These K-8 Olentangy students took it to a whole new level --

literally!

Each of them earned a spot in a state, regional or national

academic competition during the 2019-2020 school year.

We celebrate you!

In Olentangy schools, we believe that learning extends beyond the walls of our

classrooms. We encourage our students to take on challenges that allow them to

apply their learning to the real world.

Across the district, our schools participate in a wide range of enrichment programs

such as Spelling Bee, National Geographic Bee, math competitions, Invention

League, and many more. As teachers, gifted specialists, and coaches we can

provide opportunities for our students, but it is really what they choose to do with

those opportunities that makes the difference. And, wow do our students amaze us!

Every Olentangy school has examples of students who deserve recognition for

their hard work and dedication. Due to the current crisis we are unable to recognize

all of our students as we typically would. We have compiled a list here to

recognize those students in grade K-8 who competed at the regional, state, or

national level.

Please join us in celebrating these students’ achievements. We are so proud of you!

Lauren Heitkamp

Supervisor of Gifted Services

Olentangy Local Schools

Olentangy Local Schools is proud of these students in grades K-8 who

competed at the regional, state or national level in academic competitions.

Keep shining!

Meadows Elementary: Sivansh Bisoyi

Hyatts Middle: Nikhil Ravilla

Orange Middle: Satvik Pochiraju

Liberty Middle: Dhruv Doshi

Shanahan Middle: Alexander Lee

National Geographic GeoChallenge

Tackling Plastics

Regional qualifiers

Orange Middle: Sreehari Suresh, Samay Patel, Christopher Barboza, Adharsh

Lakshmi Kanthan, Luke Risko

Alum Creek Elementary: Anna Sipes, Tejas Sriram & Ishan Kuppa

Cheshire Elementary: Matthew Harrell

Glen Oak Elementary: Ellie Friend, Sahana Vinod, Ibrahim Khan, Arush

Kanjarla

Heritage Elementary: Evelyn Wedig & Catey Wedig

Indian Springs Elementary: Reed & Rowan Utley, Camryn & Addie Harris,

Vinaya Sinha

Liberty Tree Elementary: Jiaqi Li, Abigail Thobe, Yamini Priya Vijayanand,

Eiley Clark, Hadley LaPlante

Meadows Elementary: Kail Winters, Aksharitha Vijayanand, Ria Patel

Oak Creek Elementary: Shreeranjan Rajasekar, Samrithy Balaji, Grace Qian and

Brynley Manring

Scioto Ridge Elementary: Aiza Rahmani, Khushi Swarup & Pallas Chen

Tyler Run Elementary: Morgan Childs, Maria Weakley, Stella Needham, Arthur

Vins, and Andrew Last

Walnut Creek Elementary: Elliana Muir, Sara Keskar

Hyatts Middle: Tarun Batchu

Shanahan Middle: Meghana Boda, Peyton Davenport

Eighth-grade Battle of the Books Competition - Westerville

Shanahan Middle: Austin Shultz, Greg Conkling, Sera Ulry, Manas Tripathi,

Charlotte Cornely

Flip the Page Central Ohio Teen Literary Journal

Hyatts Middle: Sallie Gerich

Regional Qualifiers

Berkshire Middle: Jack Fu, Dishant Patel, Isaac Robinson, Nicholas Struntz,

Abigail Zhao, Troy Seese, Alex Zhao & Ishan Chahande

National History Day State Qualifiers

Berkshire Middle: Grace Heitkamp, Lucy Spellman, Ben Cauglin and Garrett

Comerford

Shanahan Middle: Saanvi Gattu - Three Honorable Mention Awards

Flip the Page Central Ohio Teen Literary Journal

Hyatts Middle: Sallie Gerich

OU Scripps College of Communication Region II Final Local Spelling Bee

Berkshire Middle: Pranav Nekkalapudi

Freedom Trail Elementary: Saina Sukhramani

Heritage Elementary: Arshiya Moolchandani

Hyatts Middle: Pranet Sirikonda

Indian Springs Elementary: Timchia Tubuo

Johnnycake Corners Elementary: Vansh Sethi

Liberty Tree Elementary: Swara Palanivel

Liberty Middle: Hurshil Nittala

Meadows Elementary: Sakanksh Jha

Orange Middle: Mark Youseff

Shanahan Middle: Alexander Lee

Tyler Run Elementary: Ishaan Candakkar

Wyandot Run Elementary: Shreyas Dave

Orange Middle: Devin Zhao, school winner and recognition for being a 6th

grader who scored over 15

Shanahan Middle: Sarah Boros, 1st place AMC 10

Heritage Elementary: Fall and Spring National Honor Roll - Rohan Nadella.

Fall National Honorable Mention - Noah Schuler, Dhiya Gobinath, Jashwin Pisini,

Kaelyn Leone, Aditi Kampe, Saketh Thotapalli, Ayushna Biswal, Bhavini Gayam,

Arshiya Moolchandani, Sanjay Yadlapalli, Tiya Kotwani, Ryan Wisler, Shriya

Patnam, Aarna Tandra, Hasit Anamdesi, Nayana Paturi and Satvik Surapaneni.

