The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Keller’s Korner – February 9

by Meena Chetty February 9, 2013

This week on campus featured international guests for both educational and competitive purposes along with several athletic senior nights. “It’s always fascinating for me when this community rallies...

The Harker Compliments page started in January in an effort to “nurture the Harker community.” Inspired by compliment pages of local high schools, such as Saratoga High School and Los Gatos High School, the page has 410 friends as of February 5.

New Facebook page allows students to share compliments

by Trisha Jani February 7, 2013

The Harker Compliments Facebook page, initiated on January 17, allows students to commend other members of the community without revealing their identities. Students can send a message containing a...

Keller’s Korner – February 3

by Meena Chetty February 3, 2013

This week featured Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Engineering (STEM) clubs on campus as they worked together to fundraise for various causes and concluded with the Dance Production. Head of School...

Seniors Pooja Shah and Suchita Nety commence with the dissection of their cat in Human Anatomy and Physiology.  A month-long process, students went layer by layer as they explored the anatomy of the specimen.

Human Anatomy & Physiology students conduct cat dissections

by Catherine Manea January 30, 2013

The faint scent of formalin wafted through the air in room 334 as students in Human Anatomy and Physiology class began their nearly month-long cat dissections. The cat dissections, along with other...

Students from Keiko Irinos and Masako Onakados classes pose with Tamagawa school orchestra teacher Michiko Takahashi. Takahashi noticed several differences between the Upper School and Tamagawa school.

Q&A with Tamagawa orchestra teacher

by Kevin Lin and Shannon Su January 28, 2013

Tamagawa school orchestra teacher Michiko Takahashi visited the Upper School for two weeks in January as part of the teacher exchange program. In addition to relating her story of becoming a teacher,...

Keller’s Korner – January 26

by Meena Chetty January 27, 2013

This week’s events encompassed multiple aspects of school life from both the academic and extracurricular realms, including an Eagle Buddies event, Kicks Against Cancer, and an update on the Intel Science...

Japanese teacher Masako Onakado guides Sarah Bean (10) by demonstrating the correct brush stroke of writing the character representing dream. In honor of the new year, students participate in kakizome, the first calligraphy activity of the new year.

New year: Beginning of second semester

by Angeline Pan January 24, 2013

A new semester offers a fresh start, but for many students, it also presents marked changes in their lives. While some adjust easily, others find the transition challenging. Although most students do...

Keller’s Korner – January 19

by Meena Chetty January 19, 2013

To mark the end of the first semester and the beginning of the second, students celebrated in style at Winter Ball, continuing this past week’s lineup with a science research reception and an Eagle Buddies...

Following this HELM issue of the previous year, the literary magazines creators are gearing up for another production. As a school-wide art and writing magazine, HELM melds each art form into a coherent and diverse representation.

SACC: HELM melds art and writing into unique magazine

by Kacey Fang and Sabrina Sidhu January 16, 2013

While in many cases student content creation may be limited to one form of expression, the Eclectic Literary Magazine (HELM) incorporates everything from poetry to photography, allowing several art forms...

Alum Christina Li (11) sings at the annual Hoscars held in the gym during her senior year. The singer-songwriters music was featured in the show Dance Moms but initally not credited.

SACC: When an artist does not receive credit for her music

by Sonia Sidhu January 15, 2013

The anticipation was building in her mind. She felt nervous and exhilarated at the same time. But it was her chance to shine. She turned on her television and flipped to channel 46, tuning into Lifetime’s...

Is a trophy really the goal? More often than not, motivations are far more abstract.

SACC: Competing effects of student competition

by Alyssa Amick & Apoorva Rangan January 15, 2013

Statistically slim odds of winning did not daunt senior Ashvin Swaminathan. He coolly accessed the list of Intel semifinalists in hopes of seeing his own name amongst the bevy of brilliant student researchers. “It’s...

SACC: Students invent online study tool

SACC: Students invent online study tool

by Ashwini Iyer, Rahul Jayaraman, & Shay Lari-Hosain January 15, 2013

Frustrated, the student shuts his laptop and walks away from his desk, exasperated at the inadequacy of Google Talk to help him study for the test. I’ll never pass this test, he thinks dejectedly. Enter...

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