Theme: Innovate, Inspire, Empower

This event primarily seeks to encourage innovation within the Watchung Hills Regional High School community, encouraging and inspiring high school students to work on interesting and impactful projects within the school and the local community.

Watchung Hills Regional High School
108 Stirling Road
Warren, New Jersey, 07059
United States

Bhavik Shah

Bhavik Shah is an incoming freshman in the Cornell University Class of 2021. He enjoys both learning about and teaching robotics. His interests include programming, playing the saxophone, and astronomy.

frank pobutkiewicz

Since graduating from Boston University in 2010, has been an serial entrepreneur with a focus on socially-driven companies. Over the past six years, he's started two educational companies that work with high school students, and he has also founded a number of other ventures spanning from clothing & apparel to mobile apps. His work concentrates on his own model of Rapid Market Validation, and he is committed to showing others how to start their own companies without outside investment.

Jordyn Arnel

A sophomore at WHRHS. In the past two years, she has developed a passion for health and wellness which she hopes to be able share with others. In January 2018, she will graduate as a Holistic Health Coach from The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, being one of the youngest graduates. During her time in high school, Jordyn has enjoyed playing on the WHRHS tennis team and writing for The Arrowhead, the student newspaper, among many other things.

Parima Kadikar

A sophomore at Columbia University, aiming for a career in human rights law and advocacy. Outside of academics, she is passionate about dance, photography, and her favorite halal cart on West 115th Street. In her free time she can be found pestering her friends to vote, organizing for the CU South Asian Feminism(s) Alliance, or talking about her dog.

Prateek Humane

A sophomore at WHRHS who is interested in robotics, programming, and technology. He is also captain of FIRST Team 41's programming division. Prateek will be talking about his innovative use of computer vision to improve the robot's performance in a highly competitive mission.

Tea Kingley

A 17 years old and is currently a senior at Watchung Hills Regional High School. She created her Instagram fanpage for The Hunger Games, @cleverdeen, when she was only 12 years old and has built it up to have over 160,000 followers at its peak all by herself. In her spare time, Tea enjoys acting, singing, dancing, and graphic design. She will attend Emerson College in the fall and plans to study film and marketing.