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Harker Aquila

Juniors Sam Parupudi and Sanaa Bhorkar paint the Class of 2025's eagle white. Each grade colored their eagle white ahead of Spirit Week in October, during which classes will decorate their respective eagles to their assigned theme.

Community jumps into year of spirit with Spirit Kickoff

by Felix Chen, Mendy Mao, and Kinnera Mulam September 13, 2023

Around 250 students and faculty attended the Spirit Kickoff on Sept. 1. The event took place in the Quad from 3:30-5 p.m. and featured boardwalk-themed activities to inaugurate another year of Harker spirit. Harker...

Author of "Bandit Queens" Parini Shroff answers a question about her novel during a Recreate Reading Q and A session. During the discussion, she addressed themes such as gender inequality, discrimination and societal stigma.

ReCreate Reading assembles novelists and students

by Disha Gupta, Sidak Sanghari, and Kevin Zhang September 12, 2023

Sophomores, juniors and seniors participated in ReCreate Reading sessions to discuss their chosen novels on Aug. 24. Organized by the upper school librarians, ReCreate Reading is a program that incentivizes...

Upper school biology teacher Matthew Harley invites students and faculty to vote for Arjun Gurjar (12)'s video for the 2023 Breakthrough Junior Challenge during school meeting on Friday. The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is a science video competition, and Arjun could win a $100,000 prize for Harker if his entry advances to the final round.

School meeting recap 9/8/23: Academic updates, Mock Trial and Club Fair

by Shareen Chahal and Lily Shi September 12, 2023

Associated Student Body (ASB) President Daniel Lin (12) opened the third school meeting of the year on Friday. Assistant Upper School Division Head Kelly Horan announced several academic updates, including...

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

Music Monday: Give yourself grace with Aquila

by Tiffany Zhu, Reporter September 11, 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. As schoolwork occupies an increasing portion...

The limit imposed on the number of House seats by Congress from a century ago is outdated and no longer serves a practical purpose in today’s time.

A House confined by size cannot stand

by Jonathan Szeto, Reporter September 11, 2023

When your representative decides how to vote on an upcoming bill in the House, how do they decide? Do they pay attention to calls and messages from their constituents to make up their mind? Or do they...

A parent converses with athletics department representative Vyom Vidyarthi (11) at the Harker athletics booth during Back-to-School Day on Saturday. Club and organization representatives, including faculty and students, set up booths outside the Rothschild Performing Arts Center (RPAC) Saturday morning.

Annual upper school Back to School Day bridges parent to teacher connections

by Ashley Mo, Vivek Moorjani, and Ananya Sriram September 10, 2023

Upper school faculty, students and parents attended the annual Back to School Day to take a glimpse at daily student life at the Saratoga campus on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Back to School...

Co-Managing Editor Jonny Xue (11) leads Harker journalism reporters in a game of “Humans of Harker: Hooray or Horror.” In the activity, reporters critiqued past environmental portraits.

Humans of Harker team hosts environmental portrait workshop

by Kinnera Mulam, Winged Post Co-Editor-in-Chief September 7, 2023

Humans of Harker staff presented to Harker Journalism reporters about how to take environmental portraits for profiles yesterday during long lunch in the journalism room.  Starting in 2016, the Humans...

Harker Spirit Leadership Team (HSLT) announces the annual Spirit Kickoff during school meeting on Aug. 28 in the Zhang Gymnasium. The Spirit Kickoff took place on Friday in the Quad from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

School meeting recap 8/28/23: Artist in Residence, Spirit Kickoff and safety protocols

by Charlize Wang September 5, 2023

Associated Student Body (ASB) president Daniel Lin (12) opened the second school meeting of the year on Aug. 28.  Upper school art teacher Brian Caponi announced the Visual Arts Department’s 2023-24...

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

Music Monday: Wake up and wave to earth with Aquila

by Charlize Wang, Reporter September 4, 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. As the school year picks up pace, the desire...

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

Music Monday: Discover “The Voice” with Aquila

by Jeremy Peng, Reporter August 28, 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. In honor of Whitney “The Voice” Houston’s...

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