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NORTH COAST, Calif. – Three Rivers Charter School and several of its students are benefiting from a student savings program launched by Mendo Lake Credit Union.
Following a recent successful campaign at Oak Manor Elementary School in Ukiah, Mendo Lake Credit Union (MLCU) expanded its Money Wise program to several more schools in Mendocino and Lake counties this year.
First- through eighth-grade students at Three Rivers Charter School accepted the credit union’s challenge to save $500 in their individual accounts over a given month, resulting in a “matching” donation of $500 to the school itself.
Tracy McDaniel, manager of MLCU’s Fort Bragg branch, presented the check to the school.
The funds from MLCU will be used to support a student science field trip to the Bay Area, including a trip to the San Francisco Zoo and to the science museum, according to Three Rivers Charter School Executive Director Katharine (Kathy) Wylie, M.S. Ed.
Six students from the school participated in the savings campaign.
“The skills associated with wise money-management may be the most important learning that takes place for our students. Consumer education is a life skill toward building a strong credit score,” said Wylie.
“The personal choices about money are endless,” Wylie added. “Sound financial management – which translates to good credit scores – can be the most important factor in adult decisions and can be the difference between getting that job or not, in the work world. We at Three Rivers Charter School are very grateful for the opportunity to partner with MLCU, and we hope to continue this partnership that benefits our students.”
The Money Wise program encourages students to save money – $250 or $500 – in their individual accounts over a certain period of time.
If they succeed, Mendo Lake Credit Union (MLCU) “matches” the amount of money students saved – up to $500 – and donates it to the school or schools’ parent teacher organizations.
MLCU has been collaborating with schools in the two counties to promote youth savings and financial literacy.
Money Wise is a voluntary, fee-free program designed to offer students a chance to learn about saving money for future goals.
In Lake County, participating students included youngsters at Lower Lake Elementary School, Lower Lake, and Westlake School and Rose Family Preschool Program, both in Lakeport.
MLCU is a community development credit union serving the rural Lake and Mendocino counties in northern California and currently has over 19,000 members.
Its branches are located in Lakeport, Clearlake, Ukiah and Fort Bragg.
Each branch works with local schools to promote financial literacy and provide college scholarships. MLCU is also committed to supporting a wide range of nonprofit and community organizations.
For more information, visit the MLCU Web site at www.mlcu.org or contact Jamey Gill, director of marketing and community outreach, at
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The Fashion Festival community service that took place on March 23 went very well.
Five Carlé students showed up to help out and worked as hard as they could. Here is a list of the five students that showed up and helped out: Lukas Carlson, Paige Finley, Junior Garcia, Summer Gunn and Chenoa Schmidt. Thanks to you all for your hard work.
Student of the Week this week was Lucas Stickel. Lucas is a great guy and a hard worker. In class he is one of the most studious and honorable, and we’re very pleased to give him this award. Congratulations Lucas.
New students coming to us just within this past week are Janiece Valley and Aaron Beecher. We’re very happy, as always, to see new students come to Carlé and we hope that you both stay with us for the rest of your high school lives. Welcome to you both.
Spring break will take place during this first week of April, so there will be no school. We hope that everyone has a very fun time over break, but remain safe and sound.
Ms. Carmela Della, our representative for the Western Association of Schools and Colleges review team came to visit us here at Carlé for our three year midterm review as a six-year accredited school – the highest a school can receive. We are all very proud of this accomplishment as well as having been named a model continuation school three times.
Once again I’d like to remind everyone about open house at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 25. It will be a potluck so bring any dish you’d like and remember, your Carlé student will receive credit for attending the open house. We hope to see many of you there.
We hope that everyone has a wonderful, and safe, spring break and we will see you all after the break is over.
Jesse Harrell is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Literacy Task Force continues to grow and strive thanks to the generous support from community groups.
The Lakeport Lions have recently partnered up with the Lake County Literacy Task Force to support their initiative called Lake County Reads!
This initiative focuses on bringing community members into the classrooms to share a good book, and the love of reading, with the students.
When possible, this community member is partnered with a high school student to share in the joy of reading.
The newest partnership will bring the Lakeport Lions club members, along with students from Clear Lake High School, onto the campus of Lakeport Elementary once a month to read to the students.
Thanks to generous community support, Kelseyville Elementary, Riviera Elementary, Minnie Cannon Elementary and now Lakeport Elementary all participate in the Lake County Reads program.
The goal of the literacy task force is to ensure that all students have access to literacy and that all students are supported by a community that values and supports literacy for all of its members.
For more information on the Lake County Literacy Task Force contact Wally Holbrook at 707-262-4100 or
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Konocti Unified School District hosted a total of five Challenge Days this school year.
Challenge Day is an organization that provides students with a one day experience in promotion of anti-bullying.
The Web site describes a lot about the day, the activities and the premise of Challenge Day.
The basis for the idea is the quote by Gandhi, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
They spend six hours with students and adult volunteers to help them to “Notice, Choose, Act!”: Notice how your world is, choose how you want it to be and take action to make it that way.
The students and adults undergo a bonding experience like no other.
This year Konocti Unified and many community based organizations have come together to expand the program to reach seventh and eighth graders and the elementary schools in Clearlake.
Team leaders from Challenge Day came up to Clearlake and presented the program to 110 Burns Valley School students and 74 Pomo students, due in large part to funding from the Redbud Healthcare District.
Lower Lake Elementary students and Lower Lake High School students also took part in the program earlier this month.
Among the adult volunteers in the room on any one of those given five days were teachers and other school staff from the sites, Donna Becnel, superintendent of KUSD and other district staff, Healthy Start employees of Lake County Offices of Education, three Clearlake City Council members, Lake Family Resource Center employees, Redbud Healthcare District Board Members, AmeriCorps Members, clergy and many other interested citizens.
One adult stated that she had thought she was there that day to help the students, but she found that they helped her more than she could have ever imagined.
One of the large components of Challenge Day is a “cross the line” exercise that allows everyone in the room to see that they are not alone in whatever they may be going through.
This very powerful exercise allows students to see that they have more in common with each other and adults than they may have previously thought.
The day culminated with declarations from students and adults alike, sharing how they will make the future different for themselves and others.
Lower Lake High School has a club that is an offshoot of this experience called the Be the Change Club, so that students may organize and carry the message forward on their campus.
For more information visit www.challengeday.org .