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Sarah Mohammed, Winged Post Asst. Features Editor

Sarah Mohammed (10) is the assistant features editor for the Winged Post, and this is her second year on staff. She enjoys journalism because she can gain new perspectives by meeting new people and hearing their stories. Outside of journalism, she enjoys archery and spending time with her family.
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On a late May afternoon, after many months of the pandemic, my sister and my mother watch a movie, smiling as the plot unfolds and deepens. During the pandemic, I've found comfort and hope in my family.

How we overcame the unknown of 2020

April 17, 2021
As Student Press Freedom Week is taking place during Feb. 21 to Feb. 27, I have been thinking about the work our journalism staff has been doing. We have been holding the theme for this year in our hands: “journalism against the odds.” We have pushed past the boundaries to do what we have always done: served the community, provided an avenue towards truth, giving voice to the voiceless.

Open hands and truth

March 17, 2021
“Composition is a way of finding your artistic voice. For me, I would say, every day, when I'm walking around, I'm always hearing music in my head, I’m always hearing songs or melodies or something all the time,

A musician’s message

March 15, 2021

The Poet’s Project: “You can feel the poem in your body”

March 5, 2021
In the face of the pandemic, Rodrigo appealed to a listener's heart with her exploration of loneliness and hardship. “Drivers License” has opened up what the music industry could have in stock for audiences in 2021: not only how artists can market their music, but also how they can speak to their listeners. 

A ballad of empathy

February 20, 2021
Dr. Bettina Love of University of Georgia kicked off Black History Month at the upper school with her talk on issues including structural racism, the evolution of Black culture and the history of African American oppression and its lasting impacts.

Pulse of the People: “Call out injustice, call out racism”

February 19, 2021

The Poet’s Project: In conversation with Santa Clara Poet Laureate Janice Lobo Sapigao

February 3, 2021
Samvita Gautham 10), a member of the community events branch in HSLT, speaks with fellow member Alysa Suleiman (11) on some holiday baked goods she made over winter break in her new series Harker Good News (HGN).

“We can still be together”

January 24, 2021
As Wajahat Ali continued on his path of storytelling as a Pakistani-American and Muslim, the lack of representation he has found along the way with has sometimes been difficult to overcome. But because of his love for and his interest in expressing and documenting stories and moments that unveil the richness of the stories of America, he found it fulfilling to keep doing what he does.

Wajahat Ali tells the real stories of America

December 11, 2020
Neeli Cherkovski, renowned Beat Generation poet, speaks to students in Charles Shuttleworth’s Jack Kerouac class on Thursday, Dec. 1 during first period. Cherkovski read from his newest poetry book,

The Poet’s Project: Beat Generation author Neeli Cherkovski finds the world through poetry

December 8, 2020
“All the stories present, in a way, different views of the world. And to some extent, they're all true. They're all just looking at different parts of life and the world. I think for most of my life, [reading stories] has been a way to explore the world and explore things that I otherwise would never know about,” Pascal Han (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Learning the universe through color and dimension

December 2, 2020
Harker cancelled classes on Nov. 11 to give the community time to honor veterans both in and out of the Harker community.

In honor of Veterans Day, upper school veterans share their stories

November 13, 2020
Professor Michael Ruse, a professor of philosophy from Florida State University, discusses the concepts of evolution in connection to those of human morality. Philcon was held virtually on Oct. 16 and 17.

Philosophy Club organizes two-day PhilCon event

October 23, 2020

Election 2020 results: Live reactions

November 7, 2020
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POLL-itics: Faculty perspectives

November 3, 2020
Harker lower school students, supervised by the Bucknall/Blackford Enrichment and Supervision Team (BEST) staff, run around on campus in early October. The upper school campus plans to stay in remote learning mode for the foreseeable future, with certain after school offerings being made available to students after Oct. 19.

Shifting schedules: Bay Area schools begin reopening process

October 27, 2020
Junior Carter Chadwick works on math homework after school as upper school students continue to take classes from home. “You get out what you put in. So if you just use other people’s work, what’s the point of it? Why even take the class or go to school? That’s how I feel about cheating in general,” Carter said.

