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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Senior Rishi Lalwani enters his ballot in the mock election. AP U.S. Government students took shifts manning the polling booths during their class period.

AP U.S. Government mock election emphasizes youth civic engagement

by Cynthia Xie and Janam Chahal October 12, 2024

50.7% of the student body voted in AP U.S. Government’s annual mock election on Tuesday. The seniors led voting turnout with 67.2% of the class voting, followed by the sophomores with 54.2%, the frosh...

CareerConnect co-presidents Jia Jia Jiang (12) and Emily Mitnick (12) announce upcoming field-trip events. Some of the locations included the Giants Stadium and Fortinet.

School Meeting 9/24: Civil engagement, spirit chants and CareerConnect

by Lindsay Li and Nathan Yee September 28, 2024

Conservatory representatives Shruti Srinivasan (12), Arthur Wu (12), Yinan Zhou (12) and Jessica Skylar Chen (10) opened the school meeting on Tuesday in the Zhang Gymnasium. They screened a video introducing...

Harker Robotics members Deeya Verma (12), Tiffany Gu (12), Atharv Goel (12) and Brenna Ren (11) invited students to join Robotics and attend weekly Thursday meetings. Members can specialize in various aspects of Robotics such as programming, engineering or business.

School Meeting 9/12: Robotics, Startup World Cup and evacuation drill

by Charlie Wang and Samaara Patil September 17, 2024

History teacher Carol Green opened the school meeting on Thursday in the Zhang Gymnasium. Green reminded students not to cut through the Shah parking lot during morning drop off and instead take the...

English teacher Susanne Salhab congratulates seniors Daniel Lin and Claire Miao on their completion of high school. Daniel and Claire were both members of Salhab's AP Literature class.

Classes of 2024 and 2025 close the year with bricks and Baccalaureate

by Jessica Hu and Felix Chen May 20, 2024

Seniors, their family members, juniors and faculty celebrated the class of 2024 during the Brick Ceremony and the transfer of leadership to the class of 2025 at Baccalaureate Friday night.  Head...

History and social science teacher Carol Green stands with a plate of homemade scones. “When you prepare a dish for someone, you are sharing a part of yourself with them, and you're showing that you care for them," Green said.

Meet your teacher: Kitchens and kittens

by Suhani Gupta and Kairui Sun March 12, 2024

Strolling the downstairs Shah lobby, a teacher suddenly overhears the pulsing beat and smooth flow of Tupac’s most famous hits. Peering into the classroom, they see a sprawling picture of Tupac projected...

Civics and Regional Politics student Yasmin Sudarsanam (11) explains her regional action project in upper school history teacher Carol Green's room on Wednesday. Yasmin raised awareness about California's Red Flag Law through writing for a newsletter and creating a Bay Area branch of the Brady Project.

Student speakers in civic engagement panel spark change

by Eva Cheng and Tiffany Zhu January 13, 2024

Civics and Regional Politics students Jason Shim (11), Sahngwie Yim (11), Yasmin Sudarsanam (11) and Anoushka Chakravarty (10) presented their regional action projects in a community panel on Wednesday.  As...

Seniors Jessica Morel, Shanaya Dhawan and Sania Gupta sketch designs in the Zentangle: Doodling for Peace workshop. Campus faculty hosted the workshops to teach seniors a variety of life skills and promote personal well-being.

Seniors unite for inaugural Senior Retreat

by Alena Suleiman, Ananya Sriram, and Kevin Zhang August 21, 2023

The Class of 2024 gathered on the upper school campus from 2:30 to 10 p.m. for Harker’s first Senior Retreat on Wednesday.  The senior class council, Student Activities Board (SAB) and administrators...

Heads on shoulders, members of the Class of 2023 lean on each other as Mr. Yager gives his final remarks near the end of the event.  Baccalaureate closed out the Class of 2023's last day of high school on May 12th.

Class of 2023 culminates with Senior Brick Ceremony and Baccalaureate

by Jonathan Xue and Brandon Zau June 13, 2023

The Class of 2023 and their families gathered in front of Graduates’ Grove for the annual Senior Brick Ceremony and Baccalaureate on May 12 at 5 and 6 p.m. Director of Annual Giving Jun Wang presented...

Jason Yi (10) receives a ballot from Jai Vir Mehta (12) at the Harker Student Mock Election registration desk on Monday. "When voting becomes something that we build into our schedules as a responsibility of being a community member, we're more likely to turn out to elections," upper school history and social science teacher Carol Green said.

Harker’s Student Mock Election boasts 48.9 percent voter turnout

by Ella Yee, Co-News Editor October 16, 2022

392 upper school students voted in Harker’s Student Mock Election held in history and social science teacher Carol Green’s room on Monday. With California Midterms occurring in less than a month...

Two chairs are pushed against the door in the Nichols 307 classroom during the shelter-in-place (SIP) at the upper school campus today. The school activated SIP this afternoon after an unarmed intruder entered the campus, and all students and staff are safe.

Upper school activates shelter-in-place, all students, staff safe

by Emma Gao, Isha Moorjani, Sally Zhu, and Sabrina Zhu June 22, 2022

The upper school campus activated a shelter-in-place (SIP) this afternoon after an unarmed intruder entered the campus during a police chase.  All students and staff are safe, according to an email...

California State Senator Scott Wiener introduces California Senate Bill 866 (SB 866), which would allow individuals 12 years old and older to receive vaccinations without parental approval, on Jan. 21 at a press conference in San Francisco. “I think we have a shot for getting it passed,” Weiner said. “It's not guaranteed, the California legislative process is very complicated."

State legislation proposed to expand vaccination age of consent

by Lucy Ge, Co-Managing Editor February 7, 2022

California State Senator Scott Wiener (D-CA) introduced California Senate Bill 866 (SB 866), which would allow individuals 12 years old and older to receive vaccinations without parental approval, on Jan....

Two volunteers help a voter submit his California Gubernatorial recall ballot at the St. Francis of Assisi Parish polling center in San Jose. On Sept. 14, reigning democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom defeated a GOP-led recall attempt, remaining in office.

Voters reject recall attempt, Gavin Newsom to remain in office

by Nicole Tian, Isha Moorjani, and Alysa Suleiman September 15, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom will remain in office after winning the recall effort today, defeating a Republican-backed attempt to oust him. With over eight million votes reported, in which 63.9% of Californians...

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