Brightest Students: Indian Americans are well-known for doing exceptionally well in academic assessments, such as the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Preesha Chakraborty, 9, continued that legacy by being included on the list of “world’s brightest” students compiled by the esteemed Johns Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth.
Inclusion in Prestigious List
Preesha was included in the list following the evaluation of over 16,000 students’ above-grade-level exam scores from over 90 countries, according to the Johns Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth. Preesha attends Warm Spring Elementary School in Fremont, California, and is a third-grader.
According to a press statement on Monday, she had taken the Summer 2023 test administered by the US-based Johns Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth (JH-CTY). The Johns Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth recently acknowledged 13-year-old Indian-American girl Natasha Perianayagam as one of the “world’s brightest” students for the second year in a row.
Academic Excellence of Natasha Perianayagam
Perianayagam, a student at Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School in New Jersey, performed at an advanced level in both the verbal and quantitative domains of the Johns Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth (CTY) test in the spring of 2021. Indian Americans are known for being exceptionally bright academically, and one prominent setting in which their abilities are on display is the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
National Spelling Bee Excellence
Children from all around the nation compete in this yearly spelling bee in the United States. Indian American students have excelled in the tournament time and time again, frequently making it to the finals and winning titles.
Their outstanding performances, characterised by a thorough comprehension of difficult vocabulary, have demonstrated their commitment to academic excellence and language competency and have helped to the general success of the Indian American community in the Scripps Spelling Bee.
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