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Humans of Harker staff presented at JEA NorCal Media Day on Saturday. They discussed the process of creating Humans of Harker and how such projects could be started in other schools.

Journalism presents “Humans of [Your School]” at JEA NorCal Media Day

by Suhani Gupta and Vivek Moorjani September 28, 2024

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Humans of Harker editors-in-chief Sidak Sanghari and Jonathan Xue gave a presentation at JEANC Norcal Media Day at Palo Alto High School today, alongside Humans of Harker managing...

Journalism Editors-in-Chief line up after the end of their presentation. They discussed leadership strategies and challenges during their session.

Leading together, learning together

by Mendy Mao and Vivek Moorjani September 28, 2024

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Harker Journalism Editors-in-Chief Victor Gong (12), Katerina Matta (12), Chayce Milheim (12), Emma Milner (12) and Alison Yang (12) hosted a leadership roundtable during the...

Harker journalism staff members, Director of Journalism Whitney Huang and Talon Yearbook Adviser Kevin Oliver pose in front of the Palo Alto Media Arts Center after sessions conclude for the day. Workshop topics ranged from local election coverage and student media law to understanding design.

Harker Journalism attends JEA NorCal Media Day

by Mendy Mao, Lily Shi, and Tiffany Zhu September 28, 2024

PALO ALTO, Calif. – 41 Harker journalism staff members, Director of Journalism Whitney Huang and TALON Yearbook Adviser Kevin Oliver participated in the 11th JEA NorCal Media Day at Palo Alto High School...

TALON photo editor Ram Batchu (11) discusses framing techniques while analyzing a photo taken by an attendee. Participants took 15 minutes to capture scenes from the convention, after which journalism photo editors critiqued their photos.

Journalism photo editors help attendees “Snap Better Photos” at JEA NorCal Media Day

by Mihir Kotbagi, Jonathan Szeto, and Charlie Wang September 28, 2024

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Harker Aquila photo editor Kairui Sun (11) and co-TALON photo editors Ram Batchu (11) and Hannah Jeon (11) spoke about photography techniques and critiqued attendees’ photos during...

Section editors Suhani Gupta (11), Jessica Hu (11) and Mendy Mao (11) oversee the creation of shoutouts during the session. Attendees wrote messages on colorful paper that they could then address to a person of their choosing.

Bringing Smiles to Your Staff: Journalism presents staff bonding techniques

by Lindsay Li, Reporter September 28, 2024

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Junior section editors Suhani Gupta, Jessica Hu and Mendy Mao and Director of Journalism Whitney Huang presented Bringing Smiles to Your Staff, a session on how to increase staff...

CareerConnect co-presidents Jia Jia Jiang (12) and Emily Mitnick (12) announce upcoming field-trip events. Some of the locations included the Giants Stadium and Fortinet.

School Meeting 9/24: Civil engagement, spirit chants and CareerConnect

by Lindsay Li and Nathan Yee September 28, 2024

Conservatory representatives Shruti Srinivasan (12), Arthur Wu (12), Yinan Zhou (12) and Jessica Skylar Chen (10) opened the school meeting on Tuesday in the Zhang Gymnasium. They screened a video introducing...

Palo Alto High School's The Campanile Editor-in-Chief Lucas Yuan lectures about the final stage of editing for his editorial about teacher wages. He worked throughout the cycle, conducting research and evaluating contrasting points of view for this topic.

Crafting better editorials with The Campanile

by Samuel Tong and Caden Ruan September 28, 2024

PALO ALTO, Calif. - The Campanile Editor Team presented on the editorial writing process at the annual Journalism Education Association NorCal Media Day on Saturday. The presentation covered the importance...

David Yeager highlights the importance of patience among adults during the adolescent period. He backed up his points with personal parenting stories.

Common Ground hosts speaker event on adolescent attitudes

by Emma Li and Lily Peng September 27, 2024

Psychology professor David Yeager, interviewed by award-winning psychologist Carol Dweck, gave a talk to parents and staff on the evolving teenage mind as part of the 20th annual Common Ground...

Campaign Conversations Episode 1: Harris and Trump take the stage in presidential debate

Campaign Conversations Episode 1: Harris and Trump take the stage in presidential debate

by Lily Shi and Jessica Hu September 25, 2024

This is the first installment of Campaign Conversations, where Aquila news editors Lily Shi and Jessica Hu discuss key events leading up to the 2024 presidential election with upper school community members....

Frosh Austin Zhao speaks to the class of 2028 about his qualifications and plans for the upcoming year. Twelve student council candidates and five Student Activities Board candidates delivered speeches on Wednesday.

Frosh hear speeches from class council candidates

by Eva Cheng and Lily Shi September 25, 2024

Frosh class council contenders delivered their speeches in the RPAC on Wednesday. Twelve students running for Student Council gave their speeches first, touching on their motivations for running and...

Aquila Weekly Wrap-Up: Sept. 14-20

by Lily Shi, Co-News Editor September 23, 2024

This is Aquila Weekly Wrap-Up, where we bring you the latest updates from around our school community. Saturday Future Problem Solving Launch introduced new members to FPS competition events, where...

Founder of Wushu Central Martial Arts Academy David Chang shares his  entrepreneurial story with students in the Innovation Center on Monday. The event kicked off CareerConnect C-Sweets series, where students learn from various successful entrepreneurs while snacking on sweets.

Club Corner: CareerConnect hosts martial arts entrepreneur

by Lily Shi, Co-News Editor September 22, 2024

CareerConnect hosted David Chang, CEO of Wushu Central Martial Arts Academy, to share his entrepreneurial journey with students on Monday in the Innovation Center. Chang began teaching martial arts...

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