The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The cheerleaders practice their gala routine during cheerleading practice. The gala featured a variety of entertainment throughout the evening, including a performance from the cheerleaders of both the lower and upper school campuses. In past years, Jazz Band, Varsity Dance Troupe and Downbeat were among the groups that performed at the gala.

Annual Night on the Town hosted on Friday

by Kshithija Mulam and Zachary Hoffman March 3, 2016

A collection of students, faculty and parents attended Harker’s annual fundraising event, the Night on the Town Gala, at Levi’s Stadium’s United Club on Friday at 7 p.m. What was previously the...

Madison Tomihiro (12) hangs up one of her pieces that she drew for her portfolio. The exhibition featured art works from a total of 25 students taking the AP course.

AP Studio Art exhibition showcases artworks from students’ concentration portfolios

by Ashley Jiang, Winged Post Photo Editor March 3, 2016

Students in the AP Studio Art class held an exhibition in the Nichols Atrium on Wednesday during long lunch. Students, faculty and parents were allowed to come observe the artworks done by the 25 students...

Upper school orchestra director Chris Florio conducts at the annual Winter Concert this past January. The orchestra will travel to Sonoma County for their yearly trip to compete in the Fourth Annual Sonoma Invitational Wind, Band and Orchestra Festival.

Orchestra trip to Sonoma County

by Shania Wang, Reporter March 3, 2016

The upper school orchestra will travel to Sonoma County for a two-night trip from March 22 to 24 for the Fourth Annual Sonoma Invitational Wind, Band and Orchestra Festival. They will perform at Sonoma...

Nikhil Manglik (11) reads practice Quiz Bowl questions from his laptop during their practice. The Quiz Bowl team practices every Wednesday in Andrea Milius’s room, and their next tournament is March 5.

Quiz bowl club competes in Cal Cup and National History Bowl

by Aneesha Kumar, Reporter March 3, 2016

The Quiz Bowl team competed in two tournaments of both the Cal Cup, Oct. 24 and Nov.14, and National History Bowl, Nov.31 and Jan. 17, among other smaller competitions this season. In the first round...

Investment Club receives $5,000

by Alex Wang, Reporter March 3, 2016

The Investment Club received $5000 in December from a private donation to invest in the real stock market. “We asked the school for a portion of the Harker Endowment, and it gave it to us to actually...

Students discuss the wet and dry trash system. The Green Team will continue to work with ASB to increase campus sustainability throughout the year.

Green Team discusses wet dry system, plans schedule for upcoming semester

by Vivek Bharadwaj, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief March 2, 2016

The wet-dry trash system at the upper school has a single guiding principle: entirely compostable items go in wet bins, while non-compostables fall into dry. The problem? More than a year after it was...

Harker alumnus speaks at Life in the Arts workshop

by Katherine Zhang, Reporter March 2, 2016

A Harker alumnus spoke to a group of 13 certificate students from grades nine through twelve about his own experience in theater and gave advice about finding a career in the arts during long lunch today...

Judge John B. Owens speaks about his childhood as it affected his career as a judge. The honor council reached out to Owens to speak about his experiences after Harker.

Harker alum John B. Owens (‘85) discusses his experiences in becoming a federal judge of the ninth circuit

by Vijay Bharadwaj, Wingspan Copy Editor March 1, 2016

Federal judge for the ninth circuit and Harker alum John B. Owens (‘85) talked to upper school students today at an assembly on behalf of the Honor Council. Judge Owens is from the U.S court of appeals...

Students jump around during the spirit event. It was held yesterday during both lunches outside the journalism room.

Students participate in leapfrog race

by Nisha Shankar, Reporter March 1, 2016

Harker Spirit’s Competitive Events Committee arranged a leapfrog race in front of the journalism room yesterday during both lunches. About two to five students from each grade appeared for the race. The...

Michelle Honda Phillips speaks about her transgender daughter and the gender spectrum during the school meeting. This week is GSAs club week and they will be selling coffee cake and pearl milk tea.

School meeting recap–2/29

by Alex Wang, Reporter March 1, 2016

GSA will sell coffee cake and boba during lunch and after school for its club week. The club invited a guest speaker, Michelle Honda Phillips, daughter of senator Mike Honda, to speak during the meeting....

A student fills out a form to buy one of Ayla Ekicis (12) homemade butterscotch cupcakes. The club has raised over 500 dollars from the bake sales held during last years and this years club weeks.

FEM club raises money for Kakenya Center for Excellence

by Prameela Kottapalli, Reporter February 26, 2016

The Female Empowerment Movement (FEM) club hosted its annual club week this week and raised money for the Kakenya Center for Excellence, a partner of the Girls Learn International association founded by...

The construction for the new Events Center has begun on Rosenthal Field. Construction will last until September 2017 for the gym and until January 2018 for the performing arts center.

Upcoming Events Center construction to cause change on campus

by Melissa Kwan and Megan Cardosi February 24, 2016

The Upper School administration plans to make adjustments to accommodate construction on the Events Center, which begins May 9; the groundbreaking ceremony is on April 22. So far, 35 million dollars...

Load More Stories