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You are posting about end of school year awards in September.

This tells me you're significantly over-invested in these things. 99% of families couldn't care less about elementary and middle school awards. They're not important for college admissions. Maybe people you know are nice and politely give you and your child a compliment on the occasion, but the second your back is turned, I can promise you they've forgotten all about it. Yes, your child is smart. And so what? They'll need to scramble and work hard like everyone else for seats in selective colleges, competing against legacy, development and athletic recruits who may not be as smart. Then they will compete with better-networked people for good jobs. It's nice to be intelligent, but Life sometimes gives advantages to other things.

Knowing this, OP, I think you badly need perspective on what it takes to succeed and be happy in life. We're an intellectual, academic family, and our older teens always did well in school. But we know it's not enough.

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