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Alex Kumar (9) meets with his advisor Dr. Mark Brada for his one-on-one advisee review session today. Students signed up with their advisors for 10-minute time slots on Monday during advisory.

Students, advisors meet for one-on-one advisee review sessions

by Aditya Singhvi, Reporter November 15, 2017

Students and their advisors met for individual, 10-minute advisee review sessions in their respective advisors rooms today. Students met during the time usually allocated to school meetings, advisory...

Elliot Kampmeier (9), Serena Lu (12), Gwyneth Chen (12) and Amla Rashingkar (10) review student work during one of HELM's workshops this week. HELM members also sold boba tea outside Manzanita on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday for $5 each.

HELM holds club week

by Jessie Wang, Reporter November 10, 2017

Harker Eclectic Literature Magazine (HELM) sold boba tea and hosted art and writing workshops this week for their club week. Club members sold boba tea at lunch on Tuesday, Wednesday and after school...

Piano candidate Ihita Mandal (11) plays Edvard Grieg’s Etude in F Minor, Op 73, No. 5 during this year’s Autumn Song. Ihita was the only piano candidate to perform today.

Junior Certificate candidates voice their passion for music in annual solo recital

by Kathy Fang, Photo Editor November 10, 2017

Autumn Song, the annual solo recital for junior Certificate candidates majoring in vocal music, musical theater and piano, invited students, faculty and family to enjoy a diverse performance of vocal and...

Student council's food committee announced the opening of the snack bar. The snack bar will be open during morning office hours at the Chowda House starting next week.

School meeting recap 11/9

by Anvi Banga, Aquila Asst. News Editor November 9, 2017

WiSTEM announced that their club week is next week. They will be selling boba tea after school every day for $5 and homemade brownies after school on Nov. 14 and Nov. 16 for $2. The next monthly female...

Chris Leafstrand (11), Chris Gong (11), Charlie Molin (11) and Sukrit Ganesh (11) look on as their Eagle Buddies play a game of wallball. The juniors traveled to the Bucknall campus to meet with their Eagle Buddies today.

Junior class meets with Eagle Buddies at Bucknall campus

by Nicole Chen, Aquila Features Editor November 7, 2017

The junior class travelled to the Bucknall campus to meet their Eagle Buddies today for the first time this school year. Juniors left campus at approximately 11:10 a.m. for the lower school, where...

Seniors listen as Harker alum Sheridan Tobin ('15) speaks about her college experience. The seniors gathered in Nichols Auditorium for their LIFE assembly, while the sophomores were in the auxiliary gym and the freshmen in Nichols Atrium.

Freshmen, sophomores, seniors participate in LIFE assemblies

by Zoe Sanders and Jin Tuan November 7, 2017

Freshmen discuss digital citizenship The freshman class gathered for a LIFE assembly to discuss digital citizenship with Learning, Innovation and Design Director Diane Main today in Nichols Atrium. Main...

Executive Director of Education at Anchor Distilling Co. and founder of beverage magazine Mutineer Magazine Alan Kropf addresses the importance of finding happiness in one's career. Kropf was one of five featured speakers at today's TEDx event.

TEDx speaker series hosts entrepreneurs, company representatives

by Varsha Rammohan, Reporter November 4, 2017

Several entrepreneurs and businesses presented at the annual TEDx speaker series today in Nichols Auditorium. The speakers featured at the event were Ray Wang, Ryan Evans, Julie Campistron, Alan Kropf...

Linguistics Club representatives Derek Yen (12) and Andy Semenza (12) encourage students to sign up for the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO). Linguistics Club helped students prepare for the NACLO by offering presentations and practice problems.

School meeting recap 11/3

by Anvi Banga, Aquila Asst. News Editor November 3, 2017

Next week is Harker Eclectic Literary Magazine’s (HELM) club week, and they will be selling pearl milk tea during lunch on Nov. 7 and 8 and after school on Nov. 10. HELM will also be hosting an art workshop...

TILE event speaker Dheeraj Pandey shares his experiences emigrating from India to the United States. “I moved from India with less than $700 in my pocket. I had little experience from working small technology jobs there, but my eyes truly opened when I had access to all these different and innovative jobs in the U.S. market,” he said.

TILE holds third and final event of this year

by Anjay Saklecha, Winged Post Copy Editor November 3, 2017

CEO of multibillion-dollar software company Nutanix Dheeraj Pandey presented a talk this evening from 6 to 7 p.m. for the third and final TILE event of this year. Founded in 2009, Nutanix is a cloud...

Power of Words (POW) secretary Gloria Zhang (10), PR officer Stephanie Xiao (11), treasurer Ashna Reddy (10) and co-presidents Riya Singh (11) Prameela Kottapalli (11) give a presentation introducing their club during the haiku-writing workshop. POW members also sold pearl milk tea from Teaspoon and popcorn from Popcornopolis this week for their club week.

Power of Words holds club week

by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor November 3, 2017

Power of Words (POW) held a haiku-writing workshop and sold pearl milk tea and popcorn for their club week this week. A new school organization, POW was founded this year by junior Prameela Kottapalli....

Student Council Student Event Committee Head Shania Wang (11) introduces Director of Learning, Innovation and Design Diane Main and English teacher Christopher Hurshman's act to Quadchella attendees. Those interested in performing in Quadchella were invited to sign up for the event via tiny.cc/quadchella.

First Quadchella features student, faculty performers in talent show

by Zoe Sanders, Reporter November 3, 2017

Harker’s newest talent show Quadchella featured a variety of different acts and both student and teacher performers during long lunch today in the auxiliary gym. As lunch went on and the performances...

Ellie Lang-Ree (11), portraying the role of Dromio of Ephesus, stamps her foot in frustration as Jessica Skinner (12), portraying the role of Adriana, regards her with a look of concern. The cast of the fall play performed three shows of Shakespeare's "A Comedy of Errors" on Oct. 26, 27 and 28.

Fall play cast performs Shakespeare’s “A Comedy of Errors”

by Prameela Kottapalli and Anika Rajamani October 29, 2017

A masterful combination of subtle wordplay and flamboyant slapstick-comedy, a cast that delivers 16th-century dialogue with a southern drawl and the colorful setting of an eccentric Texas town—bring...

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