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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

High school coders collaborate on the novice problem set during HPCs Harker Programming Invitation in Nichols Atrium on Mar. 9. Groups of up to three students worked together to solve ten questions in two hours in the novice division.

Coders compete in Programming Club’s annual Harker Programming Invitational

by Tiffany Zhu and Emma Gao March 15, 2024

Around 150 middle and high school students from the Bay Area participated in the annual Harker Programming Invitational (HPI), a team-based competition organized by Harker Programming Club (HPC) and held...

William Chen 03 lectures to Green Team about sustainable farming on Stanfords O’Donohue Educational Farm. Besides talking about his own experiences, Chen also discussed the harmful effects of pesticides and herbicides, the benefits of eating organic foods, and ways to support sustainable farming.

Green Team speaker highlights methods and mission behind sustainable farming

by Victor Gong and Ashley Mo March 6, 2024

Green Team invited Harker alum William Chen ‘03 to present on sustainable farming on Monday. Chen is the facility and production coordinator at Stanford’s O’Donohue Educational Farm and has previously...

Math Club members Juliana Li (10) and Lily Shi (9) work on problems during the Jan. 9 lecture. Math Club hosted a speaker event with alumnus and former Math Club President Jeffrey Kwan ‘20, where he discussed math problems and held a Q&A to answer questions about math.

Math Club hosts speaker event and wins Arete Competition

by Steven Jiang, TALON Reporter January 25, 2023

Math Club hosted a speaker event with alumnus and former Math Club President Jeffrey Kwan (‘20), where he discussed math problems and answered questions from participants on Jan. 9 during lunch. During...

TEDxHarkerSchool co-curator Yejin Song (12) introduces Season 6 MasterChef contestant and recipe blogger Hetal Vasavada. The TEDxHarkerSchool event occured on Saturday, Nov. 20.

‘Transcending Boundaries’: TEDxHarkerSchool hosts annual TEDx event

by Ariana Goetting December 1, 2021

Nearly 200 people attended the upper school’s annual TEDx event on Saturday, Nov. 20, from 9 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. in the Rothschild Performing Arts Center (RPAC). This year’s event, themed “Transcending...

Filmmaker Bing Liu spoke to upper school journalism students over Zoom. He talked about his journey into filmmaking and gave advice for those interested in producing films.

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Bing Liu speaks to members of Harker Journalism

by Lucy Ge, Assistant News Editor May 25, 2020

The scene opens in a skateboarding park in Rockford, Illinois. A shirtless, scrawny teenage boy in blue denim jeans, black shoes and a pink belt attempts to land a kickflip onto a platform. When he fails,...

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