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Shruthi Ravichandran

Shruthi Ravichandran, Entertainment Editor

Hi, I’m Shruthi! I am currently a senior and this is my third, and sadly last, year being on the HiLite staff. I am also one of the Entertainment editors for this year. Outside of HiLite, I enjoy watching anything and everything on Netflix, biking, and have recently gotten into embroidery.
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Movie Playlist: Avengers Assemble [MUSE]

Movie Playlist: Avengers Assemble [MUSE]

Shruthi Ravichandran
April 28, 2020
In honor of Women’s History Month, teacher, female students share their experiences in science

[Video] In honor of Women’s History Month, teacher, female students share their experiences in science

Grace Xu
March 20, 2020
Segaran uses Twizzlers as bundles of muscle fibers in a demonstration, peeling a Twizzler to simulate a muscle cell on Nov. 10 at the Carmel Clay Public Library. Segaran said she thinks it is important to get students interested in science from a young age and help them find their passions early in life.

Senior Nicole Segaran

Shruthi Ravichandran and Grace Xu
March 20, 2020
Junior Olivia White

Junior Olivia White

Shruthi Ravichandran and Grace Xu
March 20, 2020
Junior Sophia "Sophie" Sinder

Junior Sophia “Sophie” Sinder

Shruthi Ravichandran and Grace Xu
March 20, 2020
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Freshman Grace Zhang

Shruthi Ravichandran and Grace Xu
March 20, 2020
Senior Iris Yan

Senior Iris Yan

Shruthi Ravichandran and Grace Xu
March 20, 2020
Science Department Chair Jennifer Drudge

Science Department Chair Jennifer Drudge

Grace Xu and Shruthi Ravichandran
March 20, 2020
Junior Briana Chen

Junior Briana Chen

Shruthi Ravichandran and Grace Xu
March 20, 2020
Sophomore Jinhee Won

Sophomore Jinhee Won

Shruthi Ravichandran and Grace Xu
March 20, 2020
AP Chemistry teacher Virginia Kundrat

AP Chemistry teacher Virginia Kundrat

Shruthi Ravichandran and Grace Xu
March 20, 2020
Cynthia Henry, chemistry teacher and Science Olympiad sponsor

Cynthia Henry, chemistry teacher and Science Olympiad sponsor

Shruthi Ravichandran and Grace Xu
March 20, 2020
Senior Kiara Garcia goes through various steps of her hair routine. Garcia said she embraces her natural hair.

[Photo] African-American students sport natural hair, celebrate Natural Hair Movement this Black History Month

Anushka Dasgupta and Riya Chinni
February 21, 2020
TV Playlist: Galentine's Day [MUSE]

TV Playlist: Galentine’s Day [MUSE]

Shruthi Ravichandran
February 13, 2020
REVISION REVELRY: Junior Wiliam Van Horn (right) shows junior Sumeet Singh (left) his assignment on a class activity in their AP Seminar class on Jan 8. This semester the class will redo the same assignments they were assigned as last semester to submit to the College Board as part of their AP exam for the class.

[Photo] 2019-2020 Photo of the Day

September 5, 2019
Music Playlist: November Thanks [MUSE]

Music Playlist: November Thanks [MUSE]

Grace Xu and Shruthi Ravichandran
November 27, 2019
Movie Playlist: Halloween [MUSE]

Movie Playlist: Halloween [MUSE]

Shruthi Ravichandran
October 31, 2019
Music Playlist: Sweater Weather [MUSE]

Music Playlist: Sweater Weather [MUSE]

Grace Xu and Shruthi Ravichandran
October 18, 2019
Homecoming '19: Blue and Gold [MUSE]

Homecoming ’19: Blue and Gold [MUSE]

Grace Xu and Shruthi Ravichandran
September 27, 2019
Homecoming '19: Playhouse Building Day [MUSE]

Homecoming ’19: Playhouse Building Day [MUSE]

