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“Vocational” typically implies a two-year course of study at a junior college, or specialty school of some type.
Certification programs offered by junior colleges or specialty schools would be classified as “vocational” no matter the length of study.
All Lake County high schools have applications on hand. They may be obtained from the school counselors.
Mendocino and Woodland Community Colleges also have applications and second year students are encouraged to apply. Previous applicants and former graduates are also welcome to reapply.
The deadline for all applications is April 25.
Applicants must: be a Lake County resident; be currently enrolled as a full-time student (carrying 12 units or more); have a 2.75 GPA in all coursework attempted; list all work and community involvement; state reasons for applying for this scholarship and why this particular field; and submit two letters of recommendation, one preferably from an employer.
The Lakeport Women’s Civic Club strongly supports those student seeking vocational careers.
Every community relies heavily upon hygienists, lab techs, hairdressers, electricians, plumbers and mechanics. Just think how happy you are to see the dishwasher repairman.
The club takes great pride in helping to encourage young people in developing these vocational skills.
For more information reach out to your high school counselor.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – I would like to start this article off by thanking all of the readers for your continued support.
In addition I’d like to announce my retirement from being the author of the Carlé Chronicle due to my graduation. I’ve been writing for the Carlé Chronicle since the 2016-2017 school year and I can’t express how much fun it’s been.
When I first began Carlé I was in an extremely negative place, I was really behind and was just stuck. I feel Carlé really helped sway me back on track.
Each and every one of the teachers and staff are so polite and respectful, they are very attentive too if something is bothering you and will gladly go out of their way to make sure you are all right.
Going from being a nearly a full year behind to graduating just on time is an amazing thing that Carlé has given me. I am truly grateful for all the teachers here.
I’d like to begin by thanking Alan Siegel for of course giving me the opportunity to write this article and helping me in specific areas that I struggled in before having confidence in myself, being more outspoken and frank. I can’t put into words the amount of appreciation or how beholden I am for your support.
I would also like to show appreciation for Angie Siegel who would also urged me to come to school, always telling me how intelligent I am, I just needed to put it to use. Without this reassurance I would be nowhere, thank you so much.
Lastly I’d like to thank Heather Kohler for being a great principal and person, she always does whatever she could to inspire me and get me going and I really appreciate it.
Carlé is an ideal environment for students who have a hard time working with large groups due to the small size of the school. Carlé not only changed my view on education but also changed my life and I think that is a beautiful thing.
If I were to recommend any school to any parent I will tell them Carlé is the best place to have your son or daughter get an education.
Student CeCe Brown presented her portfolio for graduation on Thursday, Feb. 1. Congratulations, CeCe, and we at Carlé hope you keep up the pace you had here and translate it into success in your future.
Cece has been one of the very best designers in Carlé history and as a going away present she made the entire staff mugs with thank you’s and a picture to remember her by.
Student Taylor Churchill also presented her portfolio on Feb. 1. Taylor did an amazing job on her presentation and we wish her good luck with a career in water treatment. We are going to miss you.
Taylor was another phenomenal designer who always went out of her way to help other people and show kindness to those around her.
Due to the generosity and donations of Dr. Barry Munitz and the Cotson Foundation, Carlé’s S.B.E. program is running a project to show appreciation to any staff or teachers from our student’s past that have made a difference in their lives. In this project our students think of any teacher or staff and design them a special mug.
Our students are so excited about giving back to the people that helped them get where they are today. School can be tough for some kids and we at Carlé would like to show appreciation to the people who made it easier.
This project has gone above and beyond what we hoped for. We had hoped that people would feel appreciated. What it has become is our students touching base and rekindling relationships with people who have meant so much to them in life.
Nicholas Phipps is a graduate of Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake.
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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 are earned with a grade point average of at least 3.5.
Among those named to the list is Nicholas Aaron Vargas of Hidden Valley Lake, Calif.
Founded in 1890, VCSU is recognized as the No. 1 public regional college in the Midwest and one of America’s “Best Colleges” for 20 consecutive years by U.S. News. It offers more than 80 undergraduate programs at its 55-acre campus.
The full VCSU Dean’s Honor Roll can also be found online at http://www.vcsu.edu/news/vp.htm?p=3903.
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The Poetry Out Loud Final and Coastal Slam will be held Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 4 p.m. in the Arena Theater.
The Pacific Coast Charter High School Tourmaline Reading will be held May 20 at 2 p.m. at the Coast Community Library.
The Countywide Slam will be held May 22 at 4 p.m. at the Mendocino High School Matheson Theater.
MCOE provides financial support that enables local students to benefit from the Poets in the Schools program, a program that has served California students since 1964.
The Poets in the Schools curriculum is offered to all Mendocino County high schools, and the program provides opportunities for youth to perform their work publicly as well as to see their poems published and broadcast over the airwaves. Some elementary and middle schools also use the poetry curriculum.
“Last year, we published the Mendocino County Youth Poetry Anthology: Heart of Bone,” Kimberly Barden, manager of MCOE Educational Services and Student Events said. “It was the culmination of hard work, explored emotions and thoughts, and courage to put what needed to be said on paper. All students and schools who participated received an anthology.”
Copies are available to view at county libraries and for purchase at https://goo.gl/Aozwf1 .
Local poets speak eloquently about the impact of this type of self-expression. Poet Karen Lewis said, “When a classroom falls into a silence and the only thing heard is the tap of pencils on paper, an amazing energy vibrates through the space. Young minds at work. Young hearts sorting out languages they need to create a path forward, to express dreams and possibilities. New images born. A deep sharing of selves. Excitement of ‘Ah-ha, I’ve found it.’”
Another poet, Dan Levinson, recalled an exercise in which students chose a favorite or worst moment to write about.
One student wrote about a particularly fun night with friends, then being awakened by a text message.
The line in the poem reads, “I see the text, there's been an accident, and he's gone.” Levinson said, “This line is the only one in the poem that breaks the rhyme scheme, and what follows is an ending rhyming couplet. We might surmise that this is the first time that this student ever wrote about the loss. I would imagine it's the first poem [they] ever wrote about it anyway. It had only been three months since the loss, which shows great courage in confronting it, and shows how poetry can be cathartic in moving past – or through – a tragedy.”
Poetry Out Loud Coordinator Blake More said, “In all, Mendocino County Poetry in the Schools contributes immeasurably to the cultural life of everyone who calls Mendocino home.”
More thanked sponsors, which include the Mendocino County Office of Education, California Poets in the Schools, Arts Council of Mendocino/GASP Program, Community Foundation of Mendocino County, Good Buy Clothes Point Arena, California Arts Council, Mendocino County Reading Council – Young Author’s Fair, Dana Gray Elementary School Parent Group, Hudson Family Trust, participating school site funds and individual donors.
For more information regarding local poetry slams, contact Blake More at 707-884-9189 or