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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Upper School debaters discuss their arguments after five rounds of alternating stances on the issue of having single gender classrooms for public schools. The state-qualifying tournament for public forum was held yesterday and today at Leland High School.

Public forum teams debate in state qualifier on the issue of single gender classrooms

by Kacey Fang March 10, 2014

Three Upper School teams debated today in the public forum state qualifier at Leland High School, arguing both sides of the issue concerning whether single gender classrooms would improve the quality of...

Kevina Xiao (10) and Dora Tzeng (12) help Ayla Ekici (10) as she orders frozen yogurt. Toppings included gummy worms and M&MS.

Interact members raise money for Afghan refugees

by Alex Jang and Sindhu Ravuri March 10, 2014

Interact members will sell goods to students and faculty this week in order to raise money to buy solar-powered ovens for refugees in Afghanistan. As part of Interact district 5170, the Upper School...

This is a copy of the special schedule today due to teacher comments. Classes are 30 minutes long.

Special Schedule for teacher comments

by Roshni Pankhaniya and Darian Edvalson March 10, 2014

The administration is running a special schedule today to accommodate teacher comment reviews.  Classes are 30 minutes long and school will end at 1:30. Lunch will be joined and one hour. There will...

Salsa! Songs! Sombreros!

by Juhi Gupta, Multimedia Editor March 8, 2014

Spanish National Honor Society hosted the 6th annual Spanish Cultural Night, La Noche Cultural, in the Saratoga Gym yesterday from 6 to 8 p.m. Students began the evening by feasting on a selection of...

The four speakers at CareerConnect shared their insight on why they chose medicine as a career and advice for high school students who are unsure of what they want to do in the future.

CareerConnect: medicine career panel

by Trisha Dwivedi March 6, 2014

CareerConnect hosted its first career panel in the Nichols Auditorium, featuring four speakers in the field of medicine from the Silicon Valley during Wednesday’s long lunch. The speakers included...

WiSTEM hosts STEM Fair during long lunch

by Riya Godbole March 4, 2014

As part of its annual club week, WiSTEM (Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) hosted the STEM Fair in the Atrium during long lunch, allowing students to participate in various science-related...

School meeting recap 3/3

by Allison Sun March 3, 2014

Members of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (WiSTEM) opened today’s school meeting with an announcement about STEM Week, which is this week. Activities include bake sales during...

Juniors Manthra Panchapakesan and Rahul Jayaraman study for their events at the TSA conference. Some events required entrants to submit their projects electronically prior to March 1 while others took place on site.

Students compete at California TSA conference

by Alex Jang March 3, 2014

Twelve students attended the second annual California TSA (Technology Student Association) conference at Diamond Bar High School this weekend to compete in events ranging from Architectural Renovation...

Downbeat performs We Own the Night with Middle School students at Night on the Town, Harkers 11th annual gala. The gala featured eight musical numbers and two video simulations of a gym and theater complex, the schools current capital project.

Gala hits a high note for Performing Arts department

by Apoorva Rangan March 2, 2014

The Friday night lights shone bright at the San Jose Marriott for Harker’s eleventh annual gala, “Night on the Town,” the main fundraising event of the year. Yesterday’s gala implemented the silent...

AP Studio Art students exhibit work

AP Studio Art students exhibit work

by Kavya Ramakrishnan February 26, 2014

AP Studio Art students displayed their artworks for students and faculty to view in an exhibition held today in Nichols Hall during long lunch. Juniors and seniors in the course, with concentrations in...

The bistros back wall sports a new TV set for students enjoyment. The salad bar was moved to the back of the bistro for easier access, and the fruit baskets were moved to either side of the TV, replacing their original location under the sandwiches.

New TV in the bistro

by Fred Chang February 26, 2014

A 70-inch flatscreen TV was mounted on the back wall of the Bistro after school on Monday, Feb. 24,  as a first step towards creating a student union on campus, a project of student council. Freshmen...

Diane Main, Assistant Director of Instructional Technology, educates the student body about the school Wi-Fi and encourages them to refrain from excessively using bandwidth.

School meeting recap – 2/24

by Maya Jeyendran, Global Editor February 25, 2014

AP Art students will host an exhibition culminating their work from the past semester at 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday in the Nichols atrium. Drawings, digital designs, and 3D art will be on display for students...

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