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The student news site of Bellaire High School

Three Penny Press
The student news site of Bellaire High School

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Mallika Mohan

Mallika Mohan, News Editor

Mallika Mohan is a junior and a News Editor. She joined TPP to help make an impact on her community. She’s the president of Southeast Asian Students, Science Fair Club, a Magnet Ambassador for Hindi and Spanish, and vice-president of Future Problem Solvers. Outside of school she’s dancing ballet, cooking, baking, or reading maniacally.

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Sophomore Sierra Pichot practices before the Teachers vs. Students water polo game. The game took place on Aug. 27.

Teachers, students make a splash

Dhara Agrawal and Mallika Mohan
Sep 11, 2025
“The Fantastic Four: First Steps” starts with the Fantastic Four standing proudly as they are revealed to an audience. Despite having a rotten tomatoes rating of 87%, the film barely broke even, grossing $500 million.

Top 5 summer movies of 2025

Andrew Chen, Ayana Khan, Mallika Mohan, Zoe Novak, and Kristine Szeto
Sep 10, 2025
Mr. Robbie McDonough

Mr. Robbie McDonough

Mallika Mohan, News Editor
Sep 8, 2025
Dr. Maria Benzon

Dr. Maria Benzon

Mallika Mohan, News Editor
Sep 8, 2025
10 questions with District 5 trustee candidates

10 questions with District 5 trustee candidates

Mallika Mohan, News Editor
Sep 8, 2025
Senior and president of the boosters, Sage Canahuati uses a megaphone during a football game against Wisdom High School on Oct. 10, 2025. The theme was "pink out" for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Students elect next year’s boosters, birdkeepers

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
Jul 16, 2025
Senior Ethan Liu works on an animation. Liu took HADV Art 1 and 2 in his freshman and sophomore year before getting interested in animation.

HUMANS OF BELLAIRE – Ethan Liu

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
Jun 8, 2025
Senior Travis Barber faces off during Houston Districts for boy's wrestling in 2024.

HUMANS OF BELLAIRE – Travis Barber

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
May 30, 2025
The program for the Houston Ballet's "The Sleeping Beauty" features artwork inspired by the ballet. "The Sleeping Beauty" was aired from March 13-23.

Don’t sleep on Sleeping Beauty

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
Apr 28, 2025
The Japanese exchange students pose with their "school buddies." For a week, the exchange students followed their buddies throughout the school day.

Exchange students swap culture and improve language

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
Apr 22, 2025
Jasmine Garcia, Brianna Aguilar, Jocelyn Arzate, Emily Galicia, Emily Medina, Joseph Hernandez and Gennise Carreon prepare food for LSL's free breakfast. The breakfast aims to show appreciation for faculty and staff.

LSL club organizes free faculty and staff breakfast

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
Apr 10, 2025
Rene Solo Ribas poses for a photo in 1972. He graduated salutatorian of his elementary school.

Turning pain into purpose

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
Apr 3, 2025
Senior Claire Bradford directs Best Buddies and Dessert Club officers. Bradford has been president of Best Buddies Club since the start of the year.

Baking with buddies

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
Mar 6, 2025
Hindi teacher Vibha Goswami and senior Autry Oran pose at the Japanese booth. The booth was part of the Magnet Ambassador language spotlights that take place every month.

Culture in bloom

Mallika Mohan and Dhara Agrawal
Mar 5, 2025
Photo Society officers Lily Baker, Rayna Parikh, Jane Apple and Dhara Agrawal present their inaugural slideshow. They discussed their plans for activities in their first meeting.

Snapped back to life

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
Feb 26, 2025
College and career advisor Alivia Graham meets one-on-one with a student. She is one of three college counselors.

Beyond the deadline

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
Jan 20, 2025
Senior Ejypt Gibbs dribbles and dodges his way across the court. Gibbs scored 15 points in total.

Net loss, against all odds

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
Jan 23, 2025
Mocktails are a great alcohol alternative for students. An Instagram poll asking students if they have ever tried a mocktails found that 72% of people out of 123 have tried a mocktail before.

Merry Mocktails

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
Dec 19, 2024
Insignares discusses "People Who Walked" by Mariela Zugula, a book Insignares translated, with AP Spanish Literature and Language students. The book is about the last nomadic tribe in South America.

Traduciendo tras fronteras

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
Dec 18, 2024
Insignares discusses "People Who Walked" by Mariela Zugula, a book Insignares translated, with AP Spanish Literature and Language students. The book is about the last nomadic tribe in South America.

Translating across borders

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
Dec 18, 2024
Sophomore Benjamin "Benji" Kotlyar after landing his glider. He has been flying for four years.

HUMANS OF BELLAIRE – Benjamin Kotlyar

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
Dec 11, 2024
Kamea Ta, vice president of Karaoke Club, and Josephine Eltzschig, president, sing together at the Karaoke Club party. Eltzschig is the founder of Karaoke Club.

Karaoke party hits all the right notes

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
Dec 1, 2024
Barbara Palvin Sprouse, a 31-year-old Victoria's Secret model walks the 2024 fashion show. She first modeled for Victoria's Secret 12 years ago.

The angels’ fall from grace

Mallika Mohan, Reporter
Nov 27, 2024
Junior Giselle Fernandez-Canales (front left) and sophomore Nisha Thukral (front right) dance bachata with Esther Galo's first period AP Spanish Language class. All six of Galo's Spanish classes performed in or helped decorate for the Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.

Hispanic Heritage Month performance celebrates all

Mallika Mohan and Grayson Yen-Asprec
Nov 8, 2024
Morales utilizes Google Classroom for his students' assignments for each new unit of organic chemistry. He plans to teach 13 units of the class in total.

Bonded together: New afterschool O-chem class starts

Ellie Zacharia, Ella Sotiriades, Sophia Zhao, Bethel Kifle, and Mallika Mohan
Oct 2, 2024
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