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Students vote for their honor council representatives during lunch on Thursday. The Class of 2017’s three representatives were announced at class meeting on Tuesday.

Junior Honor Council representatives announced

by Aditya Varshney and Michael Sikand September 29, 2015

The three Honor Council representatives chosen by the Class of 2017 were announced at the juniors’ class meeting on Tuesday. The elected Honor Council officers are juniors Chetana Kalidindi, Soham...

Arben Gutierrez-Bujari (11) shares his ideas and opinions to the rest of the students. Student representatives will discuss the topics covered during the Harker Summit with their advisories on Oct. 7.

Students take part in the Harker Summit

by Ashley Jiang, Winged Post Photo Editor September 25, 2015

One representative from every advisory and club joined together to discuss and share their ideas about what the community is like at Harker along with ways to improve the school at the Harker Summit in...

Connie Miao (11), Daphne Yang (12), Victoria Ding (12) and Samali Sahoo (12) discuss the protocol for the year. The society will organize Club Week, plan cultural night and publish “Sans Limite” in the spring.

French National Honor Society holds induction ceremony during long lunch

by Melissa Kwan, TALON People Editor September 24, 2015

New and returning members of the French National Honor Society (FNHS) gathered in French teacher Antoinette Gathy’s room during long lunch yesterday to discuss plans for the year, including club week,...

Nikhil Manglik (11) delivers his Honor Council speech to the junior class. Students can vote for their top candidates on Thursday during both lunches in the Journalism room.

Junior Honor Council candidates present speeches

by Raveena Kapatkar, News Editor September 22, 2015

Junior candidates running for Honor Council presented their speeches to the class of 2017 today during class meeting. Andrew Rule, Chetana Kalidindi, Nikhil Manglik and Soham Khan are running for positions...

Dean of upper school Kevin Williamson recaps the dress code forum that took place last Monday. Students can now wear old Harker apparel and advisory apparel.

School meeting recap 9/21

by Vijay Bharadwaj, Wingspan Copy Editor September 21, 2015

The Harker Summit discussion will occur this Friday. One student from each advisory and one officer from each club are required to attend the meeting during first, second and third periods. Next week during...

Miranda Larsen (10) stretches while playing the music for her solo piece. All sophomores chose to self-choreograph their pieces, which includes choosing and altering their own music.

Dance certificate students perform Sophomore Juries

by Eleanor Xiao, Talon Business Editor September 17, 2015

Certificate students specializing in dance performed solos during long lunch today in the dance room. Students who choose to participate in the certificate program must perform a choreographed solo...

Chetana Kalidindi (11) examines the book cart. Students can write a review of the book on the Book Blog.

Library provides Advanced Reader Copies for Book Blog

by Catherine Huang, Talon Asst. Photo Editor September 16, 2015

The upper school library, in an effort to increase the amount of reviews published, started to allow students to take home Advanced Reader Copies of books and requires readers to write reviews for the...

Dress Code Forum  meeting occurred on Monday from 4:15 p.m. till 4:45 p.m. at the Nichols Hall Auditiorium. Everyone was welcome.

ASB holds Dress Code Open Forum

by Sharanya Balaji, Editor-in-Chief September 16, 2015

Students, faculty and administration participated in an open forum regarding the dress code and its enforcement in hopes to promote a platform for campus-wide communication about dress code related issues...

Evan Barth discusses the collective vision of the Harker Community. One student from each advisory and one officer from each club are invited to participate in a meeting to discuss Harker's collective vision.

School meeting recap–9/14

by Vijay Bharadwaj, Wingspan Copy Editor September 14, 2015

Assistant head of school Greg Lawson reviewed the safety protocol for students during a fire, as a result of the fire alarm going off last Thursday. Following the alarm, students must move towards a designated...

Pertussis bacteria is shown through a microscope. The bacterial infection manifests in a runny nose, low fever and mild cough before escalating to a severe cough after one to two weeks.

Whooping cough exposure at upper school

by Meilan Steimle, Winged Post Features Editor September 10, 2015

After an Upper School student tested positive for pertussis, Debra Nott, Upper School nurse, sent out a school-wide email with information on pertussis and treatment. The infected student attended...

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...

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