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Chancellor Brice W. Harris has announced that the California Community Colleges has upgraded its Web-based catalog of online college courses, California Virtual Campus, to make it easier for students to find transferrable courses, marking a major milestone in the system’s bid to improve student access and completion rates through enhanced distance education services.
Thanks to the upgrade, classes required to earn an associate degree under a streamlined guaranteed transfer program with California State University known as Associate Degree for Transfer, will be prioritized on the Web site’s course search results page.
“The exciting upgrades we’ve made to the catalog will allow students to clearly and quickly see what classes fulfill transfer program requirements and serve to improve pathways to CSU, a significant step in our drive to foster student success through improved online education,” Harris said.
The California Virtual Campus provides information on more than 2,500 courses that satisfy Associate Degree for Transfer requirements and 1,400 other academic degree programs offered entirely online to students.
In total, the catalog offers information on more than 19,000 online courses in California offered by the community colleges, CSU, UC and private colleges, and is available to students at all of these institutions.
The upgrade makes it easier for students to use the tool on their phones and provides online support if they have questions about navigating the college system. It also allows students to search courses by geographic location and narrow course search results by subject or college.
The Web site can be found at www.cvc.edu .
“This improved virtual catalog is part of a broader offering of services developed as part of the Online Education Initiative,” Harris continued. “The investment made by the governor and Legislature in this initiative places a heavy emphasis on support services tailored to the diverse needs of our 2.1 million students.”
Other online education improvements being developed by the initiative to increase student success and retention rates include:
• Increasing online course quality through instructional design support and professional development resources for faculty;
• Providing online tutoring and other student support services, including assessments to determine student readiness for online courses;
• Providing tutorials to assist students in becoming successful online learners; and
• Offering online course management systems for free or at low cost to the individual community college campuses.
The improvements are possible through a five-year, $57 million investment in California community college online education made by the governor and Legislature in 2013. The initiative is a partnership between Foothill-De Anza Community College District and Butte-Glenn Community College District.
California community colleges lead the way in online education:
• Over 29 percent of all California community college students will take a class offered through distance education this year, up from 12.5 percent in 2005-2006.
• Of all courses offered at California’s community colleges, 18.1 percent are offered through distance education, and it is estimated that nearly 60 percent of all courses have some online component.
• California community colleges first started offering distance education courses in 1979.
• Of the 2.1 million students enrolled in the 2013-2014 academic year, 654,344 took at least one distance education course.
• The average course load of all California community college students in 2013-2014 was 12 units. The average course load of students who enrolled in distance education courses was 15 units.
• Distance education more than doubled from 21,414 sessions in 2005-2006 to 43,545 in 2013-2014.
• Two age categories – 18- to 19-year-olds and 20- to -24- year olds – account for 57 percent of those enrolled in distance education courses in 2013-2014.
• Thirty-seven percent of students surveyed in 2011 said they enrolled in at least one distance education course because of the convenience.
• Sixty percent of California’s community colleges offer certificates and degrees that can be earned without stepping onto campus for classes. This typically includes a combination of both online and television courses.
• The Internet provides California community college students with 93.7 percent of the distance education offerings. Television is next with 2.2 percent, followed by correspondence (2 percent) and video conferencing (1 percent).
The California Community Colleges is the largest system of higher education in the nation composed of 72 districts and 112 colleges serving 2.1 million students per year.
For more information about the community colleges, please visit http://californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/ , https://www.facebook.com/CACommColleges or https://twitter.com/CalCommColleges .
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UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Upper Lake High School has released its list of honor roll students for the second semester of the 2014-15 school year.
The school offers it congratulations to the following students.
12th Grade Trustee Scholars, grade point average of 4.0 and above:
Hannah Johnson, Brandon Fried, Steven Harrington, Tyler Peters, Juan Ruiz Olguin, Amanda Gaylor, Janee Swaney and Fernando Mendoza.
