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Senior Saahil Kajarekar paddles the class of 2024s regatta floatie across the pool. “I think its cool because a lot of the students put all their time into the spirit stuff,” belly flop judge Kadar Arbuckle said. “I actually really like how they make it more official with the judges. I was just here today to add to that.”

Spirit Week Day 3: Regatta and belly flops make a splash

by Margaret Cartee and Mendy Mao March 27, 2024

Students and teachers competed in the regatta race and belly flop performances at the Singh Aquatic Center during lunch, and pink clothing dominated the campus’s outfits for Wednesday’s dress up theme...

Upper School Math teacher Caren Furtado hosts the Are You Smarter Than a Teacher Event at lunch on Tuesday. Participants were asked questions like “Which college has a Squirrel Club?” and “What is Lord Voldemort’s real name?”

Spirit Week Day 2: Students and teachers dress as “Tacky Tourists,” battle in trivia game

by Anika Maji and Claire Bauschlicher March 26, 2024

Upper school students competed against teachers in a trivia-style competition during Tuesday lunch and dressed up according to a “Tacky Tourist” theme to mark the second day of Spirit Week. The...

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,...

Riya Samuel (9) claps for the frosh class as they participate in a family feud competition. The senior class came out on top, followed by the sophomores, juniors and the frosh.

School Meeting 11/14: campus cat ‘Tony,’ Honor week and Family Feud

by Andrew Liang, Co-News Editor November 24, 2023

Associated Student Body President senior Daniel Lin commenced the school meeting on Nov. 14. Head of School Brian Yager acknowledged rising levels of antisemitism in the United States and the hardships...

Students pose with props for a photo at the photo booth. Besides dancing, students could play ping-pong, take photos and enjoy food and drink.

Sparkling in style: Students create memories at annual homecoming dance

by Lily Shi, Ashley Mo, Kairui Sun, and Felix Chen October 28, 2023

Students gathered for the annual Homecoming Dance in the auxiliary gym and quad on Oct. 13 from 7 to 10 p.m.  Due to this year’s location change for the dance from Nichols Hall to the Auxiliary Gym,...

TEDxHarkerSchool Curators Daniel Lin (12) and Alena Suleiman (12) reveal the speakers for TEDxHarker 2023. The event will be held from 4 to 6:30 p.m on Friday in the Rothschild Performing Arts Center (RPAC).

School Meeting Recap 10/12/23: Artist in Residence, Chellaween and National Coming Out Day

by Ella Guo, Reporter October 18, 2023

Associated Student Body (ASB) President Daniel Lin (12) opened the fifth school meeting of the year on Thursday.  Winged Post Co-Editors-in-Chief Ariana Goetting (12) and Kinnera Mulam (12) introduced...

Jia Jia Jiang (11) puts the finishing touches on her groups marshmallow-spaghetti tower during lunch on Monday. Jia Jias team built the highest standing tower in the competition.

Homecoming Week Day 1: Classes dress up for musical theme and marshmallow-spaghetti tower building competition

by Tiffany Zhu, Reporter October 2, 2023

Upper school students and faculty commenced Homecoming Week by dressing up in their class themes, and students competed to build marshmallow-spaghetti towers in front of Manzanita Hall on Monday.  Students...

Tara Nemati (10) works to complete the sophomore class eagle during Spirit Night on Friday. The sophomore eagle donned a lab coat and sports jersey to highlight the “High School Musical” theme.

HSLT hosts spirit night, students complete eagle paintings

by Felix Chen, Co-News Editor October 1, 2023

Upper school students celebrated Spirit Night on Thursday outside of Manzanita Hall from 3 to 5:30 p.m. to build class camaraderie and finalize homecoming preparations. Harker Student Leadership Team...

Juniors Sam Parupudi and Sanaa Bhorkar paint the Class of 2025s eagle white. Each grade colored their eagle white ahead of Spirit Week in October, during which classes will decorate their respective eagles to their assigned theme.

Community jumps into year of spirit with Spirit Kickoff

by Felix Chen, Mendy Mao, and Kinnera Mulam September 13, 2023

Around 250 students and faculty attended the Spirit Kickoff on Sept. 1. The event took place in the Quad from 3:30-5 p.m. and featured boardwalk-themed activities to inaugurate another year of Harker spirit. Harker...

Upper school biology teacher Matthew Harley invites students and faculty to vote for Arjun Gurjar (12)s video for the 2023 Breakthrough Junior Challenge during school meeting on Friday. The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is a science video competition, and Arjun could win a $100,000 prize for Harker if his entry advances to the final round.

School meeting recap 9/8/23: Academic updates, Mock Trial and Club Fair

by Shareen Chahal and Lily Shi September 12, 2023

Associated Student Body (ASB) President Daniel Lin (12) opened the third school meeting of the year on Friday. Assistant Upper School Division Head Kelly Horan announced several academic updates, including...

Harker Spirit Leadership Team (HSLT) announces the annual Spirit Kickoff during school meeting on Aug. 28 in the Zhang Gymnasium. The Spirit Kickoff took place on Friday in the Quad from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

School meeting recap 8/28/23: Artist in Residence, Spirit Kickoff and safety protocols

by Charlize Wang September 5, 2023

Associated Student Body (ASB) president Daniel Lin (12) opened the second school meeting of the year on Aug. 28.  Upper school art teacher Brian Caponi announced the Visual Arts Department’s 2023-24...

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