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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

“[Music is] a creative and positive outlet for my free time. I could go and waste time on social media, or I can put it into something productive that I feel tangible results [from]. Thats really what music and frankly all of my projects from motorcycles to disassembling watches...are for me,” Thomas Rainow (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Going with the flow

by Mark Hu, STEM Editor October 23, 2019

Eyes focused intently on his hands and head nodding back and forth to the beat, Thomas Rainow (12) strums his guitar, enjoying the rhythm of his music. His fingers precisely slide up and down the fretboard,...

Maddie Hansen (10) converses with her Eagle Buddy over a lunch of burgers and chips on the Bucknall field. The class of 2022 traveled to the Bucknall campus to meet their Eagle Buddies for the first time yesterday.

LIFE, Eagle Buddy events build healthy lifestyle, community for students

by Kathy Fang and Irene Yuan October 22, 2019

Upper school students engaged in a variety of LIFE and Eagle Buddies activities yesterday, kicking off this year's LIFE and Eagle Buddies program. Freshmen participated in a course planning activity with...

“[Playing the organ] is sort of my creative outlet. I don’t do any visual art or stuff like that, so it allows me to experiment with different types of registrations. You can arrange entire orchestral works with the organ and still capture the entire character of the piece. That’s what is most compelling about the organ,” Jeffrey Fung (12) said.

Humans of Harker: “Musica laetificat cor”

by Erica Cai, Humans of Harker Profiler October 22, 2019

Permeating the empty aisles of Grace Lutheran Church, the hauntingly beautiful melodies of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in F Major” flow from the 500 pipes of the organ situated on...

“The way I see it is for as long as I can remember, I’ve been enamored by everything, the concept of everything, and so, I think art is the closest way to achieve infinite consciousness...I feel like that viewpoint—being enamored by everything—kind of affects everything I do, Kismet Singh (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Sketches, doodles, and snippets

by Irene Yuan, Asst. Photo Editor October 21, 2019

Gray lines trace down the page, leading left and right, creating sharp edges and soft curves. Each stroke is unique. Precise, careful lines jumble together to form an abstract face. Shapes are shaded with...

I dont want to be the person that just spent every day every second, just in office hours or like studying in the library. I want to be that type of person who is fun, who interacts with other people outside of the regime of studies. And [I want to be that person] who was able to connect with other people whether older or younger,” Rishi Dange (12) said.

Humans of Harker: The puzzle of life

by Vishnu Kannan, Winged Post Sports Editor October 18, 2019

Strolling through the Harker campus, Rishi Dange (12) exchanges greetings, laughs and high-fives with friends and teachers alike. Gripping his tennis racket comfortably in hand, Rishi bounces the tennis...

Everything I do now I love, from speech to reading to dance. It all sort of boils down to the interaction that comes with them. Whether verbally or artistically, I always appreciate being able to tell my stories through my passions, Prerana Acharyya (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Narrative nuances

by Esha Gohil, Humans of Harker Profiler October 17, 2019

Her colorful rings shine brightly, glinting in the sunlight. Their gleam is matched only by the glow in Prerana Acharyya’s (12) eyes as she runs her fingers along the spines of the books in the Harker...

“Most of my interests don’t have any noble reason or specific objective. I just like doing them… For example, I just started doing origami, and there’s not that much purpose to it. I’ll probably get bored of it and stop doing it next week, and that’s completely fine, Kyle Li (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Facts and figures

by Kathy Fang, Aquila Editor-in-Chief October 15, 2019

What’s one fact that nobody knows because nobody needs to know, but everybody should know because it’s simply fun to know? Kyle Li (12) knows. “Armadillos are the only animals besides humans that...

“If you don’t connect with a topic, it’s obviously really going to show, and it just doesn’t make sense, because then I don’t care about what I’m talking about. I talk about things that are really, really personal and important to me that I’ve had experience with, and every time I go out to speak, every round is ten minutes where I can force a room to listen to me…I try to hope that shows through when I perform and bringing reality to the characters I’m portraying, because in the end, everyone’s a real person,” Nikki Solanki (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Voice of the voiceless

by Nicole Tian, Co-Lifestyle Editor October 14, 2019

Poised at the front of the room in a light pink suit and pencil skirt, Nikki Solanki (12) cracks open the small black binder in her hands.  “Speak…up,” she declares, punctuating the tentative...

Nellie Tonev (11) and Maya Franz (10) discuss ideas for a storytelling exercise during a workshop at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this weekend. A group of 28 students and four teachers travelled to Ashland, Oregon, on Friday and returned to San Jose on Sunday night.

Weekend recap 9/24/18

by Eric Fang, News Editor September 24, 2018

The Guys' Gig club organized rehearsals that were open to all upper school students on Monday. Freshmen prepared for homecoming during the advisory period on Tuesday. They met in the Nichols atrium,...

High up in the treetops, a member of the class of 2021 grips a rope for support during the sophomores’ ropes course trip in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Aug. 23. The classes of 2020 and 2021 participated in off-campus trips on Aug. 23.

Sophomores and juniors enjoy ropes course, rafting to start the new year

by Kathy Fang and Ryan Guan August 31, 2018

Juniors whitewater raft The class of 2020 traveled to OARS American River Output in Coloma, California, for the annual junior class rafting trip on Aug. 23. Students split into groups of six to eight...

Freshman adviser Yumiko Aridomi and members of the class of 2022 recite the matriculation oath at the matriculation ceremony in the upper school’s quad on Aug. 24.

Matriculation welcomes class of 2022

by Eric Fang and Arushi Saxena August 31, 2018

The 2018-19 school year’s annual matriculation ceremony welcomed incoming freshmen, returning students and faculty with a series of speeches and skits on Aug. 24. After sophomores, juniors, and seniors...

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