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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Last week David De Arcos, the chairman for Carlé's Western Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation committee, visited our school for the first time.
De Arcos and two others will be coming for our formal accreditation evaluation March 7 through 9, 2016.
“To focus on learning, the previous team came March 22 to 24, 2010, for the same reason, basically to evaluate and validate the integrity of the Carlé school program,” he said. We will be looking at all aspects of the school community. The school will be going through its self study and our team will be looking over the results of that study. Part of the visit will include talking to students, parents and staff as well as the superintendent and the Konocti School Board.”
He added, “A key part of the decision will include how many years of accreditation, with six years being ideal with a one- or two-day review on year three. After the third day of the visit we will give an oral report. The school will receive a draft copy of our final evaluation, and our recommendations will go on to the state. In terms of my background, I am a retired educator of 32 years who started as a teacher then on to administration at McClellan High School as a principal and this school shares a lot of similarities. The purpose of this first visit is to meet student and staff and get everything set up for next spring.”
On Oct. 30, the second grading period will be ending and students will find out their grades at what is the one third point of the school year.
Carlé would like to congratulate Angela Acosta and Martin Ceja on receiving student of the week.
The end of the second grade period is also the end of our student art mug contest, sponsored by the media classes and student based enterprise. We made many beautiful mugs with students helping students to produce them.
The many media designers are currently creating unique and individualized bookmarks for every person on the Carlé campus.
The students also decided to make sure all those attending Blue Heron would be receiving thoughtful gifts as well.
The end of the grading period also brings sustainability awards with the new report cards. We observed that some of our students did really well one grading period but then often would struggle to achieve the same level or higher the next grading period.
The media classes and staff created and promote “sustainability awards,” where students are rewarded a series of free items from our business if they hold their levels or better them each time after the first grade period. Once again students sit down with students to make special gifts after the end of each grading period.
The Sharp program will be returning to Carlé High School on Nov. 3 and 4. The program will be gender separated and there will be a male and female instructor.
The targeted age for the program is 12 to 18 and the purpose of the program is to teach teens about healthy and unhealthy relationships.
The program is actually an acronym it stands for “Sexual Health and Adolescent Risk Prevention.” The program targets continuation schools and “at risk kids” to try and help them.
Jonathan Killops and Julian Robey will be teaching the program. The program is two hours a day, and whoever attends will be receive credit.
Carol Ellis and the Vallejo high school class of 1964 have donated many jackets and warm clothes to the students at Carlé because of the Valley fire and overall need in our community. Carlé High School thanks them for their thoughtfulness and generous donations.
Doyle Conatser is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – On Saturday, Oct. 10, students in grades seventh through 12th from across Lake County were invited to attend the “My Future, My Way” workshop at the Mendocino College Lake Campus.
The workshop – geared for college and career exploration – was free to students and completely funded in partnership between the college and the Lake County Office of Education Career and College Readiness Department.
Eight-five students and a dozen parents participated in a series of fun, hands-on activities including operating a chainsaw in an Alaskan Milling demonstration.
Students were able to attend sessions on computer science, fire science, nursing, automotive, criminal justice, and sustainable technology/building.
Students also attended “College 101,” where they learned how to earn college credit while still in high school for free, participated in customer service training, and took a career interest assessment.
A college student panel session was hosted by current first- and second-year college students from community and four year colleges who shared their experiences and offered some words of wisdom to potential future college students.
In addition to the college topics explored, students participated in a “Healthy Body, Healthy Mind” activity to stress the importance of staying physically active, which included a choice of yoga or working out with the Marines.
At the end of the workshop all of the students in attendance were entered into a drawing for prizes including selfie sticks, movie passes, a Kindle, a mountable camera and a Fitbit.
The workshop was a success thanks to Mendocino College interim dean of Career and Technical Education and Lake Center instruction Steve Hixenbaugh, Center Assistant Denice Solgat, the college instructors and the many presenters who held the sessions for all of the students who participated: Gary Basor (criminal justice), Noel Woodhouse (sustainable technology), Doug Boswell (automotive technology), Tiffany Drake (nursing), DJ Kennedy (fire science), David Pai (computer science) and Rhea Hollis (College 101).
