Taking a break: Planning your day in quarantine
by Arely Sun, Lifestyle Editor
September 21, 2020
Every day since quarantine started, you find yourself exhausted after spending a day hunched over a screen, taking meeting after meeting. After school, you dive headfirst into a mountain of work, draining the rest of your energy. At the end of your hard work, you reward yourself with a long nap to com...
So you want to be a farmer?
by Emily Tan, Winged Post Features Editor
September 19, 2020
Despite being a fifth-generation farmer, Tara Beaver Coronado didn’t plan on going into agriculture. Growing up on her parents’ farm, she always loved the outdoors and animals, but later considered a job as a teacher and eventually became a nanny. During a two-week vacation, she returned to her p...
Lights, camera … and (Zoom) fashion?
by Alysa Suleiman, Arts & Entertainment Editor
September 15, 2020
The air was crisp and cool, the perfect level of humidity and air conditioning soaking into clean walls, the dozens upon dozens of chairs, the in-season outfits of haute couture people filling the rows. And, of course, the gleaming catwalk. As the music danced through its first few measures, models...
Kamala Harris “has changed the landscape”: nomination paves way for women of color in politics
by Sarah Mohammed and Varsha Rammohan
September 9, 2020
According to the United States Census Bureau, women make up 50.8 percent of the country’s population, Black people make up 13.4 percent and Asian people make up 5.9 percent. In addition to only one female major party presidential nominee, there have been only two female major party vice presidential ...
Upper school welcomes eight new teachers to the community
by Michelle Liu, Winged Post Design Editor
September 2, 2020
This year, Harker will be welcoming eight new teachers to the upper school community. Although the year will begin with remote learning, they look forward to getting to know their students and shared their high hopes for the upcoming school year with Harker Journalism. Bridget Nixon is teaching English 1: The St...
Campus compass: The Matriculation Book
by Isha Moorjani and Sally Zhu
August 21, 2020
Since 1998, crowds of students each year have signed the Matriculation Book on their first day of high school to start their legacy as a true Harker student. Today, the book is proudly displayed in Dobbins Hall, with multitudes of names buried inside its leafy pages. The diversity of student signatur...
Funny You Should Mention It: Episode 1
by Lakshmi Mulgund and Rachel Ning
August 20, 2020
Brought to you by Harker Aquila, Funny You Should Mention It is a pop culture-based video podcast created by Rachel Ning (10) and Lakshmi Mulgund (10). We wanted to create the podcast as a way to share news through a different medium. Funny You Should Mention It features insights into our pers...
What does shelter-in-place mean when shelter is unaffordable?
by Eric Fang, Lucy Ge, Nina Gee, Varsha Rammohan, Arushi Saxena, Alysa Suleiman, Anna Vazhaeparambil, Sara Yen, and Gloria Zhang
August 19, 2020
On March 16, Bay Area officials in six counties announced shelter-in-place directives, mandating that residents only leave their homes for essential purposes. But what does sheltering in place look like in the Bay Area, one of the most unaffordable housing markets in the U.S.?
Inside the Dash: Growing gratitude
by Helen Zhu, TALON Managing Editor
June 4, 2020
When you visit someone’s cemetery, you see the dates they were born and the dates they passed. But when you wonder about their lives, they aren’t represented by those two dates; their life is the times between the dates. Between the two dates on the tombstone, there’s a small dash to sepa...
Stories from quarantine: “The outfit I never wore”
by Anna Vazhaeparambil, Varsha Rammohan, and Aditya Singhvi
May 25, 2020
Over the last week, members of Harker Journalism dug through their closets to pull out outfits and accessories they haven't touched since quarantine started—a glimmer of normalcy in a time of uncertainty and change. These images showcase the styles, fashions and trends of our yearbook and newspaper...
Meal with Love: Giving back to our medical workers
by Nicholas Wei, Reporter
May 12, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, some medical workers are facing an unexpected problem: the lack of time to cook. To address this issue, a group of Bay Area women have started a fundraising effort to pay for and deliver meals to hospitals where medical staff have been struggling to find time to eat....
Creativity during COVID-19: Writers reflect on quarantine
by Anna Vazhaeparambil, Aquila Co-Sports Editor
May 10, 2020
Hopeful reflections. Brooding thoughts. Nostalgic memories. The upper school writing contest, Creativity during COVID-19, gave students the chance to record these feelings about living during a worldwide pandemic and responding to this new reality. Hosted by English teacher Jennifer Siraganian, the contes...
How are you spending your time in quarantine?
- Watching Netflix (42%, 15 Votes)
- Cooking and baking (25%, 9 Votes)
- Hiking and going on walks (17%, 6 Votes)
- Other (14%, 5 Votes)
- Learning to play an instrument (3%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 36
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