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Nikhil Manglik (11) reads practice Quiz Bowl questions from his laptop during their practice. The Quiz Bowl team practices every Wednesday in Andrea Milius’s room, and their next tournament is March 5.

Quiz bowl club competes in Cal Cup and National History Bowl

by Aneesha Kumar, Reporter March 3, 2016

The Quiz Bowl team competed in two tournaments of both the Cal Cup, Oct. 24 and Nov.14, and National History Bowl, Nov.31 and Jan. 17, among other smaller competitions this season. In the first round...

Investment Club receives $5,000

by Alex Wang, Reporter March 3, 2016

The Investment Club received $5000 in December from a private donation to invest in the real stock market. “We asked the school for a portion of the Harker Endowment, and it gave it to us to actually...

Students discuss the wet and dry trash system. The Green Team will continue to work with ASB to increase campus sustainability throughout the year.

Green Team discusses wet dry system, plans schedule for upcoming semester

by Vivek Bharadwaj, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief March 2, 2016

The wet-dry trash system at the upper school has a single guiding principle: entirely compostable items go in wet bins, while non-compostables fall into dry. The problem? More than a year after it was...

Harker alumnus speaks at Life in the Arts workshop

by Katherine Zhang, Reporter March 2, 2016

A Harker alumnus spoke to a group of 13 certificate students from grades nine through twelve about his own experience in theater and gave advice about finding a career in the arts during long lunch today...

Judge John B. Owens speaks about his childhood as it affected his career as a judge. The honor council reached out to Owens to speak about his experiences after Harker.

Harker alum John B. Owens (‘85) discusses his experiences in becoming a federal judge of the ninth circuit

by Vijay Bharadwaj, Wingspan Copy Editor March 1, 2016

Federal judge for the ninth circuit and Harker alum John B. Owens (‘85) talked to upper school students today at an assembly on behalf of the Honor Council. Judge Owens is from the U.S court of appeals...

Students jump around during the spirit event. It was held yesterday during both lunches outside the journalism room.

Students participate in leapfrog race

by Nisha Shankar, Reporter March 1, 2016

Harker Spirit’s Competitive Events Committee arranged a leapfrog race in front of the journalism room yesterday during both lunches. About two to five students from each grade appeared for the race. The...

Michelle Honda Phillips speaks about her transgender daughter and the gender spectrum during the school meeting. This week is GSA's club week and they will be selling coffee cake and pearl milk tea.

School meeting recap–2/29

by Alex Wang, Reporter March 1, 2016

GSA will sell coffee cake and boba during lunch and after school for its club week. The club invited a guest speaker, Michelle Honda Phillips, daughter of senator Mike Honda, to speak during the meeting....

A student fills out a form to buy one of Ayla Ekici's (12) homemade butterscotch cupcakes. The club has raised over 500 dollars from the bake sales held during last year's and this year's club weeks.

FEM club raises money for Kakenya Center for Excellence

by Prameela Kottapalli, Reporter February 26, 2016

The Female Empowerment Movement (FEM) club hosted its annual club week this week and raised money for the Kakenya Center for Excellence, a partner of the Girls Learn International association founded by...

The construction for the new Events Center has begun on Rosenthal Field. Construction will last until September 2017 for the gym and until January 2018 for the performing arts center.

Upcoming Events Center construction to cause change on campus

by Melissa Kwan and Megan Cardosi February 24, 2016

The Upper School administration plans to make adjustments to accommodate construction on the Events Center, which begins May 9; the groundbreaking ceremony is on April 22. So far, 35 million dollars...

Harper Lee is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George Bush in 2007. Lee passed away last Friday at the age of 89.

Author Harper Lee dies at age 89

by Raveena Kapatkar, Executive News Director February 24, 2016

Renowned author Harper Lee died last Friday in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama at the age of 89. Lee passed away in her sleep early morning on Friday. According to Lee’s family, she was healthy...

The "they" entry in "Garner's Modern American Usage" redirects to sections on concord, pronouns, and sexism. The singular they is currently considered a grammatical mistake in formal writing at Harker, according to the Bedford Handbook.

Singular “they” named the Word of the Year

by Catherine Huang, TALON Asst. Photo Editor February 23, 2016

The American Dialect Society named the singular “they” the 2015 word of the year on Jan. 8, and its use as a singular pronoun has recently gained popularity as a topic of discussion in the context...

Sarah Gonzalez (11) and other students pick up donuts for dessert during lunch on Friday. The trial period of the pilot bell schedule, which ended today, featured long lunches on every alternate day of the week.

Upper schools ends trial period for pilot bell schedule

by Kshithija Mulam, Winged Post News Editor February 19, 2016

Upper school students and faculty finished their six week trial period of the pilot bell schedule today and will return to the old schedule on Monday. The pilot bell schedule featured four different...

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