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These free and online week-long cybersecurity summer camps are for any middle school and high school students, grades seventh through 12th.
Students can choose from an introductory or advanced camp.
These camps will expose students to critical cybersecurity skills for which there is an extremely high demand in our labor market.
“It is exciting to be able to provide students with fun, free and totally virtual camps in order to build their critical thinking, team and technical skill sets,” said David Pai, Mendocino College computer science instructor. “This is also a wonderful way for us to nurture our relationships with our K12 partners.”
Mendocino College faculty and students will be assisting with the camp facilitation. Camps will utilize Zoom to teach and interact with students for three hours each morning with activities and games in the afternoon.
No experience is required to sign up for the virtual Introductory Cybersecurity Camp. It is recommended that students attend the virtual Introductory Cybersecurity Camp before the virtual Advanced Cybersecurity Camp because students will be a part of an online community of learning in the first week that continues into the second week.
Each camp is five days, Monday through Friday, and will feature topics such as Python programming, cyber hygiene, digital citizenship and ethics, systems administration, security audits, and network forensics.
The session dates are as follows:
· June 15-19: Introductory Cybersecurity Camp No. 1.
· June 22-26: Advanced Cybersecurity Camp No. 1.
· July 20-24: Introductory Cybersecurity Camp No. 2.
· July 27-31: Advanced Cybersecurity Camp No. 2.
Camps meet daily from 9 a.m. to noon. Students are also invited to participate in immersive cybersecurity activities from 1 to 3 p.m. each day of the week.
Space is limited so register today for this amazing and fun virtual learning experience by visiting https://www.norcalcyber.org/ .
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“Right now, the last thing our public schools need is to lose more funding and instructional time because of a public safety power shutoff,” Sen. Dodd said. “Educating our children is a top priority, and this much-needed bill will help make schools whole if they are forced to endure another of PG&E’s power shutoffs.”
California public school funding is based on average daily attendance, reported three times a year by school districts.
Under current law, if schools are forced to close because of a public safety power shutoff, such as those across the North Bay last year, they could lose part of their expected allocation.
Senate Bill 884 changes that, explicitly authorizing the state to backfill average daily attendance money. In addition, it authorizes districts to receive funding for makeup days offered at the end of the regular school year if power shutoffs or other disasters force significant closures during the year.
SB 884 is sponsored by the Sonoma County Office of Education and coauthored by Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg.
The bill passed the Senate Education committee with overwhelming support. The Senate resumed committee hearings this week with social-distancing protocols.
“It is welcome news, during these challenging times, that SB 884 has cleared its first committee,” said Steve Herrington, superintendent of Sonoma County schools. “Students in Sonoma County have lost months of valuable classroom time over the last three years, the most challenging in my career in education. This bill will provide the funding for hard-hit school communities to begin making up some of this lost time.”
Sen. Bill Dodd represents the Third Senate District, which includes all or portions of Napa, Solano, Yolo, Sonoma, Contra Costa and Sacramento counties.
Gov. Newsom issues executive order empowering schools to focus on COVID-19 response and transparency
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The order extends the deadlines for local educational agencies to submit Local Control and Accountability Plans, or LCAP, which are multi-year planning documents tied to budget projections.
By law, LCAPs must be developed in collaboration with parents, students, teachers, and community groups. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, school leaders are appropriately focused on managing the immediate needs of their students and families.
Local educational agencies will publish a written report to their communities explaining how they are responding to COVID-19.
They will be required to explain steps they have taken to deliver high-quality distance learning opportunities, provide school meals in non-congregate settings, and arrange for supervision of students during ordinary school hours.
They will also be required to explain the steps they have taken to meet the needs low-income students, English learners, and foster youth. The report will help provide transparency and accountability to communities.
The executive order also waives required physical education minutes and annual physical fitness testing that requires on-site instruction. Academic assessments were previously waived under a separate order.
The text of the governor’s executive order can be seen below.
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They are the Arlin Pischke Memorial Scholarship for college-bound students and the Frank Dishman Vocational Scholarship for students planning to enroll in a vocational program.
Applicants must attend Clear Lake High School, Kelseyville High School or Upper Lake High School, and be graduating or receiving their GED this year in order to apply for either one of these scholarships.
The deadline is June 1.
For more information, visit https://kiwanislakeport.org/?page_id=8 and click on the links for specific information and a printable application for each of the scholarships.