Spring National Honorable Mention - Dhiya Gobinath, Jashwin Pisini, Rohan

Sattineni, Satvik Surapaneni, Shriya Patnam and Tiya Kotwani.

Liberty Tree Elementary: Individually scored in the top 10% - Connor Straus,

Eli Englert and Chase Hemminger

Heritage Elementary: Individually scored in the top 10% - Arshiya

Moolchandani, Kinjal Pandey, Sanjay Yadlapalli, Shriya Patnam, Aarna Tandra,

Nayana Paturi, Rohan Nadella, Shruthika Palusa, Manasvi Udani and Satvik

Surapaneni

Team score is in the top 10% of team scores - HES Math Team (Hasit Babu

Anamdesi, Janvi Anand, Samanvi Ballekari, Ria Batra, Elena Benz, Ayushna

Biswal, Cameron Brigner, Vivian Chinnapatel, Brandon Davis, Gideon

Fosuafriyie, Gayathri Ganduri, Bhavini Gayam, Dhiya Gobinath, Pranav Grandhe,

Ahana Jha, Isha Joshi, Aditi Kampe, Aarav Kasala, Trey Kloock, Shriyans

Kolipaka, Shreyas Komireddy, Yashica Koppera, Tiya Kotwani, Tanish Kura,

Preston LaPoint, Kaelyn Leone, Makaylyn Lewis, Harshini Mallipeddi, Jacob

Mazzola, Mallory McGill, Arshitha Mohanadoss, Weston Monson, Arshiya

Moolchandani,

Rohan Muduganti, Rohan Nadella, Shruthika Palusa, Kinjal Pandey, Shriya

Patnam, Nayana Paturi, Sasha Perumal, Jashwin Pisini, Daniel Potter,Savanna

Rey,Aditya Sangu, Rohan Sattineni, Noah Schuler, Cooper Shaw, Nishkarsh

Singh,

Satvik Surapaneni, Aarna Tandra, Saketh Thotapalli, Manasvi Udani,Shriya

Vispute, Jordan Watters, Tyler Whelan, Ryan Wisler and Sanjay Yadlapalli.

Berkshire Middle: Competitive team at Regionals included Pranav Nekkalapudi,

Lucas Frye, Nick Woolard and Abigail Zhao. Individual competitors were Oscar

Paredes, Ishan Chahande, Taylor Bednar and Gracie Miller. Count-down winner

was Abigail Zhao.

Hyatts Middle: Competitive team at Regionals included Edison Lin, Krish Badri,

Pranet Sirikonda and Sheehan Dandapat. Individual competitors were Arya Badri,

Shishir Yelisetty, Aditya Dyta, Tarun Batchu, Varnika Mena and Sanjana Sriram

Liberty Middle: Competitive team at Regionals included Nicholas Spetie, Aadi

Joshi, Claire Hong & Arjun Manda. Individual competitors were Nicholas Spetie

(1st place), Aadi Joshi, Claire Hong, Arjun Manda, Michael Rogers, James

Brickner, Daniel Huang, Alex Merryman, Tanush Prusty, and Varun Sriram. State

competitors were Nicolas Spetie and Arjun Manda.

Orange Middle: Competitive team at Regionals included Devin Zhao, Eric Tang,

Chase Qiu and Brendan Elliott. Individual competitors were Devin Zhao, Aiden

Tang, Chase Qui, Eric Tang, Clement Chow and Brendan Elliott. State competitors

were (Team) Devin Zhao, Eric Tang, Chase Qiu and Brendan Elliott. Individual

state competitors were Devin Zhao and Aiden Tang.

Shanahan Middle: Competitive team at Regionals included Sarah Boros, Vamshi

Somapalli, Ashrit Annapareddy & Sujan Sriram. Individual competitors were

Andrew Langan, Harsh Vijay, Samuel Myers, Joao Pedro Calvaro Squaiella,

Deepthi Paruchuri and Manaas Singh.

North Central District Science Day - Regionals

Superior ranking

Hyatts Middle: Tarun Batchu and Shreyas Gorthy are State Qualifiers and

nominated for the Broadcom Masters (National Science Fair).

Shanahan Middle: State qualifiers - Jaiharshitha Pushparaj and Logan Koegler

(also nominated for the Broadcom Masters). Regional qualifiers were Elijah Moore

& Carter Wade; Mia Custodio, Sera Ulry & Kelsey Elbert; Rishik Dulpyata,

Rithvik Kapaganti & Zach Borgner; Deepthisri Parunchuri; Isabella Hicks, Saanvi

Gattu & Logan Hendrickson; Hayden McDowell; Harshi Pushparah & Sreeja

Kommera; Brendan Reznik; Logan Koegler, Dvyasree Paruchuri & Riddhi

Kambam; Abhi Dendukuri & Arun Meyyappan; and Akaash Balaji.

First Lego League Ohio Championship

Members of Binary Bros: Heritage Elementary: Praneeth Kalidindi, Saketh Thotapall, Aditya Varma Sangu

Shanahan Middle: SaiAaryan Iragamreddy, Druvin Mutalam,