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The Cassini spacecraft makes a flyby around Titan, one of Saturn's moons. The spacecraft is set to plunge into Saturn's atmosphere early tomorrow morning.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to descend into Saturn’s atmosphere

by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor September 14, 2017

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, currently traveling on course to Saturn, will end its 13-year trip around the planet and its moons by descending into the Saturn’s atmosphere early Friday morning. Researchers...

Leon Lu (11) prepares to throw the ball to his teammate. The boys’ team beat Lynbrook 9-8 in their second home game of the season.

Boys’ varsity water polo wins close match against Lynbrook

by Eric Fang, Winged Post Global Editor September 14, 2017

Varsity boys’ water polo beat Lynbrook 9-8 in a close match yesterday afternoon at home.   Lynbrook began the game strong with a 4-1 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Eagles managed to catch...

Protesters gather in Seattle's Hing Hay Park to protest in favor of keeping the DACA program and protecting illegal immigrants from deportation. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with attorney generals and a governor from nine other states, gave President Trump an ultimatum to terminate the DACA program, an initiative which protects illegal immigrants who came to the United States when they were 16 or younger from deportation, before Sept. 5.

Trump threatens DACA, 800,000 undocumented immigrants at risk

by Nicole Chen and Prameela Kottapalli September 14, 2017

President Donald Trump ordered an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a policy that protects approximately 800,000 young immigrants from deportation. The announcement...

Get Skool'd with Jenna and Meena: Episode 2

Get Skool’d with Jenna and Meena: Episode 2

by Meena Gudapati and Jenna Sadhu September 14, 2017

Get ready for natural disasters, science insults and animal noises in Jenna and Meena's fall series kickoff of their podcast Get Skool'd. Click below to hear the podcast!

Senior Abha Patkar prepares for senior portraits in a corner of the gym. All seniors were asked to have their portrait taken for the TALON yearbook on Sunday.

Behind the Scenes: Seniors partake in annual senior portraits

by Kathy Fang and Ashley Jiang September 13, 2017

The annual tradition of senior portraits continued this weekend in the auxiliary gym with Prestige Portraits, a company specializing in high school senior portraits. Every year, these portraits are...

Isabella Spradlin (12) and Tiffany Shou (12) hand out balloons to passing students at the Amnesty International booth, a non-governmental organization which advocates for human rights. Several clubs gave out candy, balloons and other treats as a means of encouraging students to sign up.

Students and faculty gather for annual club fair

by Kathy Fang, Photo Editor September 13, 2017

The upper school’s annual Club Fair invited students and faculty to explore a variety of clubs and organizations today at Nichols Hall. Booths hosted by the officers of each club were spread inside...

A San Jose Fire Department truck arrives at the scene of the lightning strike. By the time the firefighters arrived, the tree's fire had already gone out.

Lightning strikes tree in parking lot’s back loading zone

by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor September 11, 2017

Lightning struck a tree near the upper school parking lot’s back loading zone near Main Hall today at around 5 p.m. Director of Upper School Community Service and Student Activities Coordinator Kerry...

Jared Anderson (11), Mahi Gurram (11), Anthony Meissner (11) and Matthew Hajjar (11) deliver Harker Athletics' weekly Eagle Update at today's school meeting. They played a video of the varsity girls' volleyball team's game against Lynbrook High School on Aug. 29.

School meeting recap 9/11

by Anvi Banga, Winged Post Copy Editor September 11, 2017

National Honor Society (NHS) announced the upcoming community service fair on Oct. 13. Students who run their own organization and want a table at the fair can email NHS advisor Mike Pistacchi this week...

Cindy Wang (11), Clarissa Wang (11), Jacob Ohana (12), Alan Hughes (12), Kelly Shen (11), Megan Huynh (12) and Anusha Kuppahally (11) pose for a photo at the Grapevine tournament. Team Cindy and Clarissa advanced to the octofinals in public forum and team Megan and Anusha advanced to the octofinals in policy debate.

Upper school debaters head to Texas for first tournament of school year

by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor September 11, 2017

Seven upper school debaters traveled to Grapevine, Texas to attend the Grapevine Classic Speech and Debate Tournament from Sept. 7 to 10. Public forum team Cindy Wang (11) and Clarissa Wang (11), Lincoln-Douglas...

Anthony Contreras (12) and Jared Anderson (11) tackle a Santa Clara player running the ball. Both Anthony and Jared scored touchdowns during the first half of the game.

Varsity football wins against Santa Clara in third win of the season

by Eric Fang, Winged Post Global Editor September 10, 2017

The varsity football team beat the Santa Clara High School Bruins 24-0 in their third consecutive win of the season maintaining an undefeated record on Friday. Anthony Contreras (12) scored a touchdown...

Junior Dilara Ezer and senior Maxwell Woehrman rehearse an excerpt of a scene from “The Comedy of Errors” during callbacks yesterday. The play will be performed from Oct. 26 to Oct. 28 at the Blackford theater.

Fall play cast gathers for first rehearsal after auditions and callbacks conclude

by Kathy Fang, Photo Editor September 8, 2017

Rehearsals for the fall play, “The Comedy of Errors,” began today after the cast list was announced via email to students last night. Twenty sophomores, juniors and seniors will perform in the...

Allison Cartee (11) swings to hit the ball during the game against Valley Christian High School yesterday. The varsity girls' volleyball team lost the match in three sets.

Varsity girls’ volleyball loses against Valley Christian High School

by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor September 7, 2017

The varsity girls’ volleyball team lost against the Valley Christian High School Warriors in the last of their pre-league season games today at the upper school athletics center. The Eagles lost the...

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