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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Tiffany Shou (11) prepares to hit the ball. The girls volleyball team lost to Homestead High School 2-3.

Varsity girls volleyball loses against Homestead High School in season-opener

by Jenna Sadhu, Reporter August 27, 2016

The varsity girls’ volleyball team lost its season opener in a home game against Homestead High School at Blackford last night. They lost three out of five sets, but had many students cheering them...

Harker cheerleaders deliver a cheer early in the first quarter. The Eagles won against the Warriors 21-14.

Varsity football team defeats Yerba Buena Warriors in first game of season

by Prameela Kottapalli, Asst. Features Editor August 27, 2016

The varsity football team won its first game of the season 21-14 against the Yerba Buena Warriors last night at Yerba Buena High School. The Eagles entered halftime down 0-7 but made a comeback early...

Upper School Head Butch Keller named Administrator of the Year

by Katherine Zhang, Asst. STEM Editor August 24, 2016

Upper School Head Butch Keller was named Administrator of the Year by the Journalism Education Association (JEA) this morning at 10 a.m. The award is presented to administrators who support the rights...

Sophomores Taylor Vaughan and Elise Mayer conquer the Giants Ladder, helping out each other to scale the distance between the rungs. The class of 2019 trip occurred on August 18.

Sophomore class embarks on annual ropes course outing

by Prameela Kottapalli, Asst. Features Editor August 19, 2016

The class of 2019 travelled to the Koinonia Conference grounds in the Santa Cruz Mountains to  participate in the annual sophomore ropes course trip on Thursday. The sophomores were separated into...

Head of School Christopher Nikoloff gives the first speech of Matriculation. The Matriculation Ceremony took place on the morning of Aug. 19 in the Quad.

Matriculation welcomes students and faculty to new school year

by Tiffany Wong, Copy Editor August 19, 2016

The 2016-2017 school year officially began this morning with the Upper School’s annual Matriculation Ceremony, which invited students and faculty to the Quad to attend a series of speeches and performances. After...

Junior Niki Iyer runs in a track and field meet at Bellarmine College Preparatory. She placed third in the 3200-meter at the state championships in Fresno.

Junior Niki Iyer places third in state championships

by Alex Wang, Sports Editor June 8, 2016

Junior Niki Iyer placed third in the State Track and Field Championships in Fresno Saturday with a 10:24.39 time in the 3200-meter run. “I'm definitely really excited and also shocked about my performance...

Movie posters for Finding Dory, Independence Day: Resurgence, The Shallows, The BFG and Suicide Squad. Hollywood is releasing over 40 movies this summer, 17 of which are sequels, remakes and spinoffs.

Movies to look forward to watching this summer

by Prameela Kottapalli, Reporter June 8, 2016

Summer is finally here and so are barbecues, backpacking, binge watching, beach trips and, of course, blockbusters. Not only is making a getaway to the local air-conditioned movie theater an escape from...

Hovering over a course title in the Naviance course planner causes a description of the course to appear. The Naviance course planner is the current method for creating a four-year course plan at the upper school.

Challenge posed to redesign course planner

by Rose Guan, Reporter May 28, 2016

Upper school Academic Dean Evan Barth announced a programming challenge to create an alternative to the four-year course planner tool, Naviance, through daily announcements and at school meeting on Monday. Design...

Alice Wu (16) and Kevina Xiao (16) prepare for the 2015 club fair. Both new and returning clubs will be allowed to present at the 2016-2017 club fair.

New clubs for 2016-2017 school year

by Katherine Zhang, Reporter May 28, 2016

As the 2015-2016 school year draws to a close, students have begun applying to start new clubs for next year. Those who are proposing ideas for new student organizations must fill out the club starter...

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders addresses an audience of young adults at a presidential campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa.

Number of voters registered for June 7 California primary increases this year

by Tiffany Wong, Reporter May 26, 2016

The number of Californians registering to vote in this year’s presidential primary have increased to 17.4 million voters from last year’s turnout of 13.2 million voters. According to reports from...

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...

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