![“[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)
Power of Words holds club week
Power of Words (POW) secretary Gloria Zhang (10), PR officer Stephanie Xiao (11), treasurer Ashna Reddy (10) and co-presidents Riya Singh (11) Prameela Kottapalli (11) give a presentation introducing their club during the haiku-writing workshop. POW members also sold pearl milk tea from Teaspoon and popcorn from Popcornopolis this week for their club week.
November 3, 2017
Power of Words (POW) held a haiku-writing workshop and sold pearl milk tea and popcorn for their club week this week.
A new school organization, POW was founded this year by junior Prameela Kottapalli. The club hosted a haiku-writing workshop in English teacher and POW advisor Michelle Andelman’s room during long lunch today, serving sparkling apple cider, candy and cupcakes to attendees. Students wrote three haikus for the prompts “fall,” “water” and “sun” and submitted them at the end of the workshop. POW will announce the best haikus and award their writers with gift cards and candy during their next club meeting next week.
At Manzanita, members of the organization sold pearl milk tea from Teaspoon for $6 throughout the week and popcorn from Popcornopolis for $5 for two mini bags on Friday. Proceeds from this week’s sales will go to purchasing supplies, such as journals, thesauruses and writing utensils, for workshops held at the Luther Burbank Middle School site of after-school enrichment program coordinator and youth organization Boys & Girls Club of Burbank and Greater East Valley.
“Our goal as a club is to teach creative writing to elementary and middle school kids. We plan to go [to Luther Burbank] later this month and December, and we’re hosting a three-workshop session to help them with their Ford [Driving Dreams Tour] essay contest,” POW member Riya Singh (11) said. “We have our Instagram running right now, and we’re planning to post literary quotes to spread awareness about creative writing among the school community.”
HELM will be holding their club week next week.
POW club members Riya Singh (11) and Lily Wancewicz (11) organize Teaspoon pearl milk tea sales outside Manzanita. “We have our Instagram running right now, and we’re planning to post literary quotes to spread awareness about creative writing among the school community,” Riya said.
Angele • Nov 4, 2017 at 7:27 pm
Go POW!!