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Avi Gulati (9) and Nikhil Dharmaraj (10) pose with their trophies after the California Coast District Tournament. They will represent Harker at the upcoming national tournament.

Upper school speakers finish strong at NSDA Qualifiers

by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor March 28, 2017

Nikhil Dharmaraj (10) and Avi Gulati (9) will represent the Harker speech and debate team at the upcoming National Speech and Debate Association’s National Tournament following their performances at...

Katrina Ipser (10), Katrina Liu (10) and Kevin Huang (12) organize GSA boba sales outside of Manzanita. GSA members also sold blueberry coffee cake to students and faculty during their club week.

Front page update (Issue 6)

by Kshithija Mulam, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief March 28, 2017

GSA hosts club week GSA hosted their club week last week. The organization sold boba during lunch and handed out stickers as part of their efforts throughout the week. In addition to their sales, Director...

Water cascades from an overflowing creek in Santa Clara, washing up on the surrounding banks during floods in March. The Bay Area experienced a high amount of rainfall and flooding in early March, with water levels reaching a high of 14.4 feet in San Jose.

Bay Area infrastructure flooded: Community experiences extreme rainfall in early March

by Derek Yen and Kat Zhang March 28, 2017

When rainwater from the Anderson Reservoir first began spilling over into the nearby Coyote Creek, it seemed like a promising sign for the Bay Area, which had been plagued by drought for years. Yet days...

Dean of Students Kevin Williamson, whose office is pictured, handles disciplinary matters for students at the Upper School. Alleged student misbehavior led to investigations after an academic field trip early in March.

Alleged student misbehavior investigated after trip

by Kaitlin Hsu, Wingspan Editor-in-Chief March 28, 2017

A number of students who attended a school trip earlier this month are facing administrative consequences after allegations of misbehavior while on the trip. Anonymous flyers distributed around campus...

Sohenee Banerjee (11) shares her experience with community service projects at the freshman and sophomore school meeting. Students must submit their community service hours to Director of Community Service Kerry Enzensperger before Wednesday to be invited back to Harker for the next academic school year.

School meeting recap 3/28

by Rashmi Iyer, Reporter March 28, 2017

Model United Nations will be selling Teaspoon today and tomorrow during lunch for its club week. Proceeds will be donated to the Malala Fund, an organization that promotes girls’ education around the...

Parent-teacher conferences invite parents and their children to discuss academic progress over the year. They will be taking place on the Thursday and Friday preceding spring break.

Parent-teacher conferences to take place before break

by Eric Fang, Reporter March 28, 2017

Parents and students from the lower, middle and upper school campuses will have the opportunity to meet with their respective teachers from March 30 to 31, the first two days of spring break, during the...

Juniors began college counseling on Jan. 24. 76.5 percent of juniors plan to attend college visits over spring break, according to a Winged Post survey of 17 juniors.

Juniors to attend college tours over spring break

by Rashmi Iyer, Reporter March 28, 2017

With college applications on the horizon, 76.5 percent of juniors will go on college visits over spring break, according to a Winged Post survey of 17 juniors. Most visits include a guided tour of the...

GSA club members Emmy Huchley (10), Sian Smith (10), Damini Kaushik (10), Kevin Huang (12) and Emilie Sanche (10) sell boba outside of Manzanita. GSA members also handed out rainbow smiley stickers to students and faculty on Monday during lunch.

GSA hosts annual club week

by Devanshi Mehta, TALON Co-Business Manager March 24, 2017

Harker Gender-Sexuality Alliance (GSA) held its club week this week, selling blueberry coffee cake and boba during office hours and after school. All profits were donated to Outlet, an LGBTQ youth support...

This year's ReCreate Reading selection featured 69 titles. Students will meet with their reading groups for a pre-summer meeting on April 10.

ReCreate Reading registration opens this week

by Gloria Guo, TALON Academics Editor March 24, 2017

Students picked their ReCreate Reading books from a vast selection of 69 titles this week. They will read and discuss their selection with peers after returning from the summer vacation. Upper school...

Upper school Director of Learning, Innovation and Design Diane Main addressed terms to describe one's sexuality during her presentation about GSA's club week. GSA will be selling food and pearl milk tea throughout all of this week.

School meeting recap 3/22

by Rashmi Iyer, Reporter March 22, 2017

Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) has its club week this week and will be selling coffee cake and pearl milk tea throughout the week. GSA meets in Abel Olivas’ room on B-days during long lunch, and...

Kaitlyn Nguyen (11) asks candidate for ASB president Jimmy Lin (11) a question. Students were given the opportunity to pose any inquiries or concerns they had about the candidates' plans for the next school year following the speeches.

Candidates for ASB deliver speeches at school meeting

by Rashmi Iyer, Reporter March 20, 2017

Juniors, sophomores and freshmen listened to Academic Student Body (ASB) candidates’ speeches today during school meeting in the gym. ASB serves as an intermediary council between class councils and...

Both the upper school's jazz band and lab band performed at the An Evening of Jazz concert yesterday. The event also featured jazz groups from the Middle School.

Upper and middle school jazz groups perform at An Evening of Jazz

by Gloria Zhang, Reporter March 18, 2017

Jazz groups from both the Upper School and the Middle School performed in An Evening of Jazz yesterday at the Blackford Theater at 6 p.m. The event featured the Upper School’s lab and jazz bands,...

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