12th Grade Principal’s Honor Roll, GPA of 3.0 to 3.9:
Ryan Carr-Brown, Heather Hankins, Olivia Cox, Taylor Coleman, Patience Lynn Schumack, Zachary McQueen, Bianca Cruz, Arthur Wilkie, Farhad Hussain, Jeremy Doss, Baby Quintero, Danielle Donohue, Theresa Lopez, Kyle Karlsson, Cheyenne Callaway, Teya Hernandez, Nicholas Kranich, Abel Serrano Johnson, LaShaye Pearl Taylor, Bailey Mayer, Lexy Wilczewski, Derek DiAndrea, Shirley Murguia, Skylar Orozco, Janice Chandler, Jason Benner, Nicholas McLean Stith, Ashley Moran, Keena Feola, Jesse Lytton Noble, Michael Petz, Jesus Campanero, Dakota McWethy, Michael DiAndrea, Zackary Wineland, Edwin Marroquin, Benjamin Calkins and Sheyla Ayala.
12th Grade Dean’s List, GPA of 2.0 to 2.9:
Sierra Fugate, Bradley Dale, Alexis Vega, Ashley Chilton, Tyler Banks, Dalton Crump, Vecenta Alvarado Lopez, Crystal Beavers, Macy Harnden, Spring Moore, Shan Shan, Jonathan Sparks, Kayla Castillo, Joleca Augustine, Dyllan Morreira-Sadler and Jay Michael.
11th Grade Trustee Scholars, GPA of 4.0 and above:
Kaylee O’Bryant, Jing Li, Jerrod Ankeny, Mercedes De Los Santos, Patrick Dever and Ashley Clarke.
11th Grade Principal’s Honor Roll, GPA of 3.0 to 3.9:
Autum Martinez, Crystal Johnson, Zachary Sneathen, Abigail Williams, Jessica Mooney, Alberto Lopez, Katie Foster, David Becerra Lopez, James Heryford, Shably Navarro, Collin McVey, Santos Obedoza, Cole Miller, Edgar Valencia, Chase Goetjen, Justin Lewis, Wroehnyn Milks and Maria Mendoza.
11th Grade Dean’s List, GPA of 2.0 to 2.9:
Anthony Percival, Matthew Willard, Jessica Hickey, Nachee Williams, Kevin Coburn, Andrew Rowe, Isaac Nevarez, Angel Sanchez, Molly Sivertsen, Jessica Arroyo, Robert Glover, Janette Casillas, Jacob Pasquini and Kristen King.
10th Grade Trustee Scholars, GPA of 4.0 and above:
Emily Dunn and Valeria Robles.
10th Grade Principal’s Honor Roll, GPA of 3.0 to 3.9:
Angelina Godinez, Kejhana Taylor, Jessica Scroggins, Megan Franco, Brianna Tartaro, Haley Hunter, Chase Clark, Angel Stith, Rhianna Eby, Nicholas Newcomb, Jasmine Sparks, Chelsie Valdez, Cristal Nieves Renteria, Crystal Carroll, Haley Sheets, Alejandro Sanchez, Miranda Huntley, Dakota Fugate, Dylan Carr, Luke Sorenson, Emily Heiartz Martin.
10th Grade Dean’s List, GPA of 2.0 to 2.9:
Christopher Bills, Salvador Sanchez, JayCee Roberts, Seth Hermo, Natalie Karlsson, Catherine Carr Brown, Anthony Serrano, Isabel Rorabaugh, Oh’shinnah Bluewolf, Timothy Beffa, Jazlyn Bonilla, Francisco Gregorio Flores, Savannah Portlock, Cherokee Rowe, Macy Tommila and Alverto Solano.
Ninth Grade Trustee Scholars, GPA of 4.0 and above:
Anisha Kalan and Daniela Estrada Flores.
Ninth Grade Principal’s Honor Roll, GPA of 3.0 to 3.9:
Sierra Galloway, Elizabeth Rosas-Moreno, Steven Stump, Julia Mooney, Delaney Love, Nicholas Warner, Nastasia Cullen, Lyndsay Wade, Colton Goetjen, Casey Herman, Vickie Ackison, Jasmine Soliz, Bailee Watkins, Angelica Ayala, Ravon Wilczewski, Andrew Brackett, Elizabeth McIntire, Brianna Brackett, Jacob Kalawaia, Savanna Randall, Victoria Baca, Brenna Sanchez, Jasmin Velasco, Camden Goetjen and Ashley Aceves.
