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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Bahar Sodeifi (11) and Kyle Li (11) play the saxophone during Jazz Bands performance at the Essentially Ellington Festival. Harker performed Manceta by Dizzy Gillespie. (Provided by Essentially Ellington Festival)

Jazz Band attends Essentially Ellington Festival in Orlando

by Disha Gupta March 9, 2024

Amidst rows and rows of passionate high-school musicians, all eyes turned to the Harker Jazz Band as they took center stage at the Essentially Ellington Festival held at the Phillips Center of Performing...

Music Monday is a new installation featuring a different category of songs on a weekly basis.

Music Monday: Embrace lingering love’s soundtrack with Aquila

by Minal Jalil, Assistant Features Editor February 26, 2024

Music Monday features a different category of songs on a weekly basis. Each Monday, Harker Aquila will release seven songs, one song for each day of the week. While Valentine’s Day may be over, love...

Ishan Mysore (10) sings a solo as a part of Festival Choruss performance. The choir performed the songs Tshotsholoza and I Dream a World at the end of the MLK Evening Celebration.

Inaugural MLK Evening explores diversity and equity

by Emma Li and Angelina Burrows February 17, 2024

A soulful message delivered through song. A passionate speech connecting A.I. to the struggles of today’s youth. A calming orchestra ensemble and uplifting choir performance. These were only some of...

The class of 2024 cheerleaders pose for a picture with their family members during halftime at the boys varsity basketball game on Feb. 2. The team increased its numbers from three to 15 cheerleaders this year.

Cheer team honors seniors

by Katerina Matta, Co-Sports Editor February 15, 2024

The cheer team celebrated senior night during the varsity boys basketball game against Menlo at home on Feb. 2.  The squad performed encouraging cheers on the sideline for the first half of the...

Visitors to the Sphere settle into their seats before the show. Postcard to Earth tells the story of two astronauts, Bryon and Fang.

Find nature’s stamp on “Postcard from Earth”

by Ashley Mo, Assistant STEM Editor February 15, 2024

The lights dim as I settle into my seat at the uppermost level of the Las Vegas Sphere. Below me, a sea of spectators stretches out, thousands of visitors anticipating the renowned “4D” experience....

Characters in Pressure crowd around Hannah Streepers Sam after she fainted. All four SDS plays centered around the high school experience and adolescences stresses.

Annual SDS showcase spotlights student directors

by Young Min, Emma Li, and Alison Yang February 15, 2024

A girl strides up to the mirror and finds her younger self staring back. A classroom strains under the stress of a sudden lockdown. A quartet of teenagers face the social, familial and academic pressures...

The Winged Post sent out a Schoology survey to upper school students asking them to explain situations in their love lives or friendships so that the Winged  Post strategic team could offer advice. We chose five out of 62 responses to answer in this column.

Call to cupid: Your questions, answered

by Ananya Sriram and Ariana Goetting February 14, 2024

The Winged Post sent out a Schoology survey to upper school students asking them to explain situations in their love lives or friendships so that the Winged Post strategic team could offer advice. We chose...

Brendan Carroll signals to an exiting car that they may proceed onto Saratoga Avenue. Carroll arrived on campus at 6:30 a.m. to prepare campus.

From dawn to dusk: a security guard’s workday

by Brandon Zau and Kevin Zhang February 10, 2024

As the time nears 8 a.m., cars flow in and out of the upper school’s front gates, as if guided by the tracks of a continuous conveyor belt. But who operates this well-oiled system?  It comes down...

Junior Harriss Miller gives a thumbs up to senior varsity boys soccer team member Ben Cha during the Kicks Against Cancer bake sale on Feb. 31 in Manzanita Hall. Fundraiser proceeds go to Camp Okizu, a nonprofit organization that organizes camp sessions for children with cancer and their families in Northern California.

Soccer fundraiser kicks cancer

by Desiree Luo and Gabe Sachse February 10, 2024

The varsity soccer teams sold baked goods and merchandise for the annual Kicks Against Cancer fundraiser from Jan. 29 to Feb. 2. Proceeds go to Camp Okizu, a nonprofit organization that organizes camp...

Mindy Truong rehearses before her recital at Santa Clara University on Jan. 28. Her dream is to play Rachmaninoffs Piano Concerto No. 3 with a professional orchestra.

Harmonize piece by piece

by Alison Yang, Co-A&E/Lifestyle Editor February 6, 2024

A piano’s action is the ultimate translation: from composer through pianist through keys through hammer to note. Each iteration represents a deposit of personality, an augmentation of collective expression....

Music Monday is a new installation featuring a different category of songs on a weekly basis.

Music Monday: Dream on with Aquila

by Alena Suleiman, Aquila Co-Editor-in-Chief February 5, 2024

Music Monday features a different category of songs on a weekly basis. Each Monday, Harker Aquila will release seven songs, one song for each day of the week.  As we enter the suspended realm between...

Keira Chang (10) holds her self-published children’s book titled “Marinara and Alfredo: How Do Rainbows Work?” next to the periodic table exhibit in Nichols Hall. “Growing up, I had a lot of questions about STEM and science in general, and I know other children are like that too,” Keira said.

Marinara and Alfredo: Sophomore authors Amazon bestseller

by Aryana Bharali and Kairui Sun February 1, 2024

Studio lights guide Keira Chang (10) as she steps foot into KTVU Fox 2’s studio. The bustling newsroom falls into a hush as the countdown to the live broadcast commences. As the audience awaits to hear...

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