Gina Dickson with Mendocino County Office of Education hosted sessions on customer service and career exploration. Kenny Burg with A Touch of Tranquility Day Spa and Staff Sergeant Jeffrey P. Atkinson of the United States Marines led the “Healthy Body, Healthy Mind” portion of the day.
The college student panel consisted of Sonia Alvarado from Butte College, Helen Ryan from Cal State Chico, Natalya Dickson and Sarah Jane Christensen of Santa Rosa Junior College, and Emma Cardono of Mendocino College.
Lunch was catered by Running Creek Casino, which also supplied the decks of cards that were used as drawing numbers.
This exciting career and college event will be held again in March at the Yuba College campus in Clearlake.
For more information contact Norma Cromwell at the Lake County Office of Education Career & College Readiness Department, 707-263-8918, Extension 284; email Tammy Serpa at
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Last week we reported on student council, now we would like to detail the officers.
They include President José Bendana, Vice President Riley Nielson, Secretary Alexus Stickel and Treasurer Doyle Conatser.
The entire student council list is Jose Bendana and Dustin Wilson for Alan; Destiny Blevins, Riley Nielsen, and Kayla Doyle for Angie; Brianna Legg and Alexus Stickel for Derek Walley; and Orea Yiggins and John Roper for Dan Maes.
Student council has begun planning our harvest fest for Oct. 27.
Grade and credit checks, what we call progress reports, will be gone over with the students on Friday. This school has as one of its foci the concept of sustainability. That is why we have 12 credit check or report cards throughout the year.
Students get copies of their credit history and are urged to always stay aware of their goals. They meet with their advisors to go over the credit and develop strategies for success.
We also created “sustainability awards” where if students hold or better their levels for more than one grading period they are awarded free items from our school based enterprise.
The media class is currently making more than 100 bookmarks for holiday presents for all staff and students. In addition they are currently running a mug contest open to all students.
Last week we noted all students with 100-percent attendance. This week we would like to acknowledge those students with better than 90-percent attendance.
They are: Kristin Melcher, Ben Boyce, Elijah Clark, Jason Arson, Sam Miller, Zach Humphrey, Jason Acevedo, Martin Ceja, Erik Fielden, Emily Simmons, Michael Nuzzo, Nick Begins, Jose Bendana, Ryan O’Bryan, Dameon Dawson, Nicole Arlitt, Kayla Doyle, Sam Martinez and Kedwin Russell.
Doyle. J. Conatser is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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SACRAMENTO – California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris today praised Gov. Jerry Brown for signing legislation that will expand high school students’ access to college level coursework, providing them with an early opportunity to acquire academic skills that will help them succeed in college.
Assembly Bill 288 by Chris Holden, D-Pasadena, will create partnerships between high schools and community colleges to allow a broader range of students to take college-level courses at their high schools or on college campuses – what is known as concurrent or dual enrollment.
“These partnerships will help high school students achieve college and career readiness and avoid remedial coursework when they begin their college careers,” Harris said. “This is critical because students who arrive at community colleges academically prepared and with some college credits already under their belt have a greater chance of achieving their goals.”
Harris noted that the new partnerships will expand opportunities for students who may not already be college bound or who are underrepresented in higher education, with the goal of developing seamless pathways from high school to community college for career technical education or transfer preparation.
These College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) will focus on the needs of local communities and save students, families and the state time, money and scarce educational resources.
“With the signing of AB 288, thousands of high school students across California will be able to receive expanded concurrent enrollment opportunities,” Assembly member Holden said. “Students who never thought college was possible will realize that college is within their reach and that anyone can rise to the challenge.”
The bill, which takes effect Jan. 1, removes barriers to concurrent enrollment by allowing students to enroll in a maximum of 15 units of coursework if certain conditions are met and prohibits any fee from being charged to high school students in CCAP courses.
Additionally the legislation allows community colleges to limit enrollment in a course offered on a high school campus to CCAP students.
The California Community Colleges is the largest system of higher education in the nation composed of 72 districts and 113 colleges serving 2.1 million students per year.
Community colleges supply workforce training, basic skills education and prepare students for transfer to four-year institutions. The Chancellor’s Office provides leadership, advocacy and support under the direction of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
For more information about the community colleges, please visit http://californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/ , https://www.facebook.com/CACommColleges or https://twitter.com/CalCommColleges .