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Trump plans to impose 20-25% tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, the 3 biggest U.S. trading partners. (Source: UN Comtrade)

Trump doubles down on tariffs, sparks economic uncertainty

by Lily Shi, News Editor March 4, 2025

President Donald Trump has vowed to impose sweeping 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada to take effect on Tuesday, part of a broader wave of tariffs he has implemented or threatened on major U.S. trading...

Ashley Dickerson (9) folds a piece of paper to make origami. The Mythology Club, Origami Club and Japanese National Honor Society held a collaborative event on Monday.

Mythology Club and Origami Club collaborate with Japanese National Honor Society

by Cynthia Xie and Vivek Moorjani March 1, 2025

Mythology Club, Origami Club and the Japanese National Honor Society (JNHS) held a joint meeting on Japanese mythology during long lunch on Monday. Mythology club member Chloee Yang (11) began by explaining...

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Culture Week Day 3: Booths and Mosaic of Culture

by Lily Peng, Chelsea Xie, Heather Wang, and Cynthia Xie March 1, 2025

Students and staff sampled cultural food from 20 different booths set up in the Aux Gym and learned about different cultures during the Mosaic of Cultures assembly on Wednesday. Take a look at how students...

Culture Week Day 1: Sidewalk chalk

Culture Week Day 1: Sidewalk chalk

by Lily Shi, News Editor February 24, 2025

Culture Week kicked off with a sidewalk chalk activity on Monday in the Orchard. Take a look at how students expressed their identities through art, and stay tuned for more Culture Week coverage. Lily...

Senior Rithika Yamasani shows sophomore Ameera Ramzan a secret phrase during a game of charades aimed to demonstrate the importance of clear communication. Students broke into small breakout sessions focused on specific club leadership skills after lunch.

Leadership Summit spotlights diversity and initiative for student organizations

by Eva Cheng, Sports Editor February 24, 2025

Student organization representatives attended the inaugural Leadership Summit where they listened to guest speakers and participated in interactive workshops on Saturday.  Director of Student Organizations...

Student Diversity Coalition representative Dhanya Ramanan (10) speaks about Black History Month. She followed by showing a video about celebrating Black pride and triumphs.

School Meeting 2/20: Black History Month, Humans of Harker and Spirit

by Claire Tian and Heather Wang February 24, 2025

Head of Upper School Paul Barsky opened the school meeting with an anecdote about the book “What You Are Looking For is in the Library” by Michiko Aoyama. Sharing Aoyama’s quote, “It’s how you...

Aquila Weekly-Wrap Up: Feb. 15-21

by Lily Shi, News Editor February 23, 2025

This is Aquila Weekly Wrap-Up, where we bring you the latest updates from around our school community. Thursday Green Team invited co-chair of the ESRAG (Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action...

Sophomores Jessica Chen and Brianna Madrigal follow a dance on GoNoodle. This activity ended this pajama-themed Eagle Buddies visit.

Sophomores visit Eagle Buddies for pajama-themed event

by Lily Peng and Chelsea Xie February 11, 2025

Sophomores and third-grade Eagle Buddies gathered in pajamas to listen to a story at the lower school campus on Jan. 4.  Upper School Division Head Paul Barsky sat in a rocking chair and read aloud...

Sophomores Stellan Lindh and Vera Sorotokin taste strawberries after eating miracle berries. The fruits turn acidity in foods into sweetness by binding to sweet receptors in the mouth.

Club Corner: Cooking Club turns sour into sweet with miracle berries

by Jonathan Szeto and Charlie Wang February 8, 2025

Cooking Club members sampled miracle berries on Friday in English teacher Christopher Hurshman’s room.  The small, red fruits native to West Africa cause acidity to taste sweet for five to 10 minutes....

Junior Mia Tang draws on her Eagle Buddy's face with an orange pen. After the People's Circus Theatre performed, juniors and fourth graders rotated to three stations: face painting, scarf juggling, and feather balancing.

Eagle Buddies program hosts Clown Day and Fifth Grade Musical

by Samuel Tong, Kairui Sun, and Isabella Lo February 6, 2025

Juniors met their fourth grader eagle buddies to watch a circus performance in the Zhang Gymnasium, while seniors watched the fifth graders’ musical “Joust” at Bucknall on Jan. 31. As part of...

Aquila Weekly Wrap-Up: Jan. 25-31

Aquila Weekly Wrap-Up: Jan. 25-31

by Lily Shi, News Editor February 4, 2025

This is Aquila Weekly Wrap-Up, where we bring you the latest updates from around our school community. Monday A record 26 students participated in the annual Poetry Out Loud recitation contest...

The library and Harker Book Blog’s Bookopoly reading contest challenges students and faculty to complete a Monopoly-style game board by reading books from certain categories. Librarians and Book Blog club members aim to inspire leisure reading by offering exclusive prizes as an additional incentive.

Bookopoly contest celebrates recreational reading among students and faculty

by Aryana Bharali, Humans of Harker Managing Editor February 4, 2025

Duncan Marquardt (10) and English teacher Lizzy Schimenti won the first Bookopoly raffle drawing of the year on Jan. 30, claiming a Boba Dragon Squishmallow and Oxford Comma Preservation Society tote bag,...

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