- November 27Club Corner: Language and Linguistics Club hosts speaker event on language models
- November 26Perspectives: Artificial Intelligence in education
- November 25Aquila Weekly Wrap-Up: Nov. 16-22
- November 25School Meeting 11/22: Winter Wishes, De-stress Week and sock drive
- November 232024 recap: Fall sports highlights
- November 23Legacies of service
- November 23The six staples to a fall capsule closet
- November 23Highlighting the positives in negative results
- November 22Fall Choral Concert explores "Songs of the Earth"
- November 22APEX: Aiming arrows toward aspirations
![“[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)
![“I hope people will be a lot more accepting of any genre of music. As the Eastern [and] Western worlds overlap with each other, it's inevitable that their cultural exports will also intermingle. It's up to us to accept that these genres of music do in fact exist and are in fact valid. It's really nice for me, as an East Asian person, to see other East Asian people become more represented in the media,” Audrey Liu (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AudreyLiu_NilishaBaid_HoHPhoto-900x599.png)
![“I love to make people laugh or smile or try to brighten up their day, just a little bit. That's probably one of my favorite things to do. I’ve really enjoyed the brief interactions that I've had with everyone. I’ve known some of [my classmates] for 13 years now. It's kind of hard to not like them, even a little bit,” Ryan Tobin (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/RyanTobin_SallyZhu_HoHPhoto-571x900.jpg)
![“I'm someone who overthinks a lot of things, but the one thing in my life that I don't overthink is why I do the things I do. It's more like I do them to the best of my ability — how can I learn the most of [what] I somehow stumbled upon. You make the best of what you have. It goes back to the idea of spontaneity and living in the moment,” Arusha Patil (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ArushaPatil_SaraYen_HoHPhoto-600x900.jpeg)
![“It's amazing the conversations that you can have [while volunteering] and the different perspectives that you can experience with these random people that you've never met before. Whether it be the people you're serving, or other volunteers, [by] going in and trying to be a little extroverted and make conversation, you can make these new connections and learn so much more about the world and the community around you,” John Lynch (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/JohnLynch_AdityaSinghvi_HoHPhoto-900x596.jpg)
![“I realized I wasn’t being my true self [in middle school]. I was putting myself in a box. I used to be really intentional with the words that I was saying, but once I got open [as] I grew up, I lost that need to be completely filtered. That’s one of the best changes that has ever happened to me, just growing more confident,” Elaine Zhai (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ElaineZhai_ShreyaSrinivasan_HoHPhoto-596x900.jpg)
