![Over 100 students and faculty attended the second Challenge Day of the year, a community-building event that took place last Friday in the Zhang Gym. “Challenge Day represents values that I think are important, including the idea that the most important parts of our lives are things we don’t often share,” upper school English teacher Christopher Hurshman said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Challenge_Day_Illustration_2-900x450.png)
Community connections strengthen during underclassmen Challenge Day
by Emma Gao, Co-News Editor
• March 11, 2023
![Samvita Gautham (11) dances with a partner during one of the bonding activities. After upper school participants linked arms and danced to music, they turned around and shared their answers to a prompting question introduced by a Challenge Day facilitator.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/select3-900x596.jpg)
Strength in community: Challenge Day embraces growth with return to in-person format
by Anika Maji and Alena Suleiman
• September 25, 2021
![Student Diversity Coalition representatives Uma Iyer (12) and Brooklyn Cicero (12) introduce Challenge Day on Friday. “[Challenge Day] was truly a transformative experience,” Brooklyn said in her speech. “It brought me a lot closer to my peers and allowed me to get very vulnerable with them, something that was a bit hard to do at first, but eventually I got used to it.”](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSC_3179-e1631074854549-900x634.jpg)
Student Diversity Coalition announces Challenge Day event for juniors and seniors
by Isha Moorjani, News Editor
• September 7, 2021
![Nearly 900 upper school students and faculty attended a Challenge Day assembly over Zoom on Monday to learn about the importance of empathy and awareness in the community. Challenge Day is a nonprofit working to bridge differences and build compassion in communities.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/challengeday2020-2020-09-21-at-10.33.35-AM-900x486.png)
Upper school community embraces vulnerability at virtual Challenge Day
by Lucy Ge and Anna Vazhaeparambil
• September 23, 2020
![An illustration depicting the beauty of diversity of all types.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/diversityeditorial-900x900.png)
Editorial: Challenge Day serves as first step
by Editorial Board
• March 7, 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 Were about to play a game, participants began dancing.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ChallengeDay2.7.20_NT_9317-900x600.jpg)
Challenge Day bridges gaps with emphasis on empathy
by Nicole Tian and Sarah Mohammed
• February 12, 2020
![Head of Upper School Butch Keller delivers a talk at school meeting about recent incidents of students using disrespectful language and racial slur. Keller presented an initiative called Challenge Day that aims to encourage diversity of perspective and break down barriers between students and faculty.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/SchoolMeeting1.13.20_IM_0669-900x679.jpg)
School meeting recap 1/13/2020: Eagle Update, new semester electives, and a Night of Nostalgia
by Lucy Ge, Asst. News Editor
• January 14, 2020
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