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Shaan Bhandarkar of Potomac Falls is an eighth grader at The Nysmith School in Herndon. A member of the school’s “MathCounts” team and a winner of the school’s annual Science Fair, Shaan turned his academic attention to the individual “You Be the Chemist” competition, going all the way to the State Challenge this year. “It was a great experience,” said Shaan. “I had never focused on chemistry like this before, so I learned a lot.”

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Nysmith ‘Know Brainers’ Keep on Competing

Eighth graders take “You Be the Chemist” and Odyssey of the Mind challenges.

The school year is coming to a close – but that doesn’t mean there isn’t time for the students at the Nysmith School in Herndon to squeeze in a few more competitions and maybe a trophy or two before that last bell rings.

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