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Senior Gabe Sachse and sophomore Shaurya Jain hug after winning the game. “I don’t want to say goodbye because [the seniors] are my friends outside of baseball as well,” Shaurya said. “Either way, I wanted to go all out for the seniors.”

Varsity baseball secures 6-5 comeback against Crystal Springs on senior night

by Lily Peng and Chelsea Xie May 20, 2025

Varsity baseball bested Crystal Springs Uplands 6-5 during senior night on May 13 at Washington Park. Before the game, head coach Jon Cvitanich introduced seniors Aarav Bhorthakar, Shiv Deokar, Saahil...

Senior Saahil Herrero takes a swing. In the sixth inning, Saahil hits a ball towards second base and nearly makes it to first base before being tagged out by a Priory outfielder.

Varsity baseball loses to Priory 1-4

by Minal Jalil, Reporter May 8, 2025

Varsity Boys Baseball faced off against the Priory Panthers in a 1-4 game on April 29 at Woodside Priory in Portola Valley.  To kick off the first inning, Sophomore outfielder Ryan Pham hit a single...

“A lot of team members at Addax Games had more experience than me, so there is a lot of stuff that I don’t know as well as they do about those games. In general that would be bad, but when it comes to playtesting, that can be quite useful because not everyone who plays the game will be super experienced with board games," senior Saahil Herrero said.

Humans of Harker: Player to playtester

by Anwen Hao, Reporter April 23, 2025

Amid the shuffle of game pieces and the quiet intensity of strategic decisions, senior Saahil Herrero finds more than just entertainment — through playing tabletop games, he discovered a passion...

Fern Biswas (10) admires the Diego Rivera bulletin board in Main Hall, which features over 150 paintings about Rivera’s dream of what North America would be like. Hispanic Heritage Month began on Sept. 15 and honors different types of Hispanic culture in the world.

‘We want to show that we are proud’

by Vika Gautham and Sarah Mohammed September 27, 2022

When she hears the words Hispanic Heritage Month, upper school mathematics teacher Jeanette Fernandez thinks of bringing awareness to others who aren’t as knowledgeable of the Hispanic culture in America....

TALON yearbook reporter Angelina Burrows (10) takes notes during one of the JEA NorCal Media Day sessions. 31 Harker journalists attended the event today at Palo Alto High School.

Upper school journalism staff attend JEA NorCal media day

by Tiffany Chang, Felix Chen, Aishani Singh, and Sally Zhu September 24, 2022

PALO ALTO, Calif. – 33 upper school Harker Journalism staff attended the JEA NorCal Media Day at Palo Alto High School on Saturday, an annual convention for high school journalism students and advisors.  The...

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