![“[Building nerf blasters] became this outlet of creativity for me that hasn't been matched by anything else. The process [of] making a build complete to your desire is such a painstakingly difficult process, but I've had to learn from [the skills needed from] soldering to proper painting. There's so many different options for everything, if you think about it, it exists. The best part is [that] if it doesn't exist, you can build it yourself," Ishaan Parate said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC_8149-900x604.jpg)
![“When I came into high school, I was ready to be a follower. But DECA was a game changer for me. It helped me overcome my fear of public speaking, and it's played such a major role in who I've become today. To be able to successfully lead a chapter of 150 students, an officer team and be one of the upperclassmen I once really admired is something I'm [really] proud of,” Anvitha Tummala ('21) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-25-at-9.50.05-AM-900x594.png)
![“I think getting up in the morning and having a sense of purpose [is exciting]. I think without a certain amount of drive, life is kind of obsolete and mundane, and I think having that every single day is what makes each day unique and kind of makes life exciting,” Neymika Jain (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-03-at-4.54.16-PM.png)
![“My slogan is ‘slow feet, don’t eat, and I’m hungry.’ You need to run fast to get where you are–you aren't going to get those championships if you aren't fast,” Angel Cervantes (12) said. “I want to do well in school on my tests and in track and win championships for my team. I live by that, [and] I can do that anywhere: in the classroom or on the field.”](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DSC5146-900x601.jpg)
![“[Volleyball has] taught me how to fall correctly, and another thing it taught is that you don’t have to be the best at something to be good at it. If you just hit the ball in a smart way, then it still scores points and you’re good at it. You could be a background player and still make a much bigger impact on the team than you would think,” Anya Gert (’20) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AnnaGert_JinTuan_HoHPhotoEdited-600x900.jpeg)
![“I'm not nearly there yet, but [my confidence has] definitely been getting better since I was pretty shy and timid coming into Harker my freshman year. I know that there's a lot of people that are really confident in what they do, and I really admire them. Everyone's so driven and that has really pushed me to kind of try to find my own place in high school and be more confident,” Alyssa Huang (’20) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AlyssaHuang_EmilyChen_HoHPhoto-900x749.jpeg)
Sophomore class reelects honor council representatives, new class secretary
Candidates for 2019 class secretary Tiffany Zhao (10), Cindy Wang (10), Richard Wang (10), Jason Huang (10), Alycia Cary (10), Mahi Gurram (10), Meghna Phalke (10) and Elizabeth Yang (10) look on as class dean Chris Florio addresses the sophomores. Alycia was announced as the winner of the election via an email announcement from Mr. Florio today.
April 26, 2017
The sophomore class voted Alycia Cary (10) as their new class council secretary during a reelection for the position today after fifth period in the gymnasium.
Students listened to speeches from candidates Alycia Cary (10), Mahi Gurram (10), Jason Huang (10), Meghna Phalke (10), Cindy Wang (10), Richard Wang (10), Elizabeth Yang (10) and Tiffany Zhao (10) before casting votes by paper ballot.
Dean of Students Kevin Williamson announced the vacancy of the class secretary position after naming previous class secretary Kat Zhang (10) to the position of ASB secretary last Tuesday.
*This story has been updated from its previous version to include the results for the recent sophomore reelections for class council secretary.
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The sophomore class elected Bobby Bloomquist, Taylor Lam and Stephanie Xiao as their new honor council representatives in a reelection held in the gymnasium at the end of today’s school meeting.
Poll results for the recent sophomore honor council election last Friday were declared invalid after a student noticed that one honor council candidate’s name had been left off the voting ballot. Academic Dean Evan Barth notified the sophomore class about the need for a reelection and asked them to bring a writing utensil to the voting session via an email announcement yesterday.
Following today’s appointment of class of 2019 secretary Katherine “Kat” Zhang (10) to fill the vacant position of ASB secretary, the sophomore class will also be holding another election to elect a new class secretary after candidates for the office present their speeches during next Thursday’s sophomore class meeting.
“In my speech, I talked a lot about taking initiative, paying attention to students’ ideas are and maintaining transparency, and I hope to bring all of those goals to ASB,” Kat said. “I hope that our new class secretary will carry on encouraging transparency, because a lot of people don’t exactly know what goes on in our student council meetings.”Mi
The new class councils were announced yesterday. For the sophomore class, Kelsey Wu was elected council president, Anjay Saklecha vice president, Kat Zhang secretary, Shania Wang treasurer and Claire Newman spirit coordinator.
