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Coastside Whiz Kid: This Week's Outstanding Young Person

Seacrest student Klara La Guardia plays the piano, performs in theater productions and rides horses.

Name:  Klara La Guardia

Town: Half Moon Bay

Age: 9

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Schools: “Holy Family Children’s Center, Sea Crest School.”

Languages: “English, Flemish and a tiny bit of Spanish.”

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Church/community center: “San Mateo Unitarian Universalists”

Favorite subjects and why: “Reading because I love to read, and I am addicted. I like melting into a book and becoming a character myself.”

Least favorite subjects and why: “Math because it's the hardest thing for me to do.”

Awards/accomplishments/recognition/school grades: “I've gotten ribbons at horseback riding camp, swimming, Gymtowne and bowling. My grades in school are good.”

Sports: “I play soccer at school in gym class. I like riding horses at Moss Beach Ranch and ice skating and gymnastics. Krista Enos was my teacher at Gymtowne.”

Pets: “We have four chickens named Amulet, Fuzzy Feet, Iffy Jr., and Peck. We used to have two fish named Cutie and Sun.”

Do you have a job? “At school they give out jobs and mine is to inspect the hall, the cubbies and the mailboxes.”

After-school pursuits and hobbies: “Horseback riding, drama classes, piano, and reading, reading, reading. Sang and danced on stage with the Coastal Theatre Conservatory (CTC) in ‘The Music Man,’ ‘Once Upon a Mattress,’ ‘Guys and Dolls’ and ‘Willy Wonka Jr.’ At Sea Crest School, was in ‘Annie,’ ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ and ‘ Music Man.’ Next up is ‘Oklahoma,’ this year’s annual CTC spring production which runs May 6 through May 15.”

Your key to awesomeness: “Being nice to people, having fun, getting to know as many people as you can.”

Something your parents make you do that you don't like doing: “The dishes, tidy up my room and stop reading. My parents make the comment: “She needs to sleep some time and stop reading at the table, too.”

A motto you live by: “Have as many friends as you can!”


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