The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The bell schedule created by the Harker Dev. The team also manages websites like Harker lunch menu, course planner and a GPA calculator.

Harker Dev: The second generation

by Katherine Zhang, Winged Post STEM Editor March 1, 2018

For most students, the online bell schedule is a staple: with its neat, boxy design, it serves as an online version of the schedule card that all students receive every matriculation. The difference is...

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California experiences stronger flu season than usual

by Arya Maheshwari, Reporter February 23, 2018

This year’s flu season has proven significantly stronger than usual statewide, causing greater hospitalization rates and tolls on the community, but has not seen as adverse of an outcome in Harker campuses. Cases...

Regeneron scholars Eleanor Xiao, Rajiv Movva, Justin Xie, Amy Dunphy, Amy Jin and Jimmy Lin. The seniors were six of 300 scholars named nationwide in the competition.

Six seniors named scholars in Regeneron Science Talent Search

by Katherine Zhang, STEM Editor January 9, 2018

The Regeneron Science Talent Search named six Harker seniors as scholars, an honor awarded to the top 300 entrants in the country. Regeneron posted a list of the scholars, who were chosen from 1,818 total...

Joanna Lin (12) works on a problem during a practice round for last years online math competition Math Madness on Sept. 27. Competitors worked on math problems online in 20 minute sessions.

Upcoming math competitions in 2018

by Jessie Wang, Reporter December 7, 2017

As 2017 winds to a close, many math and science competitions approach, the two closest ones being the TEAMS competition and the AMC 10/12. The AMC 10 and the AMC 12 are both 25-question tests that last...

The moon at 9 p.m. PST, as viewed from California. The supermoon will be most visible during the early morning hours of Dec. 4.

Supermoon lights up sky on Sunday

by Irina Malyugina, Reporter December 4, 2017

This year’s brightest supermoon occurred from the night of Dec. 3 to the night of Dec. 4. On Sunday night, the moon will be almost as close as possible to the Earth. It will appear 16 percent brighter...

The Milpitas skyline after dark. A new study has discovered that the global light pollution problem is worsening.

New Science Advances study discovers alarming increase in global levels of light pollution

by Tiffany Wong, News Editor December 3, 2017

Over the years, the falling price and rising efficiency of LEDs have proven to be a blessing—and now are proving to be a curse. According to a recent study about our planet’s worsening light pollution...

Dr. Schafer speaks to Dr. Aiyers fifth period Signals and Systems class. Schafer visited the class to lecture on Fourier transforms.

Q&A with Dr. Ronald Schafer, Stanford electrical engineering professor

by Rose Guan, Wingspan Senior Staff Writer and Designer November 25, 2017

Harker Aquila spoke to Dr. Ronald Schafer, an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University notable for some of the earliest research in digital signal processing (DSP) and contributions...

A memorial service for Dr. Mirzakhani, who had taught at Stanford, was held on Oct. 21 in the CEMEX auditorium in Stanford.

Memorial held for Fields medal winner

by Saloni Shah, Reporter November 18, 2017

Dr. Mirzakhani, renowned scholar and math genius, died on July 14 of breast cancer at age 40. Stanford University held a memorial service for Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani, professor of mathematics, on Oct. 21...

STEM Scene

STEM Scene

by Arushi Saxena, Reporter November 18, 2017

HARKER Math Competition Members of Math Club attended a competition at Santa Clara University on Nov. 4. They participated in a three-hour exam involving several different types of problems. Students...

The PUMaC team practices on Nov. 10. The competition will be on Nov. 18 at Princeton University.

Math Club members attend first travel contest

by Anmol Velagapudi and Michael Eng November 18, 2017

A team of eight students from the Math club will compete in the Princeton University Mathematics Competition (PUMaC) in New Jersey on Nov. 18th. The upper school’s team consists of senior Swapnil Garg;...

A graphical rendering of two neutron stars colliding. Scientists detected a neutron star collision for the first time in August and presented their findings on Oct. 16.

Two different signals detect neutron star collision in historic scientific moment

by Arya Maheshwari and Katherine Zhang November 18, 2017

Scientists announced the discovery of a neutron star collision, which was detected on Aug. 17, in news conferences throughout the world on Oct. 16. Reports written by over 3,500 astronomers on the historic...

Research partners Swapnil Garg (12) and Katherine Tian (11) received notice on Nov. 6 that the Siemens Foundation named them regional finalists. They developed an automatic cancer-severity classifier at the Heng Lab in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center of the Harvard Medical School.

Siemens regional winners named

by Anya Weaver and Nerine Uyanik November 18, 2017

Senior Swapnil Garg and junior Katherine Tian were named regional winners in the 2017 Siemens Competition on Nov. 6 for their development of an autobiotic classifier to assess the severity of kidney cancer,...

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