney Rapson Jayanthi Ravikumar Brian Richardson Chris Riedel Marcia Riedel Tanya Ringold Abhay Salukhe Karen Saunders Robert Schwartz
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Neeti Sharma Amit and Anju Sharma Harleen Singh Mary Smathers Malini Srinivasan Priya Subramani Shankari Sundar Sujatha Suresh Alexandra Swafford Geetha Swamy Afsaneh Tabibi Simy Taneja Niyati Thapliyal
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Elizabeth Twaddell Carol Underwood Allison Vaughan Heather Wardenburg Judy West Roni Wolfe Liza Wong Elina Wong Bella Yanovsky Elaine Yeh Carol Yiu Mei-chen Yu Jennifer Zeng Jin Zhou Harker News — May 05
GRANDPARENTS’ DAY CHAIRS Becky Cox Sangeeta Mehrotra Leslie Tomihiro, in training Debra Speckman, in training AMBASSADOR PROGRAM CHAIRS Monisha Bheda Joan Brooks Becky Cox Reeta Gupta Roopal Mayor Sue Prutton VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION Shankari Sundar MAILINGS COORDINATOR Violet Boyle
Classroom & Teacher Support HOMEROOM SUPPORT Vinotha Alexander Christine Apap-Bologna Zaineb Asaf Gia Audebert Yves Audebert Kannan Ayyar Sophia Balaji Maitree Banerjee Vidya Battu Padma Bhetanabhotla Kal Bisla Heather Blair and Robb Cutler Susanne Bohl Jeannine Bokor Goldman Katherine Bries Denise Broderson Zaklina Bujari-Gutierrez Harker News — May 05
Gina Chann Barb Chappell Alice Chi Jennifer Chiang Heekyung Cho Anita Chowdhry Yu-Chen Chu Betsy Chung Diann Chung June Clausen Connie Connell John Cox Julie Craig Terry DelAlto Kelly Delepine Sarala Devi Leslie Doherty Padma Eswari Phil and Sony Eubanks Eugenia Friedland Vanaja Gadiraju Janice Gali Kristin and Sam Giammona Rosa Gill Ronlyn Goo Shalini Govil-Pai Julie Grabeel Elena Gruzman Charu Gupta Sunita Gupta Vivek Gupta Ellen Harris Smita Hashim Dave Heslop Angela Heslop Jonie and Jacob Ho Tracy Hughes Deepa Iyengar Greta Jackson Sandhya Jagadeesh Deepika Jain Manisha Jain Nitin Jain Geetha Jayaraman
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Kim Hall Ernie Porter
Helena Jerney Sandy Johnson Sean and Young-Sook Kae Anupama Kalidindi Mamatha Ketineni Eunice Kim Lana Kipnis Lavanya Kling Zeynep Koch Meg Kozu Angie Krackeler Prabha Krishna Sridhar Krishnamurthy Sandhya Kulkarni Jai Kumar Monica Kumar Vidya Lakshmi Chari Jack Lam Arne Lang-Ree Reiko Lee Kitty Leung Betsy Lindars Jenny Lu Qunyan Mao Terry and Mandana Martin Michelle Maxey Sanjay Minocha Sundari Mitra Neeraja Muthal Tina Najibi Rehka Nandakumar
Kaajal Narain Laura Navarro Debbie and Mark Neubieser Ann Nguyen Susan O’Brien Kiran Padwekar Vicki Pak Becky Pan Anuradha Parimi Amita Parmar Marguerite Paseman Robyn Peetz Catherine Perez Ernie Porter Elizabeth Powers Emily Prakash Xina Quan Faiza Rahim Lata Ramoji Pratibha Ravi Madvi Raya Laura Reidenbach
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Debbie Buss Sarah Carlson Suhasini Chandra Yu-Tze Chang
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SCHOOL PICTURES CHAIRS Sylvia Beals Leslie Beck Kelly Delepine
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Kathy Rezvani Brian Richardson Eileen Richardson Kathy Richmond Barbara Sancen Meera Sankar Mythili Sankaran Archana Sathaye Katherine Schuelke Ted Schwartz David Scott Roshni Singh Mukta Solanki Debra Speckman Christine Stack Carol and Bradley Stoll Gomathi Subramaniam Linda Sutton Tricia Swanson Jonie Takatsuji Garima Thockchom Andra Thomas Melissa Thomas Grace Thompson Trish Tobin Jennifer Tran Anna Tseitlin Srini Uppugunduri Rajalakshmi Venkatachari Lori Villarreal Chitra Vivek Paulina Wegrowicz Hong Wei Therese Weisbloom Carol Whitman Ching-Ping Wolfson
