Kai Vuletic
Bronze Achievement
Name: Kai Vuletic
School: San Dieguito High School Academy
City: Encinitas, CA
League Skill Level: Kyu 1 on Oral Dictation Certification, Kyu 2 on Oral Mental Dictation Certification, Kyu 3 on the Abacus level test, Kyu 3 on the Mental Abacus level test
Length of Learning: 12 years
Contest Results: Silver Prize in Abacus Dictation in Southern California Abacus Contest, 2023 League for Soroban Edu. of America, 1st Place Team Competition in Southern California Abacus Contest, 2023 League for Soroban Edu. of America
Scholarly Achievements: Japanese National Honor Society Induction Certificate 2023, Japanese National Honor Society Induction Certificate 2024, During summer job, I earned Star Guard Elite lifeguard certification for work. I devoted myself to music including learning piano for 9 years, played flute at school bands for 6 years, played flute at Youth Symphony for 2 years. I attended Japanese curriculum-based school on Saturdays from Kindergarten to the middle of Junior High School for 9 years.
Social Achievements: Through my high school years, I have been volunteering over 150 hours for various causes including Feeding San Diego helping families in needs, The Shine Project Foundation, volunteered at beach fun day to help children with special needs get in the water and surf, Children Day Event at Japanese Friendship Garden, Japanese tutoring at my high school, helping children do math at Abacus Class, and volunteered as a greeter for Nissan Super Girl Surf Pro.
Testimonial
Learning mental math/abacus has helped me further my interest in Math and also has helped me in real life situations such as trying to do a math problem without a calculator as accurate as possible.
Doing abacus has helped me realize the greatness of proper work ethic, consistency and sticking to the process for a long period of time. I have done abacus for a very long time now and have been sticking to it for a while now.
Learning abacus has been challenging but I have learned not to give up and to work hard to reach my goals. I have used this learning experience to teach children about how they need to work hard in order to reach their goals and to improve every day.