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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Assistant technical director Aren Olson speaks about their educational journey in high school and college during the college panel on Nov. 8. Olson attended online high school, state university and community college before discovering their interest in technical theatre.

Upper school staff share unique college experiences in DEI panel

by Charlize Wang and Tiffany Zhu November 27, 2023

Upper school staff discussed their distinct academic journeys at the First-Generation and Community College Attendees panel discussion during the Nov. 8 lunch period in English teacher Susanne Salhab’s...

Harker Junior Classical League members sit in bleachers during the Ludi General Assembly on Nov. 4 at Saint Francis Catholic High School. Students participated in a variety of activities like certamen, a classics-themed quiz bowl, and art competitions. (Provided by Lisa Masoni)

Club Corner: Harker Junior Classical League attends Northern California Latin Convention

by Felix Chen, Co-News Editor November 27, 2023

Harker Latin students and Junior Classical League (JCL) members attended the 2023 annual Northern California JCL gathering ​Ludi Novembres at St. Francis Catholic High School on Nov. 4.  At Ludi,...

Claire Perng (11) plays Connect Four with her fourth grade eagle buddy at the team room in the Athletic Center. The buddy families also had the option to participate in activities like friendship bracelet making, karaoke and board games.

Juniors meet Eagle Buddies while seniors, sophomores and frosh attend LIFE assemblies

by Jessica Wang and Vivian Chen November 24, 2023

Seniors, sophomores and frosh attended Living with Intent, Focus and Enthusiasm (LIFE) sessions while juniors spent time with their Eagle Buddies at the upper school campus on Nov. 2.  Upper school...

Riya Samuel (9) claps for the frosh class as they participate in a family feud competition. The senior class came out on top, followed by the sophomores, juniors and the frosh.

School Meeting 11/14: campus cat ‘Tony,’ Honor week and Family Feud

by Andrew Liang, Co-News Editor November 24, 2023

Associated Student Body President senior Daniel Lin commenced the school meeting on Nov. 14. Head of School Brian Yager acknowledged rising levels of antisemitism in the United States and the hardships...

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on as he directs a large-scale missile attack simulation from land, sea and air on Oct. 25. Rockets from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a submarine in the Barents Sea, and a Tupolev Tu-95 in the air were fired to retaliate against a mock enemy nuclear attack. (Provided by AP News)

Russia conducts massive nuclear strike drill, withdraws from test ban treaty

by Mihir Kotbagi and Jonathan Szeto November 18, 2023

The Russian Armed Forces simulated a large nuclear strike in a military exercise on Oct 25. The Strategic Rocket Forces fired a nuclear-capable RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from...

Caden Ruan (10) holds a container of ice cream syrup outside of Manzanita Hall during the DECA Ice Cream Social on Nov. 3. DECA month celebrations continue with the final Hustle for Muscle volleyball games happening in the Athletic Center on Tuesday.

DECA celebrates participation in DECA through ice cream social and more

by Vivek Moorjani, Katie Tcheng, and Gabe Sachse November 13, 2023

Harker DECA held an ice cream social in honor of DECA month outside of Manzanita Hall on Nov. 3 after school.  Every November, DECA affiliates throughout North America celebrate their membership in...

A moderator interviews a panel of speakers on the Constellations Connected Enterprise conference room stage about the future of humanity and artificial intelligence. Harker students listened to and participated in numerous panelist discussions and speaker events.

Students build connections at innovation conference through CareerConnect

by Lily Shi, Reporter November 6, 2023

Eight upper school students attended Constellation’s Connected Enterprise conference at the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay on Oct. 24 on a CareerConnect field trip.  Six tenth graders, Victoria Ma, Claire...

Staff who entered the costume contest pose for a picture in front of Manzanita Hall. Both students and staff dressed up in creative Halloween costumes.

Halloween haunts Harker with spirit contests and mysterious physics phenomena

by Tiffany Zhu, Reporter November 6, 2023

The upper school community engaged in Halloween festivities like a pumpkin carving contest, haunted physics lab and costume contest on Oct. 26 and Oct. 31.  Pumpkin carving contest commences Halloween...

ASB Student Events Committee members Ella Lan (12), Ameera Ramzan (9), Sam Parupudi (11), Amishi Gupta (10) and Shareen Chahal (12) remind students about Chellaween on Tuesday during the school meeting. Chellaween featured singing and dancing acts from students and teachers in the quad during long lunch on Tuesday.

School meeting 10/31/23: Chellaween, DECA kickoff, game night

by Emma Li, Reporter November 6, 2023

Associated Student Body (ASB) Secretary Cynthia Wang (12) broke the news that the projector was broken and that slides and videos could not be projected.  ASB president Daniel Lin (12) wished students...

Pranav Sukesh (11) and Ian Gerstner (11) prepare a slice of Cooking Club’s chocolate cake for Luke Wu (10). “[When we saw that] people were waiting in line for a long time, we realized that we could totally cater to the event and provide food for everybody,” Ian said.

Celebrating Friday with Cake Day: Cooking Club collaborates to cater cakes

by Victor Gong, Co-STEM Editor October 30, 2023

Head of upper school Paul Barsky collaborated with Cooking Club for the first time to distribute slices of cake to students and faculty gathered outside Nichols after school on Friday before the three-day...

Students pose with props for a photo at the photo booth. Besides dancing, students could play ping-pong, take photos and enjoy food and drink.

Sparkling in style: Students create memories at annual homecoming dance

by Lily Shi, Ashley Mo, Kairui Sun, and Felix Chen October 28, 2023

Students gathered for the annual Homecoming Dance in the auxiliary gym and quad on Oct. 13 from 7 to 10 p.m.  Due to this year’s location change for the dance from Nichols Hall to the Auxiliary Gym,...

Members of the ASB Lifestyle Committee and Honor Council present their interview with station chef Rupa Banerjee. They also asked that students keep the campus clean during lunches.

School Meeting Recap 10/20/23: Green Team, Fall Play, Club Photos

by Felix Chen, Co-News Editor October 28, 2023

Associated Student Body (ASB) President Daniel Lin (12) initiated the school meeting on Oct. 20 by advertising the TEDxHarkerSchool event to take place later that day at 3:45 p.m. in the Rothschild Performing...

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