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Nearly 350 Los Gatos students participated in the annual Community Against Substance Abuse (CASA) essay contest. The topic for this year was to "write about good character traits and explain how these traits will help you to make choices to stay away from drugs and alcohol and live a healthy lifestyle."
Eight students from various district schools were selected for first, second and third prize. First-place winners won $50, second place $25 and third place $15.
In the fifth-grade category, Francesca Ferrari of St. Mary's Catholic School took first place. Pooja Desai from Blossom Hill Elementary was second and Brittany Bozzini of St. Mary's Catholic School was third.
In the middle school category, Emily Machado of St. Mary's finished in first place, with Mary Sweeney of Fisher second and Jessica Osterhout of C.T. English third.
Stephanie Murray took first place for the high school division, while Domenic Denicola received second place. Both students are from Los Gatos High School.
Twenty-seven runners-up received Jamba Juice certificates. Runners-up included:
Blossom Hill—Ian McAdams, Allison Sporleder, Ben Berthet, Kevin Templeton and Vickie Huang
Daves Avenue—Matthew Paridas, Michael Stracey, Joleen Guzman and Lily Javey
Lexington School—Gabriel Wilds-Buller, Jordan Bell and Jeremy De Carvalho
St. Mary's—Nicole Traina, Joey Travis, Anjuli Nanda, Mike Denevi, Brian Stephan and Danny Wall
Louise Van Meter—Darrin Dufort, Sarah Whittaker and Ben Rosenberg
Fisher—Arun Prasad, Trent Lawler and Enguerand Naveau
C.T. English—Kendall Berry, Sara Fondriest and Kari Vandraiss
Forty-eight students received honorable mentions for their efforts, as well as a Baskin Robbins gift certificate. Honorable mention awardees included:
St. Mary's—Hendee Wall, Samantha Spilsbury, Shawna Rodgers, Anne Robson, Nicole Speicher, Christopher Putz, Julianne Wagner, Hilary Machado, Michael Freitas, Alyssa Micciche, Sofia Canova, Lindsay Dickerson, Kathryn Kozlowski, Kerry Esrey, Vicent Micciche, Lauren Traina, Mitchell Knauf, Jeff Sobrato and Christine Grubb
Lexington—MacKenzie Kelly, Sam Bowers and Kendra Roberts
Blossom Hill—Eric Blumenfeld, Kira Rohrer, Jan Van Bruggen and Adam Rose
Daves Avenue—Melissa Wilcox, Lexy Marchbank, Michael Hodgman, Caitlin Cushman, Devan Mairose and Erica Silverman
Van Meter—Courtney Kimmey, Cody Timpone, Jennifer Osterhaus, Olivia Allen and Haley Erickson
C.T. English—Oliver Niemann, Dane Sawyer, Alissa Vierra, Nathaniel da Silva, Amanda Young, Jordan Johnson and Stephanie Silva
Fisher—Reeta Banerjee, Leon Kong, Amy Vosters and Nick Moyer
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