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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Memoir Monday: Water bottle

Memoir Monday: Water bottle

by Srinath Somasundaram, Reporter April 23, 2018

Srinath Somasundaram The bottle’s sleek stainless steel outside cries to be felt completely smooth from bottom to top. As my eyes slide up the bottle, carefully placed branding sits on a thin band of...

Scholars Amy Jin (12), Derek Yen (12), Matthew Lee (12), Serena Lu (12), Jacqueline He (12) and Alan Jiang (12) pose for a group photo with their research mentors on the Nichols Auditorium stage. As scholars Andrew Semenza (12) and Emily Chen (12) were unable to attend the event, Derek read Andrews speech for the ceremony, while Emily sent in a video recording of her speech to be played at todays event.

Annual John Near and Mitra Family scholar grant ceremony honors eight seniors

by Farah Hosseini, Reporter April 23, 2018

The annual John Near Endowment and Mitra Family Endowment Scholar Grant reception recognized eight seniors for their work on their individual, year-long research papers today in Nichols Auditorium from...

I can say pretty happily that a lot of my high school career has been a series of failures or rejections. I think it was Open Lab that really made me realize that you kinda have to keep on doing, because when people tell you no, you just have to find a new way to do things. At the end of the day, the only person youre really responsible for is yourself, and you have to be your own agent for these kinds of things. The series of failures Ive had in research and performing arts—all those failures and all those rejections have definitely made me a more persevering person, Rahul Bhethanabotla (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Rahul Bhethanabotla thoughtfully considers others

by Winged Post Opinions Editor, Derek Yen April 22, 2018

Friends and teachers speak enthusiastically about senior Rahul Bhethanabotla in his wholly different capacities: researcher, performer, musician, or Honor Council member. But in all the separate spheres,...

The cast of 42nd Street sang the number Lullaby of Broadway to convince Peggy Sawyer, played by Ellie Lang-Ree (12) last year, to take the place of Broadway legend Dorothy Brock in Pretty Lady. 42nd Street featured a total of 41 performers from all four grades.

Spring musical “42nd Street” taps the night away

by Krishna Bheda and Sydney Takemoto April 22, 2018

The cast of “42nd Street,” the first upper school spring musical performed in the Rothschild Performing Arts Center, held four showings from April 19 to 21. A tap-based musical, “42nd Street”...

Harker FPS delegation to this years FPS State Bowl poses for a group photo by the state banner. The event was held at Design39 in San Diego from April 20 to 22.

Future Problem Solvers members attend annual State Bowl

by Anvi Banga, Aquila Asst. News Editor April 22, 2018

Members of Future Problem Solvers (FPS) from the lower, middle and upper schools attended the FPS State Bowl at Design39 in San Diego from April 20 to 22. Taylor Lam (11), Sara Min (11), Kelly Shen...

In middle school, I was always with my friends, Vijay Bhardarwaj (12) said. I dont think I could ever stand a time when I wasnt with my friends. In high school, probably during my freshman and sophomore years, I began to realize that its okay to be alone. Being alone is a good time to reflect more on yourself and do some more thinking about the person you want to be. Being comfortable with being alone was a huge step in finding a home at Harker, because, you know, when I was okay with being alone, I knew how I could be at Harker.

Humans of Harker: Vijay Bharadwaj learns to find contentment in new environments

by Katherine Zhang, STEM Editor April 21, 2018

As a middle schooler, Vijay Bharadwaj (12) was content: content in his friendships, his interests, his community. He had built himself a home of supportive people, a safety net that he could lean on in...

Frankly, Im not a tennis star, Gary Tsai (12) said. I not nationally ranked or anything, so sometimes I feel like I dont deserve to be a coach. I often feel embarrassed when I miss a shot as I hit with students, but surprisingly, they still come back the next time and cheerfully talk to me about school, tennis, or whatever. I recently remembered that my first coach was never a pro player or anything, but he was still extremely helpful to a beginner like I was, so in a way, thats the type of coach I want to be. I sometimes wish I, myself, could actually follow through on the advice I give others, so I can improve my own gameplay on the court. But then again, as long as my students continuously get better, then Im satisfied at the end of the day.

Humans of Harker: Gary Tsai improves his game through coaching

by Alex Wang, Opinion Editor April 20, 2018

When most people go searching for a job, they go through a process involving looking for job openings, attending interviews, and a variety of other steps. However, for Gary Tsai (12), the job search was...

Green Team members Sachi Bajaj (9), Natasha Yen (9), Anthony Shing (10), Alex Shing (10) and Satchi Thockchom (12) organize baked goods sales at their booth outside Manzanita during their club week. During long lunch on Friday, the club hosted Isabelle Cnudde of Clorofil, who talked about sustainable agriculture in Nichols Auditorium.

Green Team fundraises for environmental non-profit, hosts Green High Schools Challenge for club week

by Arya Maheshwari, Reporter April 20, 2018

Green Team held numerous events and sales to promote eco-friendly actions and raise environmental awareness as a part of its club week this week.  Throughout the week, the club sold baked goods and...

Philosophy Club member Alex Young (11) shares details of the organizations speaker series featuring professor of philosophy at Stanford University Dr. Barry Maguire. Dr. Maguire will speak about the influence of popular media in modern society and politics.

School meeting recap 4/20

by Anvi Banga, Aquila Asst. News Editor April 20, 2018

Members of the swim team played a video about their upcoming senior night on April 25 at 3:45 p.m. Green Team is hosting a clothing exchange on April 26 in Spanish teacher Diana Moss’s room. The club...

“I think over the past year I sort of just realized that friendships and any relationships in general just come from effort from both parties, and so its really like for the longest time I sort of expected things to come and I think thats like a major problem in thinking,” Randy Zhao (12) said. “I was always expecting friends to want to talk to me. I was expecting things to come to me without having to work for them myself and I think in any friendship or relationship in general thats like the worst thing you can think. There has to be that understanding that any relationship comes form effort from both sides, so I think that couples with my willingness to open up to more people. I’ve started putting a lot more effort into people I care about and people I want to care about me and I think that sort of manifested itself in stronger relationships with friends.”

Humans of Harker: Randy Zhao finds silver lining in brother’s accident

by Eleanor Xiao, TALON Editor-in-Chief April 19, 2018

Slouching in the passenger seat a full day of his summer AP Chemistry course, senior Randy Zhao’s entire summer quickly went into extreme shock. As his mom broke the news to him that his brother was...

Harker journalism attends JEA/NSPA conference in San Francisco

Harker journalism attends JEA/NSPA conference in San Francisco

by Kathy Fang, Irina Malyugina, and Nicole Chen April 18, 2018

Fourteen student journalists from Harker attended the event to practice with their peers and learn important journalistic skills from experienced educators. Harker Aquila received its award for becoming...

Extemporaneous speaker Meha Goyal (9) addresses the possibility of the Democratic Party gaining a majority in the House of Representatives in 2018. Todays annual Speech Showcase was held in Nichols Auditorium from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Speech and debate team holds annual speech showcase

by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor April 18, 2018

Six members of the speech and debate team performed in this year’s Speech Showcase from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Nichols Auditorium today. Featured students included original oratory speakers junior Alycia...

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