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Los Angeles Trade Technical College and Santa Barbara City College were chosen for developing programs that fit the year’s theme of “Guided Pathways.”
The programs help provide guided exploration for undecided students, and provide proactive academic and student support that are integrated with instruction.
Guided Pathways is a systemwide framework that provides students with a structured approach to promote better enrollment decisions and prepares students for future success.
“These programs are leading the way when it comes to putting students on a dedicated path to completion, whether their goal is to transfer or earn a certificate or degree,” said California Community Colleges Board of Governors President Cecilia V. Estolano. “Through these programs, Los Angeles Trade Technical College and Santa Barbara City College are helping students navigate a successful community college career while ultimately improving student outcomes.”
Los Angeles Trade Technical College (LATTC) was selected to receive the Exemplary Program Award for its Advanced Transportation and Manufacturing (ATM) Pathway.
The ATM Pathway was created from LATTC’s initiative titled: Pathways to Academic, Career, and Transfer Success.
The initiative aims to assist students, many of whom are from traditionally marginalized groups, to successfully plan and complete a certificate or degree while negating barriers to completion.
The ATM Pathway program is composed of 22 full-time faculty members. With collaboration being a central focus to the initiative, the ATM program invokes this theme by breaking down traditional silos and barriers between student services and academics.
Students have direct access to a dedicated counselor who is well versed in program requirements, has strong relationships with pathway faculty and deploys immediate interventions to connect students to resources.
Beyond the campus, the program expands to deep community partnerships with local agencies and named as a maintenance partner in all three bids for the $3.5 billion Automated People Mover (APM) at the Los Angeles World Airports.
Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) was honored with the Exemplary Award for the Express to Success Program, which is designed to help students complete basic skills educational goals in a timely manner. The program also better prepares students to begin taking courses required for a degree or transfer.
Express to Success is open to all students, but specifically targets Latino and low-income students to offer accelerated learning communities in transfer level math and English for students who assess at one or two levels below college standards.
The program has demonstrated success in closing the achievement gap compared to SBCC students overall. Latino students have an enrollment rate of 60-70 percent and low-income students an enrollment rate of 70-80 percent. This increase in enrollment is due to program growth from 10 to 23 learning communities to more than 1,100 students in 2016-17.
Both colleges receive cash awards of $4,000 for the recognition. The Skyline College Engineering Tech Scholars STEM Pathway program and the MiraCosta College Bridge to Success in Math program were selected as honorable mentions.
The annual Exemplary Program Award is sponsored by the Foundation for California Community Colleges.
Award nominees must show the overall success of their program; a contribution to faculty engagement; demonstrate a response to the needs of students, faculty and the college; collaborate with other programs on campus or within the community; provide evidence that demonstrates how the program supports the community college mission; and can be used as models for other community colleges.
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The committee will meet at 6 p.m. in the Lower Lake High School Library, 9430 Lake St., Lower Lake.
On the agenda, Dana Moore, the district’s director of maintenance, operations, transportation and construction, will provide an update on bond projects.
District administration will give an update on bond receipts and expenditures.
For more information visit http://konoctiusd.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/BOC-Meeting-Agenda-01-16-18.pdf.
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The school offers its congratulations to the students.
The honorees are as follows.
12th Grade Trustee Scholars, 4.0+ grade point average:
Anisha Kalan, Nicholas Warner, Jacob Kalawaia, Daniela Estrada Flores, Sierra Galloway and Ravon Wilczewski.
12th Grade Principal’s Honor Roll, 3.0 to 3.9 GPA:
Andrew Brackett, Angelica Ayala, Lyndsay Wade, Alexis Martinez-Mendoza, Elizabeth Rosas-Moreno, Julia Mooney, Jasmin Velasco, Colton Goetjen, Camden Goetjen, Nastasia Cullen, Bailee Byrd, Delaney Love, Stacy Johnson, Darin Harmon, Bailey Young, Brenna Sanchez, Brianna Brackett, Joshua Williams, Robert Neils, Anthony Lopez, Flarissa Rahmer, Christina Wilson, Kahlil George, Rylan Robinson, Joshua Claunch and Jessica Jordan.
12th Grade Dean’s List, 2.0 to 2.9 GPA:
Desmond Salguera, Laisha Altamirano, Micelez Aguirre, Alan Balderas, Adrianna Saldana, Joshua Whitehead, Austin Hill, Blake Noble, Jesus Jimenez-Ayala, Justin Seely, Isis Martinez, Robert Hayes, Daniel Bergstrom, Dante Bassignani, Travis Smith, Ashley Aceves, Nathan Sneed, Ayla Edwards, Eddie Crandell and Terrence Mitchell.
11th Grade Trustee Scholars, 4.0+ GPA:
Rosemary Su, Elisa Zelaya and Adriana Martinez-Lopez.
11th Grade Principal’s Honor Roll, 3.0 to 3.9 GPA:
Kenneth Hodges, Sarah Williams, Jose Fernandez, Armando Santos, Katlyn Minnis, Alexander Serrano, Chad Ferguson, Megan Talbert, Daymion Martinez, Bryor Minton, Jesus Valencia, Amanda Maxwell, Caitlin Lucientes and Courtney Phelps.
11th Grade Dean’s List, 2.0 to 2.9 GPA:
Logan Demello, Raymond Moran, Jeff Fannon, Desmond Mueller, Garret Martini, Wiley Kirk, Alicia Pena, Cyndal Ader, Lauren Phelps, Dylan Armstrong, Hailey Elliston, Blaine Feola, Rebecca Harper, Kehlani McKelvey, Brittney Anderson, Eduardo Mendoza, Jasmine Rae Myers, Emily McKelvey, Aidan Johnson, Jared Thornberry and Ryan Grivette.
