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East Meadow Patch's Whiz Kid: Gouri Sadananda

Feature will honor the top students in the East Meadow community.

This week's Whiz Kid is Clarke student Gouri Sadananda!

  • Name: Gouri Sadananda
  • Age: 16
  • School:
  • Accomplishment: Gouri volunteered her time during the summer to participate in the Green Teens program held at the Long Island Children’s Museum. The Green Teen program engages students from neighboring high schools to develop and teach interactive nature and environmental education programs for Museum visitors. The eight-week program was sponsored by National Grid.
  • Key to Awesomeness: Very outgoing and helpful individual who got along well with everyone in the group.  Interacted well with everyone! At first, she seemed a little intimidated with the fact of teaching little children, but quickly conquered any fears, and truly appeared to enjoy the challenge. She worked on the floor in the museum the prior year, but found that "being outside and  actually having one-on-one interactions with the visitors was very different. I would definitely consider doing this again next year!"

Know a great kid who made Eagle Scout or did your local soccer team take the
championship? They may be our next Patch Whiz Kid honoree.

Each week, East Meadow Patch will seek suggestions from readers for individual kids, youth groups, teens and even sports teams who wow us with their accomplishments. We want to hear about these amazing children and teens and select one each week as the Patch Whiz Kid.

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Submit your nomination in our comment box below or e-mail the information to Michael.Ganci@Patch.com. Be sure to include all of the following information:

  • Nominator's Name
  • Nominator's E-Mail
  • Whiz Kid's Name
  • Whiz Kid's Age
  • Whiz Kid's School
  • Whiz Kid's Accomplishment
  • Whiz Kid's Key to Awesomeness (what made him/her successful?)

If your nominee is selected, we will contact you immediately for a photo of the Whiz Kid. For questions, e-mail Michael.Ganci@Patch.com.

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