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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The San Francisco City Hall lit up in the colors of the American flag. Government workers across multiple federal agencies are without pay due to a government shutdown that has lasted 22 days.

Longest government shutdown in history ends as Trump reaches temporary deal

by Kathy Fang and Arushi Saxena January 26, 2019

Thirty-five days into the longest government shutdown in history, President Donald Trump reached a deal to reopen the federal government until Feb. 15. The deal came amidst tensions between Republicans...

7th and 8th graders from Harker's middle school pose for a photo with their foreign exchange buddies from Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy while sightseeing in San Francisco.

Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy exchange students visit Harker

by Arushi Saxena, Global Editor January 25, 2019

A group of 18 students from one of Harker's sister schools, the Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy, arrived in the United States on Saturday morning. After arriving, students and their three chaperones...

Juan Guaido stands with two fellow politicians, Edgar Zambrano (left) and Stalin Gonzales (right). Guaido declared himself Interim President of Venezuela on Jan. 23, sparking massive controversy and outcry globally.

Opposition leader seizes power in Venezuela

by Arushi Saxena, Global Editor January 24, 2019

Amidst anti-government demonstrations on Jan. 23, Juan Guaido, the leader of the opposition party in Venezuela, the National Assembly, declared himself interim president before demonstrators in Caracas....

As migrants try to enter the U.S., Pope Francis is in Central America. Historically, in support of helping migrants, the Pope suggested that our fear of immigration is driven by irrational thought.

Pope Francis offers words on migration

by Arushi Saxena, Global Editor January 24, 2019

Pope Francis is currently in Central America amidst the longest government shutdown in American history. Though Francis is making the trip to attend the World Youth Day, the trip occurs as a new caravan...

Harker's 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search finalists, all seniors, pose for a picture. From left to right: Ayush Alag, Natasha Maniar and Ruhi Sayana.

Three students named Regeneron finalists

by Arushi Saxena, Global Editor January 24, 2019

Of the 7 students named Regeneron scholars (a complete list can be found here: https://harkeraquila.com/45582/showcase/seniors-named-regeneron-scholars/), 3 of the students, seniors Ayush Alag, Natasha...

English teacher Christopher Hurshman listens keenly as a student offers a question.

English teacher hosts session on Adulting 101

by Eric Fang, News Editor January 23, 2019

English teacher Christopher Hurshman hosted an Adulting 101 session at 12:45 pm during long lunch today. Among other topics, they discussed friendships, interpersonal boundaries, and the support of those...

Christopher Hurshman accepts role as freshman dean

by Ryan Guan, Executive News Editor January 23, 2019

English teacher Christopher Hurshman will become dean of the freshman Class of 2022 next school year as current freshman dean Jeffrey Draper will shift to heading the Class of 2023. After the Class of...

Members of junior class council Evan Cheng, Avi Gulati, Roma Gandhi and Alyssa Huang announce the theme, "Midnight in Paris," for this year's Winter Ball, which will be held next Saturday.

School meeting recap 1/18/19

by Arushi Saxena, Global Editor January 22, 2019

As students clamored to their seats at the last school meeting of the first semester, ASB President Neil Ramaswamy attempted to settle the crowd as English teacher Charlie Shuttleworth’s made an announcement...

Third year of Women’s March protests takes up variety of current issues

Third year of Women’s March protests takes up variety of current issues

by Kathy Fang, Managing Editor January 21, 2019

As comedian Mona Shaikh ascended the dias and took hold of the microphone before a crowd of marchers and protest signs gathered in San Francisco’s Civic Center, a surge of cheers and shouts rang across...

The Orchestra performs Andrew Greene's accompaniment to Buster Keaton's silent film "The Haunted House" at the Winter Concert on Friday. The orchestra had previously rehearsed this piece in November.

Annual winter concert unites Lab Band, Jazz Band, Orchestra

by Ryan Guan, Executive News Editor January 20, 2019

The upper school’s Lab Band, Jazz Band and Orchestra, directed by music teachers Naoki Taniguchi and Dr. Dave Hart, performed their annual Winter Concert in the Patil Theater on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The...

Ben Yuan (12) performs a monologue from "Othello." Students' monologues were judged by a group of five teachers, and the winning monologue will advance to the regional competition in March.

Student performers compete in annual Shakespeare monologue contest

by Kathy Fang, Managing Editor January 19, 2019

Upper school students were invited to perform and compete in the annual Shakespeare monologue competition, held in the Nichols Auditorium yesterday during lunch. Students were asked to choose from a...

Sue Smith, who has worked as an archivist, a librarian and the K-12 Library Director at The Harker School, talks with colleagues at her retirement party this afternoon in the Nichols Rotunda.

K-12 Library Director honored at retirement party

by Ryan Guan, Executive News Editor January 17, 2019

K-12 Library Director Sue Smith plans to retire tomorrow, after 13 years at Harker including teaching, improving the library program and guiding student research. A retirement party was held for Smith...

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