Ninth Grade Dean’s List, GPA of 2.0 to 2.9:
Andrew Garcia, Kahlil George, Christopher Johnson, Kristen Hamel, Adrianna Saldana, Heaven Rose Yaiser Kirk, Blake Noble, Austin Hill, Joshua Williams, Darren Swaney, Stacy Johnson, Rylan Robinson, Nathan Sneed, Flarissa Rahmer, Christina Wilson, Travis Smith, Cody Rybolt, Justin Seely, Darin Harmon and Indica Ramos.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Well, here we are at the end of the school year, this will be the last article of the year.
On Wednesday May, 27, Carlé had its graduation.
Principal Matt Strahl, and teachers Alan Siegel, Angie Siegel, Dan Maes and Robin Shrive all gave speeches for each of the individual graduates.
Our English teacher Robin Shrive was given a farewell plaque on the last day of school. The plaque had goodbye quotes from many students. Ms. Shrive will be moving on to the new KEC school on the old Oak Hill campus.
The graduating class of 2015 was as follows: Daniel Salvante, Kenneth Kalousek, Jonathan Lansdowne, Savanna Golden, Alyssa Goepfert, Roy ”Buggy” Kirk, Isaiah Piazza, Jeremy Isom, Tiffani Santoni, Angelique Smith, Samantha Retallack, Quintessa Strahl, Jeremy Wunder, Regina Perrin-Clanton, Ty’Jonique “ty-ty” Beasley, Madeline Rose Hernandez, Kayla Van Horn, Melanie Graf, Anessa Lopez, Devin Black, Koryn Castro and Amaree Whiley.
Carlé High School congratulates them on their success and hopes they have more success in life, as they did in school.
Carlé would like to thank Doyle Conatser and Dameon Dawson for running the music at the graduation ceremony.
The following students each received $1500 scholarships at graduation: Koryn Castro, Aneesa Lopez, Daniel Salvante, Tiffani Santoni, Angelique Smith, and Quintessa Strahl. Our valedictorian was Quintessa Strahl and Danny Salvante received the Principal’s Award.
Carlé would like to thank Dr. Barry Munitz, trustee professor, California State University Los Angeles, for his generous donation of $1,000 for the eighth year in a row. Dr.
Munitz’s kindness allows the school to fund our plaque project allowing the students in our computer design class to make special plaques for each of the graduating seniors.
Doyle Conatser is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Congratulations to the recent graduates of the Medical Assistant Program offered through the Lake County Office of Education.
On Friday, May 15, students, families and staff gathered in Lower Lake to celebrate the course completion of 15 students.
Tim Gill, senior director of the Career and College Readiness and Educational Services departments welcomed the crowd of more than 100.
Speaker William Edmunds, associate pastor for the Cobb Mountain Community Fellowship Church, coordinator of the International Association of Healing Rooms, and director of Healing Rooms in Lake County, shared words of wisdom with the students.
Dr. Vernetta Johnson, medical director and physician of Creekside Interventional Pain Center in Lakeport, addressed the graduates to stress the importance of compassion and integrity in health care.
Instructor Diedra Lagle praised the students’ dedication and compassion in their quest to become medical assistants.
Each student was presented with a personalized certificate and lamp pendant in honor of Florence Nightingale and her tireless crusade to improve the quality of health care during her career as a nurse.
Graduate Elizabeth Quiñones shared her personal experience in the Medical Assistant Program followed by the speeches of co-valedictorians Lindsay McClintock and Jeff Banks.
Certificates of completion were presented to the graduates by Gill and Lake County Office of Education Coordinator Norma Cromwell.
Lake County Superintendent of Schools Brock Falkenberg presented each student with a medical assistant pin and closed the graduation ceremony by emphasizing the importance of the Lake County Office of Education continuing to offer programs that offer career opportunities in the community and congratulating the graduating class on their accomplishment.
Upon completion of the National Center for Competency Testing certification exams on May 16, all graduates will be Certified Medical Assistants and eligible to enter the work force in their profession.
For more information on the Medical Assistant Program, contact Norma Cromwell at 707-994-9001, email