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Mihika Sakharpe

Mihika Sakharpe, Design Editor

Mihika Sakharpe, a freshman in the Math and Science Academy, is a design editor and first-year journalist for The Current. She loves STEM, debate, and languages (seven so far). She is a cricket fanatic and would eat sushi everyday if she could. Outside of school, she is a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol. Her dream is to pursue rocketry and make humans an interplanetary species. Her goal is to write a diverse array of award-winning articles.

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Though cricket is the second most popular sport in the world, cricket fans in America are a minority compared to fans of baseball.

An island of cricket in a sea of baseballs

Mihika Sakharpe, Design Editor
April 14, 2024
Junior Ahana Dutta smiles with her awards for her health sciences project on March 9, 2024. Her project on the effects of HIV-1 on methylation markers won first place in the medical division and a special award from Yale. Photo used with permission from Arijit Dutta.

Students embrace the world of STEM at Tidewater Science and Engineering Fair

Mihika Sakharpe, Design Editor
April 8, 2024
Members of the Scholastic Bowl team sit at their stations before the start of round two of Battle of the Brains on Jan. 17, 2024. From left to right: sophomore Clark Smith, junior Jackson Crickard, senior and captain Meilin Ranjan and senior Samuel Kidd. Photo used with permission from Miranda Blaser.

Scholastic Bowl maintains streak in Battle of the Brains

Mihika Sakharpe, Design Editor
March 16, 2024
A couple of books sit on freshman Anna Keck’s table on March 2, 2024. Anna reads the books in their original Russian versions to stay connected to her language. Photo used with permission from Anna Keck.

For some students, Foreign Language Week is daily life

Mihika Sakharpe, Design Editor
March 2, 2024
The team smiles after a dive meet on Jan. 12, 2024. Clockwise, from top left: sophomore Dylan Bennington, sophomore Patrick Kinser, sophomore MaKenna McGrath, and junior Maggie Sokalzuk. Photo used with permission from David Bostic.

Reviving the rare Olympic sport of diving at Ocean Lakes

Mihika Sakharpe, Design Editor
February 26, 2024
Edmonia Lewis poses for a rare portrait in 1870. (Sculptress Supreme Edmonia Lewis/Robert A. Larson/WikimediaCommons/public domain)

Edmonia Lewis, the free-spirited sculptor

Mihika Sakharpe, Design Editor
February 21, 2024
The Battle of the Brains team, composed of scholastic bowl members, is all smiles at the competition in Richmond, Va., on Oct. 5, 2023. From left to right: Austin Mao, Kaushik Tatta, Jackson Crickard, Meilin Ranjan, Samuel Kidd and Clark Smith. Photo used with permission from Miranda Blaser.

Scholastic Bowl team wins first round of local trivia show

Mihika Sakharpe, Design Editor
January 30, 2024
A group of chorus students embarks on some sightseeing near Walt Disney World’s Hollywood area on December 7, 2023. They plan to explore for the first two days and perform on the third. Photo used with permission from Shelby Bruhjell.

Chorus travels to Florida to sing at Walt Disney World’s Candlelight Processional

Mihika Sakharpe, Design Editor
December 8, 2023
A group of finished ornaments sits on a table in Room 126 on Dec. 7, 2023. The stickers were designed by freshmen and were printed by Rebecca Strohm and her students, a real-world work experience for them. Photo used with permission from Kristi Bayer.

Class of 2027 sells handcrafted holiday ornaments this holiday season

Mihika Sakharpe, Design Editor
December 7, 2023
Freshman Tejaswini Attada makes a pass on her Chromebook to use the bathroom in the World History classroom on Oct. 26, 2023. Students are required to do this in addition to asking the teacher’s permission. Photo used with permission from Ava Kruciak.

Controversial hall pass application leads to fiery debate

Mihika Sakharpe, Staff Writer
November 14, 2023
The trademark “NASA Meatball” sits at the entrance to the NASA Langley Research Center on Oct. 21, 2023.

NASA’s oldest field center opens to the public

Mihika Sakharpe, Staff Writer
October 21, 2023
Civil Air Patrol cadets get ready to march onto the flight line as flag bearers for the Oceana Air Show’s opening parade on Sept. 16, 2023. Photo used with permission from Shea Lickfold.

Oceana Air Show celebrates women in naval aviation

Mihika Sakharpe, Staff Writer
September 25, 2023
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