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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

Isabella Lo

Isabella Lo, Aquila Managing Editor

Isabella Lo (12) is a Managing editor for Harker Aquila, and this is her fourth year on staff. This year, she looks forward to learning more about multimedia and helping other reporters develop their writing. Outside of journalism, she loves to play basketball and read fantasy books.

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With fun celebrations like National Houseplant Appreciation Day and Lipid Day, these days can offer a unique break from everyday life, turning any normal day into a special one. In this list, I present my five favorite national days.

Friday 5: National Days

by Isabella Lo, Aquila Co-Managing Editor
May 3, 2024
“Art is freeing. It lets me be creative. It lets me escape from the hustle and bustle of the day of, whether that just be academics or whatnot. In a way, art is one of my academics. I do it in school. I have grades and everything, but it doesn’t feel like a class because I enjoy it so much, and I put a lot of time and effort into it,” Kate Russell (12) said.

Humans of Harker: The gift of art

by Isabella Lo, Aquila Co-Managing Editor
April 30, 2024
Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell have served in the highest political offices. They are all over the age of 75.

Age discrepancy in government fails our democracy

by Isabella Lo, Co-Opinions Editor
February 27, 2024
Humans of Harker: Behind the press pass

Humans of Harker: Behind the press pass

by Isabella Lo, Co-Opinions Editor
January 26, 2024
Melody Yin (11) holds the ball in preparation to pass to a teammate. The team worked on moving the ball to the left side of the pool during practice.

Varsity girls water polo vanquishes Gunn 13-7

by Isabella Lo, Co-Opinions Editor
October 25, 2023
The presence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) looms over students at Harker. Students often use AI technology to generate ideas, to complete homework assignments or even to write sections of essays.

ChatGPT can’t fix everything

by Isabella Lo, Co-Opinions Editor
September 27, 2023
We can appreciate each others' cultures by wearing and displaying it. Wrongly labeling actions as cultural appropriation can have negative consequences.

Cultural appropriation versus appreciation

by Isabella Lo, Co-Opinions Editor
May 11, 2023
An illustration depicting the damage the two party system does to democracy. More than a quarter of Americans view both parties negatively, bringing into question whether constituent views are truly being heard on the political stage.

Failure of the two party system

by Isabella Lo, Assistant Opinions Editor
March 23, 2023

S’more sugar

by Isabella Lo, Asst. Opinions Editor
March 20, 2023
“The thing I enjoy most about basketball is meeting new people from different schools in the Bay Area because a lot of different people from different schools come to the park. People I otherwise wouldn’t have had the chance to meet play basketball,” Mir Bahri (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Making change and making friends

by Isabella Lo, Asst. Opinions Editor
March 16, 2023
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