Whiz Kid: Philip Dodd

Each week, Stone Mountain Patch features an outstanding kid or teen or a group of them, picked from readers' suggestions. 

This week, our Whiz Kid is Philip Dodd, 10 years old.

School:  Shadow Rock Elementary School, fifth grade.

Accomplishments: Philip won the Best in Fair ribbon (the only won awarded) as one of the county's regional participants in the Social Studies Fair, and he is a member of the school's Reading Bowl team, which just won first place at regional level. 

Philip is in the gifted program at Shadow Rock. He's a Board Scholar and a Junior Beta member. He's on the Safety Patrol, the School News team, and he's a member of the Honor Chorus and the school's Orchestra.

Keys to His Awesomeness:  "He has always been a very inquisitive child," said Philip's mom, Terrie Walden. "He has a great love for books and reading. Last year he wrote and illustrated a book for Gifted class. Philip loves to play the piano and basketball. He tries to learn something from every experience (good or bad). Philip believes in doing the best that he can at all times."

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