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Nysmith Places 1st in Nation in Gold Division for WordMasters™ Challenge
The Nysmith School fourth graders participated in the WordMasters™ Challenge for the 2015-2016 school year. This national competition tests students on analogies with 75 vocabulary words. There were...
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Nysmith 5th Graders Excel in the Noetic Learning Math Contest
The Noetic Learning Math Contest (NLMC) is a semiannual problem-solving contest for elementary and middle school students. The goal of the competition is to encourage students’ interest in math, to...
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“Loudoun Eighth-Grader Eyes a Cure for Cancer, Partners with Research Team”
From The Loudoun Times-Mirror: Alex Misiaszek, an eighth-grader at Nysmith School for the Gifted, is collaborating with a research team in Baltimore to create an organism inside the human body that...
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“Va. Boy, 13, Working to Help Find Cancer Cure”
by Amy Aubert, ABC7 Friday, November 4th, 2016 HERNDON, Va. (ABC7) — 13-year-old Alex Misiaszek goes about his Friday, at Nysmith School for the Gifted in Herndon, just like any other 8th grader....
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“Nysmith Team Wins Highest Honors in WordMasters Challenge”
February 1, 2017 Herndon — A fourth grade team from The Nysmith School in Herndon achieved Highest Honors in the recent WordMasters Challenge—a national vocabulary competition involving nearly 150,000...
View ArticleFeb. 2017: Nysmith Student Aces AMC 10, Invited to AIME Test
The AMC 10 is a 25-question, 75-minute, multiple-choice examination in high school mathematics designed to promote the development and enhancement of problem-solving skills. The AMC 10 is for students...
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Mar. 2017: Nysmith Students Win at Debate Tournament
The results of the March 2017 DCUDL debate tournament are in and several Nysmith students had exemplary performances. The topic was “Resolved: The United States should no longer pressure Israel to work...
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Mar. 2017: Nysmith Wins National Science Bowl® Regional Competition!
The Nysmith Science Bowl® team of Kaien Yang (Captain), Aneesh Edava, Anuraag Kaashyap and Yuvy Sethi won the 2017 Virginia State Championship title on March 4th, 2017, at Jefferson Lab in Newport...
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Mar. 2017: 1st Place in Odyssey of the Mind Regional Competition
On March 25, 2017, the 4th-grade Nysmith School Odyssey of the Mind team, comprised of Henry Pan, Anaahita Kaashyap, Nyla Kathuria, Veer Dabbi, Austin Greene, Anderson Jones, and Rishabh Kumaran...
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Apr. 2017: 1st Place Win at DC Urban Debate League High School Tournament
Two eighth-grade Nysmith students, Alex Joel and Caroline Huber, placed first in the novice division at the DC Urban Debate League High School Tournament at Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington,...
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Apr. 2017: Debate Team Wins Again
The Nysmith School Debate Team competed April 8, 2017, at the Maya Angelou French Immersion School Public Forum Tournament. Students debated one of our most difficult topics: The United States ought to...
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May 2017: Robotics Team Wins at 2017 VEX Worlds VEX IQ Challenge
Matthew Li’s Vex IQ Robotics team (999A) took part in the 2017 VEX Worlds VEX IQ Challenge competition in Louisville, KY, and won the highest award from the competition: the Excellence Award. The team...
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May 2017: Nysmith Wins Multiple National Latin Exam Awards
Congratulations to the seventh and eighth grade students on their phenomenal performance on the ACL/NJCL National Latin Exam! The National Latin Exam covers Latin grammar, vocabulary, history,...
View ArticleMay 2017: Top 16 at You Be the Chemist Virginia State Challenge
Vance Kreider finished in the top 16 at Saturday’s You Be the Chemist Virginia State Challenge. The competition took place at the MathScience Innovation Center in Henrico, Virginia. Way to go, Vance!
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May 2017: Multiple Wins at North South Foundation Regionals
Congrats to our North South Foundation Regional Winners! Junior Spelling: 1st place, Rushil Kukreja Senior Spelling: 3rd place, Sahithi Alturi Math Level 1: 1st place, Rushil Kukreja; 2nd place, Riya...
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May 2017: Nysmith Wins at Music In The Parks Festival
The Nysmith Band competed on Friday, May 5th at the Music In The Parks Festival at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA. The Beginning Band won 1st place, Intermediate Band won 3rd place and Jazz Band won...
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May 2017: SCI Math Minds Contest Grand Prize Winner
Congratulations to Rushil Kukreja! He won the Grand Prize Award for 2nd grade in the 4th Annual SCI Math Minds contest held Saturday, May 6th, 2017, at Thomas Jefferson High School. Thomas Jefferson...
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May 2017: “Nysmith School students find success in debate tournament”
May 10, 2017 Two Nysmith School eighth-graders – Alex Joel of McLean and Caroline Huber of Great Falls – won the championship in the novice division of the recent D.C. Urban Debate League High School...
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May 2017: Debate Domination!
Nysmith students dominated the DC Urban Debate League Tournament at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School in Washington, DC on Saturday, May 20th. Competing undefeated in five rounds of debate in the...
View ArticleMay 2017: Nysmith Student Achieves Perfect Score on National Latin Exam
Nysmith seventh-grader Anand Advani achieved a perfect score on the 2017 Introduction to Latin National Latin Exam. Only 299 students out of over 15,000 who participated in the entire United States,...
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