Fremont Teen Chosen For Prestigious Presidential Scholars Program

Fremont CA

13 May, 2021

4:09 PM

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FREMONT, CA — There were 4,500 candidates for the 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, with 33 finalists chosen from Fremont. Thursday morning, they learned that just one was chosen: Arya Pratap who attends Saint Francis High School in Mountain View. The federal Department of Education released the list of 161 seniors Thursday morning who were given the honor, based on academic success, artistic and technical excellence, essays, school evaluations and transcripts, as well as evidence of community service, leadership and demonstrated commitment to high ideals. Pratap is one of nine students selected from California. 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. Here's a list of Fremont students who were finalists, an achievement in itself: 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 SchoolCA - 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—Patch editor Courtney Teague and Bay City News contributed to this story