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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Research Club Speaker Series

Research Club Speaker Series

by Vineet Kosaraju January 27, 2014

Stanford professor Dr. Sally M. Benson visited the Upper School Research Club on Jan. 15 during long lunch to give a presentation on her research about energy, and to give students advice about science...

Debate teacher named coach of the year

Debate teacher named coach of the year

by Vivian Isenberg January 27, 2014

Upper School public forum debate coach Carol Green was presented the national Coach of the Year award at the Blake Debate Tournament in Minneapolis, Minnesota in late December. Green was also given the...

Upper School student awarded Intel finalist for medical hardware simulations

by Elisabeth Siegel January 27, 2014

Sreyas Misra (12) was named one of 40 finalists selected from the Intel Science Talent Search (STS) on Jan. 22 in an official press release on the Intel STS website. According to the press release,...

The Robotics team unpackages the Avatar I Micro tactical robot, which was donated by tech company RoboteX. The machine will be demonstrated at the STEM Fair and local robotics competitions.

Robotics receives new military robot

by Allison Sun January 23, 2014

With built-in infrared vision, an operating range of 200 meters, a 360 degree pan-tilt zoom camera, and the ability to traverse through land and water, the Avatar I Micro tactical robot is unlike any other...

ASB Secretary Vincent Lin sells Valentine grams at lunch. Roses cost three dollars while chocolate boxes cost six.

Student Council sells Valentine’s Day grams

by Alexis Gauba January 23, 2014

Members of student council have been selling Valentine’s Day grams, which are available from now to Jan. 30 through online orders or stations set up outside Manzanita during both lunches. Students...

Red Cross Club collects sign ups for annual blood drive

Red Cross Club collects sign ups for annual blood drive

by Priscilla Pan January 23, 2014

Members of the Red Cross Club have been collecting sign ups in Manzanita Hall during lunch for the upcoming annual blood drive that will take place in two weeks on Feb. 5. The blood drive will take...

Sophomore Kaushik Sankar adds to his singing and dancing repertoire, in preparation for the upcoming spring musical. For the past week, students have been auditioning for roles in this years musical, The Wedding Singer.

Wedding Singer rehearsals

by Vineet Kosaraju January 22, 2014

For the past week, performing arts students have been auditioning for roles in this year’s spring musical, “The Wedding Singer”, based off of a romantic comedy movie taking a look back at the 80’s. In...

Upper School performs at annual Winter Concert

by Mariam Sulakian, Aquila News Editor January 21, 2014

The Upper School instrumental groups performed in the annual Winter Concert at the Mexican Heritage Theater on Friday, Jan. 17. The concert, which began at 7:30 p.m., showcased a variety of pieces from...

Class of 2014 revels in start of second semester

by Mercedes Chien January 21, 2014

Seniors celebrated the start of the second semester by throwing candy amid cheering and hollers from the students at the end of the weekly school meeting this morning. Members of the senior class council...

Winter Ball: a dance of elegance, excitement, and extravagance

Winter Ball: a dance of elegance, excitement, and extravagance

by Kshithija Mulam and Raveena Kapatkar, Reporters January 20, 2014

Spirit Club and the junior class of 2015 hosted the annual Winter Ball in Nichols Atrium on Jan. 18 from 8 to 11 p.m., incorporating this year’s theme, “The Great Gatsby." Dim lighting, elegant...

Haley Tran (9) and Raymond Xu (9) are discussing their team written event together.  DECA will attend the State Career Development Conference beginning on Feb. 5.

DECA members prepare for SCDC

by Riya Chandra January 16, 2014

Upper School students going to the next DECA conference, State Career Development Conference (SCDC), have started preparing during the study sessions that are offered. After the club’s thirteen first...

Performing Arts students dance for spring musical audition

Performing Arts students dance for spring musical audition

by Meilan Steimle January 16, 2014

Prospective cast members of this year’s spring musical, The Wedding Singer, met to learn the Roger Rabbit and the Robot for dance auditions today after school. Students who had already performed a monologue...

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