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TSA officers serve fantasia milk tea to Harker students. TSA sold cupcakes and milk tea all throughout last week.

Keller’s Korner – 10/17

by Meilan Steimle, Winged Post Opinion Editor October 23, 2014

Last week was irregular in its schedule, the information released, and the food options provided. The Technology Student Association (TSA) sold bubble tea  and cupcakes, the school schedule changed to...

Planting seeds of kindness in the Harker community

by Meena Gudapati, Meilan Steimle October 22, 2014

“Ultimately, what we take will always disappear, but what we give will live on for years.” These words are from “Graduation,” a song by Nimo Patel, who visited Harker on October 8th to discuss...

From brains to human rights: Nobel Prizes awarded

From brains to human rights: Nobel Prizes awarded

by Praveen Batra and Vineet Kosaraju October 22, 2014

The recipients of the Nobel Prizes for physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economic sciences have been announced this month, including one Stanford professor. The Nobel...

Sophomores Chetana Kalidindi and Sneha Bhetanabhotla smile with their eagle buddy. The class of 2017 travelled to the Bucknall campus to visit their eagle buddies for the first time on Thursday.

Keller’s Korner – 10/10

by Meilan Steimle, Winged Post Opinions Editor October 20, 2014

NHS inducted new members, sophomore and seniors met with Eagle Buddies, and students and faculty wore red for National Coming Out Day this week. The 26 new NHS members inducted on Tuesday were primarily...

Annual philosophy series continues

Annual philosophy series continues

by Praveen Batra, Reporter October 16, 2014

“The DNA of Thought,” a six part philosophy seminar with Head of School Christopher Nikoloff, began on Oct. 8. “Six Great Ideas,” by Mortimer J. Adler, serves as the basis for the series. Students...

Mr. Draper casts a spell as Dumbledore in the sophomores' skit.

Behind the scenes of skit preparation

by Meilan Steimle, Winged Post Opinion Editor October 11, 2014

All students watched the skits performed at Friday’s spirit rally, but not everyone is aware of the effort that each grade’s sikit committee put in to the productions.   The freshman class was...

Madhavan Nair (12) plays the Joker in the Harry Potter segment of the senior class skit.

Homecoming Week: Behind the scenes of the Rally

by Anokhi Saklecha and Shannon Su October 5, 2014

Writing scripts, choreographing routines, and assembling equipment. Students and faculty members participated in the annual Homecoming Rally yesterday, but few people know the amount of work that occurred...

Seniors walk in the Homecoming parade with their class Gotham City-themed float.

Opinions on the Homecoming floats

by Danya Zhang, Reporter October 5, 2014

Homecoming week gave students a chance to show spirit for their school. Each class chose a Homecoming theme and had to design and create a float based on the selected theme. Each grade had a different...

Freshmen line up to vote for their class council. Amy Jin (9) ran for Class President this year against Jimmy Lin, Praveen Batra, Rajiv Movva and Randy Zhao.

Keller’s Korner 9/26

by Meilan Steimle, Winged Post Opinion Editor October 3, 2014

Keller’s Korner takes a look at freshman elections from a candidate's perspective this week: before speeches and after the vote. Amy Jin (9) ran for Class President this year against Jimmy Lin, Praveen...

A look inside Theory and Practice of Poetry and Fiction

A look inside Theory and Practice of Poetry and Fiction

by Fred Chang, TALON Managing Editor September 29, 2014

As the last drop falls, a silence blankets the room. Ten, twenty seconds pass. “That ending was very intriguing.” Welcome to Theory and Practice of Poetry and Fiction, affectionately nicknamed...

Layout updated for new Events Center

Layout updated for new Events Center

by Cindy Liu and Neha Sunil September 21, 2014

The building layout for the new Events Center has been recently updated, making it a step closer to the final blueprint. The center will contain a gym and performing arts center, along with related facilities. The...

Math Bradley Stoll and Visesh Gupta ('12) stand with other volunteers at Karma Kitchen, a community kitchen where they dedicate their Sundays to prepare food.

On the forefront of kindness

by Priscilla Pan, Winged Post Features Editor September 19, 2014

After cutting a rose from his backyard and placing it across the street on his neighbor’s mailbox, he wondered, “What were they feeling when they saw that?” Math teacher Bradley Stoll started...

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