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The voice of the students.

The High

The voice of the students.

The High

The voice of the students.

The High

2020-2021 Staff

Noor Ahmed

Noor Ahmed

My name is Noor (they/them) and I'm in Year 13! I've been in The High since I joined ISL back in Year 10 and it has been an amazing experience to be a member. I mainly write but I also sometimes illustrate as well! All round,...

Esme Hodari

Hi, I'm Esme, and I'm in year twelve. I both write and illustrate for the High. In both, I try to provide an opinion on STEM, politics and popular culture. Primarily, how these interests often impact marginalised communities an...

Sharanya Trivedi

Sharanya Trivedi

Hi! My name is Sharanya and I'm 17 years old. I enjoy expressing my (strong) opinions through op-eds. I am passionate about debating, poetry, and injustice. I enjoy watching sitcoms, reading romance, and procrastination....

Athan Massarous

Athan Massarous

Hi, I’m Athan. I’m in Year 12, and I like to write about world politics and social issues. I also like STEM stuff and music (both playing and listening to).

Ayana Challagalla

Ayana Challagalla

Hi! My name is Ayana and I am 18 years old. I enjoy writing opinion articles and I also manage The High's social media @thehighisl - follow us on Instagram for new updates on our latest articles!

Zoé Poinssot

Zoé Poinssot

I am currently 17 years old, and have been at ISL for 5 years now. Originally from France, I have lived in France, England and Denmark. I am passionate about art and want to become an animator. I am best known for creating th...

Sophie-Marie Pasewald

Sophie-Marie Pasewald

Hey! I’m Sophie-Marie and I am 15 years old. I enjoy creating video content for The High YouTube channel and I have been involved in multiple articles. I have been attending ISL for nearly 7 years now. Wow, I’m getting old! Wh...

Merichel Herman

Merichel Herman

I am an American Year 12 who has always adored anything to do with creativity—writing, drawing, theatre, you name it (although I do warn you that any writing will involve an extreme number of deaths for no reason other than...

Sahana Joshi

Sahana Joshi

I am a 17 year old American-Indian student going to ISL, and have been a part of The High for 4 years now. Though I claim to be the least creative person I have ever met, I still work on writing articles on current events and ...

Rebeca Ravara

Rebeca Ravara

Hi, I’m Rebeca, I am 16 years old and I love anything creative! I’m a really big fan of the arts, whether that be movies, music, actual art, writing, and reading (just don’t ask me to do any maths). For further education, ...

Pavi Venkat Sridhar

Pavi Venkat Sridhar

Hi! I'm Pavi and I'm in Y13. This is my fourth year in The High. I love to write articles about current events or anything that catches my interest, really. When I’m not writing a new article for the newsroom, I appreciate ...

Dorka Borus

I am a 16 year old Hungarian student in ISL. I am the audio and visual editor of the High, and I enjoy making videos for the youtube account. 

Divya Venkat Sridhar

Divya Venkat Sridhar

I’m a year 13 student who loves chemistry and poetry! I love writing about STEM, and I’m looking forward to writing more opinion articles and current events. In my free time, I also enjoy playing the saxophone as well as singin...

Carmen Tan

Carmen Tan

I’m a 16 year old student in ISL. I've been in ISL for 8 years. I work on the illustrations for articles (specifically the horoscopes column) and a podcast, Ineffable (which you should stream). I’m a particularly boring per...

Alice Nobs

Alice Nobs

17 years old and already a mastermind in computer coding, ancient Greek and rocket science. Okay, not really, but she can at least spell chrysanthemum. Alice believes this is one of her greatest accomplishments. As well as her...

Sharmila Ghanekar

Sharmila Ghanekar

 Hi! I’m Shar, short for Sharmila (but please don't call me that). I'm 17, in year 13, wanting to study fitness and nutrition. I love music, and anything in the arts really, which is good seeing as I’m the Graphics Editor ...

I'm in a bit of a pickle....

Tanvi Anand

I’m Tanvi, Editor-in-Chief of The High. I’m The High’s resident pretentious music snob™, which is a title that I take very seriously. When I’m not forcing people to listen to insufferable art-punk, I am usually fulfi...

Khwaish Vohra

Khwaish Vohra

Hi! I have been writing for The High for my entire high school career, and I am currently the Editor-In-Chief of the paper for the year 2020-2021. Most of my articles are Op-eds, but I have dabbled in reporting on school news...

Elif Civelekoglu

Hey, I’m Elif! Currently, I am 16 and am in Year 12. I really like listening to music, which has been described by the Pudding Spotify Review AI judge as being “You-live-on-Chromatica” and “folklore-evermore-dumbledore...

Neha Chakraborty

Neha Chakraborty

Hi, I am Neha Chakraborty. I am from year 11AC and I am 15 ! I am Indian but I was born in Oman and brought up in India and Switzerland. My go-to-comfort-binge TV show is Modern Family. One of my favorite things to do is to tra...

Carlijn van der Weijst

Carlijn van der Weijst

Hi, I'm Carlijn and I've been a part of the high for 2 years. In addition to writing articles covering various topics such as world news, school news even opinion pieces, I am the editor of all podcasts and videos and I ensure...