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Students take cookies from Assistant to the Head of School Nicole Hall’s office.

Harker community celebrates Howard Nichols’ birthday

by Kshithija Mulam October 10, 2016

Students on all four campuses celebrated the birthday of former Head of School, Howard Nichols, who died in 2008. As part of the birthday tradition, chocolate chip cookies were given out to students because...

Sophomores Elizabeth Yang, Viveka Saraiya, Annabelle Perng and Erana Wan eat lunch and talk with their Eagle Buddies. The first sophomore Eagle Buddy event of the year took place on Thursday.

Sophomores attend first Eagle Buddies event of school year

by Sharon Yan and Andrew Chang October 7, 2016

Sophomores met with their Eagle Buddies for the first time on Oct. 6 at the Lower School for a group lunch and an afternoon of icebreakers activities. Students received their Eagle Buddy pairs during...

Teacher arrested for misconduct

by Maya Valluru, Executive News Editor October 7, 2016

Middle school math teacher Dr. David Scott Graham was arrested on Sept. 29 at the Blackford Campus on charges of sexual misconduct involving a minor, related to an alleged assault that took place in 2007...

Kayvon Solaimanpour, one of this year's senior student directors, performs in last year's Student Directed Showcase. SDS will take place on Jan. 6 and 7.

Auditions for Student Directed Showcase take place

by Gloria Zhang, Reporter October 6, 2016

Auditions for Student Directed Showcase (SDS) invited students of all grades, regardless of experience in theater, to be cast in one of four shows in the Patil Performing Arts Wing last Monday and Tuesday....

Ethan Hu (9) practices his routine during lunch in the dance room while Kai-Ming Ang (9) plays the soundtrack on his laptop. This year's Dance Show will feature two acts: "Welcome to the Circus" and "Daring Acts and Sideshow Freaks."

Dance Show rehearsals in full swing

by Melissa Kwan and Delaney Logue October 5, 2016

Participants in the upcoming circus-themed Upper School Dance Show began rehearsal Sept. 27 after auditions on Sept.17. The show will take place on Jan. 27 and 28 and will feature 162 upper school dancers. The...

Jack Jia makes his speech for the position of Vice President during freshman student council elections. The results of the elections were announced today.

Freshman student council announced during school meeting

by Ashley Jiang and Maya Valluru October 4, 2016

The new members of the student council for the Class of 2020 were announced at the school meeting today in the gym after fifth period. Bryan Wang was elected as president, Jack Jia as vice president,...

AMASE, an art and music school for underprivileged children, was one of many booths at the fair. Representatives described their respective organizations to passersby, providing sign-ups sheets on the stop for interested students.

Service Fair welcomes students to explore community service opportunities

by Kathy Fang, Reporter September 30, 2016

The upper school Service Fair, hosted by NHS, invited all high school students to learn about a variety of volunteer organizations on Thursday in Nichols Atrium. “I hope that students will recognize...

Senior Peter Wu plays pingpong outside Shah. Student council has privatized access to the pingpong tables, only allowing seniors the privilege to use it.

Pingpong table becomes exclusive to seniors

by Neil Bai, Aquila Copy Editor September 28, 2016

Student council announced that use of the pingpong table outside of Shah Hall will become exclusive to seniors. The senior class purchased the pingpong table with their class funds at the end of last year....

Kaity Gee (16') presents her Ted Talk at TedxHarkerSchool last year. Tickets for this year's conference are on sale now.

School meeting recap 9/27

by Alex Wang, Sports Editor September 27, 2016

Student council has privatized access to the ping pong and foosball tables at Shah to seniors only for each given year. NHS will hold a community service fair in the Nichols Atrium this Thursday after...

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District advocates for environmentally-friendly modes of transportation and encourages energy-efficient habits. The high temperature and concentration of pollutants in the air caused a Spare the Air Alert warning people of poor air quality in the San Francisco Bay Area today.

Upper school reacts to Spare the Air alert

by Prameela Kottapalli, Asst. Features Editor September 26, 2016

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) released a Spare the Air Alert for the Santa Clara Valley District today, prompting a schoolwide warning to reduce levels of physical activity and...

Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton participated in the first presidential debate today. The debate was moderated by NBC News anchor Lester Holt.

Candidates participate in first presidential debate of election season

by Nicole Chen, Aquila Features Editor September 26, 2016

Democratic and Republican presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump participated in the first presidential debate today at Hofstra University in Long Island, New York. NBC News anchor Lester...

The mushroom cloud of smoke was visible as far away as Mountain View, off the 85 freeway. The forest fire erupted at 2:45 p.m. on Monday.

Forest fire erupts in Santa Cruz Mountains

by Michael Sikand, Social Media Editor September 26, 2016

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) is currently fighting a massive forest fire which erupted in the Santa Cruz Mountains at 2:45 p.m. today and has blazed through over...

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