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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

​Glaciers in front of mountains. Photography students on the trip will have the opportunity to take photos of the landscape.

Upper school plans summer Arctic trip

by Lauren Russell, Reporter September 30, 2014

Sign-ups began last week for the first summer trip to Iceland, Greenland, and the Svalbard islands for photography and biology expeditions led by teachers Joshua Martinez and Anita Chetty. The 10 students...

Two seniors work on their eagle. The senior’s homecoming theme this year is Batman, causing them to make the eagle mainly black.

Spirit Night prepares each class for Homecoming week

by Neil Bai, Reporter September 28, 2014

Spirit members, student council members and volunteers gathered together during Spirit Night yesterday in preparation for Homecoming next week. The event kicked off at about 5 p.m. Each class started...

Journalism students fly drone on Davis Field

by Shannon Su, Executive News Director September 26, 2014

Period 7 journalism students tested the program’s drone yesterday on Davis Field with the help of multimedia specialist Eric Marten. Journalism adviser Ellen Austin chose to purchase the drone, as...

Freshmen line up to cast their votes for student council.

Freshmen vote for student council candidates

by Kaitlin Hsu, Reporter September 25, 2014

Freshmen voted for student council candidates at the journalism room this afternoon after listening to the candidates’ speeches. Presidential candidates included Amy Jin, Jimmy Lin, Praveen Batra,...

Leeza Kuo (15) throws a ball during the dodgeball game today during long lunch.

Dodgeball game ends with senior sit-in

by Jessica “Fred” Chang and Elisabeth Siegel September 24, 2014

The annual dodgeball tournament finals ended early due to a sit-in on the dodgeball court conducted by several members of the senior class after the match of three rounds between the seniors and the juniors...

Students view Homecoming results today in Manzanita.

Homecoming Court results revealed today

by Kshithija Mulam and Emma Yu September 22, 2014

The Homecoming Court results were posted in Manzanita Hall this morning. The princesses and princes for the senior class are Shreya Dixit, Jessica “Fred” Chang, Savi Joshi and Shikhar Dixit, Alex...

ASB President Sarah Bean (12) addresses the school during school meeting.

School Meeting Recap – 9/22

by Maya Jeyendran, Aquila Lifestyle Editor September 22, 2014

Head of School Christopher Nikoloff will be hosting a seminar on the DNA of thought in the Nichols auditorium beginning this Wednesday during long lunch. There will be six total seminars, and the first...

Elizabeth Edwards (11) greets an incoming student as she and other athletes hold signs and wave pom-poms during the Curbside Crazy Event. The event is held to help support the construction of the new Events center.

Curbside Crazy event supports new gym and events center

by Kacey Fang and Ashley Jiang September 20, 2014

Fall sports athletes arrived early yesterday morning to help out with a Curbside Crazy event that promoted donations to the new Events Center project. The event contributed to raising donations for...

Scotland votes to reject secession from the United Kingdom

by Aditya Varshney, Reporter September 20, 2014

Scottish voters chose not to secede from the United Kingdom after much anticipation from the Scottish National Party, as well as Upper School faculty and alumni with roots in U.K. Prior to the opening...

Homecoming preparations begin

Homecoming preparations begin

by Daphne Liang September 19, 2014

With the Homecoming game approaching in about three weeks, students have already begun preparations for Homecoming festivities. The four classes will compete for first place throughout the week of Sept....

Senior Srivinay Irrinki throws a gatorskin ball and the final four freshmen standing. The class wanted to uphold the reputation of the seniors in the dodgeball event.

Students from each grade compete in the annual dodgeball competition

by Varun Baldwa September 19, 2014

Freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors competed in the annual dodgeball spirit event in the gymnasium during Wednesday long lunch. Each game lasted for three minutes, and at the end of the three...

Activist gives presentation to Upper School journalism

Activist gives presentation to Upper School journalism

by Elisabeth Siegel, Winged Post News Editor September 14, 2014

Journalist and activist Ruchira Gupta, founder of the Apne Aap organization addressing sex-trafficking in India, gave a presentation to Upper School Journalism classes last Thursday. Gupta spent her...

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