![“[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)
School meeting recap 11/3
Linguistics Club representatives Derek Yen (12) and Andy Semenza (12) encourage students to sign up for the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO). Linguistics Club helped students prepare for the NACLO by offering presentations and practice problems.
November 3, 2017
Next week is Harker Eclectic Literary Magazine’s (HELM) club week, and they will be selling pearl milk tea during lunch on Nov. 7 and 8 and after school on Nov. 10. HELM will also be hosting an art workshop during long lunch on Nov. 7 and a writing workshop during long lunch on Nov. 9. Work to be workshopped can be submitted to [email protected].
TEDx’s speaker series and company product booths showcases will be taking place tomorrow at the upper school, and tickets for the event are available on tedxharker.org.
Harker’s newest talent show, Quadchella, took place during long lunch today in the auxiliary gym, with performances starting at 12:20 p.m. Attendees were given flash tattoos, laptop stickers and face paint, and Art Club organized a banana painting activity before the performances.
The speech and debate team played a video about this year’s tournaments and spoke about the team’s successes in the season so far.
Linguistics Club announced the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO), which will be taking place on Jan. 25. Signups are open at nacloweb.org.
Learning, Innovation and Design Director Diane Main spoke about the illegal usage of online textbooks happening at the upper school via the link tiny.cc/textbooks and asked students to use alternate methods for procuring and using textbooks, such as buying digital versions and using teacher or library copies.
Harker Athletics gave a short update about games this past week and encouraged students and faculty to support the teams at upcoming games this week.
TALON played a video reminding students that yearbooks ordered before Nov. 10 are 20 dollars off.
The upper school’s dodgeball tournament will be reinstated this year, and the event will take place on Nov. 9 in the athletics center. In the preliminary round, freshmen will be playing against the juniors, and the sophomores will be playing against the seniors. Spirit club and DECA, the organizers of the event, will be selling pearl milk tea during the game. A signup sheet was emailed to students today.
