Vansh Chopra with his backpack. Photo by Stella O'Connor. Some students carry notebooks. Some students carry folders. Vansh Chopra carries hamsters and sidewalk chalk. At first glance, his black Lululemon backpack looks normal enough. Then you open it. The first thing you notice is that Vansh appears to be fully prepared for any dental emergency. Inside are both toothpaste and a toothbrush, because apparently oral hygiene waits for no one. Alongside those are hand sanitize

Left to right (BHS Team 1): Tara Saini, Dhruv Saini, James Huang, Arseni Dzeravianka and Andrew Fu. Standing in front of Congress in DC whilst an excavator tears down establishments, like the state of the country. Photo by Vadzim Dzeravianka. For the first time ever, the Bellevue High School Science Bowl team advanced to finals, obtaining a fully paid trip to Washington DC at the end of April. Each year, roughly 1500 high school teams around the United States compete in the