| Summer Conference superlatives:
Center: Most Attentive--Mauro Bonaretti (L), Carla Rinaldi, Amelia Gambetti--all from Reggio Emilia-- Karen Haigh and others listening attentively to the mayors' speeches.
Right: Best Photo--Katerina Kouzoukas (L), a parent from Belmont-Cragin ECE, and Barbara Acton, NAREA Board Co-Chair, pose for a great photo during the reception.
Left: Happiest Group--A most cheerful group of attendees having a wonderful time at the reception.
Center: Most Helpful--Columbia College representatives visit at the reception--student worker Rachel Stauss (L), Administrative Assistant Jacob Beydler visit with Dori Jacohsohn and Peter Brown (far R).
Right: Most Honored--2010 Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Carolyn Pope Edwards (L), poses with Traci Kutaka, a graduate student at the University of Nebraska.
Left: Most Studious--Kristi Cameron from Atlanta, GA makes every minute count as she sits in the Jones HS courtyard.
Center: Best Smile--Flor Villanueva-Winter, an age 3-5 preschool teacher at Belmont-Cragin ECE, stands in her classroom during the tour of the school. Mauro Bonaretti from Italy (C) and Susan Redmond, NAREA Board member from Greenville SC, are also pictured.
Right: Traveled the longest distance within the U.S.--Krystal Meuleners (L) and Abbey Morrison came from the Pacific Northern Academy in Anchorage, Alaska.
Left: Luckiest--Fred Acquavita from Hamden, CT holds a certificate for a free 2011 NAREA Summer Conference registration for being the first person to register for the conference in 2010. Congratulations, Fred!
Center: Unluckiest--Chicago conference organizer Karen Haigh (R) from Columbia College broke her ankle the week before the conference began. NAREA staff member Julie Sewell (L) signs Karen's cast.
Right: Most crowded auditorium--Listeners enjoy a few open spaces in the auditorium as attendees filed back into their seats.
Luckiest ladies--winners of the drawing for Reggio-inspired books:
Left: Sara Avalos, Chicago, IL
Center: Susan Ikhwan (L) LaGrange, GA and Michelle Barreras, Chicago, IL
Right: Jean Wallace-Baker, Deerfield, IL
Not pictured: Laura Carr, Cincinnati, OH | 
