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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – On Thursday, May 7, Danny Salvante and Kenny Kalousek, both good friends, presented their senior portfolios and are both now graduates. Carlé High School congratulates them on their success.
The student of the week this week was Kristin Melcher. Last week's student of the week was Doyle Conatser.
Prom was held at Carlé on Friday, May 8, with “Monte Carlo” being the theme for the prom. The prom went well and our students and guests enjoyed themselves.
Carlé would like to thank Andre Ari a.k.a D.J Cutter for coming to the prom and doing such a great job with both the music and his light show. Student Chris Nuzzo made a thank you plaque for him.
In addition the wonderful Gary Oakes brought in his professional blackjack table and dealt cards the whole night of prom. If a student won a hand they got a ticket and at the end of the evening everyone redeemed their tickets for prizes and gift certificates from our student based enterprise.
Student Candace Safreno made a plaque for Gary thanking him for his kindness and generosity.
A few students had this to say:
“Prom was pretty great, the casino theme was awesome,” said Sam Retallack.
“I enjoyed the prom and the DJ. The light set up and activities set up were awesome,” said Doyle Conatser.
“I believe it was a major success, the students seemed to have a great time dancing and socializing. Smiles and laughter was everywhere to be seen,” said Riley Nielsen.
Graduation for Carlé is May 27. Graduation for the adult school is on May 28.
Last week Carlé introduced two new students Jason Acevedo and Breanna Perry. Carlé welcomes them with arms wide open.
The CHILY winner last week was Kristin Melcher and she chose the basketball.
All 11th graders tested from April 27 to May 1.
Students had this to say:
“The testing was hard but I was able to get through it. They could’ve made a few improvements but overall the testing went well,” said Gage Fowler.
“It wasn’t that bad, it was actually pretty easy,” said Jerome Snipes.
“The testing was all right. It wasn’t too hard,” said Nick McKay.
The students did the new testing on the Chromebooks led by teachers Dan Maes and Robin Shrive.
On the second day of testing the school had some technical difficulties due to a transformer outage. Our students showed great patience and understanding and we were able to get it back up and running.
The final gold level trip of the year was Monday, May 10, and the students took a trip to Safari West.
The teachers who took our students were Alan Siegel and Dan Maes.
After a Jeep tour and a walking tour there was a picnic lunch. The trip was a success and the students enjoyed themselves.
“The tour was amazing,” said Doyle Conatser.
“I found the trip to be very entertaining. It was great seeing so many different animals,” said Jose Bendana.
“It was fun and cool seeing all the cool animals and the monkeys were so cute. I think every one should go see Safari West,” said Candice Safreno.
This week was teacher appreciation week and Mr. Strahl baked cookies, gave 100 grand and payday bars, and barbecued for the teachers. The teachers truly appreciated Mr. Strahl’s kindness.
On May 15 our principal Matt Strahl took seven students to the Worth Our Wait – or “WOW” – program. Students Doyle Conatser, Angel Hernandez, Kristin Melcher, Chris Nuzzo, Jorge Ornate, Maria Pineda and Devyn Viale attended.
Doyle Conatser is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Community Colleges Board of Governors on Monday selected the last three community colleges that will participate in a landmark pilot program allowing them to offer bachelor’s degrees in vocational fields.
The three colleges join 12 others that received final approval from the board in March.
The colleges selected are:
• Rio Hondo College (automotive technology);
• Santa Monica College (interaction design);
• Solano Community College (biotechnology).
“With today’s action by the Board of Governors, 15 California community colleges have been selected to participate in this historic program,” said California Community Colleges Board President Geoffrey L. Baum. “Our system is forging ahead to educate workers in applied fields that have strong labor market demand, providing a win for students and our economy.”
“The community colleges are uniquely positioned to deal with the flexible and changing world,” said Gov. Jerry Brown, who attended today’s board meeting and signed the legislation establishing the baccalaureate degree program. “I think we have to get a very broad sense of what higher education is– and higher education now, is breaking free of the more traditional parameters, constraints and images.”
The college districts selected for the pilot program were chosen from several applications. A team comprised of Chancellor’s Office staff, a member of the business and workforce community, and community college administrators, faculty and staff from districts that did not apply to host a program reviewed the applications.
The board’s actions are in response to legislation sponsored by Sen. Marty Block (D-San Diego) and allows up to 15 college districts to establish a pilot baccalaureate degree program at one of their colleges in a field of study not offered by the California State University or University of California.
Lower-division coursework would cost $46 per unit and upper-division coursework would cost an additional $84 per unit under the new program, with an estimated total cost of about $10,000 to obtain a bachelor’s degree.
Under the law the four-year degree programs must be up and running by at least the 2017-18 academic year, however, districts may start their programs by the fall 2015 semester.
Districts must also seek approval from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges to start a program.
The legislation sunsets after the 2022-23 school year, after which the Legislature and governor may renew it pending two Legislative Analyst’s Office reviews of the pilot program- one in 2018 and another in 2022.
The law was enacted to assist the state in meeting the need for individuals in high demand technical disciplines which are increasingly requiring baccalaureate degrees and to increase college participation rates and improve workforce training opportunities for local residents who are unable to relocate because of family or work commitments.
The Board of Governors had previously approved baccalaureate programs at:
• Antelope Valley College (airframe manufacturing technology);
• Bakersfield College (industrial automation);
• Cypress College (mortuary science);
• Feather River College (equine industry);
• Foothill College (dental hygiene);
• Mesa College (health information management);
• MiraCosta College (biomanufacturing);
• Modesto Junior College (respiratory care);
• Santa Ana College (occupational studies);
• Shasta College (health information management);
• Skyline College (respiratory care);
• West Los Angeles College (dental hygiene).
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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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Rose Family Preschool Program in Lakeport presented its annual “Circus of Stars” on April 24 before a large crowd of family and friends.
The 14 students from the both the “Butterfly” and “Caterpillar” classes, wore hand-painted costumes as they presented a 40-minute program of animal acts and songs which included dancing bears, juggling monkeys, galloping ponies, tight-rope walking elephants and fire-jumping lions and tigers.
After a quick costume change, the children completed their program with a variety of animal and circus songs, with a finale of the parade of animals, all to the joy and delight of the cheering audience.
The preschool students will be completing their school year at the end of May with their graduation ceremony.
Rose, a licensed daycare provider with a preschool program for the past 28 years, is now offering fall registrations through May.
A beginning program for ages 3 years and a pre-kindergarten program for ages 4 years both begin in September.
Call Martha Rose at 707-263-3283 to schedule an interview as spaces are limited.
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MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – On Saturday, May 16, from 10 a.m. to noon the Lake County International Charter School in Middletown will hold its annual kindergarten round-up.
Lake County International Charter School is a free, public school option open to all K-8 students in Lake County.
Potential kindergartners will participate in fun, standards-based kindergarten activities and crafts.
The kindergarten teacher and staff will be on hand to answer all questions you may have about the school, the curriculum and the 2015-2016 calendar.
The round-up will be held in the current kindergarten/first grade room in the Yellow House building at 15850 Armstrong St. in Middletown, across the street from the Methodist Church.
To reserve your child’s participation please call 707-987-3063 or email