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Sophmores Ryan Miao, Yash Belani and Brandon Labio attempt to stop sliding forwards during their match against the seniors. In a pre-match huddle, they practiced their pulling tempo.

Homecoming Week Day 2: Spirit parade and tug-of-war preliminaries build anticipation for rest of week

by Jessica Wang, Leah Krupnik, and Wenjie Zou October 1, 2024

Homecoming Week continues to build momentum for Harker Day as students, dressed in their class colors, marched in the annual spirit parade and competed in tug-of-war preliminaries on Tuesday at 9:35 a.m.  Each...

Senior Navya Samuel plays with her Eagle Buddy group on Davis Field. Students had the option to interact with their Buddies on the field, as well as tour the upper school campus.

Sophomores and seniors connect with Eagle Buddies as freshman and juniors attend LIFE sessions

by Aryana Bharali, Jonathan Szeto, Leah Krupnik, and Victoria Li September 29, 2024

Sophomores and seniors spent time with their Eagle Buddies and frosh and juniors attended Living with Intent, Focus and Enthusiasm sessions on Sept. 20. Sophomores took a bus to the lower school campus...

Sophie Pellet (11) introduces Film Club to Avanya Glass (12), holding poster of last school years short film production “Maybe Next Time.” Film Club decorated their board with fairy lights and photos.

Club Fair sparks curiosity and engagement

by Claire Yu and Caden Ruan September 18, 2024

Club Fair attendees explored and interacted with a variety of student-led organizations at Nichols on Sept. 10. The new venue hosted 92 organizations this year, with many new clubs, including HopeAI, 3D...

Gabe Li (12), playing Rose, reenacts the rescue scene from "Titanic" with his group. Other groups recreated movies like "Avengers" and "Harry Potter."

Student leaders hit it off at “Spirit of Harker”

by Janam Chahal and Claire Yu August 20, 2024

The Harker Spirit Leadership Team, Student Activities Board, Class Council and Associated Student Body connected at the Spirit of Harker retreat on August 9 at the upper school campus. This event marked...

Students cheer during the knockout basketball tournament in the spirit assembly on Monday. Max Xing (12) won the competition, gaining points for the Class of 2024.

Spirit Week Day 1: Grades represent class themes, fight for first in Spirit Assembly

by Jonathan Szeto and Charlie Wang March 25, 2024

Upper school students and staff opened Spirit Week by dressing up and competing in various games for spirit points during the “Tournament of Champions” spirit assembly in the Athletic Center on Monday. Each...

Director of Student Organizations Eric Kallbrier announces the winner of the 49ers Nick Bosa cutout. Cynthia Wang (12) won the cutout after guessing the result of the 49ers game against the Lions correctly.

School Meeting 1/29: Parchment accounts, Holocaust Day of Remembrance, Lunar New Year celebrations

by Ella Guo, Humans of Harker Profiler February 6, 2024

Associated Student Body President Daniel Lin (12) opened the school meeting on Jan. 29.  Director of Standardized Testing and Scheduling Troy Thiele talked about student transcripts and Parchment accounts,...

Katie Wang (12), Laurie Jin (12), Zubin Khera (12), Jacob Fernandez (12), Miki Mitarai (11) and Sawyer Lai (12) sing Christmas songs during the Winterfest celebration in front of Manzanita Hall on Thursday after school. “[Winterfest] was a huge success, and that's down to the hard work, the dedication and the creativity of our HSLT,” Director of Student Organizations Eric Kallbrier said. “A lot of our HSLT members
didn't even get to participate in the activities, but they got their joy out of making joy for others."

Winter wonderland: Students and faculty delight in holiday-themed spirit festivities

by Felix Chen and Ella Yee December 17, 2022

Members of the Harker community enjoyed winter spirit activities from elf spaghetti to ice fishing in events organized by the Harker Spirit Leadership Team (HSLT) and Student Activities Board (SAB) throughout...

Divya Venkat (11) explains the goals of Make Our Schools Safe, a nonprofit organization devoted to combating gun violence. “The personalities of the people running the stands [were what drew me in],” Ryder Hewitt (9) said. “I got the vibe of the whole club. When I saw very invested, excited people, it made me more invested in their clubs."

75 clubs share new initiatives at annual Club Fair

by Shiv Deokar and Ella Yee September 19, 2022

Students visited different booths set up by clubs and organizations at this year’s Club Fair, which took place in front of the Rothschild Performing Arts Center (RPAC) during lunch on Thursday. The...

Jai Vir Mehta (12) rides on the mechanical shark, one of the main attractions at Friday's Spirit Kickoff. Harker Spirit Leadership Team hosted the kickoff, themed Spirit of Summer, on Friday afternoon.

Surf, swim and summer sun: Annual Spirit Kickoff excites with beach-themed activities

by Felix Chen and Kinnera Mulam September 7, 2022

Over 200 students and faculty attended the Spirit Kickoff event themed Spirit of Summer in the quad on Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Harker Spirit Leadership Team (HSLT), who organized the event, distributed...

HSLT representatives Kris Estrada (11), Paulina Gicqueau (11), Ashley Ma (11), and Kai Burich (12) stand in front of the Trivia Day game board during lunch yesterday.

HSLT hosts Jeopardy-style Trivia Day competition

by Olivia Xu and Alena Suleiman October 8, 2021

“Billie Eilish is obsessed with this early 2000s hit TV series.” Buzz! Students and advisors representing the freshman, sophomore, junior and senior classes participated in a jeopardy-style Trivia...

Senior Student Activities Board (SAB) representative Kate Olsen fastens a headband with Shrek ears made of polymer clay onto the senior eagle.

Upper school community enjoys eagle painting, karaoke and candy at annual Spirit Night

by Emily Tan, Winged Post Co-Editor-in-Chief October 3, 2021

Approximately 70 students and faculty gathered outside Manzanita Hall and the journalism room for the upper school Spirit Night from 3-6 p.m. on Friday. Hosted by the Harker Spirit Leadership Team (HSLT),...

Juniors Karina Chen, Jessica Zhou and Anika Pandey pose with a cardboard cutout of Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci. The cutout traversed through the different areas of the event as various people took photos, posed with it or in some cases even danced with cardboard Fauci.

Spirit Kickoff launches celebration of Harker spirit through games and competitions

by Kinnera Mulam, Reporter September 7, 2021

A crowd of students conversed while enjoying the snacks and drinks provided by the Harker Spirit Leadership Team (HSLT). They wore radiant smiles as they waited to participate in activities such as the...

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