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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Music Monday is a new installation featuring a different category of songs on a weekly basis.

Music Monday: Love classics with Aquila

by Selina Xu, Aquila Co-Managing Editor February 12, 2024

Music Monday features a different category of songs on a weekly basis. Each Monday, Harker Aquila will release seven songs, one song for each day of the week. Love is in the air! In celebration of Valentine's...

“Teaching robotics is probably one of the hardest things I've done so much trying to transition into that teacher's mindset. Not only do I have to teach the material, I have to understand how they are understanding it to help them learn. That's been a very big challenge, but something that's also been very rewarding. It's made me think a lot more about the choices that I make with regards to design," Ronald Cartee (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Designing with detail

by Ella Guo, Humans of Harker Profiler February 9, 2024

Frenzied shouts echo as teams run around fixing incoming problems from their robots. Among them, Ronald Cartee (12) finishes the final changes, ensuring the robot works for the team’s success in...

Humans of Harker: Playing songs of happiness

Humans of Harker: Playing songs of happiness

by Angelina Burrows, TALON Co-Sports Editor February 9, 2024

Hands grasping a microphone, Ben Cha (12) looks toward the blinding lights of the Rothschild Performing Arts Center. Though he performed with Jazz Band many times before, this show was different. Instead...

Synthetic opioids, notably fentanyl, pose nearly double the risk of death compared to prescription opioids such as morphine, codeine and thebaine. The low cost and high potency of fentanyl make it an appealing substance for mixing with heroin and other illegal drugs easily.

Scientists anticipate a fourth wave of opioid crisis

by Disha Gupta, Asst. Opinions Editor February 9, 2024

Imagine pulling out a dull pencil, trekking over to the sharpener and watching the machine distill the lead into a sharp tip. Now, picture delicate crystal specks one-fourth the size of this minuscule...

Staff from the Stanford Blood Center process blood donations during the blood drive on Jan. 29. The drive took place all throughout the school day in Nichols Atrium.

Upper school partners with Stanford Blood Center to host blood drive

by Anika Maji and Claire Bauschlicher February 9, 2024

Upper school seniors and faculty took part in a blood drive organized by junior Sahngwie Yim in partnership with Medical Club and the Stanford Blood Center on Jan. 29. Staff from Stanford Blood Center...

“Leading is about being confident because you have to learn to tell people what to do, and that's not something that I was used to. But by the end of it, you're like, ‘Okay, I have to do this because this is my job.’ You can tell the actor, ‘Hey, can you do that again?’ or ‘Move over here. We're going to shoot that again’ or ‘You did great. Just do it again so we can get a different angle,’” Emily McCartney (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Creative director, directive creator

by Ella Guo, Humans of Harker Profiler February 9, 2024

With the sun gradually setting, the sky suddenly began to darken, creating an atmosphere of pressure as light faded. Noticing the change while shooting a short horror film, Emily McCartney (12) knew...

Humans of Harker: Stepping into the spotlight

Humans of Harker: Stepping into the spotlight

by Shareen Chahal, Winged Post Managing Editor February 7, 2024

“Top of the show, everyone!” Isabella Ribeiro (12) scans the expansive stage in the Rothschild Performing Arts Center as her cast finds their places in the wings. Through her headset, she addresses...

“Musical theater gives me more of a creative rush, and I feel excited to be expressing what I want to express, and there's no real direction I have to go. I get to choose, and that's fun in and of itself. Math on the other hand, I enjoy the opposite. I find joy in that idea that there's one way to do it, and boom, you found it and you've solved it. There's a satisfaction there,” Ian Ogden (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Balancing equations and harmonies

by Mendy Mao, Co-Assistant Copy Editor February 7, 2024

Ian Ogden (12) remembers walking across downtown Las Vegas with a group of fourteen other mathletes after a long day of problem-solving. They talk and laugh together in the night as they walk out of a...

French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a speech to Congress about the relations between France and the United States in 2018. Macron chose Gabriel Attal as France's new Prime Minister on Jan. 9. (Provided by house.gov)

Global Headlines (January 2024)

by Aryana Bharali and Ella Guo February 7, 2024

Gabriel Attal becomes France’s youngest and first openly gay prime minister 34-year-old Gabriel Attal made history as France’s youngest and first openly gay prime minister on Jan. 9. Appointed...

Director of Student Organizations Eric Kallbrier announces the winner of the 49ers Nick Bosa cutout. Cynthia Wang (12) won the cutout after guessing the result of the 49ers game against the Lions correctly.

School Meeting 1/29: Parchment accounts, Holocaust Day of Remembrance, Lunar New Year celebrations

by Ella Guo, Humans of Harker Profiler February 6, 2024

Associated Student Body President Daniel Lin (12) opened the school meeting on Jan. 29.  Director of Standardized Testing and Scheduling Troy Thiele talked about student transcripts and Parchment accounts,...

Music Monday is a new installation featuring a different category of songs on a weekly basis.

Music Monday: Dream on with Aquila

by Alena Suleiman, Aquila Co-Editor-in-Chief February 5, 2024

Music Monday features a different category of songs on a weekly basis. Each Monday, Harker Aquila will release seven songs, one song for each day of the week.  As we enter the suspended realm between...

Social media and online trends’ growing popularity isolates Generation Alpha from the childhoods of generations before and instills a desire to appear older than one’s true age.

10-year-olds at Sephora reveal dangers of social media

by Charlize Wang, Assistant Opinions Editor February 3, 2024

When I look back on my childhood, certain precious and routine moments spring to mind. American Girl dolls wrapped neatly under the Christmas tree. The loud clicking of plastic Disney princess heels on...

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