Shruthi Ravichandran and Grace Xu
September 25, 2019
Homecoming '19: Hippie vs. Hipster Day [MUSE]

Homecoming ’19: Hippie vs. Hipster Day [MUSE]

Grace Xu and Shruthi Ravichandran
September 24, 2019
Homecoming '19: Tourist Day [MUSE]

Homecoming ’19: Tourist Day [MUSE]

Grace Xu and Shruthi Ravichandran
September 23, 2019
Anna Debard

[Photo] Q&A with CHS’ New Choir Director Anna Debard

September 20, 2019
Music Playlist: We're Bringing Summer Back [MUSE]

Music Playlist: We’re Bringing Summer Back [MUSE]

Grace Xu and Shruthi Ravichandran
September 5, 2019
Noah Sim, marching band member and senior, rehearses on his euphonium during summer marching band rehearsals. Sim began to play the euphonium for marching a year ago. Sim said the summer rehearsals allow for the marching band to get a head start, as well as integrate freshmen with upperclassmen.

[Photo] Band, orchestra students give advice for practicing over break, adapting to higher level performing arts

Isabella White, Bowen Zhou, and Grace Xu
August 13, 2019
Junior Vivian Werstler adds to her drawing of a city street in SRT on May 9. Werstler said she found her own art by taking small pieces of inspiration from others’ work and combining them to create something unique to her.

[Photo] For Your Inspiration: Art students, art department chair advise artists how to take inspiration from others without stealing art

Isabella White
May 23, 2019
Senior Joseph Hsu uses MuseScore, a computer program to compose. Hsu said composing music takes different times

[Photo] MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Q&A with senior Joseph Hsu, who composed his own concerto “Non Noire Memoire”

April 19, 2019
PURA VIDA PROMO: Janvi Bhatia, DECA participant and sophomore, scrolls down the Pura Vida Reps Instagram account. She said she and a friend used to buy their bracelets often and signed up as representatives for fun.

[Photo] The New Face of Advertising: As companies turn to new platforms for advertising, students, staff reflect on impact of social media promotions

Sarah Kim
March 22, 2019
Body Building: Sophomore Ayla Dimon creates muscles located on the human body out of clay to put on her Mannekin in her Human Body Systems class on March 15. Dimon says that they use the Mannekins to learn where different body parts and organs are located on the human body and it helps her visualize where everything is located in her head.

[Photo] 2018-19 Photo of the Day

November 2, 2018
New Edition rehearses after school as competitions approach next week. Sam Chenoweth, associate director of choirs, said time management becomes crucial during competition season and prepares members well for the future.

[Photo] A New Addition to New Edition: New student enters CHS choir program; choir students contemplate ways to reduce stress with school, extracurriculars

February 22, 2019
Choir director Kyle Barker oversees the Ambassadors during their rehearsal after school. According to Ambassador and junior Danny Ghalayini, the Half Notes event is a much more interactive experience for the kids than typical choir concerts and events.

[Photo] Half(Time) Notes: Ambassadors’ new Half Notes event to take place tomorrow evening

Isabella White
January 24, 2019
Sophomore Ella Carlson plays the guitar in front of her vinyl collection and her record player. Carlson said she learned to play the guitar on her own last summer.

[Photo] Rock Bottom?: CHS students, head of WHJE examine rap recently overtaking rock music for most popular music genre

Jesse Cooper, Isabella White
December 13, 2018
Senior Allie Crawford (right), the director for the one act “The Philadelphia”, instructs junior Luke Vreeman (left) on how to better portray his character as Muriel Schafer (back) watches on during the rehearsal. “The Philadelphia” is an act set in a New York diner about a man who is stuck in a kind of “opposite day” where everything he asks for, he gets the opposite of. In it, Vreeman plays Mark, the man stuck in this dilemma, and Schafer plays the waitress, Sharon.

Studio One Acts: Photo Essay

Shruthi Ravichandran
September 21, 2018
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