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NHS inductee Datha Arramreddy (10) shakes hands with Academic Dean Evan Barth while receiving his induction certificate. NHS applicants submitted their forms earlier this year on Sept. 8.

NHS holds annual induction ceremony

by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor October 3, 2017

The National Honor Society (NHS) welcomed new members into its school chapter at their annual induction ceremony today at 6:10 p.m. in Nichols Auditorium. NHS chapter advisor Mike Pistacchi began the...

The first set of portable public toilets installed, located in the San Diego downtown region near City Hall at the intersection of First Avenue and C Street,  is cleaned twice a day and has 24-hour security. The last time San Diego experienced a hepatitis A outbreak of this scale was in 1996, where the number of cases in the region rose to 645.

San Diego County combats hepatitis A outbreak

by Nerine Uyanik, Humans of Harker Asst. Videographer and Feature Photographer October 2, 2017

An outbreak of hepatitis A has infected at least 461 people and killed 17 in San Diego County since last November, largely affecting the homeless and illicit drug-using population. The city has been making...

Larsen and Main, along with Director of Upper School Clubs Eric Kallbrier and competition buzzers Matt Kennedy (12) and Wynter Chaverst (11), jam out to Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles." Main correctly named three songs, while Larsen correctly named one song in today's match of "Name That Tune."

School meeting recap 9/27

by Anvi Banga, Winged Post Copy Editor September 27, 2017

Harker Journalism played a video featuring photos of students participating in various spirit activities, including the blindfolded art competition and the Homecoming game, taken last week. Assistant...

Candidate for freshman class president Jason Lin (9) smiles as he delivers his speech during today's freshman class meeting. A total of five freshmen are running for the position of Class of 2021 student council president this year.

Voting for freshman student council to take place tomorrow at lunch

by Kathy Fang, Photo Editor September 27, 2017

*note: the following story has been updated following the announcement of the freshman student council election results on Thursday, Sept. 28. Congratulations to this year's Class of 2021 student council...

Harker debaters competing at the Valley Mid America Cup pose for a photo outside with former Harker Lincoln-Douglas debater Emmiee Malyugina ('17) and former Harker policy debater Molly Wancewicz ('17). A total of 10 Harker debaters attended the tournament.

Upper school debaters travel to Des Moines for Valley Mid America Cup

by Eric Fang, Winged Post Global Editor September 26, 2017

Ten upper school debaters traveled to Des Moines, Iowa this past weekend to attend the Valley Mid America Cup for the team’s third debate tournament of the year.   Dozens of schools from across the...

Students crowd onto the dance floor for Cupid's "Cupid Shuffle." The DJ also played DJ Casper's "Cha-Cha Slide" during tonight's dance.

Upper school holds annual Homecoming dance

by Nina Gee and Kaitlin Hsu September 22, 2017

The upper school held its annual Homecoming dance today from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in Nichols Atrium. A senior fundraiser, the senior class council began preparations for the event earlier in September....

The seniors cheer as they face the sophomores in the second tug of war of today's rally. At tomorrow's Homecoming game, the seniors will compete against the juniors for the final round of this week's tug of war competitions.

Upper school holds first spirit rally of 2017-2018 school year

by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor September 22, 2017

Students and faculty gathered on Davis Field today for the 2017-2018 school year’s first spirit rally, which marked the conclusion of this week’s Spirit Week. The juniors, sophomores and freshmen...

A group of sophomores stand up and cheer as Director of Upper School Clubs Eric Kallbrier announces this week's spirit competition results. The upper school will hold its first spirit rally of the 2017-2018 school year tomorrow on Davis Field.

School meeting recap 9/21

by Anvi Banga, Winged Post Copy Editor September 21, 2017

To start off the meeting, Dean of Students Kevin Williamson briefly spoke about safety during the morning commute and reminded students to take care while crossing the street. Upper school history teachers...

Hannah Eckert (11) and Nikhita Karra (10) prepare for their auditions outside musical director Laura Lang-Ree’s room on Tuesday. Students were given a choice from a selection of short monologues from “42nd Street” to perform along with their songs during auditions.

Actors, vocalists and dancers participate in early auditions for spring musical 42nd Street

by Kathy Fang, Photo Editor September 21, 2017

Auditions for the spring musical, “42nd Street,” brought students of all grades together today and earlier this week during lunch on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. “42nd Street” will be the...

Aditi Vinod (9) adds blue details on the Class of 2021 eagle with a small paintbrush. The freshmen painted an ombré blue sky on their eagle to represent the clear blue skies they hoped were lying ahead.

Spirit Night kicks off Homecoming week preparations

by Melissa Kwan, Humans of Harker Managing Editor September 15, 2017

Spirit Night invited students to paint the finishing touches on their class eagles in preparation for next week’s Homecoming festivities. The event took place today from 3 to 7 p.m. in front of Manzanita. Spirit...

Director of Upper School Clubs Eric Kallbrier and charades team Meena Gudapati (12) and Akshay Manglik (9) laugh as Elizabeth Yang (11) attempts to act something out for teammate Mihir Sharma (10). Elizabeth and Mihir won the charades game.

School meeting recap 9/15

by Anvi Banga, Winged Post Copy Editor September 15, 2017

*note: the following story has been updated following the conclusion of the junior class' Dippin' Dots fundraiser on Friday, September 15.  The junior class’ Dippin’ Dots fundraiser during long...

Protesters gather in Seattle's Hing Hay Park to protest in favor of keeping the DACA program and protecting illegal immigrants from deportation. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with attorney generals and a governor from nine other states, gave President Trump an ultimatum to terminate the DACA program, an initiative which protects illegal immigrants who came to the United States when they were 16 or younger from deportation, before Sept. 5.

Trump threatens DACA, 800,000 undocumented immigrants at risk

by Nicole Chen and Prameela Kottapalli September 14, 2017

President Donald Trump ordered an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a policy that protects approximately 800,000 young immigrants from deportation. The announcement...

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