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- December 7 Humans of Harker: Kicking the best foot forward
- December 7 Humans of Harker: Heart, happiness and a helping hand
- December 7 Varsity girls basketball team dominates Lincoln 50-15
- December 7 Music Creation Club hosts student musical showcase event
- December 7 Varsity boys basketball team crushes University Prep Academy 67-24
- December 7 Harker Green Team discusses upcoming sustainability goals
- December 7 Varsity boys soccer team ties North Salinas 2-2
- December 6 Music Monday: Lighten up through lofi with Aquila
- December 6 Cryptocurrency must solve its wasteful energy consumption
- December 6 From kayak polo to archery, students and faculty get involved in niche sports
![An empty Davis Field, home to Eagles athletics. “As long as school is in session and we feel everything’s in place, we’re business as usual until we’re told otherwise,” upper school athletic director Dan Molin said. “We’re anticipating [game cancellations], and we’ll cross that bridge when we get there with each individual game.”](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_3680-900x600.jpg)
![“Im thankful for jazz because it brought me back to the violin in a roundabout way. Everything youre singing, if youre truly in the moment, its coming out of your music and what you think is right in that moment, and no one can take that away [from] you and no one can be the best at it technically. So that reminded me that I might not be technically the best [at] the violin, but Im the best at my interpretation of music,” Malar Bala (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/MalarBala_IM_PhotoSelects5-878x900.jpg)
![“When I came into high school, I was ready to be a follower. But DECA was a game changer for me. It helped me overcome my fear of public speaking, and its played such a major role in who Ive become today. To be able to successfully lead a chapter of 150 students, an officer team and be one of the upperclassmen I once really admired is something Im [really] proud of,” Anvitha Tummala (21) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-25-at-9.50.05-AM-900x594.png)
![“[Volleyball has] taught me how to fall correctly, and another thing it taught is that you don’t have to be the best at something to be good at it. If you just hit the ball in a smart way, then it still scores points and you’re good at it. You could be a background player and still make a much bigger impact on the team than you would think,” Anya Gert (’20) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AnnaGert_JinTuan_HoHPhotoEdited-600x900.jpeg)
![“Im not nearly there yet, but [my confidence has] definitely been getting better since I was pretty shy and timid coming into Harker my freshman year. I know that theres a lot of people that are really confident in what they do, and I really admire them. Everyones so driven and that has really pushed me to kind of try to find my own place in high school and be more confident,” Alyssa Huang (’20) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AlyssaHuang_EmilyChen_HoHPhoto-900x749.jpeg)
![“My slogan is ‘slow feet, don’t eat, and I’m hungry.’ You need to run fast to get where you are–you arent going to get those championships if you arent fast,” Angel Cervantes (12) said. “I want to do well in school on my tests and in track and win championships for my team. I live by that, [and] I can do that anywhere: in the classroom or on the field.”](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DSC5146-900x601.jpg)
![“I think getting up in the morning and having a sense of purpose [is exciting]. I think without a certain amount of drive, life is kind of obsolete and mundane, and I think having that every single day is what makes each day unique and kind of makes life exciting,” Neymika Jain (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-03-at-4.54.16-PM.png)
![“Playing football, being a DECA mentor and leading spirit rallies ... I always had a lot of fun doing it, but it was only around the second half of junior year to now where I’ve witnessed the impact that I’ve made not only to my friends but to the underclassmen Ive worked with,” Rohan said. “[Its] something that I never expected but it makes it worth it, Rohan Varma (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/rohanvarma_sabrinazhu_hoh-900x600.jpeg)
![“Theres a lot of poverty in Mexico, especially the part where we went, and it really made me see that there is so much handed to me. I felt bad about having this much when [other people] couldnt, and I felt a really strong moral conflict within me when I was comprehending all this. I was still trying to figure out who I was, and … that experience really shaped my perspective on the world in a lot of ways,” Chance Hewitt (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ChanceHewitt_SydneyTakemoto_HoHPhoto-601x900.jpg)
