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Harker Aquila

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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

"Work hard, and it'll pay off. I say that to myself every day, because it's going to be worth it, although it can be hard at the beginning. When I first started coming to Harker, it was very difficult, because public school and private school are completely different. Everything is different. It was hard for me; it was a really rough transition. But I transitioned very well, and I worked hard every day, and I didn't give up. There was one point where I almost did give up, but I told myself, 'hard work pays off, hard work pays off.' And I did it, and I got through it, and I'm almost graduating," Norman Garcia (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Norman Garcia develops a liking for sports and music

by Rose Guan, Winged Post Copy Editor October 11, 2016

Norman Garcia loves sports and music, but it’s his golden necklace that connects him most to the past. “I love history. It's just my passion. Ever since second grade I've loved it,” Norman said....

“For a while, I was really fascinated with beehives. I have always loved hexagons and how they look, so I went through a design phase where everything was based around honeycombs. [I] spent a lot of time learning and messing with how to raise bees and how to make hives and then taking all that information and putting it into design aspects," Davis Dunaway (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Davis Dunaway designs furniture

by Darren Gu, TALON Photo Editor October 10, 2016

Fingers run on and vibrate steel strings, creating a low, metallic, funky hum. Pressing down on the handle, a metal saw is powered on, followed by a constant deafening whirr and occasional light sparks....

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