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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

To many, it may seem as though I am so often on the sidelines of school events that I hardly ever participate in them, much less live them—and I understand that. But in return, I am given the chance to watch from the sidelines, to observe each moment and examine it as an artifact of time, and these opportunities have taught me, almost ironically, the importance of “living in the moment.”

“Living in the moment”—only from the sidelines

by Kathy Fang, Photo Editor January 22, 2018

It is not unusual to find multiple photographers scattered amongst the sidelines of any event. In fact, you may even expect to hear the muted clicks of a camera underscoring the ambience of every major...

Memoir Monday: Records

Memoir Monday: Records

by Nina Gee, Reporter January 22, 2018

Nina Gee Michael Jackson stares unflinchingly at me from his languid perch on the Thriller album cover. The King of Pop is propped up on the elbow of a vanilla white suit and his curls bounce off the...

Senior mens singles division competitors Ross Miner, Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou and Adam Rippon pose with their medals from the competition. Chen, Rippon and Zhou will be representing the U.S. at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Bay Area skaters shine at annual U.S. Figure Skating Championships

by Vivian Jin, Reporter January 22, 2018

Figure skaters from all over the country recently competed in the 2018 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships in downtown San Jose at Solar4America Ice and the SAP Center from Dec. 29 to Jan. 7....

Every single time I see a stray dog, I just want to take it home, Jerrica Liao (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Jerrica Liao pours compassion into fostering dogs

by Sharon Yan, TALON Managing Editor and Business Manager January 20, 2018

Jerrica Liao strives to maintain the same routine every day: attending school, practicing fencing  and spending time with her dogs—three to be exact. She has been a pet owner since the fourth grade,...

Jeffrey Liu (10) and Alisa Su (12) purchase Teaspoon from the United Against Animal Cruelty table outside Manzanita. “I hope that in the future, this club will be a good way to stand up for animals and branch out to others just so they have some level of care for the issues we’re talking about. Hopefully in the future, we’ll be able to do more things on-campus and off-campus that promote that message and mission, Haris Hosseini (11), the clubs social media manager, said.

United Against Animal Cruelty holds club week

by Aditya Singhvi, Reporter January 20, 2018

United Against Animal Cruelty held their club week this week, selling Teaspoon and various baked goods outside Manzanita during office hours, lunches and after school to raise money to combat animal cruelty.  All...

Cards and gifts of support are left in the main office at the middle school. Security at the campus has increased following the robbery and assault that took place on Jan. 2.

Assault and robbery at middle school leads to security increase

by Rose Guan and Meena Gudapati January 19, 2018

Police arrested a suspect on Jan. 4 in the assault and robbery of a Harker teacher early on Jan. 2 at the middle school campus on Blackford Avenue. In a press conference broadcast on Facebook Live at...

Acoustics and Camerata open todays vocal concert with their performance of John Williams and Leslie Bricusse’s “Somewhere in My Memory. The singers rang handbells throughout the song.

Upper school vocalists perform in choral concert

by Laura Wu, TALON People Editor January 19, 2018

Upper school choral groups Acoustics, Bel Canto, Camerata, Cantilena and Guys’ Gig performed in a concert held in Nichols Auditorium from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m today. The concert, titled “Voice on the...

Gloria poses in a photo as a child. To her, home is where her family and friends embrace her.

What does home mean?

by Gloria Zhang, Aquila Asst. Features Editor January 19, 2018

“Kia Ora,” he said, as he flipped to the photo page of my black passport, the silver ferns lining the edges reflecting the ceiling light. “Excuse me?” my mind was focused on the accumulating...

Near-Mitra scholars Nirban Bhatia (12), Jacqueline He (12), Amy Jin (12), Serena Lu (12), Emily Chen (12), Andrew Semenza (12) and Derek Yen (12) pose for a photo outside the Stanford Humanities Center. These seven students met with Stanfords Hume fellows over lunch today.

Near-Mitra scholars visit Stanford Humanities Center

by Derek Yen, Winged Post Opinion Editor January 19, 2018

Seven seniors in the Near-Mitra program met with the Hume fellows at Stanford over lunch today. The Near-Mitra scholars were absent from 10:30 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. during their trip to the Stanford campus....

“I did a lot of acting in elementary school, Millie Lin (12) said. I had a lot of energy. Instead of standing in line, I’d be tapping my toes. I don’t know if I have as much energy now, but I do really like having philosophical discussions with people, or just talking with people in general. I think that’s where I use my energy.”

Humans of Harker: Millie Lin devotes her energy to discussions

by Vivian Jin & Melissa Kwan January 18, 2018

On one school meeting last October, Sumati Wadhwa (12) and Joel Morel (10) announced the achievements of the choir program. Photos and photos of Regional Honor Choir students appeared in quick succession,...

Members of Amnesty International Lauren Napier (12) and Isabella Spradlin (12) share details about the organizations club week next week. The club will be selling donuts and bagels before school on Jan. 23 and Jan. 25 as well as baked goods all week during lunch.

School meeting recap 1/17

by Anvi Banga, Aquila Asst. News Editor January 17, 2018

The next Shah Salon will take place on Jan. 24 in various history teachers’ rooms from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Professor Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford University spoke about the economics of biomedical innovation...

People look at my artwork, and then they look at me, and theyre like, Oh, shes not taking anything seriously, Kaitlyn Nguyen (12) said. But I feel like thats not the case. The meaning behind my art is more like, I dont take anything seriously, and thats the meaning.

Humans of Harker Video: Kaitlyn Nguyen injects her personality into her art

January 17, 2018

This is the first installment of the Humans of Harker 2018 video series. Through this project, the Harker journalism program aims to tell the story of the senior class, one profile at a time.

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