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Aarush Vailaya presented his research on chromatic symmetric functions during lunch on Oct. 3. He introduced the concept of “coloring” in algebraic graph theory.

Club Corner: Math Club delves into math research

by Caden Ruan and Wenjie Zou October 10, 2024

Math Club hosted its first student lecture of the year, where senior Aarush Vailaya discussed his research on chromatic symmetric functions in math teacher Anu Aiyer’s room on Oct. 3.  Aarush first...

Two Harker Day attendees play with slime at a booth in Nichols Hall. Nichols featured a variety of different booths to engage with students and parents.

Community celebrates fourth annual Harker Day

Harker Day welcomed students, staff, parents and alumni to festivities across campus on Saturday. Clubs hosted booths with posters and activities for attendees in the Nichols Atrium. Many organizations...

A table of alumni chats during the class of 2004's reunion on Saturday. This year's Harker Day marked the class of 2004's 20-year reunion.

Alumni revisit Harker for weekend reunions

by Alison Yang, Aquila Editor-in-Chief October 8, 2024

Graduates across decades reunited during the Friday to Sunday Alumni Weekend. The Classes of 2014 and 2019 held their respective five and 10 year reunions at Maggiano’s Little Italy on Friday, while...

Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice Policy and Legal Services Manager J Vasquez argues for voting in favor of Proposition 6. The ballot measure would prohibit involuntary labor as a punishment in California prisons.

San Jose residents talk criminal justice, prison reform at community forum

by Jonathan Szeto and Tiffany Zhu October 7, 2024

Panelists informed and encouraged San Jose residents to vote yes on California Proposition 6 and no on Proposition 36 at a Silicon Valley De-Bug-hosted community forum aiming to spread awareness about...

CIRCLE OF 2025: Senior Sam Parupudi hoists a stuffed animal in a "Lion King" recreation. 

For Homecoming week, each class was themed around an animation studio: Disney for the seniors, Universal Studios for the juniors, Nickelodeon for the sophmores and PBS Kids for the frosh.

Homecoming Week Day 4: Class of 2025 continues Spirit reign at Rally

by Suhani Gupta and Eva Cheng October 3, 2024

The Class of 2025 claimed victory as spirit champions for the second time at the Homecoming Rally on Thursday. Seniors won with 1300 spirit points, followed by the sophomores with 1275, the juniors...

Mathematics department chair Anthony Silk holds up his whiteboard when asked how many hours he prepares for classes. Silk and math teacher Anu Aiyer competed against history teachers James Tate and Jonathan Rim in the Newlyfriend game.

Homecoming Week Day 3: Twin Day and Newlyfriend Game highlight friendships and spirit

by Claire Zhao and Ashley Mo October 2, 2024

Friendship carried the third day of Homecoming week as students and faculty matched outfits and competed in the “Newlyfriend Game.” Harker Spirit Leadership Team hosted Harker’s very first Newlyfriend...

Sophmores Ryan Miao, Yash Belani and Brandon Labio attempt to stop sliding forwards during their match against the seniors. In a pre-match huddle, they practiced their pulling tempo.

Homecoming Week Day 2: Spirit parade and tug-of-war preliminaries build anticipation for rest of week

by Jessica Wang, Leah Krupnik, and Wenjie Zou October 1, 2024

Homecoming Week continues to build momentum for Harker Day as students, dressed in their class colors, marched in the annual spirit parade and competed in tug-of-war preliminaries on Tuesday at 9:35 a.m.  Each...

Kairui Sun (11) takes a photo of math teacher Caren Furtado and a group of her students. HSLT co-community event secretaries walked around campus during lunch with a mock film frame, inviting students to pose for pictures.

Homecoming Week Day 1: Students wear animation studio outfits, make memories with photo frame

by Suhani Gupta, Samuel Tong, and Lily Peng September 30, 2024

Homecoming Week launched with animation studio-themed dress-ups and a photo booth in front of Manzanita Hall on Monday. Students and faculty dressed up as PBS for frosh, Nickelodeon for sophomores,...

Aquila Weekly Wrap-Up: Sept. 21-27

by Lily Shi, News Editor September 30, 2024

This is Aquila Weekly Wrap-Up, where we bring you the latest updates from around our school community. Saturday Harker Model U.N. hosted PanMUN, a Model U.N. conference for schools across the Bay...

Seniors Aaron Bao, Robert Fields, Rumi Gupta and Kashish Priyam sing at the karaoke booth. Spirit Night also allowed the classes to finish painting their eagles.

Spirit Night unites classes in final eagle painting push

by Lily Peng, Leah Krupnik, and Janam Chahal September 30, 2024

Spirit Night hosted students adding final painting details and themed props to their eagles before the 5:30 p.m. deadline. Karaoke was also held in front of Manzanita Hall. Points from the eagle judging...

Anya Mukherjee (10) hands the microphone of to Chief Evangelist of Pegasus Tech Ventures Bill Reichert. The Startup World Cup planning team also invited the founder and CEO of Poshmark Manish Chandra, who spoke as a keynote speaker.

Business and Entrepreneurship department holds inaugural Startup World Cup Regional event

by Claire Yu September 29, 2024

Harker hosted Startup World Cup’s first high school regional event in the Patil Theater on Sept 21. Six student-run companies in total competed in this pitch competition, five led by Harker Incubator...

Senior Navya Samuel plays with her Eagle Buddy group on Davis Field. Students had the option to interact with their Buddies on the field, as well as tour the upper school campus.

Sophomores and seniors connect with Eagle Buddies as freshman and juniors attend LIFE sessions

by Aryana Bharali, Jonathan Szeto, Leah Krupnik, and Victoria Li September 29, 2024

Sophomores and seniors spent time with their Eagle Buddies and frosh and juniors attended Living with Intent, Focus and Enthusiasm sessions on Sept. 20. Sophomores took a bus to the lower school campus...

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