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- Written by: Chrissie Green and Jade Fox
On Thursday, Oct. 20, Carlé High School had an earthquake drill.
At 10:20 a.m. the students and teachers ducked under desks and tables. A few minutes later everyone was escorted onto the field to take roll. All of the students did a wonderful job and exercised good judgment!
On Tuesday, Nov. 1, all students will get the day off due to a staff development day.
Starting on Friday, Nov. 4, student Emily Thompson will be in charge of cotton ball packing for an ongoing community service.
The project is called “Any Positive Change.” The project seeks to halt the spread of blood born disease such as HIV in the community.
Once a month Verna Rodgers and a few students help out at the Lower Lake Community Action Group. Verna brings three students to set up, serve and clean up. So far they have attended two meetings.
At the first meeting Ashlee Ables, Shania Jones and Jessica Johns attended, and at the second Ashlee was sick so Emily Thompson filled in for her.
All of the students attending are earning community service credit and are one step closer to graduating!
Every week students at Carlé puts together food boxes, under the supervision of Lou Denny, for people and families in need.
The Carlé student government is currently planning the yearly Harvest Festival. It will take place on Monday, Oct. 31, Halloween. During the fest students and staff are welcome to attend and wear costumes and face paint.
The Carlé media class had students make wonderful gifts for Annette Fender – the school's lunch and snack person – and Gary Oakes, the school's maintenance person, as well as Barbara Dye, the school's former classified employee of the year and the super secretary.
These gifts are just a small thank you for all the hard work they do to help the students and staff.
Students Tonya Smith, Raina Golden, George Viera and Ashley Ables made plaques, mugs and key chains as thank yous to these wonderful people.
As usual the printing of all of these special items was abetted by the wonderful work of Yuba College student and media aide Derrick Grace.
That is all for now, have a great week!
Chrissie Green and Jade Fox are students at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – On Wednesday, Oct. 6, Mrs. Boomer from Upper Lake High and Mr. Moorhead from Clear Lake High braved the rainy weather to bring more than 50 students to the indoor/outdoor Careers in Construction Expo in Santa Rosa, sponsored by the North Coast Builders Exchange.
The North Coast Builders Exchange coordinates in partnership with the Regional Occupational Program (ROP) to encourage Career Technical Education students to explore a multitude of career possibilities related to the building trades.
Students spent approximately an hour exploring the various displays, demonstration areas and participating in mock interviews.
Booths were available to learn about L.E.D. lighting, architecture, air conditioning, heating, engineering and workplace safety.
Demonstrations, both inside and outside, allowed students to get firsthand experience with equipment that included a jackhammer, bobcat, tile cutter, pouring concrete, welding, operating a backhoe and riding a scissor lift.
The North Coast Builders Exchange not only gave students a lot to see and do, they also gave them something to think about.
Students learned about apprenticeships, the importance of a high school education and the need for women in the construction field.
Transportation for both schools was paid by the North Coast Builders Exchange.
For more information on the The North Coast Builders Exchange visit www.ncbeonline.com.
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On Oct. 7, Carlé High School held a fleetball tournament.
The students who were made up the Carlé fleetball team were Gage Carlson, Brandon Cruz, Steve Fogg, Joseph Griffith, Antonio Hines, Robert Jones, Anthony Olmedo, Camari Onwuasoeze, Blaze Pearson, Brandon Ramirez, Nate Sanders, Charles Tracy, Gorge Viera, and Walker Calvin.
When teacher Steve Haman was asked how he felt the games went, he said, “I thought the students played their hearts out in the games that we played. I believe they had a lot of fun, and they showed tremendous sportsmanship, which is something we always look for in Carlé students. We look forward to other sporting events with more schools this year.”
During the fleetball tournament students were allowed out of class to watch the festivities, and afterwards everyone was treated to a hamburger barbecue.
The gold level trip for last year's sixth grading period gold level students was held on Oct. 3. Science teacher Angie Siegel was the supervisor for the trip, which was at Fort Bragg's MacKerricher State Park.
The second grading period started on Oct. 10. Carlé thanks super secretary Barbara Dye for calculating all of those grades and for all the hard work she always does for this school as well as Blue Heron and the adult school.