![“I’m really proud to be a part of a generation that cares and that wants to fight for a better future for all of us. Whenever you’re feeling down, you just be part of that community, you just listen, and you’re re-motivated and reinspired to continue the work of activism. There’s going to be resistance, theres going to be a fight, but its a fight that we need to fight and [something] that I want to be a part of,” Natasha Yen (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NatashaYen_EricaCai_HoHPhoto-e1613456378196-600x900.jpg)
![“We all have feelings and we all think what we think and have the perspectives that we have because of where we came from, because of our upbringing, our experiences. If we live more in the gray of the world, people would realize that theres more to a person than just what [people] disagree on,” Aditi Bharti (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AditiBharti_EricaCai_HoHPhoto-900x600.jpg)
![The biggest underlying message [of my filmmaking is] the message of unity. The films might not be Oscar worthy or cinematic masterpieces, but since its documented, I think Im going to have a lot of fun looking back on it and seeing us together and making the film together, Ethan Choi (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/EthanChoi_EricaCai_HoHPhoto-900x809.jpg)
![“I’ve played many things, from an old lady to a little boy, [and] oftentimes, I [play] characters that are humorous or a little bit strange. You have to really be able to convey this emotion thats very personal a lot of the time ... It was a really interesting experience, just to be able to explore those emotions in a way that I hadnt really been able to before,” Maya Franz (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/MayaFranz_EricaCai_HoHPhoto-600x900.jpg)
![“A lot of people know me as the doughnut guy, but my main thing [is] kindness. The doughnuts were just a part of that. Sometimes people don’t have other people to reach out to or to get the assistance they need or the distraction they need. I want to be able to off-set the negative people in the world. Its easier to complain and be negative than be happy all the time, so I’d rather be the happy person that people can go to, Griffin Crook (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/GriffinCrook_NinaGee_HoHPhoto-e1590769810742-601x900.jpg)
![“Its impossible to solve one problem with one dart on a target. [A problem is] so multifaceted that if you dont see the humans behind it first, then it’s impossible to solve. Whenever I see a problem that I want to fix, I want to ask myself, ‘Who are the real people behind this, and what do they need. I think we all get this internal reward from helping somebody else, and when you connect your desire to do good with somebody that is actually affected, you can create a solution that benefits all,” Mahika Halepete (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/MahikaHalepete_AnoushakBuch-528x900.jpg)
![“Realistically, [I just want] people to remember that I helped them and made them feel happier and just better in their everyday lives,” Jack Hansen (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JackHansen_EricaCai_HoHPhoto-e1586966160783-900x542.jpg)
![“[Archery and trumpet] have made me more open because I used to be pretty shy, and I’m still kind of shy, but it’s encouraged me to express myself in different ways and start opening up. I’ve met a lot more people than I would have, especially through the friends I have made through archery; a lot of them I wouldn’t really have known if I didn’t do the sport [since] we don’t have that much in common otherwise,” Lila Gorman (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/lilagorman_hoh_ec_9829-596x900.jpg)
![“[Playing the organ] is sort of my creative outlet. I don’t do any visual art or stuff like that, so it allows me to experiment with different types of registrations. You can arrange entire orchestral works with the organ and still capture the entire character of the piece. That’s what is most compelling about the organ,” Jeffrey Fung (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/jeffreyfunghoh_ecai_4941-900x596.jpg)
![I mainly build model kits because it’s pretty relaxing. I can just spend like 10 hours listening to music and kind of decompressing after the week’s over, and I’m not doing the thing that’s stressing me out. I think a lot of us are stressed out by school and stuff but it’s nice to get away from it all. [Building model kits] is definitely a daunting hobby to get into, like on Reddit and Instagram’s model pages, [you might think] all of this stuff this guy did is really good, but that guy probably has ten years of experience doing it. If you like how it looks, then it’s good. There isn’t any objective quality, if you like it, you like it, Andrew Koonmen (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/AndyKoonmen_DevanshiMehta-900x596.jpg)
