![Daphne Avkarogullari (12) presents her research at the Near Mitra reception.
Daphne explored W. E. B. Du Bois’ idea of double consciousness in Black Americans.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DSC_7469-1200x798.jpg)
Near Mitra Scholars honor past and present of program
by Margaret Cartee and Aishani Singh
• May 4, 2024
![Students line up to get cookies outside of Manzanita Hall on Tuesday. In celebration of former Harker president Howard Nichols birthday, students and faculty enjoyed chocolate chip cookies, one of Nichols favorite desserts.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG-0289-1200x900.jpg)
Upper school honors Howard Nichols’ birthday through chocolate chip cookie tradition
by Vivian Chen and Anika Maji
• October 15, 2023
![Phoebe Castle (11) takes in a work from the Color Trip: Yoshida Hodaka’s Modern Prints exhibit at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco during a field trip on Mar. 27. I was immediately drawn to the different themes of color in each one of the [prints], she said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_5194-Large-900x675.png)
AP Art History students tour San Francisco Asian Art Museum
by Felix Chen and Katerina Matta
• April 3, 2023
![Women’s History Month serves as one way students and faculty can celebrate women’s many contributions to modern society and recognize their erasure throughout history. “It’s a chance to pause and reflect on the fact we need a separate category of history for half the population of the world,” FEM Club Advisor Donna Gilbert said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/womens_history_month_illus-900x675.png)
“We can still do better:” honor her-story
by Arjun Barrett, Managing Editor
• March 16, 2023
![An illustration depicting some of the new courses for the 2023-24 school year. Next year, the upper school will offer new courses in a variety of topics, including: Corporate Finance, Venture Capital, Latin American History, Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies and several course evolutions including new vocal classes Rhapsody and Dolce Voce; and changements to both French electives: Honors French Prose, and Honors French Literature & Film.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screenshot-2023-02-02-at-1.10.22-PM-900x549.png)
Additions and advancements: New courses announced for 2023-24 school year
by Claire Bauschlicher, Reporter
• February 2, 2023
![The upper school celebrates its 25th anniversary this year after its founding in 1998. It began with 90 students who comprised the first graduating class of 2002 and a small-sized faculty of 12 to 15 members.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eagle-900x613.png)
Happy birthday, Eagles: Commemorating 25 years of upper school history
by Ananya Sriram, Co-Features Editor
• October 30, 2022
![Anwen Hao (9) poses in a dance routine to Albrecht’s Variation from “Giselle at this years Hoscars. The show, themed Oscars this year, took place on March 30 in the Rothschild Performing Arts Center and featured acts in singing, dancing, instrumental and more,](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/SallyZhu_Hoscars_03-30_9189-900x598.jpg)
Back with a blast: the Hoscars return triumphantly to center stage
by Emma Gao, Co-Copy Editor
• April 17, 2022
![Harvard graduate students Amulya Mandava (06), Lilia Kilburn and Margaret Czerwienski filed a lawsuit against Harvard University for its handing of sexual assault allegations against anthropology professor John Comaroff. The graduate college community began pressing charges against Dr. Comaroff for sexual misconduct starting in 2012 when he worked at the University of Chicago as a professor.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-07-at-6.44.41-PM-e1649371688298-900x511.png)
Pulse of the People: Speaking out in the silence
by Sarah Mohammed, Sally Zhu, Michelle Liu, and Sabrina Zhu
• April 11, 2022
![John Near scholar Saloni Shah (12) shares her research on the Nuclear Freeze Movement in the 20th century during her scholar salon on March 10. “The Near Mitra Chen Lin program is really impactful because it gives you the harmony between being a scholar and a student,” Saloni said in an interview before her salon.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SELECT1-900x562.png)
Near Mitra Chen Lin scholars present results in inaugural virtual salons
by Isha Moorjani, Assistant News Editor
• April 7, 2021
![Harker lower school students, supervised by the Bucknall/Blackford Enrichment and Supervision Team (BEST) staff, run around on campus in early October. The upper school campus plans to stay in remote learning mode for the foreseeable future, with certain after school offerings being made available to students after Oct. 19.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/backtoschool_news2-900x600.jpg)
Shifting schedules: Bay Area schools begin reopening process
by Sarah Mohammed and Arely Sun
• October 27, 2020
![Following the first referendum on June 23, 2016, Brexit has undergone three failed votes, and continues to be held in contention by the British Parliament. Prime Minister Theresa May continues to push for Brexit, and it is scheduled for a fourth, and most likely, final, vote on June 3.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-16-at-8.33.19-AM.png)
Everything you need to know about Brexit
by Sara Yen, Assistant Features Editor
• May 16, 2019
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