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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Kai Franz (9) hits an overhead shot. The tennis team ended their season in the second round of CCS.

Spring Sports Recap

by Neil Bai, Copy Editor May 25, 2016

All spring sports seasons ended last week with strong CCS performances by the swim, track & field, tennis and varsity boys golf teams. Track & Field At the CCS Track & Field Trials on...

A cheerful therapy dog comforts a student at the Edge last year. ​Student council plans to continue the tradition of bringing in therapy dogs to relieve student stress.

Student council aims to relieve final exam-induced student stress

by Prameela Kottapalli, Reporter May 25, 2016

The Associated Student Body (ASB) and student council are making efforts this year to help reduce student stress during second semester finals. Rising sophomore class president and former freshman...

Upper school students perform in the spring musical Bye Bye Birdie, showing on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night.

Spring musical cast honored in state competition

by Katherine Zhang, Reporter May 23, 2016

The cast of the Harker Conservatory’s production of “Bye Bye Birdie” was nominated for the Best Production award at the Rita Moreno California High School Musical Honors competition, which will take...

The golf team poses for a picture after the tournament. The team qualified for the Nor Cal Qualifier Tournament through their placement in the CCS tournament.

Boys golf makes history: qualifies for NorCal Qualifier Tournament

by Alex Wang and Justin Su May 20, 2016

The upper school boys golf team placed second in CCS finals after a day-long tournament at Rancho Canada, Carmel on Monday. For the first time in Harker history, the boys qualified for the NorCal Qualifier...

Ashwin Reddy (9) remarks on his most favorite memory of the senior class of 2016.  “Meeting the seniors in the robotics club because they’re cool and funny,” he said.

Saying goodbye to the seniors

by Kaitlin Hsu, Aquila Features Editor May 20, 2016

With this year’s graduation ceremony at the Mountain Winery quickly coming up on Thursday, we bid farewell yet again to another class of seniors. The class of 2016 enjoyed some well-deserved downtime...

The class of 2016 throws their graduation caps into the air. The graduation ceremony for the class of 2016 was held at the Saratoga Mountain Winery today from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Class of 2016 graduates at Saratoga Mountain Winery

by Tara Parimi and Nicole Chen May 19, 2016

The class of 2016 graduated today during a ceremony from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Saratoga’s Mountain Winery with performances from the 2016 graduation chorus, an address from class valedictorian Anika Mohindra...

The junior class sits in the front of the crowd across from the seniors during the ceremony. The upper school’s annual Baccalaureate ceremony took place on May 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the Quad.

Seniors and juniors attend 2016 Baccalaureate ceremony on Wednesday

by Tara Parimi and Maya Valluru May 19, 2016

The Upper School’s annual Baccalaureate ceremony took place today at 6:30 p.m. in the Quad to bid a final farewell to the Class of 2016 before they graduate on Thursday and welcome juniors into their...

An example of the Facebook Chess chessboard. Facebook Messenger users can use a command to start a game of chess with a friend.

Facebook Chess is the next move in social media

by Katherine Zhang, Reporter May 17, 2016

At a quiet table in Manzanita, two students sit opposite each other, completely focused on an eight-by-eight checkerboard. After a pause, one student directs her king to capture the rook of her opponent,...

Movie poster for the original Space Jam, released on November 15 1996. The film premiered at #1 in the US box office and grossed over 230 million USD worldwide.

LeBron James to star in “Space Jam 2”

by Prameela Kottapalli, Reporter May 10, 2016

Evil intergalactic theme parks and diabolical alien henchmen. Looney Tunes characters. NBA all-stars. If these words combined make sense to you, then you’ve watched “Space Jam,” the (notably cheesy)...

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory passed the anti-transgender bathroom law on March 23. The law limits transgender individuals to only the bathroom of their birth gender.

Anti-transgender bathroom law causes controversy

by Nicole Chen, Reporter May 9, 2016

North Carolina recently passed an anti-transgender bathroom law on March 23, limiting transgender individuals to use public bathrooms corresponding to only their birth gender. With the recent inauguration...

The team huddles during the volleyball match. The boys won senior night 3-0.

Boys volleyball seniors honored in win over King’s Academy

by Shania Wang, Reporter May 6, 2016

The varsity boys volleyball team won their senior night home game 3-1 against King’s Academy this evening at the Blackford campus, boosting their record to 10-0 in league and clinching the title of league...

Nikhil Dharmaraj (9) placed first in Original Oratory at the District National Qualifying Tournament for the National Speech and Debate Associations National Tournament from March 18 to March 20. He will represent California at the National Tournament from June 11 to June 18.

Did you know: Nikhil Dharmaraj’s journey through speech

by Tiffany Wong, Reporter May 5, 2016

Nikhil Dharmaraj (9) joined Harker’s speech and debate team in sixth grade after his parents persuaded him to take public speaking classes at school. After three years of speech and debate at the middle...

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