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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Upper school dancers participate in buddy program

by Rose Guan, Reporter March 23, 2016

Upper school dance team members from the varsity, junior varsity and Kinetic Krew dance teams met with lower school dance classes last week to assist teachers. Upper school dancers helped fourth- and...

Michael Moncton (12) practices his trumpet during the sectional rehearsals in class for the concert. An Evening of Jazz featured a total of four ensembles from the upper and middle school combined.

“An Evening of Jazz” concert features performances by upper and middle school jazz bands

by Ashley Jiang, Reporter March 23, 2016

Students, teachers and parents attended the annual “An Evening of Jazz” concert by students in jazz band from the upper and middle schools, on Friday at the Blackford campus. The concert, now in...

Sophia Luo (12) smiles as she returns to her seat after receiving her first-place medal in Career Preparation. Sophia founded Harker TSA in her sophomore year.

Harker TSA attends State Conference

by Shania Wang, Reporter March 23, 2016

Harker’s Technology Student Association (TSA) competed at 2016 California TSA State Conference from March 18 to 20 at California State University, Bakersfield. The two-day competition took place on...

Brandenburg Gate is lit in the colors of the Belgian flag after todays terrorist attacks. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the bombings.

At least 30 killed during a terrorist attack in Brussels; ISIS takes responsibility

by Sharanya Balaji, Editor-in-Chief March 22, 2016

ISIS has taken full responsibility for the terrorist attacks killing at least 30 people and wounding 230 early this morning in an airport and subway station in Brussels, Belgium. Police have now found...

Dr. Muldrew speaks about the 2016 Student Diversity Leadership Conference, which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia from Dec. 8 to 10. Applications are now available and will be emailed and posted on the PCR board.

School meeting recap–3/21

by Alex Wang, Reporter March 22, 2016

Three upper school students, senior Nikita Ramoji and sophomores Amy Jin and Anooshree Sengupta, received awards from the National Center for Women in Computing (NCWIT), which offers local affiliate awards...

BEcon advisor Juston Glass  tests out HTC Vive presented by Google, one of the highlights of the conference. The conference will take place tomorrow in Nichols.

BEcon conference to take place tomorrow in Nichols

by Meena Gudapati, Winged Post Copy Editor March 18, 2016

BEcon2016, a business and economics conference, will take place in Nichols hall and the gym from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow to immerse students in business, economics and entrepreneurship. The program...

Arun Shriram (12) gestures as he beatboxes a dubstep song. Aruns performance won the best vocal act award.

Students and faculty perform at sixth annual HOSCARS talent show

by Rose Guan, Reporter March 18, 2016

The Upper School hosted its annual talent show, HOSCARS, which featured various acts ranging from dances to magic tricks, in the gym today. Sign-ups for the show started Feb. 1, while auditions began...

Senator Patrick Leahy met with Chief Judge Merrick Garland yesterday. Obama nominated Garland to fill the vacancy left by late Justice Antonin Scalia.

President Obama nominates Judge Merrick Garland as 113th Supreme Court justice

by Sharanya Balaji, Editor-in-Chief March 18, 2016

President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court early Wednesday morning in order to fill the highly controversial vacancy left by late Justice Antonin Scalia’s that has been used...

Nikoloff displayed these two works of art on the projector and asked students which painting they identify with more. The majority of students agreed that they associated themselves with the image on the left, which depicts a separation of the self and other, while the image on the right conveys a sense of collectivity with everything else.

Nikoloff discusses identity in second philosophy seminar

by Prameela Kottapalli, Reporter March 17, 2016

Head of school Christopher Nikoloff hosted the second philosophy seminar of his “Who Are You?” lecture series yesterday during long lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m in the Main conference room. Six...

Director of Information Technology Services and Support Dan Hudkins leads a conference call early this morning with the schools Network Manager, Technology Services Manager, System Administrators, and the Technology Services team to come up with a strategy for how to tackle the virus. It is unclear when it will be safe to use Windows computers again.

Upper school and middle school faculty at risk of virus on Windows computers

by Sharanya Balaji, Editor-In-Chief March 15, 2016

A computer virus attacked upper school network computers this morning, causing the computer people to notify Harker faculty using PC computers to immediately shut down their computers. The crypto locker...

Key Club officers Charley Huang (10), Maya Valluru (11) and Makenzie Tomihiro (10) announce their clubs club week. Key Club will be selling pearl milk tea and Pinkberry along with other food during long lunches and after school.

School meeting recap–3/14

by Alex Wang, Reporter March 14, 2016

BeCon will be held this Saturday and will feature two keynote speakers, economist David Friedman, and 18-year-old venture capitalist Tiffany Zhong. The conference will feature workshops and SHarker Tank,...

Author and teacher Jack Bowen presents the closing address in the philosophy club’s first annual conference, discussing happiness and fulfillment. Due to delay, the conference ended 40 minutes later than had initially been planned.

Philosophy Club hosts first annual conference

by Tara Parimi, Managing Editor March 12, 2016

The upper school’s philosophy club hosted its first annual conference in Nichols Hall today from 9 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. to promote philosophical discourse among the student body. The conference opened...

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