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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

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Mr. Olivas handed out stickers for students to wear outside Manzanita at lunch. Students wore red on Oct. 11 in support for National Coming Out Day, encouraging young people around the world to be confident in their sexuality and gender identity.

Senior Emre Ezer speaks about journey as LGBTQ+ teen during school meeting

by Maya Valluru, News Editor October 11, 2016

Senior Emre Ezer spoke to the junior and senior classes during school meeting on Monday about his journey to understand and define his sexuality. Because National Coming Out Day is this Thursday,...

“For a while, I was really fascinated with beehives. I have always loved hexagons and how they look, so I went through a design phase where everything was based around honeycombs. [I] spent a lot of time learning and messing with how to raise bees and how to make hives and then taking all that information and putting it into design aspects, Davis Dunaway (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Davis Dunaway designs furniture

by Darren Gu, TALON Photo Editor October 10, 2016

Fingers run on and vibrate steel strings, creating a low, metallic, funky hum. Pressing down on the handle, a metal saw is powered on, followed by a constant deafening whirr and occasional light sparks....

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks about Obamas policies on refugees. The second presidential debate took place last night at Washington University in St. Louis.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump participate in second presidential debate

by Tiffany Wong, Aquila Copy Editor October 10, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump squared off in the second presidential debate last night at Washington University in St. Louis. ABC...

Kate Chow (11) performs a backflip into the depths of the swimming pool. The team placed first at the Union Americana de Natación (UANA)  Pan American Synchronized Swimming Championship in Puerto Rico from Sept. 1 to 4.

Kate Chow ranks first with USA Synchro Team at synchronized swimming championships

by Ruhi Sayana, Winged Post Copy Editor October 9, 2016

The national anthem played in the background as Kate Chow (11) and other members of the USA Synchro Team stood at the podium to receive their medals at the awards ceremony. The team placed first at...

Sophomores Elizabeth Yang, Viveka Saraiya, Annabelle Perng and Erana Wan eat lunch and talk with their Eagle Buddies. The first sophomore Eagle Buddy event of the year took place on Thursday.

Sophomores attend first Eagle Buddies event of school year

by Sharon Yan and Andrew Chang October 7, 2016

Sophomores met with their Eagle Buddies for the first time on Oct. 6 at the Lower School for a group lunch and an afternoon of icebreakers activities. Students received their Eagle Buddy pairs during...

Teacher arrested for misconduct

by Maya Valluru, Executive News Editor October 7, 2016

Middle school math teacher Dr. David Scott Graham was arrested on Sept. 29 at the Blackford Campus on charges of sexual misconduct involving a minor, related to an alleged assault that took place in 2007...

Kayvon Solaimanpour, one of this years senior student directors, performs in last years Student Directed Showcase. SDS will take place on Jan. 6 and 7.

Auditions for Student Directed Showcase take place

by Gloria Zhang, Reporter October 6, 2016

Auditions for Student Directed Showcase (SDS) invited students of all grades, regardless of experience in theater, to be cast in one of four shows in the Patil Performing Arts Wing last Monday and Tuesday....

Matthew Hajjar (10) reaches for the ball during the varsity boys water polo game. The team worked hard in order to achieve its win.

Varsity girls water polo loses to Saratoga; varsity boys water polo defeats Saratoga

by Cameron Zell and Varun Baldwa October 6, 2016

Both the girls and boys water polo teams played against Saratoga High School today during home games. Girls water polo eventually lost 5-4 after a comeback effort in the 4th quarter. The team was down...

Ethan Hu (9) practices his routine during lunch in the dance room while Kai-Ming Ang (9) plays the soundtrack on his laptop. This years Dance Show will feature two acts: Welcome to the Circus and Daring Acts and Sideshow Freaks.

Dance Show rehearsals in full swing

by Melissa Kwan and Delaney Logue October 5, 2016

Participants in the upcoming circus-themed Upper School Dance Show began rehearsal Sept. 27 after auditions on Sept.17. The show will take place on Jan. 27 and 28 and will feature 162 upper school dancers. The...

San Francisco Giants clinch postseason wild card

San Francisco Giants clinch postseason wild card

by Brandie Van Londen and Heidi Zhang October 5, 2016

The San Francisco Giants hold their position obtaining the wildcard during last weekend’s games against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and they are now eligible to play in postseason playoffs. In the two...

Jack Jia makes his speech for the position of Vice President during freshman student council elections. The results of the elections were announced today.

Freshman student council announced during school meeting

by Ashley Jiang and Maya Valluru October 4, 2016

The new members of the student council for the Class of 2020 were announced at the school meeting today in the gym after fifth period. Bryan Wang was elected as president, Jack Jia as vice president,...

Snap Inc. releases Snapchat Spectacles

by Nisha Shankar and Anya Weaver October 3, 2016

Snap Inc. (formerly the company Snapchat) announced their first hardware product, Snapchat Spectacles on Sept. 24. The Spectacles are worn as sunglasses and have cameras that record a 115 degree view...

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