10th Grade Trustee Scholars, 4.0+ GPA:
Lillieanna Cabrera, Benat Love and Maria Tinoco
10th Grade Principal’s Honor Roll, 3.0 to 3.9 GPA:
Maria Wade, James Juarez, Alana Sanchez, Madison Hicks, Wesley Villarreal, Jay Arroyo, Jason Belveal, Kaila Willard, Alyssa Navarro, Hank Nevarez and Colene Pulido-Doyle.
10th Grade Dean’s List, 2.0 to 2.9 GPA:
Graciela Becerra, Edgar Garcia, Mark Dutcher, Kellen Smith, Lantana Kimbler, Jason Martinez, Xavier Navarro-Poe, Emily Christine Stith, Harmony Byrd, Ryan Seely, Genaro Bucio, Michael Dore, Eian Kurtz, Mallory Henry, Chelsea Hermoso, Skyler McElroy, Bree Wakeland and Jack Wurm.
Ninth Grade Trustee Scholars, 4.0+ GPA:
Emma Schaffter and Deeya Kalan.
Ninth Grade Principal’s Honor Roll, 3.0 to 3.9 GPA:
Diego Velasco-Ramirez, Chelsea Garcia, Noah De Los Santos, Cristen Swaney, Laylah Medina, Hailey Reams, Cody Snider, Christina Roberts, Molly McCabe, Brian Jimenez, Jessica Lee, James Jojola and Alyssa Lindsay.
Ninth Grade Dean’s List, 2.0 to 2.9 GPA:
Sergio Rubalcava, James Schwind, Avril Wright, Shelby Horton, Marylin Halvorsen, Jisel Horne, Anita Perez, Jose Muniz-Landa, Clayton Mincey, Jonathon Thiessen, Jakob Pruett, Angel O’Sullivan, Kenneth Karns, Aldea Schmit, Colby Smith,Anthony Garcia, Richard Guaydacan, Rocco Bassignani, Natalie Maupin, Gage Goode, Edward Harteis and Mikelliah Flannery.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – With the release of this article we will be halfway through the fourth grading period, be sure to work as hard as you can and generate as many credits as possible.
Angie Siegel our biology teacher has been hosting and instructing a first responders operation class on hazardous materials called “Hazmat.” The course began on Jan. 3 and ended on Jan. 12.
This course will teach students how to safely respond to hazardous material spills and who to contact if there is a hazardous material spill. It helps you determine the initial perimeter around hazardous spills to protect the public and will use Emergency Response Operations (E.R.G.) to identify substances using special markings called placards.
In addition students will be taught how to contain spills with materials such as garbage bags, shovels and soil (if the spill is safe).
The course helps students keep hazardous material from entering the public and damaging the ecosystem of that environment.
When students complete this course after passing a state-certified test they will be awarded a hazmat first responder certificate. This is great to see on your resume for your employer, in fact many of the students who have received this certification have been hired.
I asked student Jose Carillo some questions. I asked him if he enjoyed learning all these things about chemical spills and he responded, “Yes, I found it very interesting and very applicable to my life. This certification will help me get a job.”
Students Shaina Yaquinto and Taylor Churchill in response to the question what they are learning said, “It’s crazy, after less than two weeks we already have encountered placards whilst in our everyday life and were able to tell what the placards meant and how you would respond if there was a spill of that chemical. It’s really cool to think about how important all this information is and it’s so simple.”
Since our math teacher Lance has been teaching here at Carlé for two years, teachers Angie Siegel and Alan Siegel presented Lance with his very own Carlé sweater signifying his dedication and hard work to better Carlé and the community. We cannot thank you enough for all you do for the students of Carlé and hope you continue to educate the youth of our community, we love you Lance.
To thank Patricia Markowitz (substitute teacher for the whole of HazMat) for being such a wonderfully nice and wise human who we all love. Cece Brown designed Mrs. Markowitz a coffee mug.
Mrs. Markowitz is a retired teacher who has taught for over 30 years and obviously still loves it. She began teaching at Pomo, Burns Valley and Lakeport for five years as well as being the principal of Covelo.
After teaching in Lakeport she began traveling the world. One time she stopped in to Kiev, Ukraine, where she taught for 3 years abroad. After her time in Kiev she returned to traveling around the world and teaching.
Mrs. Markowitz traveled to Albania for two years. After Albania she taught in Ho Chi Minh, a Vietnamese city where she stayed and taught English to Vietnamese children. Ultimately, she had to retire from this job due to the laws in Vietnam requiring everyone to retire at 60.
Once she retired from teaching she came back to America to substitute. We really enjoy having you Mrs. Markowitz, you are a truly amazing and unique person and everyone at Carlé is glad to have you.
To show a big thank you to our School Secretary Angie Harris who has really made the front office her own, a mouse pad was made by student Jaime Miller. Ms. Harris is an asset to Carlé who always go out of her way to help not only students but adults as well, and we cannot thank you enough.
Finally, to thank Lexi Fredricks our school’s English teacher, Alan Siegel head of Carlé’s S.B.E. (student body enterprise) gave her a special pen for her continued assistance of educating youth. Thank you Lexi and your special sweater will come next year.
Nicholas Phipps is a student at Carlé Continuation High School.