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- Written by: Dennis Rollins
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Sara Yurosko, a fourth grade teacher at Kelseyville Elementary recently received a $200 mini-grant presented by the local Lake County Division 35 of the California Retired Teachers Association, or CalRTA.
The grant funds were used to purchase a skeleton and a human organ model.
Yurosko was one of four recipients selected from the 14 applicants.
The skeleton and human organ model enable her students to learn the location of bones and organs in relation to each other.
The students are able to have a “hands-on” experience by handling and identify parts of the human body.
Another recipient was Cory Cunningham, music teacher at Kelseyville High School. He was awarded a mini-grant for the purchase of new music for the Mariachi Band.
Cunningham offered that the music will, “help to promote the program by providing an authentic experience for all of us. We can then spread the experience to our greater community raising awareness and appreciation for this beautiful music.”
Other recipients this year were Katherine Wiley (Konocti Unified School District) for the repair of band instruments and Nathalie Antus (Pomo Elementary School) for a Read Naturally Program with two portable CD players
Mini-grants are awarded each year to local teachers around the county. The primary requirement is that the project enrich the classroom and can be used over and over again.
Yurosko’s and Cunningham’s projects are perfect examples of what CalRTA was looking for.
Elva Hohn, mini grant chairperson, offered congratulations to this year’s winners for their very worthy projects in support of student learning.
Hohn added, “Hopefully, we will continue to be able to help more teachers in the future.”
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The camp will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily in Room 1170 at the Mendocino College Ukiah Campus, 1000 Hensley Creek Road.
Drinks and snacks will be provided, along with a camper T-shirt.
The CyberCamp curriculum is provided by the Air Force as part of the Cyber Patriot Program, which is potentially a year-long competition.
This CyberCamp is a week-long introduction to CyberSecurity and CyberPatriot with the following content included:
Monday - MODULE 1: Introduction to the CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defense Competition, cybersecurity career opportunities, cyber ethics, online safety, how computers work, and cyber threats.
Tuesday - MODULE 2: Cybersecurity principles, virtual machines, basic Windows security policies, tools, and account management. Students will follow along and work with the Windows 10 demonstration image.
Wednesday - MODULE 3: Windows file protections, auditing and monitoring, and introduction to Linux.
Thursday - MODULE 4: Ubuntu 16 terminology and concepts, basic graphical user interface security, basic command line security, and intermediate Ubuntu security. Students will follow along and work with the Ubuntu 16 demonstration image.
Friday - MODULE 5: Mini-CyberPatriot Competition. Students will compete against their fellow campers on Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16 competition images.
Preregistration is required at http://bit.ly/MCCyberCamp .
The camp is limited to the first 22 campers.
Participants are expected to attend all five days of camp.
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The Dean’s Honor Roll recognizes students who completed 12 semester hours or more of VCSU classes for which grade points were earned with a grade point average of at least 3.50.
Nicholas Aaron Vargas of Hidden Valley Lake, Calif., is among those students honored on the list.
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HIDDEN VALLEY, Calif. – Mediacom Communications presented Noah Brown, a 2019 graduate of Middletown High School, with a $1,000 scholarship as part of the company’s World Class Scholarship Program.
The award recognizes the Hidden Valley Lake resident for outstanding leadership and academic accomplishments.
Mediacom annually gives $1,000 scholarships to 55 graduating seniors to provide support for the students’ post-secondary education.
Mediacom’s local area operations director, Shawn Swatosh, presented the scholarship to Mr. Brown during the high school’s recognition program held last night.
“As a technology company, Mediacom understands how important it is to invest in future leaders like Noah Brown,” Swatosh said. “I’m proud that my company supports talented local students with scholarship support, and we congratulate Noah on his accomplishments.”
This year marks the 18th consecutive year Mediacom has funded World Class Scholarships for students who live in areas served by the cable and broadband company.
On average, approximately 1,200 students apply for the scholarships each year. Recipients must attend an accredited two-year or four-year college, university or technical school within the United States.
Mediacom plans to continue funding its World Class Scholarships in all areas where it provides digital cable and broadband services.
High school administrators will be notified in the fall of 2019 when scholarship applications become available online for students in the Class of 2020.