MEET our STUDENTS Curious. Talented. Passionate. These are just some of the words that describe the 650 Middle and Upper School students that comprise our community. They are what make the School buzz with energy and reverberate with kindness. Here, you will meet several students and see why they inspire us, teach us something new every day, and most of all, make us proud.
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Nithya Borra ’20
LEAVES YOU SPINNING, that is exactly how she wants it. After all, this senior is captivated by dance, spending an average of fifteen to eighteen hours in the studio each week. Inducted into the National Honor Society as a junior, Nithya now serves as treasurer. She chairs the Princeton chapter of Future Young Leaders for Humanity and helped raise funds to build a multi-specialty hospital in a rural community in South India (which she also visited this past summer). And, she proposed a bill to the New Jersey State Senate. “My parents both commute to New York on NJ Transit and I wanted to know why there were so many problems with the train,” she explains. She dove into research, discovering that engineers quit for higher pay elsewhere, and proposed a bill suggesting higher wages during an internship with a state senator. Nithya, whose twin sister attends The Peddie School, is not afraid to step out on her own, which is why she is considering forging a path in gender studies—with a minor in dance, naturally. Spring 2020
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