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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Chantell Rodriguez's responsibilities as a part of Harker’s administrative staff include coordinating events like the annual Harker Day. Rodriguez started cheering in middle school and mentored for an elementary school before joining Harker as the team’s head coach.

From academics to athletics: Staff take on dual roles

by Tiffany Zhu and Leah Krupnik October 11, 2024

3:05 p.m.: Students enter math teacher Victor Adler’s room as office hours begins. Dr. Adler scrawls calculus formulas across the whiteboard as he answers his students’ questions. 3:30 p.m.: Without...

Selina Chen (9) represents her club team while Finley Ho (9) dons a Harker jersey. Both split their time between the varsity girls basketball team and their club teams.

Battling for balance, student-athletes take on club and high school sports

by Katerina Matta and Claire Yu February 8, 2024

Imagine shaking off the rust from two long years spent in the pandemic for your first high school volleyball season. Then picture winning the Central Coast Section title. Next, you return to club training...

Vyom Vidyarthi (11) hugs Lachlan Rossi (12) during the senior night ceremony before their game against Palo Alto High School on Friday. Each senior was honored with flowers, custom posters and speeches to conclude their four years to the program.

Varsity boys and girls water polo succumb to Palo Alto High School on senior night

by Brandon Zau and Jeremy Peng November 29, 2023

The boys and girls varsity water polo teams suffered defeat to Palo Alto High School 14-16 and 5-10 respectively on their senior night Oct. 19 in the Singh Aquatic Center. Before the game, students,...

Sam Li (9) searches for an opportunity to pass the ball. The boys junior varsity team took the game 17-11 vs. Palo Alto.

Junior varsity boys water polo crushes Palo Alto 17-11 in last home game

by Jeremy Peng and Kairui Sun November 3, 2023

Junior varsity boys water polo triumphed over Palo Alto High School 17-11 on Oct. 19.  The Eagles pulled ahead 5-1 with a little over a minute remaining in the first quarter. A shot into the top left...

David Kelly (9) lifts his arm in preparation to pass the ball. The junior varsity boys water polo team defeated Fremont High School 12-3 at home on Thursday.

Junior varsity boys water polo scores 12-3 win against Fremont High School

by Mia Tang and Olivia Xu September 15, 2023

Junior varsity boys water polo defeated Fremont High School 12-3 on Sept. 7.  Despite a slow start, Harker soon pulled ahead as Alex Zhong (11) and Aman Chandran (10) scored one goal each to end the...

Assistant professor Anand Natarajan ('09) teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) department. He first discovered his love for science as a child and explored his passion at the high school level with clubs and advanced classes.

Blooming from the STEM: Anand Natarajan (‘09) dives into quantum computing

by Olivia Xu and Brandon Zau March 28, 2022

harkeraquila · Winged Post Audible: Blooming from the STEM: Anand Natarajan (‘09) Imagine that you and I are on the opposite sides of the galaxy, and you perform an operation on yourself. Now, imagine...

Deeya Kumar (11) attempts to block Palo Alto player's pass attempt. The varsity girls water polo team is now ranked fourth in league with a record of 6-6.

Varsity girls water polo team dominates Palo Alto 11-1

by Ariana Goetting, Reporter October 17, 2021

The varsity girls water polo team beat Palo Alto 11-1 at home on Thursday. The Eagles scored five goals in the first quarter and were up 9-0 by halftime. Palo Alto scored their only goal in the fourth...

Oliver Roman (9) blocks a pass from an opposing player during the junior varsity water polo team's match against Los Gatos on Tuesday. The boys won 13-3.

Junior varsity boys water polo team extends win streak with victory over Los Gatos

by Tiffany Chang, TALON Academics Editor September 23, 2021

The junior varsity boys water polo team defeated Los Gatos 13-3 on Tuesday. The game started off slowly: Los Gatos gained an early lead, but the Eagles managed to pull ahead by halftime with a score...

Students in Dr. Adler's Multivariable calculus class use Mathematica, a tool capable of visualizing, analyzing and manipulating complex graphs among other functionalities, to graph three-dimensional curves. Students also use the software for long-form projects to better understand more difficult topics.

STEM classes embrace technology to adapt to online learning

by Nicholas Wei, Humans of Harker Staff Writer October 19, 2020

As the upper school continues in remote fashion for the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year, teachers of STEM classes have adopted new teaching methodologies while adapting old ones in order to...

Christopher Hurshman accepts role as freshman dean

by Ryan Guan, Executive News Editor January 23, 2019

English teacher Christopher Hurshman will become dean of the freshman Class of 2022 next school year as current freshman dean Jeffrey Draper will shift to heading the Class of 2023. After the Class of...

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