Live Coverage: Girls volleyball challenges Sacred Heart Prep for CCS championship
by Anna Vazhaeparambil and Aditya Singhvi
November 9, 2019
The Eagles defeated the Sacred Heart Prep Gators 25-12, 25-23, 25-14 to win the Central Coast Section (CCS) Division 4 title at Palo Alto High. 7:25 p.m. Upper School Athletic Director Dan Molin and Upper School Division Head Butch Keller have presented the trophy to the girls volleyball team, ...
Lockdown drill canceled after discovery of threatening graffiti message leads many students to stay home from school
by Kathy Fang and Arushi Saxena
November 6, 2019
This story was updated at 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 6. This is a developing story. Check Harker Aquila for future updates. Following the discovery of a threatening graffiti message in a Dobbins boys bathroom, tomorrow’s lockdown drill has been canceled, and the school day will follow a normal B-day sch...
Editorial: No joke has bullets as a punchline
November 5, 2019
A threat is never a joke. In the downstairs Dobbins boys’ bathroom this morning, an as-yet-unidentified student graffitied two lines from a J. Cole song: “I'm counting my bullets / I'm loading my clips.” They added a third: “Don’t come to school tomorrow.” That threat led to the f...
Upper school administration calls sudden, mandatory all-school meeting after students reported threatening graffiti message
by Harker News Staff
November 5, 2019
Upper school administration called students and faculty to a sudden and mandatory all-school meeting in the athletics center at 2:45 p.m. today after students reported a threatening graffiti message in the downstairs Dobbins boys bathroom this morning. At the meeting, Head of School Brian Yager a...
Live Coverage: Girls Volleyball takes on Pacific Grove in CCS quarterfinals
by Vishnu Kannan and Anna Vazhaeparambil
November 5, 2019
8:02 p.m. The Eagles take the set 25 - 8 and the game 3 - 0. They will now move on to the CCS semifinals, where they will play Harbor High School on Thursday at 5 p.m. at Notre-Dame Belmont. 7:59 p.m. A kill out of the middle by Anvitha Tummala (11), who just subbed into the game, extends the Eagles...
Water polo teams defeated in league tournament after strong season
by Anna Vazhaeparambil, Aquila Co-Sports Editor
November 2, 2019
After a strong run this year, both varsity water polo teams lost their respective games on Friday in the league tournament, ending their seasons early. The boys finished 16-14 overall and 10-4 in league, while the girls were 20-4 overall and 13-1 in league. The boys played Cupertino High School at 4:4...
Students, faculty celebrate Halloween with creative costumes
October 31, 2019
This year's Halloween showcased a variegated barrage of unique costumes. Either humorous, traditionally terrifying or a classic; simple, complex, or colorful, costumes reflected the personalities and spirit of the upper school body. Students and faculty put their creativity to the test and donne...
Lights out, flames rise: As Sonoma County continues to burn, “historic” high-speed, dry wind event prompts PG&E to expand power shutoffs to reduce additional fire risk
by Kathy Fang, Arya Maheshwari, and Nicole Tian
October 28, 2019
As the Kincade fire in Sonoma County continues to burn and “extreme” weather conditions bring heightened fire risks to northern California, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced plans yesterday to implement the third consecutive public safety power shutoff (PSPS) of the week, whi...
Fire season in full force as Sonoma fire rages on, wind event pushes smoke into Bay Area and worsens air quality
by Kathy Fang and Nicole Tian
October 27, 2019
This is a developing story. Check Harker Aquila for additional coverage on wildfires and outages. As the Kincade fire in Sonoma County rages on, dry, gusty winds continue to push smoke from the wildfires southward, prompting Spare the Air to issue an alert warning for tomorrow in the San Francisco Bay A...
Psychology superhero: Fighting crime on mental health stigmas
by Alysa Suleiman, Sports Reporter
October 25, 2019
Psychologist and comic-lover Dr. Andrea Letamendi spoke to the upper school during two assemblies for underclassmen and upperclassmen on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Her lecture, titled “Psychology of Superheroes: Resilience, Self-care and Purpose,” covered topics of identity, acceptance, empowerment and met...
“Under the Microscope:” Harker hosts annual TEDx event
by Varsha Rammohan and Alysa Suleiman
October 24, 2019
Hundreds of tightly bunched red balloons spelling out “TEDX” in giant floating letters greeted students, parents and faculty as they entered the Nichols Auditorium. An event inspired by the world-renowned nonprofit organization TED, which sponsors speakers from all over the globe, TEDxHarker is a...
PG&E to shut off power in 17 Northern California counties in second public safety power shutoff of the month
by Kathy Fang, Editor-in-Chief
October 23, 2019
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) officials announced today that the utility will be moving forward with this month's second round of public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) today, turning off power to parts of 17 counties in Northern California, in response to warnings of dry, hot and windy weather...