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Members of the sophomore class participate in the mattress racing held at lunch. - See more at: https://harkeraquila.com/17735/news/students-and-teachers-alike-get-spirited-for-fictional-character-day/#sthash.eZJJ1mAw.dpuf

SPIRIT WEEK: Fictional Character Day

by Catherine Huang, Reporter April 15, 2014

Members of the Harker community dressed up as their favorite fictional characters for today’s Spirit Day. Students were able to register for class points during lunch, and the points will be added...

Winners at the national debate tournament hold up their awards in the halls of Weber University, where the Upper School debate team competed this past weekend.

Debate team wins a historic number of awards at national tournament

by Raveena Kapatkar and Kshithija Mulam April 15, 2014

The debate team won first place national titles in three out of four offered events at the National Debate Coaches Association National Championship at Weber University this past weekend. Eight students...

Harker takes out the trash: adapting to a new system

by Apoorva Rangan April 14, 2014

All four Harker campuses began using a new waste disposal system today, separating compostable trash from non-compostable material. The new system is a program of the Santa Clara County branch of Republic...

School Meeting 4/14

School Meeting 4/14

by Juhi Gupta April 14, 2014

Career Connect's mentor banquet will take place tomorrow from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. ASB announced the implementation of a new trash system beginning this week. Trash will be sorted into two bins: a blue...

Juniors Juhi Gupta and Vasudha Rengarajan answer questions about keeping the flow of news constant on a news site in their presentation at the NSPA convention in San Diego.

San Diego: Journalism students present at national journalism convention

by Elisabeth Siegel and Shay Lari-Hosain April 12, 2014

SAN DIEGO – Harker Aquila staff presented a breakout session about online news coverage to students and advisers attending the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) convention in San Diego on...

Documentary filmmaker and journalist Laura Castañeda addresses a roomful of student journalists at a convention in the Bayfront Hilton in San Diego. In her keynote speech, she discussed her work on her documentary The Devil’s Breath and encouraged budding journalists.

Emmy-winning broadcast journalist gives keynote address at convention

by Elisabeth Siegel and Kacey Fang April 10, 2014

SAN DIEGO – Emmy Award-winning journalist Laura Castañeda gave a keynote speech at the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) convention at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel in San Diego tonight. “The...

Security Changes Introduced After Laptop Theft

by Maya Jeyendran and Catherine Huang April 4, 2014

Several new policies have been implemented to heighten campus security after six students’ laptops were stolen from their backpacks during a lacrosse game on March 7. These policies include closing...

Senior privileges begin after Spring Break

Senior privileges begin after Spring Break

by Mercedes Chien and Kshithija Mulam April 4, 2014

The administration will enforce senior privileges to the Class of 2014 starting the week of April 14. Senior privileges are a set of rules that apply only to the senior class. Seniors will request their...

Ninth annual Research Symposium draws crowd

by Vivian Isenberg and Priscilla Pan April 4, 2014

The ninth annual Harker Research Symposium featured a myriad of poster sessions, presentations, and corporate exhibitions in Nichols Hall and the gymnasium last Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Symposium,...

Freshman Arjun Subramaniam Speaks at We Day

by Alexis Gauba April 4, 2014

Arjun Subramaniam (9) spoke at this year’s We Day on March 26 at Oracle Arena in Oakland. The event is held a few times each year in various locations in the United States and Canada, and brings together...

Instructor Anthony Silk will assume the Mathematics department chair the coming year.

Anthony Silk to be New Upper School Math Department Chair

by Vineet Kosaraju and Tara Parimi April 4, 2014

Upper School mathematics teacher Anthony Silk will replace Bradley Stoll as the new chair of the Mathematics department at the beginning of next year. Stoll has held the position as department chair...

Orchestra Preview: Chicago Trip

by Riya Chandra, reporter April 4, 2014

Eighty-seven orchestra members along with eight chaperones depart on a trip to Chicago to partake in the Chicago International Music Festival tomorrow. Chris Florio, Upper School Instrumental Music...

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