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Aquila Weekly Wrap-Up: Sept. 21-27

by Lily Shi, News Editor September 30, 2024

This is Aquila Weekly Wrap-Up, where we bring you the latest updates from around our school community. Saturday Harker Model U.N. hosted PanMUN, a Model U.N. conference for schools across the Bay...

Aquila Weekly Wrap-Up: Sept. 14-20

by Lily Shi, Co-News Editor September 23, 2024

This is Aquila Weekly Wrap-Up, where we bring you the latest updates from around our school community. Saturday Future Problem Solving Launch introduced new members to FPS competition events, where...

Aquila Weekly Wrap-Up: Sept. 7-13

by Lily Shi, Co-News Editor September 15, 2024

This is Aquila Weekly Wrap-Up, where we bring you the latest updates from around our school community. Tuesday Club Fair showcased a variety of student-led organizations and affinity groups, inviting...

Frosh Sofe Jalil, Anya Lu, Isabella Wong and Christina Ruan watch the High School 101 video during school meeting. Student leaders from the senior, junior and sophomore classes helped create the video.

School Meeting 8/26: Green Team, Shakespeare festival and Mock Trial

by Janam Chahal and Samuel Tong August 29, 2024

Head of Upper School Paul Barsky opened the second school meeting of the year on Monday.  He encouraged students to present themselves in the best image daily. Additionally, he highlighted the importance...

Director of Standardized Testing and Scheduling Troy Thiele reveals that campus cat Tony, who is also a pet cat known as Athena, is one of three cats roaming the upper school during the school meeting on Thursday. Thiele said that Athena’s doppelgängers may include her sibling Atlas and mother Chaos.

School meeting 12/7/23: PANMUN, Winter Instrumental Concert and campus cat double life

by Anika Maji and Kairui Sun December 12, 2023

Associated Student Body President Daniel Lin (12) opened the last school meeting of 2023 on Thursday.  CareerConnect officer Ruhan Sahasi (11) announced a Finals Study Workshop to help students learn...

Model United Nations (MUN) officers and new club members gather in Shah Hall to go over MUN procedures before beginning mock conferences on Sept. 22. “I liked seeing the unique ideas and interpretations of the prompts,” Director-General Marketing: Social Media Sophia Ou (10) said. “The discussions were nice to witness, and the atmosphere was lively.”

Harker Model United Nations club ushers in new school year with kickoff event

by Andrew Liang and Katie Tcheng October 20, 2023

Upper school students gathered in history teacher Carol Green’s room for Harker Model United Nations (MUN) Club’s kickoff event on Sept. 22 from 3:30 to 8 p.m. Officers first introduced the basic...

Model UN Director General Sasha Masson (11) presents the details of the NHSMUN Conference in New York during a club meeting on March 3. Delegates left for the conference on March 8 and competed on March 10.

Model UN tackles National High School Model UN Conference in New York

by Shareen Chahal, Co-Asst. News Editor March 14, 2023

The Harker Model United Nations (UN) team attended the National High School Model United Nations (NHSMUN) Conference hosted in New York from March 10 to 12 for the first time since the COVID-19 shutdown. Thousands...

Silicon chip sale to China has been restricted with the CHIPS and Science Act passed by the Biden administration. “[The Biden administration] is doing this to buy time for the U.S. to get a large enough advance [so] that they can accomplish their strategic objectives, get whatever security threshold they want and maybe get some concessions [from China],” upper school history and social science teacher Matt McCorkle said.

US bars selling of certain chips to China amid rising tensions

by Andrew Liang, Assistant STEM Editor November 13, 2022

The Biden administration tightened restrictions on the sale of computer chips to China on Oct. 7, extending a previous August ban. Along with the CHIPS and Science Act, which President Joe Biden signed...

Rahul Sundaresan (9) raises a card with the name China during the Model U.N. kickoff yesterday. The kickoff, with over 30 student attendees, included a mock conference about several topics.

Upper school Model U.N. kicks off the school year with mock conference

by Felix Chen and Katerina Matta September 17, 2022

Over 30 middle and high school students attended the upper school Model U.N. Kickoff, an introductory event which replicates typical Model U.N. proceedings in a mock conference, from 4 to 8 p.m. yesterday...

Harker Journalism strategic introduce themselves at Tuesday's school meeting. This year's first school meeting included presentations by Model UN, Conservatory, HarkerDev, journalism and athletics.

School meeting recap 8/23/22: First week of school, performing arts and fall sports updates

by Shareen Chahal and Claire Zhao August 26, 2022

Associated Student Body (ASB) President Kris Estrada (12) began the first school meeting of the 2022-23 school year on Tuesday.  Model UN Secretary Generals Mir Bahri (12) and Krish Maniar (12) performed...

Members of the QAnon disinformation committee vote to hold a discussion on Saturday between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Harker Model UN held the Model UN Kickoff in Shah Hall to both educate members about Model UN and simulate a real Model UN conference.

Diplomatic debate: Model UN inspires collaboration with kickoff event

by Selina Xu, Dilsher Dhaliwal September 24, 2021

harkeraquila · Aquila Audible of "Diplomatic debate: Model UN inspires collaboration with kickoff event" Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the doors of Model UN? Or how members develop...

Language and Linguistics Club President Clarice Wang (12) introduces the club to prospective members. While most juniors and seniors were familiar with the format and structure of Club Fair from their underclassmen years, both freshmen and sophomores experienced the fair in person for the first time.

Student-led organizations welcome prospective members in annual Club Fair

by Lavanya Subramanian, Ariana Goetting, and Katelyn Zhao September 12, 2021

The annual Club Fair, which took place during the long lunch period on Wednesday, allowed students to connect with their passions by visiting club booths located at the donor plaza and RPAC lobby and signing...

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