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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

Kathy Fang

Kathy Fang, Editor-in-Chief

Kathy Fang (12) is the editor-in-chief of Harker Aquila. This is her fourth year on staff. From covering local marches and protests to initiating Harker Aquila’s 2020 Elections coverage project in January 2019, Kathy hopes to continue bridging the worlds of national news and student journalism, one story at a time. Beyond journalism, she is a performer, student director, humanities scholar and, above all, an aspiring storyteller.

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Spirit club officers Arjun Kilaru (12) and Zachary Hoffman (12) announce the results of the costume contests from Wednesday. Each winner received prizes as well as spirit points for their class.

School meeting recap 11/2/18

by Ryan Guan, Executive News Editor
November 2, 2018
Junior spirit representative Vance Hirota (10) picks a number from a basket to draw for a pumpkin in preparation for a pumpkin carving competition later this week.

School meeting recap 10/22/18

by Arushi Saxena, Global Editor
October 23, 2018
Vaishnavi Murari (10), who plays Woman in Back of Auditorium, ties back Maya Franz (10)'s hair. In this year's fall play, "Our Town", Maya plays Rebecca Gibbs, the sister of George Gibbs.

Cast performs annual fall play, first in RPAC

by Michael Eng, Global Columnist
October 31, 2018
Psychologist Dr. Ali Mattu talks about his struggles with his early YouTube career, emphasizing the toxicity of envy and jealousy.

Psychologist presents on importance of collaboration

by Ryan Guan, Executive News Editor
October 24, 2018
The primary elections on June 5 left the top two candidates — Democratic candidate and Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and Republican candidate John Cox — in the race for the Governor’s seat.

California’s gubernatorial election

by Eric Fang and Saloni Shah
October 23, 2018
L’ancien professeur de français Antoinette Gathy en 2013.

School mourns death of retired French teacher

by Kathy Fang, Managing Editor
October 15, 2018
"Part of the reason I wanted to come to the U.S. by myself initially was me just wanting to get away from the family. I wanted to be a man and do everything on my own," Nemo Yang (12) said. "Later I learned that it was so hard. But I learned so much in the process of doing so. I learned a lot from moving from host family to host family and eventually living on my own.”

Humans of Harker: Home away from home

by Andrew Chang, TALON Sports Editor
October 12, 2018
Taylor Lam (12) knocks away a ball during today's faculty-student dodgeball game, hosted by Spirit Club. The student team lost the game 2-1 after winning the first round.

Faculty wins first spirit dodgeball game

by Ryan Guan, Executive News Editor
October 3, 2018
Junior Sejal Krishnan strings a bead onto a friendship bracelet at an activity hosted by spirit club today during lunch. Students are invited to participate in a number of spirit activities this week, including a parade and scream-off tomorrow after fifth period.

Spirit activities kick off homecoming week

by Ryan Guan, Executive News Editor
October 3, 2018
“I think you have to measure your impact and what you’ve done for other people–to know that you’re doing good with what you’re doing. You have to create a world for yourself, with your actions, that you would want to live in,” Ryan Guan (12) said. “For myself, I want to have something that I strive for– and that’s making a difference.”

Humans of Harker: Power in thought

by Prameela Kottapalli, Editor-in-chief
October 1, 2018
Members of Spirit Club bow before the Eagle mascot at school meeting on Wednesday in promotion of Spirit Week, which will start on Monday.

School meeting recap 9/26/18

by Ryan Guan, Executive News Editor
September 27, 2018
Nellie Tonev (11) and Maya Franz (10) discuss ideas for a storytelling exercise during a workshop at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this weekend. A group of 28 students and four teachers travelled to Ashland, Oregon, on Friday and returned to San Jose on Sunday night.

Weekend recap 9/24/18

by Eric Fang, News Editor
September 24, 2018
Performing arts director Laura Lang-ree welcomes students to the Conservatory Kickoff presentation, which was held in the Patil Theater on Wednesday. Students in the Conservatory, along with their parents, were invited to attend the presentation.

Performing arts department holds Conservatory Kickoff

by Kathy Fang, Humans of Harker Managing Editor
August 31, 2018
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