Saratoga Patch Whiz Kid of the Week—Tarun Krishnan

Tarun Krishnan, Age 11

School: Fifth-Grader at Argonaut Elementary School in Saratoga

Accomplishments:

• Plays competitive soccer with the West Valley soccer club
• Enjoys music and has performed piano recitals both with his piano teacher's school as well as at his elementary school
• Loves the outdoors and is an active skier, hiker, swimmer, camper and runner
• Competed in his first triathlon at the age of 8
• Completed first 10K race and finished fifth in his age bracket
• Excellent recreational skier, skis black diamond runs since before he turned 8
• Competed in the Destination Imagination creative challenge series
• Member of team TAKe A GUesS
• Performed "Mission: Dental Intervention" community service project working with dentists to arrange free teeth cleanings for people without insurance.
• Team Take a Guess placed first in Silicon Valley Regional tournament
• Team Take a Guess finished second in state tournament in San Diego
• As part of Team Take a Guess, now preparing to go to global finals in Knoxville TN

Key to Awesomeness:

Tarun enjoys the Destination Imagination challenges and contributed in many ways to his team's success including writing lyrics for a rap song and performing them, according to proud mom Rohini Krishnan.

"Tarun is an easy-going kid who makes friends very quickly. He is fascinated by creatures of all kinds, from spiders and salamanders to his current pets which include fish, hissing cockroaches, a hermit crab he's had for nearly three years and his family's cat," mom wrote in an email interview.