Former Atheneum Student Receives Distinguished Student Award from National Association for Gifted Children
Sid Ramesh, who recently attended Atheneum, received the Distinguished Student Award and a $500 savings bond from the Nicholas Green Foundation and the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). He collected his prize at the Minnesota Educators of the Gifted and Talented Conference that took place Feb. 7-9.

The Nicolas Green Foundation was established by Maggie and Reg Green to honor the memory of their seven-year-old son, Nicholas, who was killed while visiting Italy in 1994. The Green's paired with NAGC to start the Distinguished Student Awards because they wanted to recognize young people who are working hard to develop their unique gifts and talents and are around the age of Nicholas at the time of his death.

Sid attended the Atheneum program at Salem Hills for third-fifth grade. He praised the program and its teachers in his acceptance speech. Sid then went on to amaze the crowd with two pieces performed on piano.