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Harker Aquila

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Harker Aquila

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

Music Monday: Flannels, frost and fireplaces with Aquila

by Minal Jalil, Reporter November 6, 2023

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. Pull on your coats as we part ways with...

A moderator interviews a panel of speakers on the Constellation's Connected Enterprise conference room stage about the future of humanity and artificial intelligence. Harker students listened to and participated in numerous panelist discussions and speaker events.

Students build connections at innovation conference through CareerConnect

by Lily Shi, Reporter November 6, 2023

Eight upper school students attended Constellation’s Connected Enterprise conference at the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay on Oct. 24 on a CareerConnect field trip.  Six tenth graders, Victoria Ma, Claire...

Staff who entered the costume contest pose for a picture in front of Manzanita Hall. Both students and staff dressed up in creative Halloween costumes.

Halloween haunts Harker with spirit contests and mysterious physics phenomena

by Tiffany Zhu, Reporter November 6, 2023

The upper school community engaged in Halloween festivities like a pumpkin carving contest, haunted physics lab and costume contest on Oct. 26 and Oct. 31.  Pumpkin carving contest commences Halloween...

ASB Student Events Committee members Ella Lan (12), Ameera Ramzan (9), Sam Parupudi (11), Amishi Gupta (10) and Shareen Chahal (12) remind students about Chellaween on Tuesday during the school meeting. Chellaween featured singing and dancing acts from students and teachers in the quad during long lunch on Tuesday.

School meeting 10/31/23: Chellaween, DECA kickoff, game night

by Emma Li, Reporter November 6, 2023

Associated Student Body (ASB) Secretary Cynthia Wang (12) broke the news that the projector was broken and that slides and videos could not be projected.  ASB president Daniel Lin (12) wished students...

Emily Bryan (10) races on a path around Baylands park in the Girls varsity race, the last event of the second WBAL meet. Racers looped around the park twice before diverging from the path.

Cross-country team earns season-best results at Baylands meet

by Emma Gao and Emma Li November 3, 2023

The cross-country team dominated in the second West Bay Athletics League (WBAL) race at Baylands Park on Oct. 23, which meet directors rescheduled from the previous Thursday because of high temperature...

Pranav Sukesh (11) and Ian Gerstner (11) prepare a slice of Cooking Club’s chocolate cake for Luke Wu (10). “[When we saw that] people were waiting in line for a long time, we realized that we could totally cater to the event and provide food for everybody,” Ian said.

Celebrating Friday with Cake Day: Cooking Club collaborates to cater cakes

by Victor Gong, Co-STEM Editor October 30, 2023

Head of upper school Paul Barsky collaborated with Cooking Club for the first time to distribute slices of cake to students and faculty gathered outside Nichols after school on Friday before the three-day...

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

Music Monday: Savor spooky season with Aquila

by Gabe Sachse, Sports Columnist October 30, 2023

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. From trick-or-treating to costume parties...

“Now, my mindset going into everything is, no matter what happens, you have to know that you gave it everything you had. When I step up on stage and go up to play the piano, I make sure that when I get off that stage, I left everything I had on that piano. Then, if I lost, I couldn't make the excuse that I didn't try hard enough,” Edward Huang (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Pedaling through pressure

by Victor Gong, Co-STEM Editor October 29, 2023

“Next up, Edward!” In front of a sea of eager listeners, Edward Huang (12) steps up onto the stage and sits down on the black leather piano stool. Taking a deep breath, he carefully places his hands...

Students pose with props for a photo at the photo booth. Besides dancing, students could play ping-pong, take photos and enjoy food and drink.

Sparkling in style: Students create memories at annual homecoming dance

by Lily Shi, Ashley Mo, Kairui Sun, and Felix Chen October 28, 2023

Students gathered for the annual Homecoming Dance in the auxiliary gym and quad on Oct. 13 from 7 to 10 p.m.  Due to this year’s location change for the dance from Nichols Hall to the Auxiliary Gym,...

The middle school combined choir performs during the Harker Day production on Oct. 7 at 1:30 p.m. The sang “All Over the World” from the 1980 film “Xanadu.”

Dr. Seuss-themed Harker Day shows bring together community across campuses

by Jonathan Szeto and Tiffany Zhu October 27, 2023

The spotlight emerges, casting a glow on a vibrant menagerie of colored words in Dr. Seuss’s whimsical style. Two lower school actors step under the light, one dressed as the protagonist from Dr. Seuss’s...

“I’m the type of person who’s drawn to excitement, can’t sit still or always has the next crazy idea. It’s not in my nature, but I learned to sit down and enjoy the process of what I’m doing, the process of tackling issues or looking at unexpected results in a positive way,” Kaitlyn Wang (12) said.

Humans of Harker: No door left unopened

by Ella Yee, Co-Editor-in-Chief October 26, 2023

Ever wondered about how we got to planet Earth? Curious about exoplanets that endure extreme conditions to orbit their host stars? Kaitlyn Wang (12) is the person to talk to. But she’s also someone who’s...

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