Gasser Foundation president gets award

County Superintendent of Schools, Barbara Nemko, hosted the Community Organization Partnership Breakfast. The event brought together more than 60 school principals and nonprofit organizations from throughout the county. Nemko presented Joseph Peatman, president of the Gasser Foundation, with the 2006 Education Community Partnership Award for continuous and outstanding contributions to teachers, students and schools in Napa County./Register

Local students in math contest

Justin-Siena High School hosted their mathematics contest for Justin-Siena feeder schools on Oct. 28. St. John's Catholic School, St. Helena Catholic School and St. John's Lutheran School participated. Six initial rounds were held to determine the order of participation in the three elimination rounds. In an extremely close contest between all four teams, the final winner was the team from St. John's Lutheran School. The teams were as follows:

* St. John's Lutheran: Jennifer Cardey, Lauren Cardey, Sarah Francke, Nicholas Kinda, Gabriella Salva and Caroline Zaia.

* St. Helena Catholic: David Fradelizio, Amelia Hogan, Noemi Sanchez, Andie Summers, Elaine Tedeschi and Mary Williams.

* St. John's Catholic: Monica Alvarez, John Calforda, Addison Gatton, William Gomez, Jennifer Roldan and Corinne Schafle.

Justin-Siena appreciates the many parents and teachers who brought their students to Justin-Siena on a Saturday morning and stayed to support their teams./Register