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Lara Parikh

Lara Parikh, Science & Tech Writer

Lara Parikh (10) is a science and tech writer for The Perennial, and this is her second year on staff. This year, Lara is looking forward to broadening her horizons by learning more about current events in science and tech and all the ins and outs of the Pinewood STEM community. Outside of school, you can find her reading, playing tennis, cooking, and practicing karate.

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Pinewood Teachers on Love is Blind

Pinewood Teachers on “Love is Blind”

Lara Parikh, Staff Writer March 27, 2024

   Drama. Tension. Heartache. Love.     Six Pinewood teachers will embark on a soul-searching journey in hopes of finally finding true love. What better way is there to fill that void in their...

New & Improved 3D Printers:  Pinewood Boosts STEM Program

New & Improved 3D Printers: Pinewood Boosts STEM Program

Lara Parikh, Staff Writer March 11, 2024

   For the longest time, the idea of avant-garde technology like 3D printers was unheard of. Throughout the years, 3D printers have continued to make an impact on the world and have also grown to become...

How Silicon Valley Causes Student Stresses

How Silicon Valley Causes Student Stresses

Lara Parikh, Science & Tech Writer February 4, 2024

   With every day comes new challenges. New adversities. These adversities may be something physical, but they can also be something more internal. They can be an overwhelming tsunami of stress, anxiety...

Hear it From Me: Living With Allergies is Rough

Hear it From Me: Living With Allergies is Rough

Lara Parikh, Science & Tech Writer November 15, 2023

   America’s sweetheart: the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. A schmear of creamy peanut butter across white sandwich bread. A touch of fruity jam to offset the buttery decadence. The gateway to the...

NASA Investigates Recent UFO Sightings

NASA Investigates Recent UFO Sightings

Lara Parikh, Staff Writer October 17, 2023

The highly hypothesized topic on the prospect of extraterrestrial life has blasted off and is cons news channels once again. Referred to as unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs, recent UFO sightings...

Featuring Ayana Jasal, Seika Oelschig, and Andrew Wang

Pinewood Seniors Pick STEM Majors in College

Lara Parikh, Science and Tech Writer May 2, 2023

Several seniors will be majoring in STEM in college, among them being Rosalie Wessels, Emmett Smith, Akash Kumar, Vincent Chen, Logan Thompson, Seika Oelschig, Sally King,  Ayana Jassal, Andrew Wang,...

Teachers Run Amok as Shakespeare Characters

Teachers Run Amok as Shakespeare Characters

Lara Parikh, Science & Tech Writer March 29, 2023

Even the most talented conspiracy theorists have not been able to understand the root of this transformation of teachers becoming Shakespeare characters, but they speculate that it has something to do...

The Dark Side of Snapchat: How Social Media Worsens Fentanyl Crisis

The Dark Side of Snapchat: How Social Media Worsens Fentanyl Crisis

Lara Parikh, Science and Tech Writer February 28, 2023

Remember when parents used to say, “Never take candy from strangers?” It was used as a warning for children to prevent abductions. Now, instead of abduction, it’s death. Instead of candy, it’s...

PANS: An Autoimmune Disease in Children

PANS: An Autoimmune Disease in Children

Lara Parikh, Science and Tech Writer February 1, 2023

A concealed, corruptive disorder. Just in the United States, 1 in 200 kids are affected by Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS), an auto-immune disorder. Sophomore Avery Wilson is raising...

New COVID Boosters: Pinewood Hopes to Return to a State of Normalcy

New COVID Boosters: Pinewood Hopes to Return to a State of Normalcy

Lara Parikh, Science & Tech Writer November 9, 2022

2020. The golden year, or so people thought. The whole world was struck by a menacing force: COVID-19. People constantly lived in a state of fear and paranoia as they weren’t sure what they had to do...

Photo courtesy of Audio and Video Production Class

Production Class Brings Digital Announcements

Lara Parikh, Science & Tech Writer October 5, 2022

This past year, Pinewood has added a new course to their curriculum: The Audio and Video Production class. Run by teacher Rob Bergenstock, this class has become the studio for the new morning announcements....

VR Headset Glasses: No More Bulky Experiences

VR Headset Glasses: No More Bulky Experiences

Ian Hsiao, Science & Tech Writer October 5, 2022

Stanford and NVIDIA researchers have revolutionized bulky VR headsets into slim glasses through new, cutting-edge technology. NVIDIA is a technology company that specializes in graphic processing chips,...

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