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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

Divya Rajasekharan (11), Nikhil Dharmaraj (9) and Lisa Liu (12) pose with their trophies outside Dobbins. All of them competed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational last weekend.

Upper school speech team wins awards at Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational

by Tiffany Wong, Reporter January 22, 2016

Nine members of the upper school speech team traveled to Union City to compete at the Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational, a speech and debate competition, last weekend. The tournament, hosted annually...

The UC universities plan on admitting 5,000 more undergraduate students from California this year. Over the next three years 10,000 more undergraduate residents plan to be admitted.

Number of UC applications increase for 12th consecutive year

by Julia Huang, TALON Asst. Copy Editor January 21, 2016

Over 206,000 students applied for the nine schools of the University of California this year, setting a new record of the numbers of applications. Applications included 32,905 transfers and 105,341...

Academic Dean Evan Barth speaks at the annual Harker Summit. Each year, he meets with every member of the freshman class to discuss a course plan for all four years of high school.

Course selection information night preview

by Maya Kumar, Winged Post Asst. Features Editor January 20, 2016

Academic Dean Evan Barth will host the annual course selection information night tomorrow in the multipurpose room at Blackford at 6:30 p.m. to give students and parents advice about course selection for...

Economics professor speaker provides insight on American economy

by Meena Gudapati, Winged Post Copy Editor January 20, 2016

Nicholas Bloom, Professor of Economics at Stanford University, spoke about the future of the American economy at an event hosted by Oeconomia today during lunch in the Nichols auditorium. In addition...

Wajahat Ali speaks to students in the journalism room during a Q&A session. Ali previously worked for Al Jazeera America.

Al Jazeera America to shut down cable network

by Neil Bai, Reporter January 17, 2016

Al Jazeera America announced that it will close down its cable network on its website on Wednesday after experiencing a decrease in viewership leading to fewer profits. Al Jazeera America is a cable...

Rishab Gargeya (11) and Misha Tseitlin (11) prepare for their next Congress round with their coach. Rishab was a semifinalist and Misha was a finalist, both competing in a field of 139 Congressional debaters.

Public forum and Congressional debaters win awards at competition in Arizona

by Tiffany Wong, Reporter January 16, 2016

Six Public Forum teams and two Congressional debaters from the upper school forensics program traveled to Tempe, Arizona, to compete at the Southwest Championship at Arizona State, a speech and debate...

Permission slips for the ice skating trip can be found near Activity Coordinator Kerry Enzensperger’s room. The trip will occur next Friday.

Harker Spirit hosts ice skating social at Sharks Ice

by Varun Baldwa, TALON Photo Editor January 15, 2016

Harker Spirit will take students to Sharks Ice in San Jose for the ice skating trip next Friday, January 22. Permission slips for the annual activity were initially due on Friday, but because several...

Upper school math teacher Jane Keller leads the juniors’ LIFE discussion on sex education this morning. The next event for the juniors will be an eagle buddies event on Jan. 28.

Juniors attend sex-ed LIFE assembly

by Maya Valluru, Copy Editor January 15, 2016

The LIFE assembly that discussed sex education with juniors took place this morning in the Nichols auditorium. Upper school math teacher and head of the LIFE program Jane Keller led the discussion,...

Upper School Head Butch Keller delivers a speech to the students assembled in the Quad for Matriculation, a ceremony which welcomed freshmen and introduced them to the Upper School. The class of 2020 will submit its high school applications this week to join the upper school this fall.

Class of 2020 to join Upper School in upcoming school year

by Vijay Bharadwaj, Wingspan Copy Editor January 14, 2016

The class of 2020 will submit its high school applications this week to join the upper school this fall. Many applicants plan to apply to Harker’s upper school from other middle schools. Approximately...

Harker DECA competes at SVCDC

by Michael Sikand and Shania Wang January 13, 2016

Ninety-two upper school students attended the Silicon Valley Career Development Conference (SVCDC) to compete with fellow Bay Area DECA chapters from Jan. 8-10 at the San Jose Marriott. Upwards of 1,400...

Patients from a mental health facility sit in a semicircle during “Cheating Death,” directed by Janet. The last SDS show will be tonight at 7 p.m. at the Blackford theater.

SDS premiered first show yesterday at Blackford theater

by Raveena Kapatkar and Zachary Hoffman January 9, 2016

Upper school seniors Janet Lee, Mary Najibi, MC Smitherman and Rachel Renteria have worked since the beginning of the school year to produce the annual 2016 Student Directed Showcase (SDS), which premiered...

Students use ten minute passing periods to play football before class. The new bell schedule was implemented starting Jan. 4 and will continue until Feb. 1.

New bell schedule put into effect for trial period

by Vignesh Panchanatham, Reporter January 9, 2016

A student walks around a circle of teens sitting on the ground, tapping them on the head and chanting, until finally shouting and running away. This classic game of duck-duck-goose is expected at the lower...

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