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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

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Economics teacher Samuel Lepler was presented with his Teacher of the Year Award from the California Association of School Economics Teachers (CASET) during the annual CASET conference in San Francisco last Friday. “It’s great. It’s an honor. It’s nice to be able to get credit for things that other people do, because I don’t take the tests, but it’s fun and it feels nice,” Lepler said.

Economics teacher Samuel Lepler receives California Teacher of the Year award from CASET

by Anika Rajamani, Reporter October 23, 2017

Economics teacher Samuel Lepler received the Teacher of the Year award from the California Association of School Economics Teachers (CASET) last Friday. The award was presented to Lepler during the...

Academic Decathlon Kahoot participants review their answers to the question What is Nkanda? Members of the club also sold boba tea outside Manzanita for 6 dollars each today.

Academic Decathlon holds club week

by Farah Hosseini, Reporter October 20, 2017

Academic Decathlon hosted a mini Kahoot scrimmage for both members and non-members yesterday and sold boba tea outside of Manzanita during lunch today for their club week. As the theme for this year’s...

SNHS advisor Abel Olivas holds up a bingo card and bingo clues while explaining the rules of the game. Event attendees also participated in another activity where they attempted to identify the genres of a series of Spanish songs.

Spanish National Honor Society holds annual Spanish Olympiad

by Srinath Somasundaram, Reporter October 19, 2017

Members of the Spanish National Honor Society (SNHS) participated in the annual Spanish Olympiad in Nichols Atrium during lunch today. The event included a few cultural activities, including a cultural...

The team cheers for the seniors as they shoot the last holes. The varsity girls golf team won their senior night match against Sacred Heart Preparatory 186-262.

Girls golf wins senior night match

by Meena Gudapati, Aquila Editor-in-Chief October 18, 2017

The varsity girls golf team won its senior night game against Sacred Heart Preparatory at Los Lagos Golf Course in San Jose last night. Katherine Zhu (12) led the team, shooting 33. Natalie Vo (9),...

Guest speaker Maureen R. Johnston introduces herself to the sophomore and freshman classes during the assembly today. She spoke to upper school students about gender roles, gender identity, depression and anxiety today.

Therapist discusses gender at school assembly

by Karina Chen and Tiffany Wong October 18, 2017

Students across all four grades attended an assembly hosted by guest speaker Maureen R. Johnston about gender roles and stereotypes today in Nichols Atrium. Johnston, a licensed marriage and family...

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 finalists announced today

by Helen Yang, Aquila Asst. STEM Editor October 18, 2017

Two upper school students were named regional finalists for the 2017 Siemens Competition today. 101 regional finalists from across the country were selected from the 491 semifinalists announced yesterday....

Smoke from the ongoing fires in the North Bay color the Friday morning skies above the upper school burnt orange. Students, parents and faculty are invited to bring all donations Friday afternoon to either the lower, middle, or upper school campuses for Harkers Stuff the Bus drive.

Northern California wildfires: How to help

by Karina Chen, Rose Guan, Kaitlin Hsu, Ashley Jiang, and Tiffany Wong October 17, 2017

Various organizations nationwide have begun recovery efforts for the fires that started in Northern California last Monday. Harker will be hosting a “Stuff the Bus” drive for canned goods, nonperishable...

Siemens semifinalists announced today

Siemens semifinalists announced today

by Helen Yang, Aquila Asst. STEM Editor October 17, 2017

Ten upper school students were named semifinalists for the Siemens Competition today. The Siemens Foundation posted the list of 491 semifinalists online this morning. Seniors Amy Dunphy, Swapnil Garg...

SDS directors Haley Keller (12), Sameep Mangat (12), Anika Banga (12) and Jessica Skinner (12) take notes during the initial round of auditions on Monday and Tuesday. To be able to share all of that [with them] is incredible… to teach something you’re so personally passionate about is just a joy, performing arts director Laura Lang-Ree said.

Student Directed Showcase directors host showcase auditions

by Vivian Jin, Reporter October 13, 2017

Over 50 students of all grades and acting levels auditioned for the annual Student Directed Showcase (SDS) on Monday and Tuesday in performing arts director Laura Lang-Ree’s room. Callbacks for the...

Chinese Culture Club members Logan Bhamidipaty (11), Alycia Cary (11) and Helen Yang (11) sell boba from Teaspoon at a table outside of Manzanita. Students could either pay in cash or have the 6 dollar purchase charged to their student account.

Chinese Culture Club holds first club week of school year

by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor October 13, 2017

Chinese Culture Club sold boba and hosted a celebration of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival for their club week this week. Club members first announced Chinese Culture Club’s activities during Tuesday’s...

A group of freshmen walk along a trail to their next trail repair site at the Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve. “I’m most looking forward to… getting the opportunity to see my advisees get closer together. [If] we get out there and put in some sweat and some elbow grease into this project, I can’t imagine something that would make us bond more closely together, freshman advisor Scott Odekirk said before the trip.

Freshmen travel to Coyote Valley for annual community service trip

by Arya Maheshwari, Reporter October 12, 2017

The Class of 2021 traveled to Coyote Valley for the annual freshman community service trip to do environmental work yesterday, receiving five service hours for their efforts at the reserve. The Coyote...

Testing locations were posted on campus monitors. The juniors took the PSAT in the auxiliary gym, while the sophomores tested in their advisors classrooms.

Juniors and sophomores take PSATs

by Gloria Zhang, Aquila Asst. Features Editor October 11, 2017

Juniors and sophomores took the PSAT exam today from 8 to 11 a.m. Students were required to arrive on campus by 7:30 a.m. Late arrivals were not permitted to take the exam, according to College Board...

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