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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 Association's 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...

Alexander Chen (10) fills up his reusable water bottle during passing period in Manzanita Hall. During the challenge, contributors could buzz in whenever they refilled their water bottles in order to earn points.

School responds to Green Team’s Green Challenge

by Nisha Shankar, Reporter May 5, 2016

In recognition of Earth Day on April 22, the Green Team and the Green Committee hosted the first Harker Green Challenge from April 13 to April 20. During this event, students used the app SJEnvironment...

​​Kylo Ren, the antagonist from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", the latest installment of the franchise, glowers with a red light saber.

Enthusiastic freshman celebrates national Star Wars day, May 4th

by Prameela Kottapalli, Reporter May 4, 2016

When Lily Wancewicz (9) was five, she watched "Star Wars" for the first time. Her eyes widened in awe as images of intergalactic landscapes flashed across the screen, she gasped as blue and red light sabers...

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