Ishani Kaushik, Managing Editor
Ishani Kaushik is the Managing Editor and second-year staffer for the Three Penny Press. She is also the editor of the Texas State Junior Classical League newspaper, the Torch, and is on the state executive board. Outside of dabbling in various journalism excursions, Ishani enjoys being a part of Bellaire as the president of Bollywood Club, president of JCL, co-president of STEMsters and a member of the Bellaire Debate team. In her free time, she loves making pasta, reading outdated Roman literature or rewatching her favorite Bollywood movie.
![Band director Bill Waltemath tears up as he congratulates his students on Thursday. “I feel like [it’s] prestigious enough that I get to be a part of something so big and so important, especially to our band director,” junior and clarinet player Valeria Flores said.](https://threepennypress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/VqzruJUXuS0bli6Bbl8eJA9K0BT7JNBgPGL1nLvg-1200x800.jpg)
![A healthcare worker prepares a student's cot before they donate blood. "For the most part, especially [at] bigger high schools, a lot of kids come in to donate because they want to get started on doing something good," healthcare worker Yuridia Rojas said. "And we do have a few people that, you know, do like to miss class."](https://threepennypress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/4FRh635esmyOx3O06IdBmi6AdV1W6zb4y3J59wSm-1200x755.jpg)
![Freshman Reginae Dugas vocalizes her opinion on a slam poem shown in the meeting. "Poetry Club gives you more of an understanding [of poems] rather than just writing something on a piece of paper," Dugas said.](https://threepennypress.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/nx5rkdSSfX8MqMFutbdGgVzC4vwYLhARKEfe5eFS-1200x973.png)
![Stacey Shih poses for a picture. Shih, age-wise, is a year ahead of her peers. "Even though it was only one year that I skipped, there was definitely a difference, not [only in] the curriculum, but also in how other students would see each other," Shih said.](https://threepennypress.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cxJgna59Jg90jYZf13DYPCs4wksuvS6ccik7sLd3-900x1200.jpg)
![Senior and varsity girls soccer captain makes a split-second decision on the field. "[Moving up to varsity helped] my skills develop because I was playing at such a high level," Oomman said. "Some games, it was tough."](https://threepennypress.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/59Mf7d16ti8SN2toQrNL0kHq2SJX4j6FXnaA3kZe.jpg)
![Kamilla Ledergerber stands at a concert in the US. After living in Nigeria for six years, Ledergerber had a bit of trouble adjusting to the US's customs. "Growing up learning how to speak there, I definitely got some Nigerian dialect," Ledergerber said. "I definitely [had an] accent, and I do have a lot of [Nigerian] slang."](https://threepennypress.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kamilla-1200x799.jpg)
![Students were able to learn suturing and ask questions related to going pre-med. "Most of [the medical students were] second years, [so] they were able to talk about their experiences at medical school," Junior Miranda Wang said.](https://threepennypress.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/MEDCLUBIMG4-1200x800.jpg)
