Santa Clara resident Ellie Kleinheinz, 15, won first place for the Under-18 US Luge National Championship at the Norton Youth National Championship, held from Feb. 17 to early March in Lake Placid, New York. The sport of luge involves lying on a sled and racing down an icy track while managing turns. “I was in … Read more
Samaira Mehta, 14, is starting her freshman year at Archbishop Mitty this month. At this time, this young Santa Clara resident is also busy preparing to visit Minneapolis’s 3M Innovation Center in mid-October to compete in the 2022 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Mehta is one of the finalists vying to win $25,000 in the competition sponsored by 3M … Read more
Multi-lingual Archbishop Mitty High School seniors Anvee Bhutani and Ishaan Nandwani believe so passionately in the advantages of speaking more than one language that they founded Legato Lingua, a nonprofit organization to teach foreign languages to Bay Area children. “Our idea to found this came after we noticed the lack of foreign language classes and … Read more