![“[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 1/29
TALON managing and business editor Sharon Yan (12) announces that a free yearbook lottery will take place at each grade’s next class meeting. One member from each class will receive a free yearbook.
January 29, 2018
English teacher Charles Shuttleworth and theater teacher Jeffrey Draper announced the annual Shakespeare competition, which will take place on Feb. 22 during long lunch in Nichols Auditorium. The top three performers will win prizes, and the winner will go to the competition’s next level in San Francisco.
Programming Club will email the signups for their intramural programming competition today. Students who want to compete must sign up by the end of the day tomorrow.
Next week is the club week for the international clubs, and club members will sell food and host cultural events throughout the week.
Oeconomica arranged for Michael Sheldon, a data scientist for Uber, to speak about income targeting on Feb. 6 at 12:40 p.m. in Nichols Auditorium.
The Harker Podcast Network’s first podcast is available at harkerpodcasts.net. At just over 10 minutes in length, the first podcast features a theme song sung by Bel Canto, Draper, psychology teacher Kelly Horan, Sukrit Ganesh (11) and Sameep Mangat (12).
Student council’s Happiness Committee is organizing Valentine’s Day decorating during lunch this week outside Manzanita. The decorations will go up in Main this week.
For their club week, Spanish National Honor Society will be selling churros, Mexican hot chocolate and tres leches cake during morning office hours on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and after school on Thursday.
Assistant Head of School Greg Lawson spoke about what to do in the case of a noxious gas leak.
TALON managing and business editor Sharon Yan (12) announced that a free yearbook lottery will take place at each grade’s next class meeting. One member from each class will receive a free yearbook.
The varsity girls basketball team played a video to announce their senior night on Feb. 6. 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. The varsity girls soccer team’s senior night is tomorrow at 3 p.m.
