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This week and next week teacher Angie Siegel will be conducting a hazmat, or hazardous materials, course. The course revolves around the defensive actions somebody can take when there is a hazmat risk.
The course is seven days long and at the end there is a test that when passed certifies a person to hold first responder operation status.
A FRO protects the public from hazmat spills by taking proper actions such as setting a perimeter and
calling authorities.
Becoming a certified FRO can open many doors for those willing to put forth the effort. Many high paying and rewarding jobs require at least a FRO certification, and having this certificate can be the deciding factor in getting hired or not. Many businesses need at least one person on staff with
a hazmat certificate.
This opportunity is a very valuable resource to the students of Carlé High. The students and staff are all grateful for the unique experience.
Thanks to Carlé this normally expensive class has been provided to students free of charge. The class was offered to seniors and juniors who will be graduating early next year.
The students who signed up for this class will spend seven school days solely learning the material and for the first three days they have to stay late after school to get the course hours required.
The students who signed up for this course are Desiree Bauer, Tonya Smith, Leticia Bowman, Jade Fox, Colton Robone, Cameron Carrillo, Nathan Galindo, Ashely Gravely, Joey Griffith, Paul LeRue, Anthony Montalvon and Dakota Taylor.
These dedicated students have been given many new opportunities and experiences to enrich their lives. These experiences include the course itself where they got to learn about how to contain different hazardous materials and how to possibly save the lives of people who may otherwise be harmed.
These students also got to run a decontamination corridor with the highly respected Fire Chief Willie Sapeta.
Thanks to both Siegel and Sapeta these students lives will be changed forever.
That is all for now, have a great week!
Jade Fox is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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SACRAMENTO – In an effort to help keep children well-nourished during the summer recess and ready to learn when they return to school in the fall, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson this week urged eligible organizations to apply as summer meal sites through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).
"Often the only nutritious meal a low-income child receives is at school, but that all comes to a halt during the summer recess," said Torlakson. "I urge eligible organizations to sign up to provide nutritious meals to these kids through the summer, so their growing minds and bodies won’t be hampered by a lack of proper nutrition."
Research shows children who fail to engage in high-quality summer learning, have unproductive summers, are not physically active, and don’t receive the proper nutrition, all contribute to a phenomenon called summer learning loss.
Also, when these children, particularly low-income children, come back to school, they fall even further behind their peers that contribute to a persistent achievement gap.
This is part of the reason why Torlakson started his Team California for Healthy Kids initiative, designed to keep children active and properly nourished throughout each day, in and out of school.
SFSP serves meals to children in geographic areas where at least 50 percent of students are eligible to receive free or reduced-price school meals.
The program works by reimbursing agencies that serve nutritious meals to children 18 years and younger during school vacation.
SFSP operates when schools in a community are on vacation for at least 15 continuous school days or when year-round schools are off-track. Non-school sponsors may also now serve snacks to children after school under the program.
The program benefits all children in accordance with federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) policy, and is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.
Eligible sponsors may include schools, camps, Indian tribal governments, private nonprofit agencies, and municipal, state, county, or local government offices.
Sponsors may prepare meals or obtain meals from another SFSP sponsor, public or commercial food vendor, or a school food service department. All meals must meet the USDA minimum meal patterns.
Agencies interested in becoming SFSP sponsors must obtain training by California Department of Education staff before their applications can be approved. These training sessions are usually available from mid-March through early May.
All commercial food service vendors are also invited to participate in the training sessions. The training will benefit food service vendors by providing information for meeting SFSP meal pattern and contract requirements.
Commercial food service vendors must register with the California Department of Education before entering into a vending contract with an SFSP sponsor.
To receive training information, learn how to access the online application, or learn how to become a SFSP Sponsor or SFSP food vendor, visit the California Department of Education Web site at www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/sf/sfspinfo.asp.
Agencies interested in becoming summer food sponsors may contact Melissa Garza at 800-952-5609, 916-322-5885, or
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UKIAH, Calif. – The Mendocino College Foundation Board of Directors will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 7.
The meeting will begin at noon at the Mendocino College campus, 1000 Hensley Creek Road, Ukiah.
At 12:30 p.m. a presentation will be made to Emily Bushta, 2011-2012 Directors/Trustees Fund Scholarship recipient.
Other timed items include the following:
– 12:05 p.m.: Approval of minutes of regular meeting held on Dec. 6, 2011.
– 12:10 p.m. to 1 p.m.: Committees reports – special events/marketing committee, scholarship committee, land committee and finance committee.
– 1 p.m.: Discussion and action on revised bylaws second read approval, Athletic Boosters revised bylaws approval, audit report, long-term Adopt-A-Fifth Grader program, Special events/marketing committee structure.
– 1:20 p.m.: Reid Edleman, associate theater arts professor, report on spring theater arts productions.
– 1:30 p.m.: Foundation president's report.
– 1:40 p.m.: Executive director's report.
– 1:45 p.m.: Mendocino College president/superintendent report.
– 1:50 p.m.: Director reports.
– 1:55 p.m.: Affiliate reports.
The board's next regular meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 17, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Ukiah campus.
For more information call the foundation at 707-467-1018 or visit http://foundation.mendocino.edu/site/.
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HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, Calif. – Break out your grass skirts, dancing shoes and wallets and be sure to save the date because this year the Coyote Valley Elementary Spring Auction is going tropical.
The Hawaiian-themed fundraiser – scheduled for Friday, March 2, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. – will be held at the Hidden Valley Country Club and will feature both live and silent auctions, dancing, drinks and appetizers.
Guests are encouraged to dress according to the theme.
Auction items are currently being collected and the list already includes fabulous wine tours, golf packages, classroom art, as well as themed baskets, such as barbecue baskets, movie/game baskets and sports baskets, to name a few.
Tickets are $25/person and can be purchased at the CVE office or by emailing
All proceeds go directly to Coyote Valley Elementary to help fund much needed classroom supplies, assemblies, field trips and more.