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Interact Co-President Kevina Xiao (12) sells Popbar and Pinkberry during Wednesday long lunch. The club has sold Pinkberry during all four annual club weeks that it has hosted.

Interact sells food for club week

by Maya Kumar, Winged Post Asst. Features Editor April 12, 2016

Interact Club sold Pinkberry to fundraise for various organizations that aim to combat human trafficking as part of their club week every day last week outside Manzanita. They also sold popbars on...

Juniors Sandip Nirmel, Eddie Shiang, Alexander Lam, and Ray Song were elected to the 2016-17 ASB council. Students voted in the candidates during lunch Thursday at the journalism room.

Student body elects ASB council for 2016-2017 school year

by Vignesh Panchanatham, Reporter April 12, 2016

Upper school students elected four juniors to the 2016-2017 Associated Student Body (ASB) council last Thursday. Students from grades nine through 11 voted in the journalism room last Thursday. Results...

Three NEC teams from the upper school pose in front of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The Northern California state competition was held on April 4.

Students take top honors at National Economics Challenge state round

by Rose Guan, Reporter April 11, 2016

Three teams of upper school juniors and seniors competed in the Northern California Adam Smith division of the National Economics Challenge (NEC) at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on April 4. After...

Members of the Green Team explain the events that they are hosting for Earth Day next week. Students can download an app and earn points for their class.

School meeting recap–4/11

by Alex Wang, Reporter April 11, 2016

The sophomores will have a fundraiser for their class next Wednesday during Spirit Week. They will be selling sweet potato fries and three flavors of milkshakes from The Counter. Anyone interested must...

The upper school orchestra members stand up after their performance. The annual Spring Concert was held yesterday at 7 p.m.

Upper and middle schools perform in Spring Orchestra Concert

by Shania Wang, Reporter April 9, 2016

The upper and middle schools orchestras performed in the annual Spring Orchestra Concert at De Anza College’s Visual and Performing Arts Center (VPAC) yesterday for the last performance of the year. The...

Andrew Tierno (11) performs his Dramatic Interpretation, A New Kind of Gravity, which follows a security guard at a battered women’s shelter who forms a fatherly bond with a young girl who has an abusive father. However, he must battle his feelings of anger towards the father when the latter reappears in the little girl’s life.

Speech team holds annual showcase

by Meilan Steimle, Winged Post Features Editor April 8, 2016

The Harker Upper School’s Speech team performed selected pieces at the end of the competitive season in Nichols Auditorium Monday afternoon. Speech, along with Debate, comprises the Forensics program....

A 40 year old oak tree in the Quad was cut down during spring break after being deemed in a state of distress for the past decade. There are currently no known plans for the freshly cleared land.

Tree in quad cut down during spring break

by Maya Valluru, Asst. News Editor April 7, 2016

Students arrived on campus after spring break on Monday to see that the oak tree in the Quad next to the kiosk was cut down while school was out of session. Facility director Mike Bassoni explained...

Libero Jonathan Schwartz (11) digs a hit from Wilcox while Andrew Gu (11), Ray Song (11) and Jarrett Anderson (9) get into hitting position.

Varsity boys volleyball defeats Wilcox High 3-0

by Melissa Kwan, TALON People Editor April 6, 2016

The varsity boys volleyball team won their second league match 3-0 against Wilcox High Wednesday to improve to 2-0 in league and 4-8 overall. The Eagles won the first two sets decisively, scoring 25-14...

Zachary Hoffman (9) makes his speech in the all-staff meeting in the Journalism room yesterday during long lunch. All applicants were required to make a speech in front of all current staff members.

Newspaper starts transition to new leadership team

by Nicole Chen, Reporter April 6, 2016

Harker Journalism began the process of choosing new leadership teams for its publications, Winged Post, Harker Aquila and Wingspan, for the 2016-17 school year. The process began with current reporters...

Senior Oklahoma Sooner guard Buddy Hield, who averaged around 25 points per game, won the James A. Naismith, which is awarded to the best college basketball player, this past Sunday. The University of Oklahoma lost 51-95 against Villanova University in the Final Four. By not winning it all, Hield seemingly did not match his being recognized as the top collegiate player, even though his season proved excellent by collegiate standards.

Beyond the Game: Single-elimination games expose flaws in social judgment

by Alex Youn, TALON Sports Editor and Aquila Columnist April 4, 2016

May the best team win. An unpredictable combination of grueling losses whittled 68 teams down to just one: the Villanova Wildcats, who, in a storybook ending, upset the top-seeded University of North...

Members of the chess team pose for a photo with their awards. Vignesh placed first in the individual competition, and the team of five won the team championship award.

Chess club wins in Atlanta

by Raveena Kapatkar and Tara Parimi April 4, 2016

The upper school chess team won the team championship award at the K-12 National High School Chess Championships in Atlanta this weekend, with Vignesh Panchanatham (10) placing first overall. Students...

Caption: Orchestra members set up their instruments and stands in preparation of their performance during the meeting. The orchestra will play in its spring concert this Friday at De Anza College.

School meeting recap–4/4

by Alex Wang, Reporter April 4, 2016

Prom tickets will be available beginning today outside of Manzanita. Tickets will cost $110 if bought today, $120 afterwards and $140 at the door. Head of School Christopher Nikoloff will hold his “Who...

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