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Vishwa Vijay (10), Aarush Vailaya (12) and Claire Tian (10) laugh at a joke before the exam begins. 150 students convened at the Auxiliary Gym before 8 a.m. that morning to take the exam.

Record 150 students take annual AMC exams

by Samuel Tong and Chelsea Xie November 9, 2024

150 students took the American Mathematics Competition (AMC) 10 and 12A exams in the Auxiliary Gym from 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday. The 75-minute AMC exam, hosted by the Mathematical Association...

Harker Conservatory representatives announced upcoming events. They spoke of Fall Play auditions, Harker Concert Series Tropicales performance and Dance Production auditions.

School Meeting 9/6: Performing arts auditions, AMC and homecoming week

by Jonathan Szeto and Claire Xu September 8, 2024

Head of Upper School Paul Barsky opened the school meeting on Friday in the Zhang Gymnasium. He reminded students to not cut the line on Saratoga Avenue or delay traffic by stopping at Shah Hall during...

The landing page for the online portal to take the AMC tests, hosted on the Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) website. Like previous years, all of the exams were 25 multiple choice questions to be completed in 75 minutes.

AMC math competitions held virtually

by Michael Eng, Multimedia Editor February 11, 2021

Upper school students could take the American Math Competitions (AMC) exams, on Feb. 4 and Feb. 10 respectively.  All students at the upper school were eligible for the AMC 12 exams while only freshmen...

"STEM Spotlight" is a new Aquila repeater showcasing STEM clubs and their initiatives.

STEM Spotlight: Math Club

by Mark Hu, STEM Editor January 22, 2021

STEM Spotlight is a new repeater exploring what clubs at Harker have been doing during remote learning. This week’s featured club is the Math Club, which encourages out-of-the-box problem solving and...

STEM Scene showcases briefs to update our community on the STEM world.

STEM Scene: Dec. 13

by Sabrina Zhu, Assistant STEM Editor December 13, 2020

WiSTEM From the week of Nov. 16 to Nov. 20, the Women in STEM (WiSTEM) club had their club week to gain exposure with more students and to promote their organization. Throughout the week, club...

“Happening at Harker” is a new Aquila repeater which offers compilations of events occurring in the Harker community a few times a week.

Happening at Harker 11/3: Pick-up day, Green Team book drive and Día de Los Muertos art contest

by Lucy Ge, Winged Post News Editor November 3, 2020

“Happening at Harker” is a new Aquila repeater to be published a couple times a week with a compilation of upcoming events and opportunities. Through this repeater, Aquila hopes to provide a one-stop-shop...

STEM Scene showcases briefs to update our community on the STEM world.

STEM Scene: Upcoming contests and competitions

by Sally Zhu and Amruta Dharmapurikar January 15, 2020

AMC The American Mathematics Competitions (AMCs) will take place on Thursday, January 30. The AMC 10A and AMC 12A are math contests open to all students in or below grades ten and twelve, respectively....

Sophia Gottfried (11) spoke on behalf of Harker Philosophy club, announcing a screening of “Monty Python’s Life of Brian” next Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in Charles Shuttleworth’s room.

School meeting recap 11/7/19: Choral concert, DECA club week, and math competitions

by Lucy Ge, Assistant News Editor November 10, 2019

Avi Gulati (12) started off the school meeting yesterday by welcoming back those who were absent from school on Wednesday. “Tuesday’s announcement was definitely unsettling for our community,”...

Last year's AMC 10 and 12 exams were held at 8 a.m. in Nichols Atrium on Feb. 20. According to Dr. Aiyer, around 120 students will be taking one of the exams this year, which will both be held next Thursday.

Upper school students prepare for the AMC

by Erica Cai, Reporter February 3, 2019

About 120 students will flow into the Nichols Atrium just before 8 a.m. next Thursday, finding their prescribed seat amid a wide array of the green fold-up chairs and wooden tables notoriously associated...

Avi Gulati (11), who won the Harker division of the annual Shakespeare Competition last year, performs a monologue from "King Lear."

School meeting recap 12/13/18

by Ryan Guan, Executive News Editor December 14, 2018

Grace Hajjar (11) and Adhya Hoskote (11) began the last meeting of 2018 with the Eagle Update. A meeting for students interested in boys tennis was held today at 1 p.m. in the team room, while students...

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