33 Fremont Teens Are Candidates For Presidential Scholars Program

Fremont CA

16 February, 2021

10:00 AM

Description

FREMONT, CA — Thirty three Fremont students are in the running for the distinguished 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. CA - Ashish Basetty, Fremont - Mission San Jose High SchoolCA - Shivansh Baveja, Fremont - Irvington High SchoolCA - Arjun S. Bothra, Fremont - Irvington High School CA - Timothy A. Brahan, Fremont - Irvington High SchoolCA - Srinjoy Chatterjee, Fremont - Mission San Jose High SchoolCA - Anusri Chavali, Fremont - Irvington High SchoolCA - Sanjana Das, Fremont - BASIS Ind Silicon ValleyCA - Brian Fu, Fremont - American High SchoolCA - Arushi Gupta, Fremont - Irvington High SchoolCA - Jared A. Hughes, Fremont - Irvington High SchoolCA - Surabhi Jain, Fremont - Washington High SchoolCA - Joel S. Jothiprakasam, Fremont - Bellarmine College PreparatoryCA - Anish Kashyap, Fremont - Mission San Jose High SchoolCA - Divya C. Koya, Fremont - Mission San Jose High SchoolCA - Aria Lakhmani, Fremont - Mission San Jose High SchoolCA - Farrah X. Lin, Fremont - Mission San Jose High SchoolCA - Serena Mao, Fremont - Mission San Jose High SchoolCA - Felicia Mo, Fremont - Irvington High SchoolCA - Tavish Mohanti, Fremont - Mission San Jose High SchoolCA - Allison R. Peng, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School CA - Arya Pratap, Fremont - Saint Francis High SchoolCA - Shreya Ramachandran, Fremont - American High SchoolCA - Anoushka Shrivastava, Fremont - Mission San Jose High SchooCA - Adhit Siripurapu, Fremont - Mission San Jose High SchooCA - Anahita Srinivasan, Fremont - Mission San Jose High SchoolCA - Arul H. Verma, Fremont - Mission San Jose High SchoolCA - Anika Wadhera, Fremont - Mission San Jose High SchoolCA - Sarah J. Wang, Fremont - Mission San Jose High SchoolCA - Xin Jie Yu, Fremont - American High SchoolCA - Allen Zhang, Fremont - American High SchoolCA - Eric Y. Zhang, Fremont - Mission San Jose High SchoolCA - Rebecca B. Zhang, Fremont - Mission San Jose High SchoolCA - David S. Zhu, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School The program was established by an executive order from former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, according to a news release from the U.S. Presidential Scholars Office. It recognizes accomplished high school seniors for their efforts. Students are variously honored for their accomplishments in the arts, career and technical fields, and more broadly, academic achievement. Panelists will review applications from the 4,500 candidates in early April and select 600 semifinalists. Finalists will be named in May. Up to 161 students are named as U.S. Presidential Scholars each year. More than 7,500 U.S. Presidential Scholars have been recognized since the program's inception. See the full list of candidates here. — Written by Courtney Teague with additional reporting by Bea Karnes