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Eighth Grade Student Arav Mehta Earns National Writing Award

Eighth-grader Arav Mehta won a 2021 National Silver Medal from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for his article entitled “The American Caste System.”
Arav’s work, which earned a New York Gold Key in Journalism earlier this year, explores the parallels between India's caste system and the systemic racism of the United States. His eighth grade English teacher Josh Bachrach describes the piece as a “tremendous, timely work from a student who cares deeply about the world around him.”

Story submitted by MS English Teacher, House Advisor, and MS English Department Chair Josh Bachrach
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