#b#Creating Awareness#/b#
Archit Mehta, Rohit Kundu, Anvith Ramadugu, Pranav Mahableshwarker, Saahil Noupada, Sahir Mir, and Sushanth Malipati, all students at Community Middle School, formed the CMS Watershed Group. While exploring water pollution, they write, “we found a much more ignored topic — watershed pollution.”
The group is trying to raise awareness of the harmful chemicals and bacteria found in area watersheds. They are working with Samantha Bernstein, an ambassador for Americorps. She tests the waters to see which insects are in the water bodies and how sensitive they are to pollution. They have also reached out to Peter Quinn, the headmaster of Peddie School, for his work on testing for nitrates. They are also working with McLelland Crawley, a certified watershed expert and an environmental science teacher at Community Middle School.
“The truth is that we want to raise awareness for this problem,” they write, and to “get city architects to create cities in a way that will help watersheds.”
“For example, when it rains, there is almost nowhere for this excess water runoff to go, as not all of it goes into storm drains. This excess water brings nitrate (from fertilizer in grass) to the watershed and pollutes it, harming us and the wildlife.”
#b#Model UN#/b#
High School North’s Model United Nations team won best small delegation at a recent Model United Nations conference. Students who competed include Janavi Janakiraman, Miriam Li, Aasha Shaik, Diana Tang, Nitya Labh, Simran Korpal, Dillanie Sumanithiran, Rafeea Tamboli, Alan Xu, Sunny Nikam, Dillon Sumanthiran, Amar Desai, Hamza Mustafa, Kevin Li, Albert Sebastian, and Preetam Inampudi. The advisors are Christa Hannon and Ashley Warren.
