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The Current

The Student News Site of Ocean Lakes High School

The Current

The Student News Site of Ocean Lakes High School

The Current

Mihika Sakharpe

Mihika Sakharpe, Webmaster; Features Editor

Mihika Sakharpe, a sophomore in the Math and Science Academy, is an award-winning second-year journalist for The Current. She’s an inquisitive polyglot with a passion for STEM and learning. She’s on the Model UN and varsity scholastic bowl teams. Outside of school, she enjoys singing, swimming, playing cricket and going to Chipotle. She serves her community as a cadet first lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol. Her dream is to attend MIT to study aerospace engineering and computer science.

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Mary Collier teaches her ASL students about directional verbs on April 9, 2025. As can be seen on the slide, grammatical structure in ASL is quite different from that of English. Photo used with permission from Wendy Webster.

The world behind the signs

Mihika Sakharpe, Webmaster; Features Editor
April 15, 2025
Ayush Jain, left, and Aniketh Kolla smile near the YCombinator headquarters in Calfornia on July 13, 2024. Jain, the Class of 2022 valedictorian, and Kolla co-founded Syntra, a medical AI company. Photo used with permission from Ayush Jain.

One year, one percent chance, two million dollars

Mihika Sakharpe, Webmaster; Features Editor
October 6, 2024
The American flag flies at half-mast outside Ocean Lakes High School on Sept. 11, 2024. This is done to honor the 2,977 people who were killed on that day, the deadliest terrorist attack in history.

“I saw the South Tower fall”

Mihika Sakharpe, Webmaster; Features Editor
September 11, 2024
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