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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

Community Events Secretaries Kairui Sun (11) and Robinson Xiang (11) remind students and faculty to enter photos to the Halloween costume contest. The categories of the contest were best duo, best group, scariest, funniest and most creative.

School Meeting 10/31: DECA, Shakespeare and LIFE Board badminton tournament

by Heather Wang November 5, 2024

Head of Upper School Paul Barksy opened school meeting by reminding students to put away their devices on Thursday in the Zhang Gymnasium. DECA officers Lauren Lin (12), Eden Kelly (11), Nichole Dean...

ASB Treasurer Ananya Pradhan (11) explains the school's fundraising policies. She noted that the school does not provide direct reimbursements to students hosting fundraisers.

School Meeting 10/24: HELM, Afghan Refugee Fundraiser and lockdown protocol

by Emma Li and Claire Tian October 26, 2024

Head of Upper School Paul Barsky opened the school meeting on Thursday in the Zhang Gymnasium. Barsky announced that designated teachers would start giving warnings and confiscating phones from students...

Sophomore Dhanya Ramanan speaks about her coming out story. She recounted how accepted she felt and encouraged the Harker community to treat people coming out in the same way.

School meeting 10/14: Hispanic Heritage Month, National Coming Out Day and fall play

by Mendy Mao and Elizabeth Zhang October 17, 2024

Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity Director Patricia Burrows opened school meeting by presenting orchestra and jazz band on Monday.  Orchestra director Jaco Wong introduced the piece “Malambo” from...

CareerConnect co-presidents Jia Jia Jiang (12) and Emily Mitnick (12) announce upcoming field-trip events. Some of the locations included the Giants Stadium and Fortinet.

School Meeting 9/24: Civil engagement, spirit chants and CareerConnect

by Lindsay Li and Nathan Yee September 28, 2024

Conservatory representatives Shruti Srinivasan (12), Arthur Wu (12), Yinan Zhou (12) and Jessica Skylar Chen (10) opened the school meeting on Tuesday in the Zhang Gymnasium. They screened a video introducing...

Librarians Connie Poulsen-Hollin and Meredith Cranston invite students to celebrate International Dot Day next Thursday during lunch. Popular picture book "The Dot" influenced the themes of creativity and exploration that are key to this holiday.

School Meeting 9/18: Honor Week, Equilibrium submissions and International Dot Day

by Lily Peng and Cynthia Xie September 22, 2024

Honor Council members Naiya Daswani (12) and Linda Zeng (11) opened the school meeting on Wednesday in the Zhang Gymnasium. The meeting excluded frosh as they were in the Patil Theater listening to Class...

Harker Robotics members Deeya Verma (12), Tiffany Gu (12), Atharv Goel (12) and Brenna Ren (11) invited students to join Robotics and attend weekly Thursday meetings. Members can specialize in various aspects of Robotics such as programming, engineering or business.

School Meeting 9/12: Robotics, Startup World Cup and evacuation drill

by Charlie Wang and Samaara Patil September 17, 2024

History teacher Carol Green opened the school meeting on Thursday in the Zhang Gymnasium. Green reminded students not to cut through the Shah parking lot during morning drop off and instead take the...

Harker Conservatory representatives announced upcoming events. They spoke of Fall Play auditions, Harker Concert Series Tropicales performance and Dance Production auditions.

School Meeting 9/6: Performing arts auditions, AMC and homecoming week

by Jonathan Szeto and Claire Xu September 8, 2024

Head of Upper School Paul Barsky opened the school meeting on Friday in the Zhang Gymnasium. He reminded students to not cut the line on Saratoga Avenue or delay traffic by stopping at Shah Hall during...

Frosh Sofe Jalil, Anya Lu, Isabella Wong and Christina Ruan watch the High School 101 video during school meeting. Student leaders from the senior, junior and sophomore classes helped create the video.

School Meeting 8/26: Green Team, Shakespeare festival and Mock Trial

by Janam Chahal and Samuel Tong August 29, 2024

Head of Upper School Paul Barsky opened the second school meeting of the year on Monday.  He encouraged students to present themselves in the best image daily. Additionally, he highlighted the importance...

HarkerDev admins Saanvi Bhargava (12), Aarav Borthakur (12) and Nelson Gou (12) explain the functions of several of the club's apps. They walked students through multiple of their most used applications and sites, including the Bell Schedule.

School Meeting 8/20: Conservatory, Student Diversity Coalition and Athletics announcements

by Jessica Hu and Lily Shi August 23, 2024

Associated Student Body President Sam Parupudi (12) opened the first school meeting of the year on Monday. Performing Arts Production Manager Brian Larsen began with his annual tutorial on proper microphone...

Downbeat members Isabella Ribeiro (12), Shayla He (12), Varun Bhupathi (11), Simon Kirjner (10), Ian Ogden (12) and Ethan Liu (12) perform "Levitating" by Dua Lipa during the school meeting. The performance served as a goodbye for Downbeat's seniors.

School Meeting 5/1: New leadership, Walk for Water and Downbeat

by Jessica Hu, Co-News Editor May 5, 2024

Associated Student Body president Daniel Lin (12) opened the last school meeting of the year on Wednesday.  He played a video from the newly elected ASB leadership, who expressed their excitement for...

Alum Simar Mangat (’13) describes his efforts to resolve the climate crisis through cryptocurrency and business. He emphasized the decline of biodiversity as a result of the Earth's rapid warming.

School Meeting 4/19: Earth Day, dual identities and Artstravaganza

by Isabella Lo, Aquila Co-Managing Editor April 23, 2024

Upper School Division Head Paul Barsky opened the school meeting on April 19 by introducing Green Team co-president Siddhi Jain (12). Siddhi reminded students of the importance of honoring Earth Day...

Assistant Head of School for Academic Affairs Jennifer Gargano speaks about the mission of the school. Gargano also mentioned Harker's awards, where teachers select students based on three categories.

School Meeting 4/15: Academic awards, Green Team and Earthchella

by Ella Guo April 18, 2024

Associated Student Body Secretary Cynthia Wang (12) opened the school meeting on April 15.  Upper School Division Head Paul Barsky congratulated jazz concert performers and Research Symposium volunteers...

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