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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

It is easy to assume that federal policy decisions have little bearing on the lives of high school students. But our privilege does not shield us from national decisions that erode the foundation of research itself.

Editorial: Research funding cuts threaten students’ futures

by Editorial Board May 2, 2025

For Harker students dreaming of solving global problems or making groundbreaking discoveries, their journeys begin at college research labs. But across the country, these opportunities are disappearing. The...

Harker Journalism staff poses in front of Pike Place in Seattle. Journalism students and advisers visited the city for the annual JEA/NSPA convention.

Sweepin’ through Seattle: Harker journalism staff attends JEA/NSPA convention

by Suhani Gupta, Eva Cheng, and Sam Li April 26, 2025

SEATTLE – Thirty-eight journalism students and three staff members attended the spring Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association National High School Journalism Convention...

Unraveling the universe with astrophotography

Unraveling the universe with astrophotography

by Victor Gong, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief April 3, 2025

When you look up at the night sky, what do you see? On good days, stars dot the dark canvas, and on bad days, there’s nothing at all. Behind the typical constellations lie realms of galaxies, nebulas...

Many students cited dissonance between their perceptions of their time at Harker and the administration’s large emphasis on celebrating Harker’s diversity, from the annual Culture Week to Student Diversity Coalition announcements at school meetings. Multiple students recalled feeling that their lack of representation was overlooked or simply not talked about enough.

It’s time to talk about diversity

by Katerina Matta, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief March 30, 2025

There’s no question that Harker is a diverse place. From the range of extracurricular offerings to our academic interests, each student is profoundly different from the next. Yet, there remains one staggering...

Editorial: Sickness attendance policy traps students

Editorial: Sickness attendance policy traps students

by Editorial Board March 27, 2025

“I’m sick.” How often have you heard this from a mask-clad classmate and wondered why they were at school? To many students, this isn’t a rare occurrence: in a recent poll with 176 student responses,...

In a world that often forces youth with immigrant backgrounds to choose between their heritage and their surroundings, art offers a space where they don’t have to choose at all. Through artwork, young artists can explore different ideas of home and belonging and reconcile the parts of their identity.

Bridging cultures and inspiring change through creativity

by Disha Gupta and Suhani Gupta March 27, 2025

Pop culture isn’t just entertainment — it’s a measure of belonging. From inside jokes in classic sitcoms to chart-topping songs, American media signals who “fits in.” For immigrant youth, this...

Mala Raghavan appreciates the chemistry behind traditional recipes, blending the two together to achieve her cooking goals. "Students often bring in complicated formulas to determine limiting reagents, but the limiting reactant is simply the ingredient that runs out first and limits how much product you can make — just like in a recipe," Dr. Raghavan said.

Meet your staff: Finding chemistry in traditional recipes

by Sam Li and William Jiang March 26, 2025

When chemistry teacher Mala Raghavan sprinkles powdered cumin seeds into hot oil, she’s applying scientific principles that extend far beyond the kitchen. The crushed seeds create surfaces from which...

Members of the national collective Raging Grannies sang songs outside a Palo Alto Tesla showroom. They denounced Elon Musks’s proposed cuts to social security.

“Honk if you hate Musk”: Palo Alto protesters rally outside Tesla showroom

by Lily Shi, Nathan Yee, and Disha Gupta March 26, 2025

Dozens gathered outside a Tesla showroom to denounce sweeping federal cuts to social programs like Social Security and Medicare proposed by presidential advisor Elon Musk and the Department of Government...

Trump's administration aims to decrease funding to the Department of Education. “If funding for county offices is cut, it's our students who are the most vulnerable," Santa Clara County Board of Education member Tara Sreekrishnan said.

Pulse of the People: Debate and doubt over the Department of Education

by Elizabeth Zhang, Assistant Features Editor March 21, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education on Thursday. Although Trump can’t lawfully dismantle a federal agency without first going through Congress, he...

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