A face peeked above the counter of the check-in desk at Nationwide Children s Hospital.
Priyasha Kota, a senior Olentangy Liberty High School at the time was job shadowing an oncologist at the hospital, remembers staring back at that youthful set of eyes. It was a boy, 4 years old, Kota said. And he was battling cancer.
Kota was heartbroken. She said she realized that day what career path she wanted to pursue: pediatric oncology. She now is a junior at Ohio State University majoring in neuroscience and plans to stay at OSU for medical school. It was a moment of realization, Kota said, who then decided she wanted to find a way to make a difference in the lives of children battling terminal illness and cancer.
Nithin Naikar had a simple, three-step plan for augmenting his schoolwork while learning from home: Learn programming, build a done from scratch and teach it to diagnose disease.
Over the past few years, the Olentangy Local School District (OLSD) has been hard at work in undertaking a districtwide rebranding initiative that would in
Notebook: Hilliard Bradley Jaguars boys volleyball team enjoys whirlwind day
The seniors on the Hilliard Bradley boys volleyball team had an unforgettable day May 28.
The second-seeded Jaguars defeated seventh-seeded Dublin Jerome 25-20, 25-18, 25-21 in a Division I, East Region final at 5 p.m. that Friday to qualify for state for the first time since 2012. After the victory, they were shuttled to another milestone, high school graduation at 7 p.m. in Ohio State’s Schottenstein Center.
Senior outside hitter Jonah Gilbert had 37 kills in the match, which took approximately 70 minutes to play. Gilbert was pleased with the outcome but wanted to get to graduation.