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James Gatenby, a web developer at LinkedIn helps students professionalize their profiles. The workshop was held yesterday during long lunch in the Innovation Center

Career Connect holds workshop during long lunch

by Jenna Sadhu, Reporter October 8, 2015

A workshop held by Career Connect took place in the Innovation Center during long lunch yesterday to teach students how to make a professional LinkedIn profile, and the importance of having one as a high...

Five seniors were invited to attend the 25th Annual Inspire Luncheon, hosted by the YWCA Silicon Valley. The event occurred yesterday.

Five seniors attend 25th YWCA Inspire Luncheon

by Ayushi Gautam, Managing Editor October 8, 2015

Five seniors and two alumni attended the 25th Annual YWCA Silicon Valley Inspire Luncheon today. Seniors Naomi Molin, Helen Woodruff, Melina Nakos, Adele Li and Ayushi Gautam were nominated by their...

Senior Gurutam Thockchom plays the guitar while singing. Gurutam was one of four Harker students selected to the National Choir.

Four Harker students to perform as part of National Honor Choir

by Tiffany Wong, Reporter October 7, 2015

Four upper school students have been selected from a pool of over a thousand applicants to perform with 346 other members of the All-National Honor Choir at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on Oct. 28. Applicants...

Sandip Nirmel (11) lights a candle as an initiation for NHS. The NHS officers and faculty held a ceremony yesterday to welcome the 30 new members to the organization.

National Honor Society welcomes new members in Induction Ceremony

by Jackie Gao and Neil Bai October 7, 2015

The National Honor Council (NHS) held an induction ceremony at Nichols for the 30 new members at 6 p.m. yesterday. During the ceremony, the returning members of NHS welcomed the new members of the club....

Daniel Hudkins, the director of information technology service and support for the upper school, announces the change of schedule at school meeting. The schedule will be piloted during the month of January and will be permanently implemented next year.

New schedule to be introduced in the upper school

by Melina Nakos, Reporter October 5, 2015

A new class schedule designed to reduce student stress will be tested in January for possible implementation in the school years ahead. The schedule was designed by two committees of teachers as well...

Performing arts students talk about plays for SDS. Audition signups begin tomorrow, and auditions will take place on Oct. 13.

School meeting recap–10/5

by Vijay Bharadwaj, Wingspan Copy Editor October 5, 2015

Students who are interested in engineering programs can sign up for the Tests of Engineering, Math, Aptitude and Science (TEAMS) competition, which will take place in February. Interested participants...

Eagles defeat Santa Cruz Cardinals in homecoming matchup

Eagles defeat Santa Cruz Cardinals in homecoming matchup

by Ria Gandhi and Justin Su October 4, 2015

The varsity football team won its homecoming game against Santa Cruz yesterday with a score of 23-13. Touchdowns were scored by running back Demonte Aleem (9) and Anthony Contreras (10). The...

Seniors cheer for their class after they make an entrance onto the field. Traditionally, seniors run through a paper banner in a special entrance.

Students kick off homecoming with spirit rally

by Lauren Russell, Reporter October 3, 2015

Students competed in the homecoming spirit rally yesterday as a kickoff for the dance yesterday evening and the upcoming game today. Each class competed in a screaming competition and came up with an...

Kurt Schwartz (12) and Stephanie Huang (12) react to the rainfall on Wednesday afternoon. Students have started appreciating rainfall much more following the severe drought.

Rain, rain, come again

by Lavinia Ding, Reporter October 2, 2015

On Wednesday afternoon, the clouds suddenly turned a murky gray and the air became humid, forecasting rain. Sure enough, a few droplets soon fell from the sky as students looked up eagerly, anticipating...

Freshmen cheer for their class during the scream-off. This was the first rally for the freshman and the last homecoming rally for the seniors.

Freshmen and seniors reflect on Spirit Week experiences

by Lauren Russell, Reporter October 2, 2015

As the first spirit week of the school year comes to an end, freshmen reflect on their first high school rally while seniors think about one of their last rallies. This year’s spirit rally had the...

The sophomores walk in the parade with their bee hive themed float. The parade was held yesterday in the quad.

Students take part in annual “Panoply of Chaos” parade

by Nicole Chen, Reporter October 1, 2015

Upper school students showcased their spirit by participating in the annual homecoming parade “Panoply of Chaos” that was held in the quad yesterday during long lunch. The parade was led by Jazz...

Members of each class gather in front of Manzanita Hall to compete in a donut eating contest. The freshmen won first place.

Students participate in donut-eating competition

by Maya Valluru and Kaitlin Hsu September 30, 2015

Eight students in each lunch period competed in a donut-eating contest yesterday in front of Manzanita Hall. Spirit club members and advisers suspended donuts from the edges of an umbrella. The objective...

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