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Students and teacher enter the gym for school meeting.

School meeting recap 2/22

by Rashmi Iyer, Reporter February 22, 2017

With prom coming up, Nishka Ayyar (10) and Riya Gupta (10) introduced their company PromElle, an online and mobile service where teenage girls can rent and lend formal dresses to each other for four to...

Stage crew members Tamar Sasson (10) and Logan Frank (10) spin cheerleading coach Jill Bettencourt on a wheel at the beginning of the teachers' dance "You Spin Me Right Round." This year's production featured nine teachers and more than 160 students.

Performing arts update (Issue 5)

by Anvi Banga, Reporter February 21, 2017

Students choreograph dance show: The Upper School's annual dance production took place on Jan. 27 and 28. This year’s theme was "Circus" and featured 160 dancers and nine teachers, the greatest number...

Freshmen lined up outside the journalism room to vote for their new Honor Council representatives on Feb. 6.

Freshmen elect Honor Council representatives

by Sofie Kassaras, Reporter February 21, 2017

Freshman class Honor Council representatives Jin Tuan and Simar Bajaj were voted in before February break. "The main role [of Honor Council] is to uphold the Honor Code in every way. Part of that is...

Honor Council posted the results from their survey on a bulletin board in Main. This series of four pie charts displays student responses to the prompt "Parents, teachers and students generally share the same academic priorities."

Honor Council survey reveals nuances of opinion between different grades

by Rose Guan, Winged Post Copy Editor February 21, 2017

Honor Council distributed a survey to the student body earlier this month addressing the causes of, types of and remedies for Honor Code violations. The results were separated by grade so each class could...

Selin Sayiner (11) types her name, recipient's name and the type of gram that she wishes to purchase on an online order form outside of Manzanita during long lunch. A Google form was sent out to all students on Jan. 23 to expedite the process of buying Valentine's Grams and was available until Feb. 3.

Valentine’s Grams brought back: Students buy flowers and chocolates to send to peers

by Jenna Sadhu, Reporter February 21, 2017

Student Council sold Valentine's Grams in person from Jan. 23 to Feb. 3 to raise money for their individual classes. This year, Valentine's Grams came in three different options. A single rose could...

Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg spoke at the Watermark Conference Silicon Valley. Watermark sponsored 17 Harker students to attend the conference.

Women of Watermark: Viola Davis, Sheryl Sandberg, Condoleeza Rice address students at annual Watermark Conference Silicon Valley

by Gloria Zhang, Reporter February 21, 2017

Watermark sponsored 17 students and three teachers to discover more about women's successes at the annual Watermark Conference Silicon Valley Conference, as part of the Young Women's program. The conference...

Students leave behind trash after lunch in Manzanita. Dean Kevin Williamson sent out a reminder to students to clean up after themselves.

Admin: throw away your trash, don’t skate here

by Anjay Saklecha, Aquila Sports Editor February 21, 2017

Upper School Dean of Students Kevin Williamson sent out an email to students regarding transportation safety and general cleanliness of the campus before break. "Skateboards, scooters, bikes and other...

Student Council sold and distributed Valentines Grams to upper school students this week. Roses and chocolates cost five dollars each, and a combination of the two cost eight dollars.

Valentines grams sold and distributed to students this week

by Ria Gupta, Reporter February 10, 2017

Student Council sold Valentine’s Day Grams outside of Manzanita during lunchtime. This year, they also sent out an email with a form to fill out to provide students with an online order option. There...

Last year's national team, consisting of members Vignesh Panchanatham (11), Richard Yi ('16), Michael Wang (10), Evan Lohn ('16), Richard Wang (10) and Shaunak Maruvada (10) pose with their awards. While this year's competition will be held in Nashville, last year's was in Atlanta.

Five students to compete at National High School Chess Championships

by Angele Yang, Reporter February 9, 2017

Five members of the Upper School’s Chess Club will be traveling to Nashville, Tennessee to compete in the Supernationals VI: National High School Chess Championships from May 12 to 14. Shaunak Maruvada...

Raymond Xu (12) and Emaad Raghib (12) pose with their award. Competing in a field of 95 teams, Raymond and Emaad placed second, losing to a team from Mission San Jose High School.

Harker debaters compete at the Golden Desert Tournament in Las Vegas

by Rashmi Iyer, Reporter February 7, 2017

The upper school debate team competed at the Golden Desert Tournament at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from Feb. 4 to 6, with students participating in three events: Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas...

Students complete the 2014 AMC 10 and 12 exams. The tests are administered annually on campus in February; while the 2014 exams were taken in the gymnasium, this year's exams were taken in Nichols Atrium.

Students participate in annual AMC 10 and 12 exams

by Michael Sikand and Tiffany Wong February 7, 2017

More than 110 upper school students competed in the American Mathematics Competition (AMC) 10 or 12, sitting the 75-minute exam this morning at 8 a.m. in Nichols Atrium. Every year, more than 350,000...

 Dr. Tonja Krautter, a clinical psychologist, spoke at the upper school in two assemblies, one for underclassmen and the other for upperclassmen, about setting personal boundaries in relationships.

Speaker discusses personal boundaries at school assembly

by Rashmi Iyer and Adrian Chu February 3, 2017

On Friday, Dr. Tonja Krautter, a clinical psychologist, spoke at the upper school in two assemblies, one for underclassmen and the other for upperclassmen, about setting personal boundaries in relationships. During...

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