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Harker Aquila

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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Winged Post Editor-in-Chief Katerina Matta and Managing Editor Young Min were selected as first place winners from a pool of around 2,000 students. “This page [shows] how much we paid attention to detail and how much we pushed ourselves to ensure the best quality that we could,” Young said.

Winged Post editors earn first place at National High School Communications Contest

by Ashley Mo, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief May 19, 2025

2024-25 Winged Post Editor-in-Chief Katerina Matta (12) and Managing Editor Young Min (12) placed first in the Single Page Layout category to represent California at the 2025 National Federation of Press...

Performers from the Downtown College Prep (DCP) Folklórico dance group dance during the Cinco de Mayo celebration. Monday’s performance was also DCP Folklórico’s final public appearance, as DCP will close at the end of the academic year.

Cinco de Mayo celebration honors Mexican culture through song and dance

by Vivek Moorjani and Victoria Li May 11, 2025

The LatinX affinity club and the office of DEI hosted a Cinco de Mayo Celebration during lunch on Monday in the Rothschild Performing Arts Center.  Students and faculty watched two traditional Mexican...

Sophomores Hannah Jiang and Joyce Zhang present their business idea “Project H.O.M.E.” Contestants pitched business plans and marketing campaigns to judges on the first day of the competition.

Students compete in international DECA conference, gain accolades

by Tiffany Zhu and Chelsea Xie May 6, 2025

Forty-seven students and seven chaperones attended the DECA International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Fla. from April 25 to May 1.  Nine students qualified for the final round by scoring...

Stanford University lecturer John Edmark explains the mathematics behind his spiral artwork during the Math Club and Art Club joint workshop.  Edmark described the relationship between the golden ratio and the Fibonacci numbers, both of which are present in spirals in nature.

Stanford lecturer reveals hidden mathematics of spirals in nature

by Ashley Mo, Sam Li, and Heather Wang May 4, 2025

Forty students attended a lecture and hands-on workshop by Stanford professor John Edmark about the geometry of spirals in a workshop hosted by Art Club and Math Club on April 28. Edmark introduced...

Humans of Harker Editor-in-Chief Disha Gupta presents the “Humans of [Your School] workshop. Presenters highlighted HoH project’s mission and went over the process of building a senior’s profile.

Harker Journalism leads workshops at JEA convention

by Suhani Gupta and Leah Krupnik April 30, 2025

Journalism staff editors led four workshops — “Humans of [Your School]," “Rethink Repeaters,” “It's the Little Things” and “ChaRIZZmatic Communication” — at the Journalism Education Association...

Junior Brady Tse speaks during the class council candidates' panel session in the Rothschild Performing Arts Center. Juniors voted Brady, Janam Chahal and Claire Yu as their SAB representatives for the 2025-26 school year.

Students elect 2025-26 class council representatives

by Tiffany Zhu, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief April 30, 2025

Juniors, sophomores and frosh elected their class council and student activities board representatives for the 2025-26 year on April 24. With an 81% voter turnout, the juniors elected Lucas Chen, Sofia...

Senior Norah Mehanna discusses her business, Curlosophy, with Director of Annual Giving Jun Wang. Curlosophy was one of nine booths that presented their products at BEcon.

Student entrepreneurs “Make Waves” at BEcon and Startup World Cup

by Cynthia Xie, A&E/Lifestyle Editor April 28, 2025

The Business and Entrepreneurship Department hosted the annual BEcon event and the Startup World Cup Harker National Youth Qualifier, giving student entrepreneurs a chance to showcase their businesses...

Junior Sofia Vasquez-Perez performs a Spanish folk dance to the song “La Madrugada”. Spanish students volunteered to perform singing and dancing acts, instrumental covers and other acts at Noche Cultural.

Students and faculty honor Spanish culture at annual La Noche Cultural

by Heather Wang and Victoria Li April 28, 2025

Spanish National Honor Society hosted La Noche Cultural (Spanish Culture Night), inviting approximately 200 students and faculty to celebrate Spanish culture through performances and traditional dishes...

Harker Journalism staff poses in front of Pike Place in Seattle. Journalism students and advisers visited the city for the annual JEA/NSPA convention.

Sweepin’ through Seattle: Harker journalism staff attends JEA/NSPA convention

by Suhani Gupta, Eva Cheng, and Sam Li April 26, 2025

SEATTLE – Thirty-eight journalism students and three staff members attended the spring Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association National High School Journalism Convention...

Sophomore Sophia Zhu delivers her original oratory, titled "Start Slapping." She challenged the misconception that logic and emotion are opposites, emphasizing how emotion can enhance decision-making.

Speech and debate team hosts annual speech showcase

by Jonathan Szeto and William Jiang April 22, 2025

The speech and debate team celebrated senior Melody Yin, juniors Joy Hu, Luke Wu, Albert Yao and Ariel Zhang and sophomore Sophia Zhu during the annual Speech Showcase in the Nichols Auditorium on Wednesday. All...

President Donald Trump signs executive orders orders in the Oval Office on February 25. That order suggested the Department of Commerce to impose 25% tariffs on copper.

Tariff war causes stock market volatility and economic uncertainty

by Chelsea Xie and Jeremy Peng April 15, 2025

S&P 500 skyrocketed 9.5% on April 9, the largest daily gain since 2008, as a result of President Donald Trump suspending tariffs for 90 days on all trading partners except China.  Trump announced...

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