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The junior varsity girls volleyball team huddles up between sets during the team's match against Notre-Dame Belmont today. The girls lost 16-25, 16-25.

Junior varsity girls volleyball team falls to Notre Dame-Belmont

by Lucy Ge, Co-Managing Editor September 21, 2021

The junior varsity girls volleyball team fell to Notre Dame-Belmont today 16-25, 16-25. The team called a timeout in the first set when the score was 6-12. They scored three consecutive points towards...

Senior honor council representatives Rohan Thakur, Alexa Lowe and Arely Sun announce Honor Week. An underclassman and an upperclassman can pair up, find a similarity with each other and submit a selfie together throughout the week for spirit points.

School meeting recap 9/16/21: Honor Week, Herald and Homecoming themes

by Isha Moorjani and Lucy Ge September 21, 2021

Associated Student Body (ASB) President Dawson Chen (12) began the school meeting. ASB Vice President Ayan Nath (12) gave students reminders about driving onto the Saratoga campus, emphasizing that...

Sydney Adler (11) reaches for the ball during the water polo team's match against Mountain View on Sept. 9.

Weekly Previews: Sept. 20-26

by Vishnu Kannan, Co-Managing Editor September 20, 2021

Water Polo The varsity girls, junior varsity boys and varsity boys water polo teams will all play Los Gatos at home tomorrow. The junior varsity boys will kick off the action with their match at 4:30...

Emma Biswas (11) reads written responses from Green Team's EcoChallenge bulletin board. Honor Week launched today with a focus on the environment and will continue with different daily themes throughout the rest of the week.

Honor Week begins with environment, Green Team encourages sustainability through bulletin board

by Sabrina Zhu, STEM Editor September 20, 2021

The upper school Honor Council launched Honor Week today with the theme of environment, urging students to spend time in nature and protect our campus. The coming three days will focus on the tenets of...

Music Monday is a new installation featuring a different category of songs on a weekly basis.

Music Monday: Bop to old school, new school movies and songs with Aquila

by Sally Zhu, A&E and Lifestyle Editor September 20, 2021

Music Monday features a different category of songs on a weekly basis. Each Monday, Harker Aquila will release seven songs, one song for each day of the week.  The announcement of this year’s Homecoming...

"I wrote about my family through very narrative poems, but I grew the most when I met spoken word artists and highly experimental writers doing something I've never seen before. That was very impactful as a writer myself: to come into contact with new ways of thinking," poet Cathy Linh Che said.

The Poet’s Project: “To see history being made”

by Sarah Mohammed, Features Editor September 19, 2021

Cathy Linh Che is the author of “Split” (Alice James Books), a poetry book that chronicles her experiences with family, identity and childhood. Cathy is the Executive Director of Kundiman, a national...

Moderna plans to begin testing for its new vaccine booster shot, which targets the coronavirus and the influenza virus, within the year. Booster shots can help protect against changing and mutating viruses.

Moderna announces new ‘combo’ vaccine to combat COVID-19 and the flu

by Emma Gao and Kinnera Mulam September 18, 2021

Moderna announced the development of a new booster vaccine that protects against both COVID-19 and the influenza virus through a press release on Sept. 9, with testing expected to begin over the next six...

Kaden Kapadia (12)  poses in a dress shirt and tie. Students could select additional outfits based on the photo package they chose.

Class of 2022 suits up for senior portraits

by Muthu Panchanatham, Opinion Editor September 18, 2021

The Class of 2022 took their senior portraits at the upper school today from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with Prestige Portraits, a photography company for high schools. The shoot will continue throughout tomorrow,...

Two volunteers help a voter submit his California Gubernatorial recall ballot at the St. Francis of Assisi Parish polling center in San Jose. On Sept. 14, reigning democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom defeated a GOP-led recall attempt, remaining in office.

Voters reject recall attempt, Gavin Newsom to remain in office

by Nicole Tian, Isha Moorjani, and Alysa Suleiman September 15, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom will remain in office after winning the recall effort today, defeating a Republican-backed attempt to oust him. With over eight million votes reported, in which 63.9% of Californians...

Intro to Journalism teacher Whitney Huang speaks to parents during sixth period in Main 5. Back to School Day was held on Saturday to give faculty the opportunity to introduce parents to their children's classes this school year.

Upper school welcomes parents on Back to School Day

by Mark Hu, Winged Post Managing Editor September 15, 2021

Upper school faculty, teachers and student leadership hosted the annual Back to School Day at the Saratoga campus on Saturday for parents to attend abbreviated classes and meet with teachers. Student...

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