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The student news site of The Harker School.

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Sriram Somasundaram (11) checks his phone to see what his schedule for the day looks like. The iPhone is a popular smartphone among students and allows them to access information on the go.

New iPhones 5S and 5C released

by Vedant Thyagaraj September 12, 2013

Apple unveiled its new iteration of iPhones, the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C, on Tuesday at its Cupertino campus. The iPhone 5S is an incremental update to the company’s popular iPhone 5 which was...

Justin Young (12), president of the Innovation Club, explains the purpose of his club to newcomers, hoping to recruit new members to compete in Inventeams. The annual Club Fair allowed many different clubs to promote their clubs and let students sign up for the ones that interested them the most.

New clubs vie for attention at annual Club Fair

by Jonathan Dai September 11, 2013

Bells jangled as members of Guy’s Gig ran around the gym, weaving through the throng of students. Stations set up with eye catching posters, bright lights, bubbles, and candy lined the walls. Students...

Aathira Menon (10) and Mary Najibi (10) discuss what to write in their letters to their eagle buddies. Some sophomores found it difficult to write the letter, while others wrote to the bottom of the card.

Sophomores write letters to their eagle buddies during first official class meeting

by Ashley Zhong September 10, 2013

The Eagle Buddies program was explained to the sophomore class at the weekly class meeting in the Nichols Hall Atrium. Eagle Buddies is a program that pairs up one or two sophomores with a third grader....

Sarah Bean (11) and Michael Lin (11) discuss the plans for the junior class’ eagle at a meeting today in Dr. Miriam Allersma’s classroom. They chose the theme reality tv to style and design their eagle with.

Students begin to prepare for homecoming week festivities

by Shannon Su September 10, 2013

With the homecoming week approaching in just two weeks, students of all four classes have begun preparing for the homecoming rally by working on their eagles, floats, and skits. This year, the homecoming...

Juniors Noel Banerjee, Darby Millard, Julia Wang, Jeton Gutierrez-Bujari, and Glenn Reddy announce upcoming auditions for the 2014 Dance Production. Auditions are open to all students and will be held on September 14.

Students Attend First Monday School Meeting of the Year

by Arden Hu September 9, 2013

Today marked the first Monday school meeting of the year, following the previous two Tuesday meetings during shortened weeks. Announcements ranged from a lacrosse video encouraging sign-ups to Dance...

Link Crew member Claudia Tischler (12) relates advice and anecdotes about her own freshmen year with members of Dr. Ben Spencer-Cookes advisory. Link Crew members visited their freshman advisories for the first time this year.

Link Crew has first advisory meeting of the year

by Kavya Ramakrishnan September 5, 2013

Link Crew members met with their assigned freshmen advisories this Thursday for their first meeting of the year. As they gathered into small groups around the room, the freshmen advisees turned in permission...

Student Council officers perform the Freshmen 101 skit to inform the Class of 2017 of the ideologies on the campus. In addition to the skit, the matriculation ceremony also included speeches by Head of School Chris Nikoloff, ASB President Arjun Goyal (12), and Upper School Division Head Butch Keller.

Matriculation ceremony welcomes class of 2017

by Anokhi Saklecha September 4, 2013

Students and faculty crowded into the quad to officially welcome the Class of 2017 at the annual Matriculation Ceremony on Wednesday morning. In order to honor the passing of former English teacher...

Evan Lohn (10) disposes of trash near the water bottle fill station in Main Hall. The announcement made by the Harker Green Committee specifies exactly which type of wastes belong in the trash and which to be recycled.

New Harker Green Committee Urges Students to Think Eco-Friendly

by Vivek Bharadwaj and Priscilla Pan September 4, 2013

During Tuesday’s school meeting, Spanish teacher Diana Moss introduced the newly-formed Harker Green Committee and presented ways for the Upper School community to be more eco-friendly. Moss’s presentation...

A student pushes her friend in a hamster ball as they roll through the sprinklers on the field during the First Friday back to school social event. First Friday took the place of the back-to-school social this year.

First Friday kicks off the new year’s spirit activities

by Mariam Sulakian, Aquila News Editor August 31, 2013

Students and faculty celebrated their first week back at school at First Friday, which was held by the Spirit Club on August 30. Approximately 140 people attended the occasion, which replaced the annual...

Jason Berry speaks to the Upper School community during the Baccalaureate ceremony last May. The student-elected speaker addressed the senior class about integrity. This Saturday, Berry died in his home of apparent heart failure.

Community remembers Jason Berry

by Meena Chetty, Nikhil Dilip, and Apoorva Rangan August 30, 2013

The Harker community lost beloved English teacher, coach, and friend Jason Berry last Saturday. Berry, 38, died at his home due to apparent heart failure. Students and teachers received the news in...

Students and teachers commemorate English teacher Jason Berry at his reception at the Upper School. Berry died Saturday morning due to an apparent heart failure.

Memorial held in honor of Jason Berry

by Darian Edvalson and Juhi Gupta August 30, 2013

A reception for English teacher Jason Berry was held for all students and faculty at the Upper School following a memorial at the WestGate Church in Saratoga. Berry, 38, died at his home last Saturday...

Students were encouraged to wear Harker jerseys, club or class T-shirts, or jerseys of sports teams to honor English teacher and coach Jason Berry. Berry died of a heart problem Saturday morning in his home.

Free dress instituted to honor Mr. Berry

by Riya Godbole August 29, 2013

Upper School students were given free dress on Thursday, August 29, in honor of English teacher and coach Jason Berry’s death. In an email sent out on Wednesday evening, Upper School Dean of Students...

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