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Student Activities & Clubs Support
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT SUPPORT Sue Datta John Davis Shari Gavarre Leo Gutstein Peter Hurd Gordon Ringold Stephanie Woolsey
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JUNIOR CLASSICAL LEAGUE SUPPORT Ellen Kim
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DEBATE AND FORENSICS SUPPORT Nisha Advani Anu and Dinish Barman Paula Benedict Meena Bhatia Alice Cao Amy Chang Yu-Lin Chao Yu Shan Chen Freevan Ching Julia Chu Pushpa Dhar Renu and Dhrumil Gandhi Dixie Garr Veronica Goei Suman Goel
PERFORMING ARTS SUPPORT Anita Ahuja Kim Alonzo Sherry Ammatuna Anu Barman Susan Bass Monisha Bheda Cherrie Blair Violet Boyle Kathy Clark Brenda Davis Kelly Delepine Maura Donohue Kristen Edwards Alfreda Eghan Linda and Doug Emery Susanne Englert Galina Gaknoki Kim Gudmundson Reeta Gupta Carol and Leo Gutstein Joan Havard
Joey Tyndal Paul Vyedin
Angela Williams Stephanie Woolsey Catherine Wong Cindy Wong Jin Zhou ROBOTICS CLUB SUPPORT John and Vicky Chu Al and Kirk Davis Mausumi and Arnab Debanath Tatyana and Alexander Dulkin Andrea and Stephen Fong Diana and Kenneth Gendotti Suman and Sanjay Goel Reeta and Praveen Gupta Mayumi Hashimoto Diane Reese and Charles Perkins Leslie and Ken Rousseau Marina and Vladimir Segal Jeannie and A.S. Tepper Mala Umapathy Marcia and Allan Wright
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ART DEPARTMENT SUPPORT Beulah Babu Andrew Beals Barry Beals Leigh Chang Shalini Jain Lalu Kling Leslie Nielsen Vicki Pak Kim Pellissier Neeti Sharma Simy Taneja
Amar Gupta James Han Sue-On Han Mayumi Hashimoto Karen Holmes Eva and Su-Ling Hsu Dasia Huang Diana Huang Louisa Hwa Annie Hwang Neeti Jain John Jiang Hema Kamdar Ngarling Khoe Ellen Kim John Kim Geetha Krishnamurthy Inna Lauris Henry Lee Susan and Jeffrey Lee Hong Li Pi-Chin Li Maggie Lio Maria Lu Milana Mayboroda Sangeeta Mehra Sathi Menon Jay Minisandram Amy Motroni Nimi and Samuel Nagalingam Aloka and Ben Naskar Sharon Paik Anu Pareek Bill Paseman Gayatri Patel Hamid Pirahesh Neeraya Reddy Padma Satish Jan Smudski Joann So Deepika Takiar Ed Turner Gaya and Praneetha Vukkadala Mary Usher David Wang John Wong Yvonne Wu Jay Yanamandala
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Toni Woodruff Grace Wu Ingrid Wu Yan Wu Ava Wu-Yee Nazi Zahiri Fei Xu
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Jeannine Hammersley Eva Hsu Madelyn and Dov Isaacs Nelia Ishisoko Sarita Kohli Angie Krackeler Susan Lee Andrea Linder Lisa Lu Amanda Lundie Michelle Maxey Diana Morabito Melody Moyer Mira Nakano John Near Stacey Newman Kim Pellissier Catherine Perez Julie Pinzas Kathy Polzin Narayan Rajgopal Archana Sathaye Alice Schwartz Abha Shukla Janet Smith Amrita Srinivasan Linda Sweeney Mai Trinh
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT Steven Wong
School Community Support MAILINGS VOLUNTEERS Tamra Amick Violet Boyle Joan Brooks
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Archana Sathaye Lori Saxon Debra Speckman Shankari Sundar Yuko Tiernan Nazi Zahiri Cindy Zheng-Huang Maggie Zheng Jin Zhou Marianna Yanovsky
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SCHOOL PICTURES VOLUNTEERS Kim Alonzo Tamra Amick
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BOOKSTORE ASSISTANCE Eva Hsu LOWER SCHOOL BOOK FAIR & KIDDIE CARNIVAL VOLUNTEERS At press time, the names of these volunteers were not yet available.
