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Whiz Kid: Grace Giangreco Finds Time for Hockey, Drums and Stellar Academics
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Whiz Kid's Name: Grace Giangreco, 11
Whiz Kid's School: Nichols Middle School
Whiz Kid's Accomplishment: I play drums at the School of Rock. I also play on two travel ice hockey teams (one boys team, one girls team) as the goalie and I am a straight A student.
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Whiz Kid's Key to Awesomeness: When I was younger I would jump around from sport to sport but my family were big hockey fans, finally, at age 8, I decided to try it as a goalie. I loved it and still do. Now I play on two travel teams in Wilmette, Peewee and U12.When I was 5 my cousin Isaac started playing the drums, whenever I went to his house I would spend all my time on his drum set. For two years I begged my mom for lessons. Finally, she agreed. I learned from a great teacher named Sean for a little over a year then joined the School of Rock. My favorite band to cover is the Beatles. I now have so much fun with my fellow School of Rockers both at practice and when we do shows.
