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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

Behind the gatekeeping epidemic lies a greater web of problems. When students feel pressured to keep certain activities a secret, they lose the opportunity to bond over shared interests with peers.

Breaking the locks: Harker’s gatekeeping culture

by Victor Gong, Lily Shi, and Chelsea Xie February 6, 2025

Secret summer plans. Hidden nonprofits that don’t emerge until they’re featured in the news. Entire lives outside the classroom, beyond campus, that go entirely unacknowledged. Even between the closest...

Dancers stretch out their splits in the "stretches, leaps and turns" after school class. This class, which started after the end of the annual dance show, was held on Tuesdays from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Keeping up with the Kuehn Klass: Behind the scenes of after school dance classes

by Alysa Suleiman, Reporter May 27, 2019

Ambient white blocks of fluorescent lights line the angled ceiling, reflecting in the wall-length mirror of the dance room. Spread across the polished wooden floor in two straight rows, dancers in the...

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