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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

A parent converses with athletics department representative Vyom Vidyarthi (11) at the Harker athletics booth during Back-to-School Day on Saturday. Club and organization representatives, including faculty and students, set up booths outside the Rothschild Performing Arts Center (RPAC) Saturday morning.

Annual upper school Back to School Day bridges parent to teacher connections

by Ashley Mo, Vivek Moorjani, and Ananya Sriram September 10, 2023

Upper school faculty, students and parents attended the annual Back to School Day to take a glimpse at daily student life at the Saratoga campus on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Back to School...

Co-Managing Editor Jonny Xue (11) leads Harker journalism reporters in a game of “Humans of Harker: Hooray or Horror.” In the activity, reporters critiqued past environmental portraits.

Humans of Harker team hosts environmental portrait workshop

by Kinnera Mulam, Winged Post Co-Editor-in-Chief September 7, 2023

Humans of Harker staff presented to Harker Journalism reporters about how to take environmental portraits for profiles yesterday during long lunch in the journalism room.  Starting in 2016, the Humans...

Harker Spirit Leadership Team (HSLT) announces the annual Spirit Kickoff during school meeting on Aug. 28 in the Zhang Gymnasium. The Spirit Kickoff took place on Friday in the Quad from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

School meeting recap 8/28/23: Artist in Residence, Spirit Kickoff and safety protocols

by Charlize Wang September 5, 2023

Associated Student Body (ASB) president Daniel Lin (12) opened the second school meeting of the year on Aug. 28.  Upper school art teacher Brian Caponi announced the Visual Arts Department’s 2023-24...

Conservatory members Jason Shim (11), Luke Mehta (12), Shareen Chahal (12), Sam Parupudi (11) and Iris Cai (11) announce the Conservatory Kickoff during the school meeting on Tuesday. I will be giving you your fresh, funky musical theater and theater news along with my colleague Shareen! Jason said.

School meeting recap 8/22/23: Athletics, Conservatory Kickoff and “Guess the song”

by Isabella Lo and Alison Yang August 28, 2023

Associated Student Body (ASB) President Daniel Lin (12) opened the first school meeting of the year on Tuesday. Performing Arts Production Manager Brian Larsen began the meeting by discussing the basics...

HSLT President Arjun Moogimane (12) catches a football in a game of tag football with new and returning members of HSLT. Tag football was a popular game to play during free time at the HSLT retreat on Aug. 16.

HSLT retreats to Santa Cruz for day of bonding and preparation

by Chayce Milheim, Co-Photo Editor and Co-Organizations Editor August 25, 2023

18 new and returning members of the Harker Spirit Leadership Team (HSLT) bused to Santa Cruz on Aug. 16 to get to know each other and plan events for the upcoming school year.  The retreat began at...

A Nigerien woman holds up a sign reading we dont want a coup anymore. A military junta overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, making Niger the latest in a series of coups. (Provided by editorials.voa.gov)

Global Headlines (Issue 1)

by Andrew Liang, Co-News Editor August 23, 2023

Niger coup ousts president, neighboring countries threaten retaliation Nigerien military junta National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland declared that they detained and deposed President...

In honor of joining the Harker community, frosh sign the Harker Matriculation Book during the 2023-24 matriculation ceremony on Friday. “I feel that through matriculation and orientation, I was able to meet new people,” Varun Kaushik (9) said.

Matriculation welcomes community to new school year

by Ella Yee, Brandon Zau, and Aishani Singh August 22, 2023

Upper school students, faculty and administration honored the start of the 2023-24 school year through the annual matriculation ceremony featuring speeches, skits and music in the Zhang Gymnasium on Friday. After...

Seniors Jessica Morel, Shanaya Dhawan and Sania Gupta sketch designs in the Zentangle: Doodling for Peace workshop. Campus faculty hosted the workshops to teach seniors a variety of life skills and promote personal well-being.

Seniors unite for inaugural Senior Retreat

by Alena Suleiman, Ananya Sriram, and Kevin Zhang August 21, 2023

The Class of 2024 gathered on the upper school campus from 2:30 to 10 p.m. for Harker’s first Senior Retreat on Wednesday.  The senior class council, Student Activities Board (SAB) and administrators...

Varun Thvar (10) writes a message in Anwen Hao (10)s yearbook after distribution on May 15. We work on [the yearbook] the whole year as a team, so seeing it finally come out and seeing people with the book in their hands being like ‘Oh hey, there’s you’ and ‘Oh hey, there’s me’ is super fulfilling,” said Angelina Hu (11), TALON Co-Editor-in-Chief for the  2023-24 school year.

‘It’s Time!’ for TALON yearbook distribution

by Felix Chen and Kinnera Mulam May 24, 2023

TALON distributed its yearbook themed “It’s Time!” to celebrate this year’s events, accomplishments and highlights on the upper school campus May 15 and 16. “We put so much love into it with...

DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC) competitors roam the convention center hallways and exhibit booths on April 23. During the conference, many schools and organizations set up booths to network with students from around the globe.

Business enthusiasts attend DECA International Career Development Conference in Orlando

by Edward Huang, Winged Post Co-Managing Editor May 11, 2023

Five chaperones and 42 upper school students participated in the 2023 DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Orlando, Florida from April 21 to 26.  The conference featured over...

John Near and Mitra Family Scholars stand in front of Chen Lin Mentors for a photo after the Scholar Grant Reception on April 25. During the event, five Near and four Mitra scholars shared their research experiences over the past year, with topics ranging from racial injustice in Manilatown to Peru’s “gastronomic revolution.”

Near Mitra reception celebrates nine scholars, gathers schoolwide support

by Shareen Chahal and Alena Suleiman May 8, 2023

John Near and Mitra Family Scholars and Chen Lin Mentors celebrated their projects at the Scholar Grant Reception in Nichols Hall on April 25 from 4:15 to 6 p.m.  Current seniors in the program recently...

LIFE speaker Julie Lythcott-Haims gestures during the LIFE Assembly in the Zhang Gym on April 19. Students learned the importance of pursuing their passions and living authentically.

Former Stanford Dean speaks to upper school students in LIFE assembly

by Felix Chen, Katerina Matta, and Katie Reed May 4, 2023

Former Dean of Freshmen at Stanford University and TedX speaker Julie Lythcott-Haims presented to upper school students about living with purpose in a Living With Intent, Focus and Enthusiasm (LIFE) program...

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