Redefining honor amidst uncertainty

October 27, 2020
Upper school English teacher Charles Shuttleworth poses with

Upper school English teacher delivers lecture for Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival

October 16, 2020
Creativity in the kitchen: students’ and teachers’ quarantine culinary adventures

Creativity in the kitchen: students’ and teachers’ quarantine culinary adventures

October 11, 2020
26 people attended a joint workshop held by HELM and the Honor Council on Friday. It opened with a casual conversation detailing what is going to be covered.

Honor council and HELM host plagiarism workshop to discuss ethics

October 5, 2020
South Berkeley photographer Orin

South Berkeley photographer speaks to members of Harker Journalism

October 3, 2020
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris speaks at a General Assembly during the California Democrats 2019 State Convention on Saturday morning. There have been only two female major party vice presidential nominees in U.S. history; Sen. Kamala Harris (D-C.A.) is the third.

Kamala Harris “has changed the landscape”: Nomination paves way for women of color in politics

September 9, 2020
The Friday that school closed, my family planned to eat dinner at one of our favorite restaurants with some of our family friends. I found this dress in my closet, and even though I had not worn it many times, I suddenly realized how much I loved the soft brown colors. When I wore the outfit, it made me feel very put together, so I planned to wear it to school and to the family dinner. I haven't worn it ever since.

Stories from quarantine: “The outfit I never wore”

May 25, 2020
Maria Teplova (11) stands by her pieces, often depicting images inspired horror and sci-fi movies like technology and skeletons.

AP Studio Art Exhibit showcases diverse student artwork

March 10, 2020
A flier made by the freshman class summarizing the events taking place throughout Spirit Week. “I was definitely looking forward to the spring spirit rally, but I’m glad HSLT and the student council worked together to ensure a virtual version of spring spirit still would happen,” Michelle Jin (9) said.

Spirit Week bridges upper school community virtually

April 26, 2020
“Tragic things can happen so it's important to enjoy the time you have here, now, and bond with the people you are close with, to live a good life while you can,” Jaimin Bhagat (12) said. 

Humans of Harker: Life in perspective

April 24, 2020
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced last Friday that Harker Aquila was one of eight high school sites nationwide to receive the Gold Crown award in digital news.

Online publication receives top journalism award: Live coverage, political work leads staff to first Gold Crown

March 25, 2020
Teachers line up at the end of the faculty meeting in the morning and practice their favorite dance moves. Whenever a Challenge Day leader shouted

Challenge Day bridges gaps with emphasis on empathy

February 12, 2020
“Being able to play so many different instruments in an orchestra has given me confidence because I'm playing music around so many other people … and this gives me the opportunity to connect with them which is really moving,” Anika Tiwari (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Serendipity through connections

February 5, 2020
Senior violin soloist Hanoom Lee leads the orchestra in Pablo de Sarasate's “Zigeunerweisen

Upper school music groups celebrate end of semester with annual winter concert

January 22, 2020
The varsity girls soccer team huddles up before a game on Friday. “We're pretty close, and we can make fun of each other and not really get offended,” Divya Sivakumar (9), a player on the team, said, adding that she would not have met so many new people if it weren’t for the team.

Varsity girls soccer dominates Mercy SF 7-1

January 21, 2020
“[I'm] never going to let myself go out of control to the point where I feel horrible... that's why I went to Mount Whitney because I needed to prove to myself [that even though] I have this chronic autoimmune disease, it's not going to stop me from doing amazing things,” Jasmine Wiese (12) said.

Humans of Harker: A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down

January 9, 2020
Councilman Rishi Kumar speaks to students in the journalism room. Kumar is currently running for congress in California’s 18th congressional district.

Politician Rishi Kumar shares vision for 18th congressional district with journalism classes

November 14, 2019
Vaishnavi Murari (11) talks about service opportunities at the intersection of music and computer science as a student representative for the volunteer organization MusiCodes, along with the co-founders Michelle Si (11) and Aarzu Gupta (12), at the annual service fair. The service fair featured booths from 28 volunteer organizations in the Nichols Auditorium on Oct. 30.

Fifth annual service fair features volunteer organizations and service opportunities for students

November 6, 2019
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