In spite of all of the difficulties of this past year, our students have persevered. Throughout this unimaginable year, Stratford students continued to work hard to expand their knowledge and create innovative and meaningful solutions to real world problems. We could not be more proud of their resilience and grit. 

Stratford students in both Northern California and Southern California have taken home over 65 awards in their Virtual Science Fair competitions, debates, math competitions, and creative challenges. Here is a wrap-up of some of our Stratford School Award Winners.

• Booksmart Essay Contest 
  • Chloe Grotz: 1st Place Winner
  • Xavier Diaz: 2nd Place Winner
  • Kishan Mistry: 3rd Place Winner

• Broadcom MASTERS National Science Competition — Top 300
  • Aadit Golwala 
  • Yash Golwala
  • Tanisha Gupta
  • Vedant Janapaty
  • Bhargava Kanakapura
  • Aahan Shah
  • Anika Bhat

• California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF)
  • Anika Bhat: 1st Place Winner in Mathematical Sciences Junior Division
  • Preston Wang: 1st Place Winner in Environmental Science 

• California High School Speech Association’s Middle School State Championship
  • Debate Team: Sahngwie Yim and Ashton Chen: 1st Place “Lincoln Douglas Debate” 

• Changemaker Award for “Teardrop Residence” design proposal
  • Audrey Hsu and Fiona Yao

• Future City Competition
  • Team Moon Base Gamma SRMS: 1st Place Winner, Best City Model, Best City Presentation
  • Team Lunapolis MMS: 4th Place Winner, Advancing Quality of Life for All
  • Team Crescent City MMS: Best Project Plan, Best Futuristic City
  • Team Crater Cove FRMS: Best Land Surveying Practices, Most Advanced Smart Grid
  • Team Luna Cretari MMS: Best in Class
  • Team Andromeda City SRMS: Best in Class, Best Use of Aerospace Technology in a Future City
  • Team Aegis Station SRMS: Best Age-Friendly City
  • Team Celestial Towers FRMS: Best Use of Renewable Energy
  • Team Twilight MMS: Best Integration of Equity in Designing the Built Environment using Nature-Powered Solutions 
  • Team Lumeria SRMS: Best Management of Water Resources
  • Team Galaxy City MMS: Best Transportation System for the Community
  • Team Moonlight City SRMS: Professional Engineering Award
  • Honorable Mentions: Team Artemis, Team Nova, Team Sirius, Team Lunaria and Team Lunar Lights

• Orange County Science & Engineering Fair (OCSEF)
  • Chloe Dorman: 1st Place Winner, Pharmacology Category, Top 7 Overall OCSEF Junior Division, Broadcom MASTERS Nomination
  • Preston Wang: 2nd Place Winner, Environmental Science Category, Broadcom MASTERS Nomination

• Math Kangaroo International Competition
  • Amadeo Bhatia: MK Level 2 National Gold Medal, California Blue Ribbon Winner
  • Andrew Cai:MK Level 3 National Gold Medal, California Blue Ribbon Winner
  • Ivy Liu: MK Level 4 National Top 10 Winner
  • Agustin Bhatia: MK Level 1 Top 20 Winner
  • Danyal Teymurazov: MK Level 3 Top 20 Winner
  • Ethan Sun: MK Level 3 Top 20 Winner
  • Bryan Wang: MK Level 4 Top 20 Winner

• Monterey Challenge US Kids Golf Regional Tournament 
  • Caroline Gao: 1st place in the 9 year old Girls Division 

• Synopsis Science & Technology Championships in NorCal (21 Awards!)
  • Stratford Middle School – Milpitas
    • Anagha Seshasayee Ankireddi: 2nd Place Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category, Gr. 7
    • Durva Vishal Dhok:  Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category, Gr. 7
    • Clarina Manuel: Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category, Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research “Most Promising Young Scientist”, Gr. 6
  • Stratford Middle School – Palo Alto
    • Riya Mayank Chaudhary: Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair, Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category, Gr. 7
    • Navya Chawla: Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter, Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category, Gr. 7
  • Stratford Middle School – San Jose: Awarded OUTSTANDING MIDDLE SCHOOL
    • Parinaz Behzad Dastur: Middle School Student – Certificate of Achievement and Medallion and letter of congratulations, United States Navy and Marine Corps, Gr. 6
    • Nikethana Karthikeya: 2nd Place Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category, Gr. 6
    • Zara Mody: Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category, Gr. 7
    • Emily Ren: Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair, 2nd Place Award – $75 and Certificate, Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category, Gr. 7
    • Cody Shen Chen: Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS – 7th Grade, Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair, 1st Place Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category, Gr. 7
    • Arunima Garg: Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category, Gr. 7
    • Ayush Ghosh: Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category, Gr. 8
    • Rishi Manit Prasad: Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category, Gr. 8
    • Ayush Avinash Sodani: Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category, Gr. 8
  • Stratford Middle School – Sunnyvale Raynor
    • Orchita Chakraborty: Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS – 6th Grade,  Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair, 1st Place Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category, Gr. 6
    • Aanya V. Gupta: Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research “Most Promising Young Scientist”,  Gr. 6
    • Ananya Mehta: Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category, Gr. 6
    • Zia Leif, Richard Svendson:  Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research “Most Promising Young Scientist”, Gr. 6
    • Harmony Tse:  Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category, Gr. 6
    • Shannon Deza: Outstanding Teacher Award

• Tomorrow’s Entrepreneur’s Ideathon
  • Anya Lachwani: 2nd Place Award Winner

• TIME Kids Reporter Contest
  • Rory Hu: 1 of 10 Outstanding Kids chosen to be a reporter

• Youth Media Challenge – Political Cartoon
  • Khushi Chitkara: Featured in KQED’s Youth Media Showcase

In the face of so many challenges, Stratford Students triumphed — we are grateful to have found so many memorable moments to celebrate and incredible accomplishments to acknowledge. We look ahead with excitement to see what next year brings for all of our students!