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The Indian American identical twins have achieved something few and far between. Sisters Sirina Verma Prasad and Anisa Verma Prasad, have been declared as the Valedictorian and Salutatorian, respectively, of Staples High School, in Westport, Connecticut.

Amazingly, this is not a first for Staples. In 2011, twins Eric and Todd Lubin were number one and two in their class, respectively.

Valedictorian is the student with the top academic performance and Salutatorian is number two, in a high school graduating class. They are assigned with the responsibility of also giving speeches at two separate ceremonies, one for each.

The parents of Prasad sister’ had moved to Westport from London, where their father, Gautam Prasad, worked in financial services. Their mother, Nita Prasad, is a professor at Quinnipiac University.

The teenagers spoke highly of their teachers at GFS and Bedford Middle School for their achievement. “They’re all really good,” Anisa was quoted as saying by Patch. “They prepared us very well for Staples.”

“We learn from each other,” Sirina says, of taking classes together. “We talk about ideas all the time. We don’t see everything the same, so we have great discussions.”

Many of those classes involve science and math. They sisters audited Authentic Science Research without being enrolled. Instructor Karen Thompson worked with them on their own, and allowed them to sit in on lectures when time permitted, the report said.

Sirina and Anisa also entered the Fed Challenge contest this winter, inspired by their economics class. They had to provide the Federal Reserve with monetary policy for a year. This spring the team competes in the contest semifinals, at the Federal Reserve in New York City.

The twins also started a Staples Science Olympiad team with friends. They also compete on the math team.

Following month, they will be traveling to Arizona for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, after they topped Connecticut state in the regionals.

The twin sisters will do their senior internships in a chemistry lab at Yale University. In the fall they head off to Harvard, according to Patch.

By Sowmya Sangam