Around Crownsville: Indian Creek student scores off the charts

Sawyer Lynch was only in second grade at Indian Creek School in Crownsville when his test scores earned him a place with Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth.

Now two years later, he was one of the students singled out as "academically gifted" at the Talent Search Awards ceremony held last Sunday at the university.

"I was just really excited about getting it, really excited about going to the ceremony," Sawyer said.

The ceremony honored elementary and middle school students who scored exceptionally well on talent search academic tests.

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