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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Google's step-by-step guide explains how to vote in California. The new features are designed to help users register to vote.

Google Search feature helps voters register

by Ashley Jiang, Photo Editor August 28, 2016

Google recently added two new features to its search engine to help people register to vote and keep up-to-date with political news. The company informed the public of this change on its official blog...

Hovering over a course title in the Naviance course planner causes a description of the course to appear. The Naviance course planner is the current method for creating a four-year course plan at the upper school.

Challenge posed to redesign course planner

by Rose Guan, Reporter May 28, 2016

Upper school Academic Dean Evan Barth announced a programming challenge to create an alternative to the four-year course planner tool, Naviance, through daily announcements and at school meeting on Monday. Design...

Middle school students talk to a representative at a booth at the annual Harker Research Symposium. The 11th research symposium was held on April 9.

11th research symposium introduces workshops

by Katherine Zhang, Reporter May 5, 2016

Around 650 students, parents, alumni and visitors attended the 11th annual Harker research symposium, which centered around machine learning, predictive analytics and data science, on April 9. The...

Global reset: facing our future

Global reset: facing our future

by Sahana Srinivasan and Vineet Kosaraju May 5, 2016

Torrential storms submerged Houston in two feet of rain last week, leading to flooding in the streets and forcing emergency personnel to rescue stranded citizens. These floods could be a preview into...

Alexander Chen (10) fills up his reusable water bottle during passing period in Manzanita Hall. During the challenge, contributors could buzz in whenever they refilled their water bottles in order to earn points.

School responds to Green Team’s Green Challenge

by Nisha Shankar, Reporter May 5, 2016

In recognition of Earth Day on April 22, the Green Team and the Green Committee hosted the first Harker Green Challenge from April 13 to April 20. During this event, students used the app SJEnvironment...

Kedar Gupta (11) receives an award for his participation at a Hackathon. Some Harker students interested in developing software attend Hackathons across the Bay Area.

Students participate in Hackathons

by Nicole Chen, Reporter May 5, 2016

Students crowd around computers with eyes glued to the screens. The sound of murmur and quiet whispers flows through the room, as ideas are developed even further when bounced off each teammate. Hackathons,...

Amy Dunphy (10), one of the Synopsys grand prize winners, speaks with a booth presenter at Symposium.

Students qualify for California State Science Fair and Intel ISEF

by Brian Park, Reporter May 5, 2016

The results of the Synopsys Science and Technology Championship were announced on March. 26, with 34 Harker students receiving prizes at the awards ceremony on April. 3. 16 out of the 34 have qualified...

Rio Olympics' attendance hurt by Zika virus, political unrest

Rio Olympics’ attendance hurt by Zika virus, political unrest

by Sahana Srinivasan, Assistant STEM editor May 5, 2016

The spread of the Zika virus, a financial downturn, pollution issues and the recent vote to impeach President Dilma Rousseff in Brazil have raised significant concerns regarding preparations for the 31st...

Video games: an immersive new art form

Video games: an immersive new art form

by Derek Yen, Reporter May 5, 2016

In an endless expanse of sun-scorched sand lingers a faceless figure cloaked in crimson samite. The vastness of the desert only yields to scattered stone ruins and a vast mountain cleaved by a pillar of...

Sarah Gonzalez (11) participates in metal shop training. The Subatomic Smarticles will travel to St. Louis to participate in the World Championship from April 27-30.

Students participate in robotics competitions outside of school

by Katherine Zhang, Reporter April 14, 2016

FRC Team 5677, the Subatomic Smarticles, which includes juniors Antony Sagayaraj, Ashwin Rao, Elena Bronder-Chang, Preethi Kandappan, Sarah de Vegvar, Sarah Gonzalez, Vedaad Shakib and Winifred “Winnie”...

Members of team 1072 pose in front of last year's robot at CalGames in October. The team will showcase its program to incoming freshmen at AnswerQuest on April 19.

Upper school robotics team’s season comes to a close

by Katherine Zhang, Reporter April 14, 2016

The upper school robotics team, FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team 1072, ended its season after participating in the FRC at the University of California at Davis from March 23 to March 26. The team...

Upper school students receive results from Synopsys Science Fair

Upper school students receive results from Synopsys Science Fair

by Aneesha Kumar, Reporter April 13, 2016

The Synopsys Science Fair took place on March 17 at the San Jose Convention Center where students from Santa Clara County interested in science, technology, engineering, and math are challenged to go beyond...

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