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Beulah Babu Maitree Banerjee Chitra Bhade Punita Bigler Ann Brandewie Barb Chappell Kelly Delepine Leslie Beck Sarala Devi Chris Douglas Janie Fung Rosa Gill Elena Gruzman Charu Gupta Sunita Gupta Ellen Harris Sandy Johnson Laura Kavinsky Vandendries Lana Kipnis Michelle Maxey Krishnaveni Meka Winnie Mohrman Kim Pellissier Catherine Perez Jeannette Perez Ernie Porter Faiza Rahim Radhika Reddy
LIBRARY VOLUNTEERS Tamra Amick Maitree Banerjee Fred Carr Suhasini Chandra Kelly Delepine Viji Dilip Rosa Gill Atreyee Guha Charu Gupta Sunita Gupta Dina Herruty Young-Sook Kae Nandini Kanhere Vidya Lakshmi-Chari Vidya Narasimhan Ann Nguyen Chidori Okubo Becky Pan Galina Patil Kim Pellissier Jeannette Perez Irina Petrova Sue Prutton Uma Rangarajan Arpita Sikka Jane Sowards Priya Subramani Shankari Sundar Jane Villadsen Lisa Wang Judy West Roni Wolfe Maggie Zheng
Watch for the June 2005 issue for the Lower School Book Fair and Kiddie Carnival volunteer list. UPPER SCHOOL MENTORING PROGRAM Robert Bigler Malti Charlu Ajay Chopra Steve Darrow Sandy Davis Doug and Linda Emery Peggy Gale Eric Gonzales David Heslop Diane and Peter Hurd Raj Lad Suchitra Narayen Brian Pawlowski Rodney Rapson Gordon Ringold Krishna Saraswat Barney Saunders PARENT LIAISON TO COMMON GROUND SPEAKER SERIES Vidya Lakshmi-Chari AMBASSADORS Pam Araki Fran Axelrad Maitree Banerjee Rina Banerjee Cindy Beine Galina and Alex Belogolovsky Sandy Berglund Punita Bigler Ann Brandewie Cynthia Bruketa Stephanie Casner Sheila Chatterjee Faustina Chen Alice Chi Siegel Jenny Chu Karen Coates Nora Comee Jeannie Cu Sharvari Dixit Maura Donohue Chris Douglas Barbara Drummer Joan Dutrow Padma Eswari Kristin Giammona Melinda Gonzales Julie and Russ Grabeel Kim Gudmundson Reeta Gupta Regina Gupta Sangeeta Gupte Kim Hall Diane Hurd Debbie Hutchings Deepa Iyengar Manisha Jain Helena Jerney
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Jeannie Cu Leena Donde Kim Gudmundson Bharti Killer Jeannine Hammerlsey Leslie Nielsen Marguerite Paseman Catherine Perez Shankari Sundar Carol Underwood Judy West Roni Wolfe
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Lin Jing Sandy Johnson Vandana Kadam Jessica Kao Margeaux Kee Lana and Gary Kipnis Angie Krackeler Kasia Kranz Geeta Krishnamurthy Sandhya Kulkarni Lalitha Kumar Brenda LaBruna Jo Leung Jing Li Shuming Lin Betsy Lindars Ashima Madan
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Nancy Madison Greg Martin Joanna Medin Sangeeta Mehra Sanjay Minocha Ruth Mohanram Melody Moyer Raj Mungi Tina Najibi Rekha Nandakumar Tan Nguyen Caroline Oung Hemangi Parikh Kim Pellissier Kathy Polzin
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Celia Feret Mayumi Hashimoto Deepa Iyengar Takako Khojasteh Alicia Moore Chidori Okubo Hemangi Parikh Kathy Polzin Tomoko Regan Jonie Takatsuji MyintMyint Thein Jin Zhou Ning Zong
UPPER SCHOOL MOMS SUPPORT Kathy Polzin, Sr. Moms’ Tribute Lunch co-chair Carol Underwood, Sr. Moms’ Tribute Lunch co-chair DESTINATION IMAGINATION COACHING AND SUPPORT Sony Agarwal Ram Appalaraju Padma Bhetanbhotla Viji Dilip Kiran Padwekar Bill Paseman
GRANDPARENTS’ DAY VOLUNTEERS Kim Alonzo Tamra Amick Punita Bigler Ann Brandewie Debbie Buss Christine Cumpston Leena Donde Janice Gali Charu Gupta Birong Hu Deepa Iyengar Vidya Lakshmi Chari Kitty Leung Kaajal Narain Sheila Pan Kim Pellissier Joyce Sum Shankari Sundar Ram/Raji Swaminathan Wanda Tam Laura Vandendries Heather Wardenburg Nazi Zahiri
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PICNIC STEERING COMMITTEE Sherry Ammatuna Cherrie Blair Candy and Fred Carr Nancy Claunch Kim Coulter
