Category: Student Spotlight

Schools in Irvine has transitioned to distance learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For high school students like me, this new form of learning has posed several challenges, with many students feeling isolated, frustrated, and unmotivated.

Nithin Parthasarathy is a student at Irvine’s Northwood High School whose passion for sustainability and food equity led him to establishing the Zero Waste Initiative.

While eating at Bruegger’s Bagels here in Irvine, Nithin noticed workers throwing away surplus bagels that they couldn’t sell at the end of the day.  Realizing that a lot of shops throw surplus food away, Nithin decided to take action.

Northwood High School Senior, Heather Kim, has been named a “2020 National YoungArts Foundation Merit” winner for her work in Visual Arts, joining 686 of the nation’s most accomplished artists in the visual, literary and performing arts. 

Northwood High School student, Angie Park, is passionate about art. She shared her love of art and the creative process with her grandmother who has Alzheimer’s. Now Angie has taken her love of art and created a foundation to help Alzheimer’s patients through art therapy.