- March 8APEX: Riding the rush
- March 8Game Talk with Gabe: Downfall of a franchise
- March 8College recruiting provides competition and community
- March 8So you wanna be a speech writer?
- March 8Insomnia disrupts brain waves, hinders deep sleep
- March 7Friday Five: English books
- March 7This I Believe: Reimagining enthusiasm
- March 6Reactions to the 2025 Oscars
- March 6School Meeting 3/4: Women’s History Month, Research Symposium and ReCreate Reading
- March 5Debates grow over public health policy changes
![“[Building nerf blasters] became this outlet of creativity for me that hasn't been matched by anything else. The process [of] making a build complete to your desire is such a painstakingly difficult process, but I've had to learn from [the skills needed from] soldering to proper painting. There's so many different options for everything, if you think about it, it exists. The best part is [that] if it doesn't exist, you can build it yourself," Ishaan Parate said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC_8149-900x604.jpg)
![“When I came into high school, I was ready to be a follower. But DECA was a game changer for me. It helped me overcome my fear of public speaking, and it's played such a major role in who I've become today. To be able to successfully lead a chapter of 150 students, an officer team and be one of the upperclassmen I once really admired is something I'm [really] proud of,” Anvitha Tummala ('21) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-25-at-9.50.05-AM-900x594.png)
![“I think getting up in the morning and having a sense of purpose [is exciting]. I think without a certain amount of drive, life is kind of obsolete and mundane, and I think having that every single day is what makes each day unique and kind of makes life exciting,” Neymika Jain (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-03-at-4.54.16-PM.png)
![“My slogan is ‘slow feet, don’t eat, and I’m hungry.’ You need to run fast to get where you are–you aren't going to get those championships if you aren't fast,” Angel Cervantes (12) said. “I want to do well in school on my tests and in track and win championships for my team. I live by that, [and] I can do that anywhere: in the classroom or on the field.”](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DSC5146-900x601.jpg)
![“[Volleyball has] taught me how to fall correctly, and another thing it taught is that you don’t have to be the best at something to be good at it. If you just hit the ball in a smart way, then it still scores points and you’re good at it. You could be a background player and still make a much bigger impact on the team than you would think,” Anya Gert (’20) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AnnaGert_JinTuan_HoHPhotoEdited-600x900.jpeg)
![“I'm not nearly there yet, but [my confidence has] definitely been getting better since I was pretty shy and timid coming into Harker my freshman year. I know that there's a lot of people that are really confident in what they do, and I really admire them. Everyone's so driven and that has really pushed me to kind of try to find my own place in high school and be more confident,” Alyssa Huang (’20) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AlyssaHuang_EmilyChen_HoHPhoto-900x749.jpeg)
![“[Coaching] taught me so much about myself as a person, but I’m helping kids develop not only as players but as people, which I think is very important. To help facilitate that change has been something that is very meaningful to me. And to see kids come into the room and grow more confident and supportive [of] each other is really, really cool; that’s why I think it’s really worth it,” Hannah Grannis (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/HannahGrannis_HoHPhoto-591x900.jpg)
![“I find it more important to actually use your intelligence than to just be intelligent, so starting my own school to teach math taught me a lot about the way I approach [the subject]. I’m always trying to adapt my own skills as my students come up with interesting ways to solve different types of problems, so I hope that I’m remembered not necessarily as someone who was only smart, but more for the way that I used that intelligence to help people and create new things,” Utkarsh Priyam (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/UtkarshPriyam_NilishaBaid_HoHPhoto-900x673.png)
![“One of the best things about senior year is that you can take much more niche classes, and I would tell [people] to take great advantage of that, because Harker has classes that no other schools offer. It's benefited me [and] I'm really glad, retrospectively, that I tried a bunch of classes I had no idea about instead of trying to only take things I was familiar with,” Avery Young (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AveryYoung_RitikaRajamani_HoHPhoto-900x601.jpg)
![“Everything happens for a reason, so in my mind, there's going to be a class or a professor, or an assignment or something that leads me somewhere. That's my vision … [and] we'll see [how it ends up],” Anna Arnaudova (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AnnaArnaudova_ShreyaSrinivasan_HoHPhoto-900x596.jpg)
![“[Cheer has] helped me become more confident [and] be more open to trying out different things, because I did it out of nowhere and tried it … A lot of things that I now really enjoy in life, things I wouldn't normally do, I did on a whim. I found that the [activities] that I did randomly are now some of my favorite parts of my experience,” Anish Kilaru (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AnishKilaru_AnoushkaBuch_HoHPhoto-596x900.jpeg)