Kelly Delepine Linda Emery Kelly Espinosa Jeannine Hammersley Angela Heslop Dave Heslop Jerusha Hew Len Sandhya Jagadeesh Lana Kipnis Roopal Mayor Melody Moyer Dede Ogami Chidori Okubo Robin Peetz Kim Pellissier Kathy Polzin Sue Prutton Alice Schwartz Janet Smith Judy Stapleton Lynette Stapleton BranDee Torres Joey Tyndal Carol Underwood Jane Villadsen Terry Walsh PICNIC PREPARATION Kim Alonzo Louis and Sherry Ammatuna Michelle Anderson Christine Apap-Bologna Ken Azebu and Dede Ogami Beulah Babu Cherrie Blair Heather Blair Violet Boyle Cynthia Bruketa Vanessa Bullman Christine and Jose Camara Fred and Candy Carr Stephanie Casner Chi-Lan Chang Nancy Claunch Becky Cox Francois and Kelly Delepine Chris Douglas Linda Emery Magdalena Enea Sudha Gattupalli Kristin Giammona Anita Hall-Reddy Jeannine Hammersley Mayumi Hashimo Angela Heslop Dave Heslop Eva Hsu Nelia Ishisoko Deepa Iyengar Sandhya Jagadeesh Sylvia Jansen Helena Jerney Sandy Johnson Hrishikesh Kamat Takako Khojasteh Lana and Gary Kipnis
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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS SUPPORT Yokiaki Aoshima Sarah Auvil Faustina Chen
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Charu Prakash Diane Reese Barbara Sancen Partha Sarathy Archana Sathaye Neeti Sharma Debra Speckman Uma Subramaniam Shankari Sundar Geetha Swamy Jui Tang Jacob Teplitsky Trish Tobin Heather Wardenburg Paulina Wegrowicz Therese Weisbloom Judy West Angela Williams Grace Wu Xiaoyu Yang Bella Yanovsky
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Megu Kozu Jane Kwant Susan Lee Michael Leonard Kitty Leung Betsy Lindars Greg Martin Shamitha Mathur Michelle Maxey Roopal Mayor Melody Moyer Rekha Nandakumar Chidori Okubo Mark and Robyn Peetz Kim Pellissier Kathy Polzin Sue Prutton Alice Schwartz Janet Smith
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Jane Sowards Judy Stapleton Joyce Sum Shankari Sundar Jeanne/Biswajit Sur Jonie Takatsuji Simy Taneja Yuko Tiernan Carol Underwood Jane Villadsen Harker News — May 05
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Lisa Want Heather Wardenburg Paulina Wegrowicz Roni Wolfe Toni Woodruff Katie Wu Bella Yanovsky
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STUDENT PICNIC VOLUNTEERS Alison Axelrad Casey Blair DJ Blickenstaff Emily Carr Andrew Cutler David Cutler Ethan Cutler Kathy Cutler Guillaume Delepine
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FASHION SHOW COMMITTEE Kim Alonzo Tamra Amick Michelle Anderson Ken Azebu Shyamoli Banerjee Anu Barman Reena Bhargava Monisha Bheda Punita Bigler Cherrie Blair Jackie Bohn Violet Boyle Alice Bracken Denise Broderson Joan Brooks Roy Buis and Linda Nemmer Laura Cali Candy and Fred Carr Connie Connell Becky Cox Jeannie Cu Cynthia D’Agosta Sue Datta Reshma Dave Christine and John Davis Pam Dickinson Leslie Doherty Maura Donohue Chris Douglas Barbara Drummer Grace Edvalson Kristen Edwards Padma Eswari Sony Eubanks Kim Gudmundson Regina Gupta Reeta Gupta Sangeeta Gupta Kim Hall Jeannine Hammersley Ellen Harris Joan Havard Deborah Henry
Winnie Mohrman Tina Najibi Kathleen Nelson Leslie Nielsen Usha Panja Hemangi Parikh Galina Patil Usha Panja Sarah Pennell Kathy Polzin Chiara Ratazzi Meena Ravuri Kathy Rezvani Marcia Riedel Tanya Ringold Kathleen Stewart Archana Sathaye Neeti Sharma Janet Smith Debra Speckman
Allison Spiller Lynette Stapleton Kimberly Stewart Leslie Tomihiro
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Angela Heslop David Heslop Debbie Hutchings Ernaz Irani Greta Jackson Madhu Jain Manisha Jain Shanti Kannan Laura Kavinsky Vandendries Amalia Keyashian Bharti Killer Lana Kipnis Jai Kumar Vidya Lakshmi Chari Laura Lang-Ree Susan Lee Lisa Lu Mary Malysz Bhavani Mamidanna Sharon Mandell Greg Martin Roopal Mayor Linda Michaelson Rahat Modi
