The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

California history’s deep roots in Hispanic and Latinx culture

June 2, 2022

To celebrate the culture and contributions of the Hispanic population, then-president Ronald Reagan established National Hispanic Heritage Month on August 17, 1988. The month-long celebration commenced...

Weaving together Hispanic culture and art in a lattice of traditional ideas and modern designs

June 2, 2022

Upper school art teacher Pilar Aguero-Esparza, who identifies as Chicanx, remembers placing leather strips on a table as she contemplated what color to paint them. Once she painted the pieces, traditionally...

Nerine Uyanik (12) and Simren Gupta (12) dance together during the salsa competition of La Noche Cultural. The salsa competition took place at the end of the night, after  the dinner and student performances.

Fun, food and flamenco: Students and faculty celebrate Spanish culture with “La Noche Cultural”

by Amruta Dharmapurikar and Sally Zhu March 19, 2020

Vibrant banners line the walls of the auxiliary gym, circling around the multi-colored round tables topped with toy maracas, sombreros and balloons that float nearby. As preparations and decorations are...

“Now with people breaking out of their own molds, I want to gear makeup towards basically everyone. I want to have something that starts with men and women, anyone. There’s seven billion people in the world. How can you have fifteen shades for all of them?” Olivia Esparza (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Shades of culture

by Anoushka Buch, TALON Co-People and Seniors Editor November 27, 2018

As the lights dim, multi-colored stage lights silhouette a group of dancers. The lighting shifts and the music begins, and several faces are now visible, each carefully made-up eyelid and cheek illuminated....

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