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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

 “Social issues and stuff like that inspires me to draw. I feel that art speaks a lot more than words sometimes and I like using art as a platform to showcase my thoughts about society,” Maya Rai (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Maya Rai finds inspiration in art

by Laura Wu, TALON Business Manager March 26, 2017

Since she was young, Maya Rai (12) has always been interested in art and has been drawing for as long as she can remember. As a child, her father taught her how to draw.  “I like using Microns, a...

“The way I look at hip-hop and music in general is that I really want to learn something when I listen to it, whether that be ‘Wow, they used really cool word play or that rhyme was really cool or that was really complex” or it can be “Wow, their upbringing was difficult” and that made me reflect on the way that I live, Srivatsav Pyda (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Srivatsav Pyda learns to love hip-hop

by Laura Wu, TALON Business Manager March 25, 2017

To Srivatsav Pyda (12), hip-hop is more than just a mean of entertainment as it combines the sounding good aspect of music with learning something new. “The way that I think about hip-hop music in...

GSA club members Emmy Huchley (10), Sian Smith (10), Damini Kaushik (10), Kevin Huang (12) and Emilie Sanche (10) sell boba outside of Manzanita. GSA members also handed out rainbow smiley stickers to students and faculty on Monday during lunch.

GSA hosts annual club week

by Devanshi Mehta, TALON Co-Business Manager March 24, 2017

Harker Gender-Sexuality Alliance (GSA) held its club week this week, selling blueberry coffee cake and boba during office hours and after school. All profits were donated to Outlet, an LGBTQ youth support...

Trump administration investigates wiretapping

Trump administration investigates wiretapping

by Neil Bai, Aquila Copy Editor March 24, 2017

“Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing Found. This is McCarthyism!”   On Mar. 4, President Donald Trump sent out this...

This years ReCreate Reading selection featured 69 titles. Students will meet with their reading groups for a pre-summer meeting on April 10.

ReCreate Reading registration opens this week

by Gloria Guo, TALON Academics Editor March 24, 2017

Students picked their ReCreate Reading books from a vast selection of 69 titles this week. They will read and discuss their selection with peers after returning from the summer vacation. Upper school...

Sure, its nice to have results and your final shiny paper, even if it takes so many hours of just struggling and terror, but really, I love [research] because of the monotony of it in very specific moments, where Im sitting on a plane for like ten hours and I happen to be stuck there just working with my computer. Its a very important, kind of determined feeling that you get when youre really in the zone and working on something that youve been working on for so long and you will continue to work on for so long. I like that monotony,” Antony Sagayaraj (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Antony Sagayaraj finds unexpected passions while trying new things

by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor March 24, 2017

For Antony Sagayaraj (12), learning is a never-ending adventure. Currently an active member of the Harker science scene and a participant in Synopsys, Siemens and a variety of other research competitions,...

The Gender and Sexuality Alliance meets in the dance room with dance teacher Karl Kuehn. The club is a LGBTQ+ support group and helps spread awareness about the LGBTQ+ community.

Equity Beat: LGBTQ+ rights in the Trump administration

by Kathy Fang, Reporter March 23, 2017

LGBTQ+ rights remain uncertain after the Supreme Court puts off the hearing of a transgender boy’s case regarding whether he could use the boy’s bathroom at his school in Virginia. Even though...

“I had a lot of nervousness over the performance, but once I was actually in the moment, it was a lot simpler than I expected it to be. I was freaking out a lot about it, but once I got half way into the performance, it was so good I could just relax, Kathryn Cole (12).

Humans of Harker: Kathryn Cole plays the rhythm to her own life

by Adrian Chu, Opinion Editor March 23, 2017

First playing saxophone in fifth grade when she signed up for a band which needed an instrumentalist, Kathryn Cole (12) played in concert band but transitioned to jazz band freshman year. “Music...

Upper school Director of Learning, Innovation and Design Diane Main addressed terms to describe ones sexuality during her presentation about GSAs club week. GSA will be selling food and pearl milk tea throughout all of this week.

School meeting recap 3/22

by Rashmi Iyer, Reporter March 22, 2017

Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) has its club week this week and will be selling coffee cake and pearl milk tea throughout the week. GSA meets in Abel Olivas’ room on B-days during long lunch, and...

Gorsuch faces Senate Judiciary Committee in confirmation hearing

Gorsuch faces Senate Judiciary Committee in confirmation hearing

by Nisha Shankar, Reporter March 22, 2017

 President Donald Trump’s supreme court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch faced a line of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee in his confirmation hearing starting Monday. Throughout his confirmation...

“I always want to keep singing in my life because that’s always been my number one passion. I perform to make other people happy and to keep myself happy.  It has always been one of those things that gives me happier moments in life...In high school, I started taking voice lessons and getting more serious about what I loved. From there, I just grew and grew, and I think that every single audition and every single experience helped shape who I am,” Sara Pachauri (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Sara Pachauri finds a passion for performing arts

by Maya Valluru, News Editor March 22, 2017

From her introduction to singing as a performing art when visiting her family members in Connecticut to listening to artists during car rides, Sara Pachauri’s (12) love for music can be characterized...

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