CjªÀÅ Arivu July 3, 2009 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Kishore, Chaitra 2009
William Fremd High School Chaitra Kishore is graduating from William Fremd High School. She is a National Merit Scholar, an AP Scholar with Distinction, and an Illinois State Scholar. Throughout high school, she was an editor of her school's yearbook, a member of the National Honors Society, and a member of the Quill and Scroll Journalism Society. Chaitra has been learning piano and classical Indian dance including Bhartanatyam, Mohini Attam, and Kuchipudi. She has performed and choreographed a variety of dances from classical to Bollywood styles at various school, community, and cultural events. In addition, she has actively volunteered at local hospitals and in her cultural community. Chaitra will be the attending the Honors College at the University of Illinois at Chicago on a pre-med track and will be majoring in Bioengineering. Shivakumar, Preeti 2009 DDS- Ohio State University Preeti graduated from the Ohio State University College of Dentistry on June 7, 2009 and ready to venture into the working world as a general Dentist. During the past 4 years she has been involved with different outreach programs. As a participant of Ohio Project, she went out to different under-served community clinics in Ohio to provide the much needed dental care. She has also participated in numerous “Give Kids a Smile” projects which go out to surrounding grade schools to do free dental screens, apply fluoride varnish, and teach children basic dental education to take care of themselves. In her free time, she volunteers for “Make A Wish program” as a wish grantor being the liaison between the family and the program. Prior to Dental School, Preeti did her undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois- Urbana/Champaign after graduating from Libertyville High School in Libertyville. Suresh, Sachin 2008 Waubonsie Valley High School Sachin Bangalore Suresh graduated from Waubonsie Valley High School with the class of 2008. He was honored with being both a 204 District and Illinois State Scholar. He was also part of the Spanish Honors Society and Tri-M Honors Society (Modern Music Masters). Sachin was co-chair of the AKKA youth committee as well as an active member of the VSNA youth committees during his high school years. He also volunteered his time at Rush Copley Hospital and at the BMW Championship for the PGA Tour. Sachin is currently attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for engineering and is planning on majoring in Computer Science. Anupama Topgi 2009 Chicago Medical School
Anupama Topgi of Palatine, Illinois, Graduated from Chicago Medical School with an M.D. She is venturing into the field with Residency in Pediatrics at Loyola University Medical Center Chicago.
Maya Niles North High School Maya is a graduate of Niles North High School,located in Skokie,IL. She has worked very hard through out the 4 years. She has been part of clubs and activities. She has been part of VSNA since she was a child and Kannada Kuta. She will be attending Oakton Community College in the fall for 2 years and will be planning to go to UIC or U of I after that. She is planning to major in Pyschology. CjªÀÅ
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