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KERALITE
2018

KIDS ACHIEVEMENTS

Megan Joby Mangalathet

KCCNA CONVENTION-2018- “KALATHILAKAM”

Megan Joby Mangalathet (10 yrs) daughter of Joby & Manju
Mangalathet from Detroit, Michigan has won the individual
overall championship, “KALATHILAKAM” title at the 13th KCCNA
Convention held in CNN Center, Atlanta from July 19-22, 2018.
Megan secured the “Kalathilakam” title by winning first place in
solo vocal, folk dance, fancy dress and second place in elocution.
Megan also won the 1st runner up prize in the Knanaya Little
Princess Contest 2018. She is a fourth grade student at Four
Corners Montessori in Madison Heights, Michigan. Megan is a
student of “Abhinaya School of Dance” and has been a disciple of Guru Dhanya Kumar Rao (Mrs. Vani) in
Bharathanatyam for the past 5 years.
Megan’s older sister Christeen was the ‘Kalathilakam’ at the KCCNA Convention 2014 held in Chicago. Younger
sister is Helen.

Rahul Prabhakar

Rahul Prabhakar, a freshman at University of Detroit Jesuit High School, along with
his RoboCubs teammates qualified for the 2018 State Robotics Championship
conducted by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology).
The robotics competition conducted by FIRST is world famous attracting kids from
China, Japan, Korea etc. and is very competitive. Michigan schools are the leaders
when it comes to Robotics with having a record 500 plus chapters and is the
largest in the world. During the course of their successful year, the RoboCubs won
several team accolades such as
 Creativity Award from Xerox  Prestigious Entrepreneurship Award from FIRST
 Innovation Control Award from Rockwell Automation.

Teamwork, creativity and building partnership are the key for the team’s success.
RoboCubs are planning to build on this success to achieve more next year.

Neya Sathish

Destination Imagination

Elementary Team, Improv Category
Regionals & State 1st place
Globals, 9th place

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