Napan off to D.C. leadership forum

Justin Hobaugh, a sixth-grade student at Silverado Middle School, has been accepted into the People to People World Leadership Forum. Hobaugh will join a select group of students in Washington, D.C., April 2-8 to earn high school credit while studying leadership and exploring some of the U.S.'s most prominent monuments and institutions.

Hobaugh will examine the characteristics of American leadership during times of national challenge and prosperity. Forum delegates will experience first-hand how successful leaders develop strategies, make decisions, build consensus and foster change.

Hobaugh earned the honor based on outstanding scholastic merit, civic involvement and leadership potential.

The program is coordinated by People to People Student Ambassador Programs to fulfill the vision Dwight D. Eisenhower had for fostering world citizenship when he founded People to People during his presidency in 1956./Register

Local student named to Depauw's fall Dean's List

Brittany Mulligan-Hawkins of St. Helena is among 773 DePauw University students who have been recognized for outstanding academic performance and named to the Dean's List for the 2006 fall semester. Mulligan-Hawkins is a senior at DePauw. To be eligible for the Dean's List at DePauw, a student must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average./Register

Napa teacher gets grant for power-generating bike

PG&E's Bright Ideas Initiative, which provides grants to underserved schools in PG&E's service area for innovative solar science projects, awarded $5,000 to Redwood Middle School teacher Sharon Campbell. Cambell intends to use the grant to enhance a bicycle in her classroom that generates and stores power for the classroom's electricity needs./Register