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Quentin Delepine Tiphaine Delepine Matt Giammona Mia Giammona Tara Hansen Aakash Jagadeesh Suraj Jagadeesh Elaine Ke Elliott Leung Alisha Mayor Natasha Mayor Jordan Peetz Chistophe Pellissier Stephan Pellissier Amanda Polzin Shanna Polzin Glenn Reddy Jay Reddy Alex Underwood Scott Underwood
Carol Underwood Judy West Roni Wolfe Liza Wong Quon Bella Yanovksy Marianna Yanovsky Judy Yuan Nazi Zahiri FASHION SHOW VOLUNTEERS Theresa Awe Ali Abdollahi Mike Bassoni Galina Belogolovsky Gary Blickenstaff Lisa Bowman Jess Cardenas Kristin Carlson Malathi Charlu Tracey Clifford Chris Daren Enid Davis Ron Davis Magdalena Enea Kelly Espinosa Phil Eubanks Kathy Ferretti Misael Fisico Rachel Freed
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Emily Shu Choolye Sim Carol Sosnowski
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Ben Spencer-Cook Ashley Sukovez Mark Tantrum Ruth Tebo Francoise Thompson Joann Tindall BranDee Torres Julie Troop Joey Tyndal Mary Usher Cheri Way Kevin Williamson Cindy Wong
FASHION SHOW STUDENT GREETERS Nikhil Bhargava Niva Bigler Shivani Bigler Danielle Buis Rohan Chopra Cole Davis Kyle Drummer Rachel Henry Daisy Mohrman Alex Najibi Shanna Polzin Alex Ringold Taryn Spiller Scott Underwood Ian Wolfe Aditya Yellapragada
And finally, this year we have witnessed “up close and personal” that life holds many unexpected and heartwrenching challenges globally, and even in our own Harker backyard. “Tsunamis” of different sorts can throw our friends and neighbors adrift without warning. We pay tribute to three parent volunteers whose smiles and willing spirits have fueled our parent volunteer program over the years and have served as shining examples to us all. Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers and good wishes are sent to the families of Nancy Davis, Dede Ogami and Jennifer Chiang.
Anita Woodson Stephanie Woolsey Moggs Wright Grace Wu Carol Zink FASHION SHOW STUDENT HOSTS & HOSTESSES Tavishi Agrawal Rupan Bose Andrea Brisker Hillary Brooks Avanti Deshpande
The Harker News is published nine times per year by the Harker Office of Communications. Current and archived issues are also available on the Parent Home Page (PHP) on the Harker Web site at www.harker.org. This special report was created by: Editor: Pam Dickinson; Production: Jaja Hsuan; Photos: various contributors; Contributor: Nancy Reiley; Printing: Harker Copy Shop; Mailing Coordinators: Ashley Sukovez, Jerusha Hew Len.
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Eric Gavarre Najm Haque Yagmur Ilgen Asmita Jina Meghana Komati Simon Kwan Shephalie Lahri Sara Laymoun Eunice Lee Mina Lee Audrey Leung Amulya Mandava Linda Mohammadian Casey Near Lenka Pelakova Amanda Polzin Gregory Ringold Natasha Sarin Ben Shapiro Tanu Shenoy Sam Singh Shilpam Singh Paloma Solario Jamie Trinh Roberta Wolfson
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Galina Gaknoki Nick Gassmann Antoinette Gathy Sudha Gattupalli Karen Glovka Paco Gonzales Ajaya Gummadi Suejane Han Vivian Healy David Henry Jerusha Hew Len Linda Heyes Margareta Hodzic Chris Howkins Eva Hsu Jaja Hsuan Alice Huang Sandy Johnson Vandana Kadam Nandini Kanhere Gita Karipineni James and Dorene Kastelman Ellen Kim Gary Kipnis Mona Kitasoe Zeynep Koch Vani Kola Yulia Korobko Geetha Krishnamurthy Vanessa Le Nelly Leong Kitty Leung Jo Leung Gina Lopez Maria Lu Jamie Ma Nicholas Manjoine Lissa Martin Sesek Jim McGovern Jayanthi Minisandram Nishi Mishra Diana Morabito Kevin Murray Padmaja Narra Anoo Nathan Maria Nguyen Sharon Paik Maria Parry Ian Pennell Heather Perrotta Julie Pinzas Ernie Porter Laura Reidenbach Faro Rezvani Gerry-louise Robinson Eileen Schick Laureen Schieron Lillian Schmidt
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