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The Student News Site of Ocean Lakes High School

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; Opinion Editor

Mihika Sakharpe, a junior in the Math and Science Academy, is an award-winning third-year journalist for The Current. She’s an inquisitive polyglot with a passion for anything STEM. She serves as the vice president for Model UN and Math Honor Society, and she interned at MIT this past summer. Outside of school, she loves singing, playing cricket, listening to music, and drinking boba tea. She serves as a Civil Air Patrol cadet captain and hopes to study aerospace engineering and computer science in college.

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Nimish Nookala '24 sings a solo during the Virginia Gentlemen's 2025 Spring Classic Concert on Apr. 17, 2025, as president Cavan Meade (right) looks on. The VGs performed an original cover of Speechless by Dan + Shay at UVA. Photo used with permission from Nimish Nookala.

Alum sings acapella

Mihika Sakharpe, Webmaster; Opinion Editor
September 5, 2025
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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