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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Dilip’s Dissertations: The sleep manifesto

by Nikhil Dilip, Winged Post Editor in Chief March 12, 2014

“Sleep is for the weak.” The mantra repeated in my head until it had lost all meaning. After all, I have to push myself through these last 30 pages of reading before tomorrow’s test, right? I’ll...

Straight Talk: Not so standardized testing

by Sheridan Tobin, Winged Post Opinion Editor March 12, 2014

“I decided freshman year that I wasn’t going to play the game,” she said. “I didn’t even study for my SAT.” At first, my friend’s bold statement was shocking—not studying for the SAT?...

SCA-5 Protest at the Cupertino Library

SCA-5 Protest at the Cupertino Library

by Jessica Chang and Priscilla Pan March 8, 2014

Protesters gathered in the courtyard between Cupertino Library and the Town Hall to rally support against the Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (SCA-5) on Sunday for an entire afternoon, ending around...

Downbeat performs "We Own the Night" with Middle School students at "Night on the Town," Harker's 11th annual gala. The gala featured eight musical numbers and two video simulations of a gym and theater complex, the school's current capital project.

Gala hits a high note for Performing Arts department

by Apoorva Rangan March 2, 2014

The Friday night lights shone bright at the San Jose Marriott for Harker’s eleventh annual gala, “Night on the Town,” the main fundraising event of the year. Yesterday’s gala implemented the silent...

Upper School students perform at Carnegie Hall

Upper School students perform at Carnegie Hall

by Sindhu Ravuri March 1, 2014

Three upper school students, Ayushi Gautam (10), Ishanya Anthapur (11), and Shazdeh Hussain (12), performed at Carnegie Hall in the High School Honors Performance Series on Feb. 16, amongst the world’s...

G20 Slideshow

February 10, 2014

Aquila assembled the information from G20 into a slideshow of infographics.  

Workplace

Workplace

February 9, 2014

Workplace equality has long served as one of feminism’s primary goals. The National Woman Suffrage Association, founded in 1869 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, included equal pay for...

Education

Education

February 9, 2014

Girl Rising’s school-wide screening emphasized the impact of education on a girl’s life, especially for those in developing countries. The documentary raised a pressing question to the student body—how...

The pie chart above depicts gender pay gaps between men and women in a collection of countries.

Freedom from violence

February 9, 2014

According to the National Organization for Women, 4.8 million women in the U.S. experience sexual or physical assault from a partner. The prevalence of this issue in so-called first-world countries is...

Politics

Politics

February 9, 2014

American legislation has long provided the footing for cultural revolution. The fight for equal voting rights in America resulted in the 19th amendment, passed in 1920, with the addition of the phrase,...

Born in 1997, Malala became an advocate of girls education and recieved a nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize by the age of 16. Last October, she met with the Obama family in the Oval Office.

Malala Yousafzai

February 9, 2014

Hero, activist, inspiration. Few can claim to have achieved this kind of international renown, yet at age 16, Malala Yousafzai has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and serves as a global spokesperson...

Madison Nguyen currently serves as the Vice Mayor of San Jose and Chair of the Neighborhood Services and Education Committee as well as other commissions.

Madison Nguyen

February 9, 2014

The current Vice Mayor of San Jose, Madison Nguyen is the first Vietnamese American to serve on the city council of any large American metropolitan area. Over the course of her career in politics, she...

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