26 | February 15, 2018 | The winnetka Current school winnetkacurrent.com NT Chinese language students win national essay awards SUBMITTED BY NEW TRIER HIGH SCHOOL BinaryHeart’s Marzuk Rashid (left) and Jack Eggemeyer repair a computer during the Jan. 13 donation drive at New Trier High School. PHOTO SUBMITTED BinaryHeart becomes official club at New Trier Provides underserved youth with digital tools SUBMITTED BY NEW TRIER HIGH SCHOOL When a group of amateur computer programmers from New Trier High School started recognizing the advantages of working with technology from a young age, they wanted to find a way to get the same digital tools they use in the hands of underserved youth in Chicago. The students quickly learned that nearly one in two American families below the poverty level have no personal way to access the internet, and almost 7 million tons of usable electronics are thrown out in the U.S. each year. With those statistics in mind, they formed BinaryHeart, a student organization dedicated to “empowering the next generation of innovators.” The group collects broken or unneeded devices, repairs them to functioning standards and donates them to families in need through their partnership with Northwestern Settlement, a nonprofit organization that provides resources to Chicago’s underserved communities. This year, they became an official New Trier High School club. “We had created BinaryHeart and donated many computers prior to becoming a club,” said club president Marzuk Rashid, a New Trier junior who hopes using the high school’s resources will attract more classmates to help and increase donations. On Jan. 13, the club hosted a donation drive at New Trier’s Winnetka campus, where they collected more than 20 computers and spent the day cleaning, repairing and installing operating systems onto the devices. Club members run diagnostics on donated items, replace parts and reinstall systems, sometimes taking in computers that are decades older than they are. Discarded parts can be swapped out and salvaged to build new, functional computers. “Through this process, we can provide crucial digital tools to help underprivileged youth, and also save good devices from rotting away in landfills,” the BinaryHeart website stated. BinaryHeart collects desktops, laptops, iPads, keyboards, mice, monitors and cables (but not printers), and all data is wiped from every device that is donated. Donations can be dropped off from 3:30-5 p.m. Wednesdays at New Trier High School, 385 Winnetka Ave., and can also be picked up for free near the New Trier Township area. Visit binaryheart.org/donate. Eight Chinese language students from New Trier High School were awarded for their contributions to the National Chinese Essay Contest, hosted by the Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools. Sophomore Ray Li and junior Yetong Li received the Golden Apple Award; sophomore Connor Lee, senior Esther Lee, sophomore James McColl, senior Amia Ross, and junior Natalie Ringel received the Silver Apple Award; and junior Carly Lewin received an Honorable Mention. “The contest gives students an idea of where they stand among other students in the country,” said Sarah Chao, Chinese language faculty member. “It also asks students to synthesize what they have learned to express their own mind.” More than 300 students from around the U.S. competed in beginner, intermediate or advanced divisions among three categories based on their New Trier students (left to right) Ray Li, James McColl, Carly Lewin and Connor Lee are among eight Chinese language students at New Trier who recently won national awards for essays displaying Chinese language and comprehension. PHOTO SUBMITTED language experience. Categories included students who are non-native speakers of Chinese in a regular foreign language program, students who are heritage learners and students who have been in an immersion program regardless of first language background. The New Trier Chinese language program participates in the National CLASS Essay Contest annually and also participates in speech contests every spring. This year, students began preparing for the essay contest in September and were required to draft and write essays about the fun of learning Chinese without any assistance or editing from a teacher or parent. “Our students are so hard-working and passionate about Chinese that they expand their experiences to outside of the school,” Chao said. Essay scores were based on comprehensibility, ideas and content, word choice and discourse, syntax and accuracy and presentation and characters. Northfield boy wins fifth consecutive Geography Bee For the fifth year in a row, Connor Koy (third from left), an eighth grader at Sunset Ridge School, won the school’s Geography Bee. Next, he will need to pass a qualifying test in order to compete in the State Geography Bee held on April 6. SUBMITTED BY SUNSET RIDGE SCHOOL
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