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Nosing Out Your Niche

by Sabrina Sidhu, Yearbook Academics Editor March 29, 2014

At my most recent college counseling meeting I started to talk about my extracurricular activities, but somehow my sister kept finding her way into the conversation. Every few sentences I either used...

Avinash Nayak (12)

Avinash Nayak (12)

March 25, 2014

Avinash began playing and competing in table tennis at age 11. In addition to competing as part of the club The Top Spin, located in San Jose, he also plays league and tournament matches. Avinash’s...

Cordelia Larsen (10)

Cordelia Larsen (10)

March 25, 2014

Cordelia began playing taiko, a type of traditional Japanese drum, at the age of nine. Currently a performer in San Jose Taiko, Cordelia’s favorite thing about the percussion instrument is the energy...

Emma Doherty (10)

Emma Doherty (10)

March 25, 2014

Emma keeps up with crime shows in her free time, including NCIS, NCIS: LA, Hawaii Five-0, Bones, Intelligence, and more. Her brother introduced her to her first crime show, NCIS: LA, at age 12, and her...

Brandon Aguilar (11)

Brandon Aguilar (11)

March 25, 2014

Brandon volunteers regularly at the Alzheimer’s Activity Center in San Jose, and has been doing so since the beginning of last year. He enjoys listening to friendly residents talk about their pasts...

March 25, 2014

This piece was originally published in the pages of the Winged Post on March 12, 2014.

Classic viral Youtube videos

Classic viral Youtube videos

by Mercedes Chien & Vasudha Rengarajan March 25, 2014

Labs and demonstrations ignite enthusiasm in students

Labs and demonstrations ignite enthusiasm in students

by Elisabeth Siegel March 24, 2014

“And 3...2…1!” Boom. These are not the sounds you would normally hear in any sort of academic setting, but an exception arises in the form of science classes at the Upper School—more specifically,...

Writer Mary Roach spoke to the first period journalism class on March 17, sharing her experiences as author and journalist.

Writer Mary Roach videochats with journalism students

by Vasudha Rengarajan, Online Features Editor March 24, 2014

The woman’s image popped suddenly into view, her short silvery hair sweeping across her cheeks as she leaned into the camera. Watching her projection on the board, the first period journalism class jotted...

Preview: TedxHarkerSchool aims to promote youth entrepreneurship

by Tara Parimi, Copy Editor March 15, 2014

The upper school’s TEDx chapter will host its annual TedxHarkerSchool event on Saturday, March 22 in Nichols Atrium following weeks of preparation. This year’s TEDx event focuses on “fostering...

Spring fashion trends

by Shannon Su and Meilan Steimle March 13, 2014

1. Cropped Jacket Cropped clothing is a recurring trend to look forward to for this spring. Even with winter coming to an end, a jacket is essential for evenings and chilly days, especially since the...

The Projektyle, the Robotic team's robot, consists of a U-frame shaped picker upper mechanism, which picks up the exercise ball, a manipulator, which changes the angle of the U-frame, a linear shooter, which is powered by a winching system and pushes the ball out with a rod, and a drive train, which moves the robot around.

Robotics team’s build season comes to an end

by Ria Gandhi and Priscilla Pan March 12, 2014

The Upper School members of the Robotics team prepared for two competitions in which their six-week built “shooter” robot will throw yoga-ball sized balls to score goals and collaborate with other...

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