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MUN presidents Victoria Ma (12) and Sophia Ou (12) welcome new and returning members to attend the MUN Kickoff. The kickoff will take place on Sept. 20 and will include activities to help members build collaboration and public speaking skills.

School Meeting 9/8: Artist-in-residence, Eagle Update and Spirit Kickoff Winners

by Kanav Gupta and Risa Chokhawala September 15, 2025

Visual Arts teacher Josh Martinez opened the school meeting by announcing this year’s Dickinson artist-in-residence, Anna Teresa Fernandez. Fernandez, a full-time artist originally from Tampico, Mexico,...

Theater department members Taylor, Daniel Miao (12) and Holly Templeton (12) announce the Oregon Shakespeare Festival trip to Ashland, Oregon. Attendees will participate in workshops and see four plays: “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” “The Importance of Being Earnest,” “Into the Woods” and “As You Like It.”

School Meeting 9/2: Robotics, Spirit Kickoff and evacuation drill

by William Jiang and Sam Li September 8, 2025

Upper School Assistant Division Head Kelly Horan opened the school meeting with academic updates, beginning with a message drawn from the film “KPop: Demon Hunters.” She focused on the theme of embracing...

Spirit Week Day 5: Classes unite in spirit rally, Class of 2025 wins for second consecutive year

Spirit Week Day 5: Classes unite in spirit rally, Class of 2025 wins for second consecutive year

by Lily Shi, News Editor April 2, 2025

Lily Shi, News Editor: Spirit Week ended with the annual spirit rally, where the seniors earned the title of spirit champions for the year. Each class took the floor with a spirit dance following...

Spirit Week Day 3: Students participate in Regatta, belly flop competitions

Spirit Week Day 3: Students participate in Regatta, belly flop competitions

by Chelsea Xie, Assistant News Editor April 1, 2025

Students raced against each other in the Regatta and competed in a Belly Flop event at the Singh Aquatic Center on March 26.  Teams of four, representing each class, raced across the pool and back...

Spirit Week Day 1: School gathers for dance performances and dodgeball

Spirit Week Day 1: School gathers for dance performances and dodgeball

by Lily Peng, Nathan Yee, and Risa Chokhawala March 29, 2025

Students participated in the dodgeball tournament and watched performances by Harker Dance Company and Kinetic Krew in the Athletic Center on March 24. Take a look at the sports-themed spirit activities...

Student Diversity Coalition representative Dhanya Ramanan (10) speaks about Black History Month. She followed by showing a video about celebrating Black pride and triumphs.

School Meeting 2/20: Black History Month, Humans of Harker and Spirit

by Claire Tian and Heather Wang February 24, 2025

Head of Upper School Paul Barsky opened the school meeting with an anecdote about the book “What You Are Looking For is in the Library” by Michiko Aoyama. Sharing Aoyama’s quote, “It’s how you...

Relive Winter Ball with Aquila

Relive Winter Ball with Aquila

by Lily Peng, Chelsea Xie, and Charlie Wang February 9, 2025

Winter Ball, themed “Yule Ball,” welcomed students to a night of Harry Potter-inspired dance and celebration on Jan. 25. Watch the video to relive the event and view the behind-the-scenes work of Harker's...

Assistant Upper School Division Head Kelly Horan discusses new courses added to the 2025-2026 academic school year. Some of these included advanced topics in Chinese and math.

School Meeting 1/7: Student Directed Showcase, course selections and summer programs

by William Jiang and Leah Krupnik January 12, 2025

Head of Upper School Paul Barsky opened the first school meeting after winter break for grades 9, 10 and 11 in the Athletic Center on Tuesday. Meanwhile, seniors gathered for a meeting about their end-of-year...

Juniors Robinson Xiang and Brady Tse sing "Snowman" by Sia. Previously, they ventured into songs without holiday themes like "Die With A Smile" by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars.

Annual Winterfest celebrates community and holidays

by Lily Peng and Wenjie Zou December 13, 2024

Winterfest invited students to chill before finals with holiday festivities from karaoke to cookie decorating at Manzanita Hall on Friday. A fake snow machine sprayed students as they participated in...

Frosh Madelene Hu scoops marshmallows into her cup of hot chocolate. Destress Week started on Monday and featured four days of activities to help students relax.

Destress Week helps students unwind before finals

by Chelsea Xie, Assistant News Editor December 12, 2024

Destress Week, organized by Harker Spirit Leadership Team’s Flight Crew, provided students with a variety of lunchtime activities from Dec. 2 to Dec. 5. Students helped themselves to hot cocoa and...

HarkerDev member Demi Zheng (10) and Green Team officer Elaine Zou (10) perform a skit to introduce Swap&Share, a free textbook trading app for students. They invited students to test and give feedback for the app with a possible $25 gift card reward.

School Meeting 12/5: Tri-M, Hoscars auditions and Swap&Share

by Samuel Tong and Caden Ruan December 8, 2024

Head of Upper School Paul Barsky began the school meeting on Thursday by encouraging students to visit artist-in-residence Connie Zheng’s exhibit, which is currently being displayed in the Rothschild...

ASB Outreach Committee member Avi Gupta (9) speaks about the sock drive. He thanked the community for donating donating over 2,000 pairs of socks, with the class of 2027 donating 1,369 pairs.

School Meeting 11/22: Winter Wishes, De-stress Week and sock drive

by Claire Xu and Wenjie Zou November 25, 2024

Head of Upper School Paul Barsky opened school meeting by reminding students to respect the presenters by putting away devices and avoiding side conversations. Associated Student Body Community Service...

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