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

Interact Co-Presidents Alice Wu (12) and Kevina Xiao (12) cut a balloon for their booth during Club Fair. The annual Club Fair helped clubs attract new members.

Annual Club Fair held during long lunch

by Kaitlin Hsu and Shania Wang September 9, 2015

Students attended the annual Club Fair in the gym today during long lunch. In an effort to draw more attention from prospective members, Club Fair expanded the outdoor section and tried to increase...

Students avoid the sun while eating lunch and studying by sitting in the shady area of the table. San Jose is experiencing a heat wave that will last throughout the week.

San Jose heat wave raises health concerns

by Jackie Gao and Rose Guan September 9, 2015

A heat wave in San Jose will last throughout the week, resulting in higher temperatures and lower humidity levels than usual. Relative humidity levels of 30 percent to 40 percent coupled with temperatures...

Students talk about the music workshop for the certificate program. The music workshop will be held in Jennifer Sanduskys room from 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Sept. 10.

School meeting recap–9/8

by Vijay Bharadwaj, Wingspan Copy Editor September 8, 2015

Starting today, teachers are not mandated to attend school meeting due to space constraints in the gym. The upper school Journalism team will post a video of the school meeting every Monday. Students...

Freshman Christopher Gong and juniors Aditya Dhar and Alexander Lam participate in a hip-hop move called the “Freeze. Kinetic Krew held its first practice today.

Performing arts department introduces all-male dance troupe

by Tara Parimi and Anjay Saklecha September 4, 2015

The performing arts department held their first practice for the upper school’s new all-male dance troupe, Kinetic Krew, in the dance room this afternoon. Auditions for the team were held on Aug....

A large fire burned the side of a hill in Evergreen, San Jose, in a community called the Ranch at 4 pm today. Starting off as a small fire, it grew and climbed up the hills, partly due to the wind; several emergency fire trucks and helicopters were present at the site of the fire, pouring water onto the hill and checking for any injured victims.

Fire sparks in East San Jose

by Tara Parimi and Trisha Dwivedi September 4, 2015

A fire encompassing between seven to 10 acres spread across one of the hills near the Silver Creek Country Club this afternoon at around 3:47 p.m. leaving the entire hill charred. According to NBC Bay...

A chef serves pasta in Manzanita during long lunch. The Science of Food will be offered in the spring of 2016.

Upper school announces new Science of Food course

by Raveena Kapatkar and Rithika Devarakonda September 2, 2015

The Upper School announced that it will offer a new course called The Science of Food during spring of 2016. Students must have completed a year of chemistry before taking this course, as it explores...

History teacher Andrea Milius presents an overview of the trip to interested freshmen and sophomores. The 10-day trip will occur over Spring Break.

Freshmen and sophomores learn about upcoming trip to Greece and Italy

by Kavya Ramakrishnan and Maya Valluru September 2, 2015

Over 40 freshmen and sophomores interested in the upper school trip to Italy and Greece attended informational meetings about the trip and its application process today during long lunch. The two 15-minute...

The company has been helping suppress wildfires due to the lack of national resources and abundance of fires. Over 5,500 wildfires have ravaged 180,000 acres of land since the beginning of the year.

Drought spawns wildfires

by Trisha Dwivedi and Jackie Gao September 1, 2015

More than 5,500 California wildfires have ravaged a total of 180,000 acres since the beginning of the year. The ongoing four-year drought that California is facing, which has been known to induce some...

Carpe Diem John Hawley, Jai Bahri (9) and Justin Au (10) participate in a session at the NJCL Convention in July in Texas. Five students participated in multiple events, earning commendations and awards.

Students attend 2015 National Junior Classical League Convention

by Vijay Bharadwaj, Wingspan Copy Editor August 31, 2015

Five students from Harker attended the National Junior Classical League (NJCL) convention from July 27 to Aug. 1 at Trinity University in Texas. Maya Nandakumar (‘15), Elisabeth Siegel (12), Justin...

Lepler signs forms during advisory. The changes with Economics and the Business and entrepreneurship department affected the location of his room.

Economics and Business and Entrepreneurship department merge

by Meena Gudapati, Winged Post Copy Editor August 31, 2015

The Economics and the Business and Entrepreneurship department will combine into a single department beginning this school year. As a result, classroom shifts will occur. “When you think of business...

ASB President Michael Zhao (12) waits for the student body to settle down before starting the school meeting. This meeting featured announcements from organizations and teachers such as Dr. Schaffer, Dr. Nelson and Yearbook.

School meeting recap 8/31

by Sahana Srinivasan, Assistant STEM Editor August 31, 2015

Jennifer Walrod, Director of Global Education, will hold two 15-minute informational meetings at 11:15 a.m. and noon in Shah 407 regarding a trip next spring to Greece and Italy. The trip is open only...

Upper School Head Butch Keller delivers a speech to the students assembled in the Quad for Matriculation, a ceremony which welcomed freshmen and introduced them to the Upper School. The class of 2020 will submit its high school applications this week to join the upper school this fall.

Matriculation kicks off academic year

by Emma Yu and Justin Su August 31, 2015

The day of Matriculation began with a ceremony, which involved all upper school students assembled in the Quad Friday of Aug. 21 at 9 a.m. Matriculation welcomed back all the sophomores, juniors and...

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