<p><img src="" alt="Featured Image"></p><p><!-- wp:html --><p><strong><span>By Ajith Alahakoon, reporting from New York</span></strong></p>
<p> Sri Lankan origin teenage student Akash Perera has won an essay competition organised by the New York Post.</p>
<p>The award winning essay titled 'Dress Rehearsal: How uniform codes prepare students for life beyond high school' by Perera was published by the New York Times on Tuesday (07).</p>
<p>Perera (17) is a student at Monsignor Farrell High school and lives with his parents in New York.</p><!-- /wp:html --></p><p>[Category: <a href="https://feed.lankaimage.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a>]</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> </p>
<p> Sri Lankan origin teenage student Akash Perera has won an essay competition organised by the New York Post.</p>
<p>The award winning essay titled 'Dress Rehearsal: How uniform codes prepare students for life beyond high school' by Perera was published by the New York Times on Tuesday (07).</p>
<p>Perera (17) is a student at Monsignor Farrell High school and lives with his parents in New York.</p><!-- /wp:html --></p><p>[Category: <a href="https://feed.lankaimage.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a>]</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> </p>