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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

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Following a landmark referendum held on May 22, Ireland has legalized same-sex marriage. Many believe that the ballot's results have set a precedent.

Ireland legalizes same-sex marriage

by Tara Parimi, Managing Editor May 24, 2015

The Republic of Ireland held a referendum leading to the legalization of same-sex marriage on May 22, becoming the first country to send an amendment apropos the issue to popular vote. Elections...

The Class of 2015 throw their caps in the air, signaling the end of the graduation ceremony. 186 seniors graduated from the upper school today.

Class of 2015 graduates at Saratoga’s Mountain Winery

by Elisabeth Siegel, Winged Post Editor in Chief May 23, 2015

186 seniors graduated from the upper school during a ceremony at the Mountain Winery involving music, speeches from administration, an address by valedictorian Samyukta “Samyu” Yagati (‘15) and a...

The varsity dance troupe performed to Beyoncé and Fifth Harmony. The senior goodbye rally was held yesterday.

Upper School hosts senior goodbye rally

by Raveena Kapatkar and Trisha Dwivedi May 22, 2015

The Senior Goodbye Rally was held at the gym at the end of the school yesterday, in which new council members were inducted and performances, skits and videos were presented. Various clubs and organizations...

Speakers at the ceremony stand on stage to be recognized. The class of 2015 was honored at this year’s Baccalaureate ceremony, and passed on their roles to the junior class.

Class of 2015 honored at annual Baccalaureate ceremony

by Ria Gandhi, Features Editor May 21, 2015

The Upper School hosted the annual Baccalaureate ceremony today at 6:30 p.m. in the Quad to honor the class of 2015, and officially pass on their roles as the oldest students on campus to this year’s...

Raveena Kapatkar (10), Rishi Maheshwari (10) and Shekar Ramaswamy (10) peruse "But Wait...there's more" during advisory. By the time the three had reached advisory, Talon's staff had already delivered copies of the yearbook to their advisor Ohad Paran.

Yearbooks distributed during advisory, signaling end of school year

by Tara Parimi, Aquila Managing Editor May 21, 2015

Talon staff members distributed the 2014 to 2015 yearbook, “But Wait...there’s more,” yesterday afternoon and this morning during first period, towing the yearbooks to advisors’ classrooms from...

 Eighth graders and returning staff members participate in bonding games to get to know each other.

Eighth graders visit the journalism program

by Jenna Sadhu, Reporter May 21, 2015

To welcome the incoming freshman journalists, current staff members of Talon, the Winged Post, Wingspan and Aquila held a casual meet-and-greet to introduce the eighth graders to the program in the journalism...

Physics classes visit Great America

by Justin Su, Assistant Sports Editor May 15, 2015

Students in regular and honors physics took a trip to California’s Great America today to experience physics concepts they had been learning in class in the real world. The purpose of the trip was...

Courtesy of Ashwath Thirumalai.

Five seniors to travel to New York City for National Economics Challenge

by Tara Parimi, Aquila Managing Editor May 15, 2015

A team of five Upper School economics students will travel to New York City on an all-expenses paid trip to compete in the televised national finals of the Council for Economic Education’s (CEE) annual...

Names of 2015-2016 Near and Mitra scholars released

by Julia Huang, Reporter May 14, 2015

Names of the students of next year’s Near and Mitra program were broadcasted on the TV screens located in Shah and Main last Friday. Near scholars include juniors Zarek Drozda, Shannon Hong, Jasmine...

Physics students to take Great America trip

by Meena Gudapati, Reporter May 13, 2015

Students in Physics and Honors Physics will take a trip to Great America on May 15 to apply physics concepts to various rides and scenarios. “We go to Great America to obviously test some of the physics...

Sather Tower is a notable attribute of University of California, Berkeley's campus. UC Berkeley will be one of the universities that has tuition hikes for the next five years.

UC increases tuition by 5% for upcoming years

by Lauren Russell, Reporter May 13, 2015

Janet Napolitano, University of California president, and the board of regents approved a series of yearly tuition hikes at the University of California in an effort to accept more students and continue...

Upper school choirs perform at annual spring choral concert

by Praveen Batra and Vijay Bharadwaj May 13, 2015

Bel Canto, Downbeat, Guys’ Gig, Camerata and Cantilena performed in the annual spring choral concert, “In Concert: Pastiche,” on April 30. Bel Canto opened the concert, performing “Bring Me...

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