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The debate team will hold a speech showcase where students will be speaking at with pieces they worked on the past year on Wednesday during long lunch.

School meeting recap 2/2

by Jackie Gao, Reporter February 4, 2015

The debate team will hold a speech showcase where students will be speaking at with pieces they worked on the past year on Wednesday during long lunch. The Spanish National Honor Society will have an...

Physics teacher Lisa Radice gave birth to twins Aaron (left) and Theo (right) on April 26, 2014. She resumed classes at the beginning of semester two.

Returns and departures

by Maya Jeyendran and Emma Yu January 31, 2015

Several faculty and staff changes happened during the start of second semester at the Upper School campus, including the return of computer science teacher Marina Peregrino and physics teacher...

Talking about the different parts of the teenage brain, Main teaches the freshman that some teenagers make bad decisions, because their brains are not fully developed yet.

Freshman learn about digital citizenship and online safety

by Jenna Sadhu, Reporter January 31, 2015

Freshmen learned about the importance of online safety and digital citizenship presented by the Director of Learning Diane Main in the Nichols auditorium on Thursday. Main touched upon many topics in...

Rishabh Jain  plays a saxophone solo in the Upper School Jazz band’s piece “Spain.”

Harker’s instrumental groups perform in annual winter concert at Mexican Heritage theater

by Ayushi Gautam and Lauren Russell January 31, 2015

The Upper School orchestra, Jazz Band, Lab Band, the Middle School orchestras, Middle School chamber groups, and the Middle School Jazz Band performed in the annual Winter Concert at the Mexican...

Leg bent and arm down, junior class dean Matthew Harley mockingly prepares to drop the egg. Juniors comprised the majority of the crowd that watched the spirit event.

Four-way tie at egg drop competition

by Kathy Duan, Talon People Editor & Asst. Copy Editor January 30, 2015

All four classes emerged victorious at the egg drop competition held in front of Nichols Hall during Wednesday long lunch. After building up anticipation about a surprise spirit event at previous Monday...

Marina Newman (10) asked Shuttleworth a question about the paper he handed out during the meeting. She enquired whether or not he had a copy of Hamlet.

Students learn more about the National Shakespeare Competition during long lunch

by Julia Huang, Reporter January 29, 2015

Students gathered at Charles Shuttleworth’s room during Wednesday long lunch to receive details about the National Shakespeare Competition. Though the competition occurred yearly, starting with the...

Alexa Gross (10) and Shreya Basu (12) work on the bench. They collaborate in continuing on what had been painted before.

Art club initiates project of painting VTA benches

by Emma Yu, Reporter January 28, 2015

The Art Club started a project of painting the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) benches outside of Shah Hall during long lunch today. Three sophomores, Alexa Gross, Marti Sutton and...

Sophomores Anuva Mittal and May Gao read an article in Wingspan. The first issue of the Upper Schools new long-form magazine released today.

First issue of Wingspan released today

by Trisha Dwivedi, Winged Post Business Editor January 28, 2015

Wingspan, the Upper School’s fourth publication and first long-form magazine, released its first issue today, along with the January issue of the Winged Post. This fourth publication is an integration...

College counselors provide information about the college counseling process during the junior classs first meeting on Jan. 20.

Juniors begin college counseling sessions

by Raveena Kapatkar, Aquila Copy Editor January 28, 2015

The junior class began its weekly college counseling meetings on Jan. 20 during extra help. College counseling marks the beginning of the college application process for many juniors, and will continue...

Students party at Bond-themed Ball

by Jackie Gao and Kaitlin Hsu January 28, 2015

Students attended Winter Ball, which was organized by the Spirit Committee, on Jan. 17, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., in Nichols Hall. This year, the Winter Ball theme was “James Bond 007,” and the Spirit...

LIFT-OFF: Last year’s HELM was vol- ume 15, featuring a photo of a hot air balloon submitted by an alumnus.

HELM themes new magazine “Revolution”

by Alix Robinson-Guy and Kaitlin Hsu January 28, 2015

Harker Eclectic Literary Magazine (HELM) will accept submissions until February 28 and publish its 2014-2015 issue around March 10. Though HELM has released multiple issues before, this is...

Young journalists interview Anderson Cooper

by Apoorva Rangan, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief January 28, 2015

“It’s unbelievable,” said the Flint Center usher as he swept back the curtains, revealing the staircase to the auditorium’s backstage. “You’re in.” And with that, the three Upper...

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