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Cy Passley, a graduate of Carlé, is bringing his band “Typical Situation” to Carlé to talk with students about what it takes to make it in the music industry. Passley is a graduate from the Music Institute and will be playing with his band as well as talking with Carlé students. This will be very helpful because many of the students here are very talented in music and have plans to enter the music industry.
Erika Streckfuss and Paul Silsby sent a letter and video to the White House. If their submission is picked, president Barack Obama would come to Carlé's graduation and deliver a speech. This is a national competition that any school can enter and the two have been working very hard to put together a video and application.
“We took on the project because we thought it would be a unique and inventive experience for graduation. It was great to see Superintendent Bill MacDougall getting involved with the video we sent in, and the student body's interest in this project. It was fun!,” said Erika Streckfuss and Paul Silsby.
Our flag competition came to an end, and we had 20 winners. Each was unique and very well done. The flags will be flown through April from the ramparts of the school and each student will be able to take their flags home to keep.
The next and final contest of the year will be a t-shirt design contest with the theme tying in some way to Carlé. At the end we will have 20 unique t-shirts promoting the various activities that take place at this school.
Big thanks go out to Stefani Conner who came up with the idea to make sweatshirts for all the seniors this year. Jessie Eubanks was the main artist and Stefani came up with the design. The front displays “Carlé Seniors” and the back shows “Carlé – 2010” and has each of the senior's signatures. The sweaters will be made by Perfect Printers T-shirt shop and they will be sold for $26 each.
On March 25, Sandy Jones and Kinesha Wilson presented their graduate portfolios.
The CAHSEE test was held on March 16 and 17 in the library, this time for our juniors and seniors. We wish them all luck on this exam!
The WASC review team will be at Carlé as this goes to print. Mr. Donald Raynard (chair), Ms. Aubin Giampaoli (member) and Ms. Carmella Della Pia are all coming to review Carlé for accreditation. They can give us anywhere from a one- to six-year accreditation.
Our student of the week was Amanda Gamble. Among other things, Amanda is a gardener for Angie Siegel. Amanda is a great student who now firmly has her eyes set on graduation. Congratulations, Amanda.
Odyssey of the Mind is going to the state competition in Brentwood on March 27. They will be first to perform out of about 8 teams selected. All of Carlé are very proud of their hard work.
Last but not least, we have Tonya Smith, Chelle Pery-Alden, Michelle Larue and Shelby Saldana who are becoming docents for the Children's Museum of Art and Science (CMAS), this means they will become trail leaders for nature walks that go on at Anderson Marsh. Billy Gear will be training them at the historic site.
Andrea McMullen is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake.
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LAKE COUNTY – The Konocti Rod and Gun Club will once again be offering scholarships for Lake County 2010 graduating high school seniors.
To be eligible, seniors' post-graduation plan must be to continue their education.
Students need not be destined for a four-year collage, but must prove enrollment in any accredited collage, junior collage or trade school to receive the scholarship payment.
Details on the required essay and other requirements may be obtained by going to the www.krgc.org Web site and downloading the application, or contacting your school counselor.
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LAKEPORT – The Kiwanis Club of Lakeport has announced their 2010 scholarship program.
A total of $6,000 will be awarded to deserving students in Lake County.
Five high schools participating in this competition are Clear Lake High School in Lakeport, Natural High School in Lakeport, Kelseyville High School in Kelseyville, Donaldson High School in Kelseyville, and Upper Lake High School in Upper Lake.
Mendocino Community College students living in Lake County are also invited to participate in this program.
The award amounts begin with the five most improved high school sophomore awards at $100 each and the recipients will be selected by their principals/counselors.
There are five $1,000 awards to five high school graduating seniors intent on attending college or vocational training and one $500 scholarship for a Mendocino Community College student.
All graduating seniors and Mendocino Community College student winners will be selected by the Lakeport Kiwanis Scholarship Committee.
Information and applications may be obtained from high school counselors and staff. Mendocino Community College applicants may go to the www.kiwanislakeport.org Web site for an application.
Applications from all students must arrive no later than May 1 and should be addressed to Lakeport Kiwanis, Attn: Scholarship Committee P.O. Box 1027, Lakeport, CA 95453. Or, applications may be hand delivered to the Lakeport Kiwanis directly at their weekly meeting at the High Street Cafe community room, 1859 N. High St, Lakeport, Wednesdays from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. For additional information, email to
For information about what Kiwanis is and what it does, also please use the email address above.
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.
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We would like to start off by congratulating Dylan Nevarez for being Carlé's student of the year! He is one of only five Lake County students being recognized in a ceremony on March 18.
“Dylan is being recognized for his resiliency and dedication to graduating. All the staff here at Carlé have seen his hard work and he has become a role model for all other students. He has also shown excellent sportsmanship in all the athletic activities we have had here. His life story is inspiring to all of us here at Carlé,” said Principal Ed Zander.
We are all very proud of Dylan here, and know that many good things are in store for him in the future.
Lower Lake Elementary School held their talent show in Lower Lake High School's gym on March 5 and all of the students who performed were very talented and it was very enjoyable to watch. Two of our students, Erika Streckfuss and Andrea McMullen, filmed the event and took still shots of each performer.
Some of the highlight acts were Haylee Wade and Jacie Baker dancing to “Thriller” by Michael Jackson, and Megan Smith singing and playing the guitar to “White Horse” by Taylor Swift.
Another great act among many was Robby Folmar singing and playing guitar to “I'll Fly Away” by Albert Brumley. Carlé students are editing the videos and pictures into a DVD that we will then give to all the performers from the elementary school.
The Lower Lake Community Action Group held their monthly dinner for the community and six students from Carlé volunteered to work this event: Kodi Burr, Kara Boyce, Andrea McMullen, Rebecca Hackler, Erika Streckfuss and Paul Silsby all put in long school days to help pull this great event off. Everyone worked very hard with Kodi leading the group.
Verna Rogers, our English teacher, had the kids in her classes visit and then write stories with and about a student from Mrs. Sullivan's second grade class at Pomo Elementary.
“Everyone that has turned them in has done a wonderful job, they are all absolutely incredible stories! The little kids will cherish them,” said the wonderful Verna. The stories will be shared and gifted when Carlé students return to Pomo shortly.
Speaking of Verna, she took her Careers class to Yuba college recently and all of the students had a great time. Students got to sit in on classes, see the workshops and attend a presentation on the college. Students who attended the presentation said they had a great time and were very impressed by the classes and the school. Great thanks to Verna and Yuba for the opportunity.
A state WASC review team is coming to Carlé on March 21 through March 24 to review the school for accreditation. A WASC team can award a school anywhere from a one- to six-year accreditation. We would like to thank Kara Boyce for designing and producing all of the mugs and key chains for the WASC review team. Kara's hard work and talent is greatly appreciated.
We would like to welcome our new students, Matt Brown, Tessa Ketchum, Tiffany Parenteau and Jorge Veira. We hope you all feel comfortable here and enjoy Carlé.
Deserae Shackelford delivered her portfolio on March 11 and we are all very proud of her and wish her luck.
John Watson was our student of the week because he has done very well here and is a great student who will be graduating soon. Congratulations John and keep up the good work!
Andrea McMullen is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake.