LAMORINDA WEEKLY | Camino Pablo Wins 24th Annual Moraga Rotary Field Day


From left, Camino Pablo third-grader Brooklyn McAlpin, Moraga Rotary Field Day's High Point Girl, with High Point Teacher Lee Ann Nixdorf. Photos provided

Camino Pablo Elementary School's third-, fourth-, and fifth-graders won a total of 104 points to win the 24th annual Moraga Rotary Field Day, and end the many-year winning streak of Rheem Elementary School. Camino Pablo also had the highest participation, with 55 percent of the 309 contestants from all Moraga schools including Saklan and Canyon.

For the second year, the most exciting event of the day was the basketball throw conducted by men and women of the Saint Mary's basketball teams. Other events were sprints, relays, sack races, long jumps, and football/softball throws. Medals were awarded to the top three contestants in each event, and all contestants received a participant ribbon.

Rheem fourth-grader Robbie Mascheroni from Serena Culleton's class at Rheem was the High Point Boy. The High Point Girl was Brooklyn McAlpin, a third-grader in Lee Ann Nixdorf's class at Camino Pablo, and Nixdorf's students won the most total points, making her the High Point Teacher. These winners were given their awards at a recent lunch meeting of Rotary Club of Moraga, and the Winning School plaque was awarded to Lee Ann Nixdorf to be displayed at Camino Pablo.

Rotarian Tony Schoemehl, the Field Day chairman, said, "A big Thank You to all the teachers who encouraged their students to attend Field Day, and to the coaches and athletes from the Saint Mary's basketball program who helped in the judging for the various events. ... The students behaved beautifully and were enthusiastic in their support for each other and their schools. All who participated were winners in our eyes."

Rotary Club of Moraga also supports elementary education in Moraga by providing grade-appropriate newsletters such as Time and National Geographic selected by teachers for curriculum enrichment, and by donations to Moraga Education Foundation. Regular meetings are held on most Tuesdays at the Soda Center at Saint Mary's College. For further information, call Frank May at (925) 376-8195 or visit moragarotary.org.