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Whiz Kid: Kristine Craig

San Ramon's featured student of the week.

Name: Kristine Craig

Grade: High school senior

School:

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Accomplishments: Kristina’s most stellar accomplishment at school was her persistence in getting the Pledge of Allegiance back into the weekly events at California High School (Look for a feature about this in Sunday’s “”).

Besides maintaining strong grades throughout her high school career, Kristine has worked hard to continue doing what she loves, practicing ballet, each Saturday morning. She attends a pre-professional ballet school and usually can be found in the ballet studio perfecting her skills.  Kristine also teaches a class for 5-year-old aspiring ballerinas, She is their role model!

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“I feel that I am really good at empathizing with people and putting myself in their shoes," she said.

Perhaps this is why she has easily gained the respect and admiration of her peers, teachers, and other adults who know Kristine.

Outside of school, Kristine enjoys listening to alternative music, from Def Leppard to Nirvana. She also enjoys spending time with her family and considers her mom as her biggest inspiration and role model.

Future plans: Next year, Kristine will be off to college, hopefully at the University of Southern California, her top choice, or the University of California San Diego. She plans to study civil engineering and later become either a petroleum engineer or a lawyer in that same field.  She definitely wants to stay in California for college so she can remain in close proximity to her family, as she truly cherishes her loved ones.

In 20 years, Kristine can see herself happily married with children of her own. She also envisions a successful career in her chosen field.

Favorites

Cookie – Fig Newtons

Ice Cream – Rocky Road

Color – Yellow

Car – Mini Cooper

Book – The Grapes of Wrath

T.V. Show – Dateline NBC

Sports Team – Stanford Cardinals

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