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They worked the entire day decorating and building onto our facility. They installed soil containers for planting herbs, vegetables and other plants. They will be building a greenhouse so that we can grow healthy vegetables to be used in our culinary class, or to help feed those who don't have the means to feed themselves.
High Valley Ranch is owned by a nonprofit organization called PSI World, which hosts seminars
all over the continent that educate people for their personal development. There are many basic women's leadership seminars throughout the United States and beyond, but the advance courses are given at High Valley Ranch, right here in Lake County.
So, women from all over were here at Carlé, interacting with the students and serving our school. I talked with Kathy Quinlan-Perez, who is a lead facilitator of the women's leadership seminars and executive vice president for PSI World, and she told me of how PSI World has been a part of community service all over the world. They base their community service on helping children, and they have improved the lives of children in places such as Thailand, Venezuela and even Egypt!
The reason that this leadership seminar decided to spend its required day of community service on Carlé is because the owner of High Valley Ranch, Jane Willhite, met with Bill MacDougall and decided that Carlé and its students are deserving of this service. So, everyone at Carlé would like to thank all
those involved in this great service to our school.
Congratulations to our student of the week last week, Kelly Trask. She has shown that hard work and
perseverance can bring you success no matter what.
Hope you enjoyed reading this week's chronicle! Have a great week!
Atlee Erickson is a junior at Carlé High School.
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Her legislation, Senate Bill 1442, would only apply to supplemental programs offered before or after the regular school day, on Saturdays, during inter-sessions or summer sessions.
“Current law is not clear on the different approaches schools can utilize in their supplemental instruction programs,” Wiggins said. “One such approach is integrating project-based learning with core curriculum in their remedial courses.
“Project-based learning enables students to apply knowledge in a real-world context as they are presented with authentic problems and situations that are part of the modern workplace,” Wiggins noted. “Through this contextualized learning, students get the opportunity to test their classroom learning in practical application and work-based experiences.”
Furthermore, Wiggins added, “I know these types of teaching approaches work because I have visited schools where students learn through a hands-on approach. I see how motivated and engaged these students and most importantly, I see that they learn the material. This is because they see the relevancy in the curriculum, something they do not see in conventional teaching instruction.”
Wiggins said students in supplemental instruction programs should be provided with different methods of learning the curriculum since they have already proven that the traditional teaching approach was ineffective for them.
“Supplemental instruction programs provide additional academic assistance for students who are at risk of failing to meet state-adopted standards or who are at risk of remediation, for students who want to attain extra class credits, to improve a grade in a specific course or take a college preparatory course,” she said. “However, in order to comply with state and federal academic standards, schools must prioritize using their supplemental funds primarily for remediation.”
Remedial courses are designed to reinforce key concepts of academic core subjects – mathematics, science, English, history and social studies, foreign language, and visual and performing arts. Wiggins said that “the harsh reality is that many students taking remedial courses are still not mastering the core curriculum, making them repeat the remedial class again.”
Wiggins said she agrees with educators who say it does not make sense to continue using the same teaching strategies time after time when we are seeing that kids continue to fail to learn the material this way.
Wiggins said she introduced SB 1442 because current law “lacks clarity of how these supplemental instruction programs can be taught. This creates confusion and is the reason why many schools adhere to ineffective teaching strategies that may have attributed to a student’s low performance in the first place, strategies which can prevent students from learning the core curriculum they need in order to succeed in their secondary and post-secondary careers.”
“My bill will reassure schools that they can use a variety of teaching methods in their supplemental instruction programs and encourages them to be creative without fearing that they are breaking any laws.”
Evidence shows that integrating project-based learning with core curriculum increases test scores and graduation rates, especially among underachieving students. This type of teaching is performed at California Partnership Academies (CPAs), programs in high schools that combine rigorous core curriculum with technical education, focus on team-building and provide them with internship opportunities.
The report showed that 84 percent of CPA students passed the English Language Arts test, compared to 76% of students statewide. Furthermore, 80% of CPA students passed the mathematics exam compared with 74% statewide.
Wiggins, who represents California’s 2nd Senate District, is a member of both the Senate Select Committee on High School Graduation and the Senate Select Committee on Schools and Community.
While in the Assembly, she instituted School-to-Career in California after the federal government had phased it out. She also established 100 Information Technology Career Academies in California’s public high schools in partnership with the National Academy Foundation.
The 2nd Senate District is comprised of portions or all of six counties: Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Solano and Sonoma.
For more information on Senate Bill 1442, please visit http://dist02.casen.govoffice.com/. Click on legislation and then search for the link to the bill.
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UPPER LAKE – On Feb. 21, author Annie Barrows of the Ivy + Bean books visited Mrs. Hyatt's second grade class in Upper Lake.
She read to the students and told them about the new book, Ivy + Bean Take Care of the Babysitter, that
will be out in April 2008.
Ms. Barrows told them about the process of getting a book printed and published. She also talked about her plans for future books.
The students asked questions and made comments about their favorite parts of the Ivy + Bean series.
After Ms. Barrows left about three-fourths of the class decided they were going to become authors.
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Courtney Montiel and Katherine Ledesma are approaching graduating now that they have each presented their portfolios. Presenting a portfolio of the work they have done throughout their school career is one of the requirements here at Carlé in order to graduate.
The Interact Club is starting to sell Carlé sweatshirts now. They are hoodies in the school colors, and they will let students represent their school, and stay warm, of course.
Some of our media students are attempting to enter into a short film contest held by Sony. In exchange for entering a synopsis of their movie they will be provided with a complete educational video editing program, that they will be able to use in the making of their five-minute film. The contest winners will receive one of three $20,000 prizes. It is a very exciting learning experience for these students!
A councilor from Job Corp, Debra Cherry, came to interview students, and to answer questions from students considering entering into Job Corp. After showing a video introduction to the Job Corps, the entire school had a chance to ask her all the questions they wanted. The Job Corps offer an opportunity to receive entry-level training for an occupation to students who cannot afford to pay for a college.
Our Cabaret, on March 8, is only a few weeks away now, and we are preparing great music to be played live for our guests. Our music teacher, Dan Maes, is helping students put together their musical performances, as well as preparing to even play at the Cabaret himself.
Student musicians with performances already prepared include Bryan Layne, Atlee Erickson, Bonnie Passley, Jamila Parker, Ino Moreno, Alex Meek and Faron Moran. These are just some of the students that will be performing when the Cabaret arrives. Not only will students be playing for the guests, but also teachers and graduates, including Alan Siegel, Bill MacDougal, Cy Passley and Dan Maes.
We already have many great musical numbers that we know our guests will enjoy. Dan Maes feels that Carlé is “a wonderful place in a wonderful world,” and that is why he chose “A Wonderful World” by Louie Armstrong to play at the event.
That is all for this week's chronicle! Have a great week!
Atlee Erickson is a junior at Carlé High School.
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