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MONDAY
DRESS UP: Theme day for sophomores and juniors Dodgeball prelims Eagle painting judging
TUESDAY
DRESS UP: Class colors Advisory parade Tug of War prelims
WEDNESDAY
DRESS UP: Theme day for frosh and seniors Dodgeball finals
THURSDAY
DRESS UP: Class shirts Spirit rally
Community members celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month vika gautham & sarah mohammed When she hears the words Hispanic Heritage Month, upper school math teacher Jeanette Fernandez thinks of bringing awareness to those who aren’t as knowledgeable of Hispanic culture. “We don’t read about [this] a lot in history books, so this is our way of [educating others],” Fernandez said. “We have a lot of [Hispanic] people here, and it’s important to recognize [them].” Continued on page 5.
The Pearl Post speaks to student journalists at JEA NorCal Media Day isha moorjani & olivia xu Students rise to their feet in applause, all facing the three journalists on stage, from the staff of Daniel Pearl Magnet School in Los Angeles. The school’s journalism adviser Adriana Chavira along with former editors delivered a presentation to student journalists at the Journalism Education Association (JEA) NorCal Media Day on Sept. 24 following attention surrounding censorship of their paper. Visit harkeraquila.com for full article.
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felix chen, aishani singh & sabrina zhu Upper school students engage in class competitions, such as tug-of-war and lip sync battles, during homecoming spirit week, which started yesterday and continues into the weekend. Student council and Student Activity Board (SAB) representatives from each class selected a theme, which guided the more creativity-based contests. The frosh chose fantasy movie “Harry Potter,” the sophomores chose action movie “Justice League,” the juniors chose animated movie “Minions,” and the seniors chose horror movie “It.” “The theme of Harry Potter is pretty exciting for our class,” Student Activities Board representative Janam Chahal (9) said. “It’s something a lot of us enjoy.” The frosh class faced off against the juniors in dodgeball on Monday, while the sophomores battled the seniors. Upper school faculty members then gathered outside of Manzanita to judge the eagles, which were painted by students to fit each class’s theme. Representatives of each advisory dresssed in their class colors and paraded through campus in the advisory parade on Tuesday, and frosh and sophomore tugof-war teams challenged the junior and senior classes respectively on Davis Field. The winners of each dodgeball game will compete in the finals today, determining the ultimate victor of dodgeball. On Thursday, the spirit rally will take place in the Athletic Center, with events such as the lip sync competition and performances from Kinetic Krew and the cheerleading team. The Hoco court winners will compete in a relay race at the rally as well.
MINION MADNESS Desiree Luo (11) works on the junior class eagle. The juniors’ theme for homecoming week is based around movies “Minions” and “Despicable Me.”
“I’m excited for the rally,” Janam said. “I think the class of 2026 will bring their best spirit to the rally, and it will be a lot of fun for everyone.” Students will be dismissed early on Friday in preparation for Harker Day and the homecoming game on Saturday. At Harker Day, families and community members from all three Harker campuses will gather at the upper school to engage in activities organized by the school and student-run organizations and to watch a variety of student performances and athletic events. Visit harkeraquila.com for full article.
DANCE BATTLES Senior students rehearse their lip sync routine. All classes will present their lip syncs during Thursday’s rally.
Students explore honesty and respect through Honor Week Activities include a bulletin board in Manzanita, and lunch-time interactions where students can write down answers to a variety of topics. On Tuesday, for the first day’s tenet of honesty, students answered prompts such as “how do you help someone be honest?” The responses were meant to HONOR NOTES Eileen Ma (12) writes on Honor Council member spark discussion. Gwen Yang’s (12) box. Students reviewed school tenets last week. On Wednesday, English teacher Jennifer Siraganian jonathan xue recited a poem that she wrote about honor & vika gautham at the school meeting. Members of Honor Council hostRespect and accountability were aded a variety of events that encapsulated dressed by having members of the comthe community’s core values throughout munity interact with each other and the Honor Week last week. campus. For Thursday, students cultivated
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HOMECOMING DANCE FRIDAY, OCT. 14
Homecoming week begins with festivities and competition
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HARKER DAY & HOMECOMING SATURDAY, OCT. 8
EAGLES, SHOW YOUR SPIRIT
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UPCOMING DATES
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2022
their sense of respect by finding similarities with people from other grades, appreciating the unifying bonds that connect us despite grade differences. On Friday, advisories signed honor posters. “Honor goes beyond just not cheating on a test,” honor council member Naiya Daswani (10) said. “It really refers back to our three tenets that we have here at Harker and being able to recognize when you are crossing a boundary.” This week aims to teach students and faculty about what it means to be honorable, and break down the subject so others can digest it in their own way. Honor allows students to not only respect their peers and teachers, but also themselves and the environment. “I hope that students understand honor is part of our mission,” faculty chair of Honor Council Anthony Silk said. “We are trying to educate students to take their part in society so that when [they] go out into the world, [they] are all doing the best that [they] can do.” Visit harkeraquila.com for full article.
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