Carlé would like to announce all the students who made gold level for the first grading period of this year. These hard working students are Saffron Blue, Desiree Bauer, Jade Fox, Darren Gasperoni, Raina Golden, Ashell Gravlee, Christina Green, Jesse Greene, David Hardy, Shania Jones, Arwen King, Dallas Schell, Corissa Schoonderwoed, Gerald Stahlman, Emily Thompson, Dylan Ward, Jonathan Warren and Brandon Wilson.
Equally important, Carlé also would like to announce the list of silver level students: Sabrina Abbott, Ashlee Ables, Arnoldo Anguiano, April Ambriz, Tucker Barnett, Leticia Bowman, Nura Brown, Alexis Casteneda, Shannika Chandeler, Forrest Ferris, Sean Foss, Jr. Garcia, Dawn Giller, Zack Gray, Teesha Greer, Constance Hazelwood, Daniel Hernandez, Antonio Hines, Robert Jones, Jerad (Travis) Moore, Blaze Pearson, Antionette Percoats, Nicole Powell, Colton Robone, Lukas Sawyer, Kyle Scott, Monique Throop, Charles Tracy, Dennis Warner, Austin Weldon, Erica Woods and Lindsey Yaquinto.
Congratulations to all gold and silver level students.
Carlé announced the students who got perfect attendance during the first grading period. All perfect attendance students had their names in a drawing for a $50 Walmart gift card. Dylan Ward was the lucky winner of this prize.
With the announcement of the second grading period Alan Siegel's media class sponsored key chain contest is now closed. Lucky for everyone a new contest has begun! This is a mug contest and the mug has to have a theme that is Carlé related. Just make your design and ask for Alan's approval.
Senior Ally Backman had her portfolio presentation to staff, family and friends on Oct. 13 at 1:45 p.m.
Chrissie Green and Jade Fox are students at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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“Our most recent data shows that stress, anxiety and depression are among the top factors that affect student academic performance,” said Chancellor Scott, who advocates for the state’s 2.6 million students across a 112-college system. “This grant comes at a critical time as students are under even more stress because of economic troubles. Almost 50 percent of students reported feeling very sad, very lonely and hopeless and more than a third reported that they were so depressed it was difficult to function.”
Another 8 percent of student respondents reported that they had considered suicide and almost 3 percent had attempted suicide.
The California Community Colleges Student Mental Health Program will provide funding to 12 colleges for training, technical services and peer-to-peer assistance.
The program also will result in online training resources that are expected to be available to all community college faculty and staff to help them respond appropriately to students who may exhibit signs of mental distress.
A focus on student veterans will be an important program element, and community colleges will collaborate with the California State University and University of California on these projects.
Mary and Victor Ojakian, who lost a son to suicide while he was a college student, applauded the grant. In December 2004, their son, Adam, was a senior at University of California, when he took his own life in his apartment after completing his last final exam that quarter. He was 21. The Ojakians have been tireless advocates since Adam’s death for funding on-campus mental health initiatives throughout California’s higher education systems.
“We are acutely aware of the difficulties and trauma a family experiences when a loved one dies of suicide. It is our hope that these funds can be used to create a sustainable system of improved understanding and support for those struggling with a mental health issue. We hope to prevent all of us from losing a loved one to the fatal outcome of these illnesses – suicide,” said Mary and Vic Ojakian. “Since losing our son to suicide, we have worked toward improved mental health understanding and services in all California universities and colleges. Our son was never diagnosed, but we feel that he experienced a deep depression that went unrecognized and untreated.”
The Foundation for California Community Colleges is the official fiscal sponsor of the grant on behalf of the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office.
Many community college students face a wide range of mental health needs and although some seek services, many do not.
Among the students who experience or are at-risk of mental health issues are:
The significant number of returning veterans who may have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI) and depression as a result of their military and combat experiences.
Those with no prior mental health history who need help for the first time due to developmental challenges, and/or emotional, educational, economic and social stressors.
Those who have experienced severe depression and previous suicidal thoughts and/or attempts.
Those who have never been diagnosed but who may present challenges to the campus community by being disruptive.
Those with diagnosed psychological disabilities, some of whom receive support from campus Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) and health services offices.
Those who may need help but who do not want to use DSPS or other specialized services because of the stigma that is a significant barrier to seeking help for mental health issues.