- February 22Varsity girls basketball demolishes Eastside College Prep 57-15 on senior night
- February 18Varsity girls soccer draws Notre Dame San Jose 0-0 on senior night
- February 18Music Monday: Relive the remnants of romance with Aquila
- February 16STEM Simplified Episode 1: Bird flu outbreak intensifies nationwide
- February 16Varsity boys basketball clinches 82-67 senior night win over Crystal Springs Uplands
- February 16Research Revelations Episode 9: Grading vocal performance recordings with Saanvi Bhargava
- February 15Varsity boys soccer conquers Pinewood 2-1 on senior night
- February 13Engineering contest challenges students in weather-resistant building design
- February 12Celebrating the Lunar New Year
- February 11Sophomores visit Eagle Buddies for pajama-themed event
![“[Building nerf blasters] became this outlet of creativity for me that hasn't been matched by anything else. The process [of] making a build complete to your desire is such a painstakingly difficult process, but I've had to learn from [the skills needed from] soldering to proper painting. There's so many different options for everything, if you think about it, it exists. The best part is [that] if it doesn't exist, you can build it yourself," Ishaan Parate said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC_8149-900x604.jpg)
![“When I came into high school, I was ready to be a follower. But DECA was a game changer for me. It helped me overcome my fear of public speaking, and it's played such a major role in who I've become today. To be able to successfully lead a chapter of 150 students, an officer team and be one of the upperclassmen I once really admired is something I'm [really] proud of,” Anvitha Tummala ('21) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-25-at-9.50.05-AM-900x594.png)
![“I think getting up in the morning and having a sense of purpose [is exciting]. I think without a certain amount of drive, life is kind of obsolete and mundane, and I think having that every single day is what makes each day unique and kind of makes life exciting,” Neymika Jain (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-03-at-4.54.16-PM.png)
![“My slogan is ‘slow feet, don’t eat, and I’m hungry.’ You need to run fast to get where you are–you aren't going to get those championships if you aren't fast,” Angel Cervantes (12) said. “I want to do well in school on my tests and in track and win championships for my team. I live by that, [and] I can do that anywhere: in the classroom or on the field.”](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DSC5146-900x601.jpg)
![“[Volleyball has] taught me how to fall correctly, and another thing it taught is that you don’t have to be the best at something to be good at it. If you just hit the ball in a smart way, then it still scores points and you’re good at it. You could be a background player and still make a much bigger impact on the team than you would think,” Anya Gert (’20) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AnnaGert_JinTuan_HoHPhotoEdited-600x900.jpeg)
![“I'm not nearly there yet, but [my confidence has] definitely been getting better since I was pretty shy and timid coming into Harker my freshman year. I know that there's a lot of people that are really confident in what they do, and I really admire them. Everyone's so driven and that has really pushed me to kind of try to find my own place in high school and be more confident,” Alyssa Huang (’20) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AlyssaHuang_EmilyChen_HoHPhoto-900x749.jpeg)
![“If you do something, you should try to put as much effort into it as you can, because through my experiences, I’ve seen people who are really talented at what they do, but then they don’t put as much effort as they can and they kind of waste that talent,” Alex Yu (12) said. “Similarly, [there are] people who started from the bottom but then really worked their way up to the top.”](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/AlexYu_KathyFang-900x601.jpg)
![“[Reverse engineering] really started with robotics, there was one team that brought this really interesting mechanism to the world,” said Eric. “I could just, for the life of me, not figure out how it works. So I took a couple of videos, asked them for a couple of pictures, and I spent years on that. Occasionally I would spend an hour or so looking at it, trying to figure out how it works and a year or two later I finally figured out how it works. It made me realize that I love figuring things out," Eric Wang (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/EricWang_SaloniShah-600x900.jpg)
![“In robotics I’ve learned the mechanical and software engineering that comes with building a robot, programming it to move and perform tasks. At the same time, a big part of robotics is networking and socialization. An ability I’ve gained is to combine both the engineering aspects and also the more social aspects [of robotics]. Skills such as talking to judges, being able to present your ideas in a clear fashion and making friends with other people to work together and do well in competitions have been really important and useful,” Rithvik Panchapakesan (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/RithvikPanchapakesan_MuthuPanchanatham-596x900.jpg)
![“[Track] is just a fun time. A lot of my friends were there, and it kinda just taught me that if I work on something that I’m not good at, it’ll eventually get better. You’ll get better, but most importantly you’ll have fun,” Surya Gudapati (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/SuryaGudapati_EricaCai-600x900.jpg)
