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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

A break-down of the propositions on the 2018 California ballot

by Nicole Chen, Editor-in-Chief November 6, 2018

Proposition 1: Allows for $4 billion in general obligation bonds to fund for veterans and low-income residents Proposition 2: Invests in housing for those with mental illnesses Proposition 3: Allocates...

L’ancien professeur de français Antoinette Gathy en 2013.

Élèves, collègues rendent hommage à un ancien professeur de français après sa mort

by Kathy Fang, Managing Editor November 3, 2018

Les lycéens se souviennent que Madame Gathy trouvait toujours des moyens de mettre ses étudiants à l’aise, soit en faisant de petits exercices comme des jeux de Pictionary, soit en imprimant toutes...

California’s gubernatorial election

by Eric Fang and Saloni Shah October 23, 2018

California Governor Candidate: Gavin Newsom After serving as mayor of San Francisco for seven years and Lieutenant Governor of California for eight years, Gavin Newsom, the 51-year-old Democratic...

College parties expose students to addictive substances

May 7, 2018

The popularity of drugs and other addictive substances at college parties and other gatherings makes refusing drugs especially difficult for students. In fact, according to a 2016 Monitoring the...

Deadliest flu season in a decade slows

Deadliest flu season in a decade slows

by Katherine Zhang and Srinath Somasundaram March 12, 2018

Despite lowering numbers of flu-related doctors’ visits in recent weeks, this year’s flu season, the deadliest in a decade, is expected to last several more weeks as influenza viruses circulate throughout...

Editorial: Courage and activism of MSD survivors provide hope for change

March 6, 2018

Rose Guan It happened again. Another mass shooting at yet another school—yet another senseless tragedy. Yet another evening news broadcast full of crying faces of children and parents mourning the...

Franco Vidal: DACA Student, Peruvian immigrant

by Sahana Srinivasan, Winged Post Managing Editor February 9, 2018

Franco Vidal is a freshman at California State University. He is also an undocumented student covered under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Winged Post: What’s your opinion on Trump’s...

Trump administration brings new policies, activists and immigrants’ rights groups speak out

by Prameela Kottapalli and Sahana Srinivasan February 9, 2018

Friday marked the inauguration of President Donald Trump as the U.S.’s 45th commander in chief. Last fall’s election of a Republican-majority Congress in conjunction with Trump’s own Republican administration...

Q&A with Vijaya Gadde, General Counsel and Director of Communications at Twitter

by Sahana Srinivasan, Asst. STEM Editor February 6, 2018

Esten Hurtle Winged Post: Has being in the minority in a workplace every affected your decisions or actions? Vijaya Gadde: I think being a woman and a person of color gives me a perspective on decisions...

“A lot of people think that being positive and optimistic is not the same as being realistic,” Divija Bhimaraju (12) said. “I think that that's a terrible way to look at life because ideals get the world moving. If you don't have an ideal––part of the word ‘ideal’ is the word ‘idea’––if you don't have an idea, if you don't want to take the world forward, if you're satisfied with where we are, then there's never progress. There's never growth or change. That isn't to say that you shouldn't be happy with the status quo because I'm a firm believer of living in the moment, but I think there needs to be a balance between accepting the situation right now and also thinking about what you can do in the future. The minute that we as a culture stop looking forward, stop trying to grow and improve, is the minute that we start losing purpose.”

Humans of Harker: Divija Bhimaraju’s effervescent character energizes others

by Nerine Uyanik, Humans of Harker Videographer February 5, 2018

Barefoot, Divija Bhimaraju (12) sat cross-legged on the tables in English teacher Christopher Hurshman’s classroom. She kept her eyes glued to her phone, pretending not to listen as her Russian Literature...

Defensive back Aria Wong (9) tracks the ball, defending the goal. Both boys and girls soccer teams wore special shirts for the occasion with their names and numbers on the backs and “Kicks Against Cancer” on the fronts.

Varsity girls soccer plays Castilleja in Kicks Against Cancer game

by Zach Hoffman, Reporter January 22, 2018

Girls varsity soccer lost 0-2 during their annual Kicks Against Cancer game against Castilleja High School on Friday, Jan. 21. Despite some injuries, the girls managed to hold number two seed Castilleja...

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