WNI celebrates achievements of members of the community
Vaibhav S. Thotapalli ( Vibe) - Vibe is a wheelchair user who has learning difficulties and ADD caused by cerebral palsy. This incredibly brave person passed the California High School Exit Exam in the 11th grade itself by working 2-3 hours everyday for the past year. Vibe also convinced his High School Principal and Coach to include him as part of the School Basketball team. His role- Substitute Assistant Coach!! Also, Vaibhav met his idol Kobe Bryant of Lakers and spent 20 minutes with him. He made it happen with his persistence. Check out Vibe's website.
Rahul Joshi, 7 years old, passed Stanford Gifted Math 4th Grade Program in January 2008. Rahul began reading when he was 2.4 years old. He was promoted in school and missed 1st grade. He is currently in 3rd Grade and has completed the Gifted Stanford Math Program. He was also selected in the Talent Search by John Hopkins University. Rahul also placed second in the regional Vocabulary contest organized by the North South Foundation. He has been a student at Genius Kids since he was 2 years old.
Krish Chandani was honored with the First Prize for the Painting contest at Los Altos Elementary School District in March 2008. He is pretty much self taught, with a few sporadic art lessons over the last couple of years. He is 12 years old and is in the 6th grade. His closeup profile of a tiger won him the prize.
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