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Schools Notebook: HHS Olympiad teams shine

by | Mar 11, 2025 | Education

The Hopkinton High School Science Olympiad A and B teams competed at the Harvard Science Olympiad Invitational Feb. 1 among a field of 69 teams.

Annika Chan and Barbara Wagner won a medal for first overall for “Write It Do It!”

Additionally, many HHS teams placed in the top 15, including Aryan Shah (ninth in microbe mission), Garima Chauhan and Saanvi Nayak (15th in forensics), Aryan Shah and Surina Tripathi (15th in anatomy and physiology) and Pakhi Agrawal and Anushree Nandiraju (13th in anatomy and physiology).

After attending the UMass Amherst invitational on Feb. 15, the team went to the state tournament at Wentworth Institute of Technology on March 2.

Local collegians recognized

The University of Massachusetts Amherst announced its dean’s list for the fall semester, and a number of Hopkinton residents are on it: Jahan Bahri. Thierry Barbosa, Ailene Barry, Virendra Bhawsar, Julian Bianchi, Elise Blackstock, Caleb Burke, Joshua Burr, Jason Callery, Ethan Champlin, Shivali Chandrasekar, Jake Chirco, Gabriella Ciri, Zoe Coelho, Aiden Colleary, Sabine Collinson, Kyla Crum, Caleb Dacey, Ryan Darbhanga, Aaron Delorey, Peter DeMichele, Anish Doki, Lucas Edmond, Brody Feldmann, Farzad Ferdous, Nathan Foster, Camryn Franks, Eva Franks, Jessica Franks, Elias Ghodrati, Katherine Graham, Yusra Habib, Kamron Haghighi, Elizabeth Herlihy, Aditya Jhalavat, Grace Joseph, Catherine Kelleigh, Shanzay Khan, Rithika Kilari, Nipun Sai Kisari, Shritan Kondaveti, Isaiah Kuruvilla, Colby Lavelanet, Lilia Lyadova, Grace Marino, Julia Markey, Aniketh Mikkilineni, Emily Miller, Owen Mitchell, Keira Murphy, Vidya Narendra Ramakrishna, Rachael Nordling, Bianca Pal, Allison Palacios, Mirabella Paolucci, Ava Pappalardo, Meera Parthasarathy, Jordan Pessin, Alice Potapov, Vienna Rivard, Aaditya Rohitashkumar Saini, Aditya Sathishkumar, Ana Scalora, April Scannevin, Benjamin Scott, Grigory Shvechkov, Sripriya Srinivas, Lauren Strechay, Li Sutherland, Parth Tare, Sean Thapa, Evan Theodorou, Alexis Trendel, Autumn Tumbleton, Madeline Ullman, Nithi Vankineni, Justin Vaughn, Charan Vijay, Sophie Weeden, Callie Weston, Lillian York, Grace Young, Demyana Youssif, Evan Yurewicz and Sophia Zhong. …

Earning spots on the dean’s list at Holy Cross were juniors Lauren Gelbwachs and Daniel Villani, sophomores Luke Boothroyd, Eliana Driscoll and Carmen Thomas, and freshmen Lillian Gallagher, Daniel McDermott, Yasaa Mohammad and Sophia Radaelli. …

Sean McCann was named to the dean’s list at Providence College. …

Aidan Chen was named to the dean’s list at Florida Institute of Technology, where he is a junior majoring in aeronautical science with flight. …

Olivia Chen was named to the dean’s list at Tufts University, where she is a freshman. …

Ohio University College of Health Sciences and Professions student Lucy Hebert was named to the dean’s list.

Editor’s note: Information for college honors is provided by the schools. Those interested in being included in this section should forward the official notification or request for the school to email it to editor@hopkintonindependent.com.

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