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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Nine students from Lower Lake High School participated in the Poetry Out Loud competition this February.
Poetry Out Loud is a National Recitation Contest Program that is supported by the Lake County Arts Council here locally.
Students who participated were Romeo Barrientos, Juan Castro, Monica Cordova, Perla Gutierrez, Sophia La Rosa, Jenny Landeta, Alya Owadat and Hanzel PelCastre.
The competition took place at the Lower Lake High School Library. The scores were tallied and the winners announced.
"Congratulations to Jenny Landeta, this year's winner, to Alya Owaidat as runner up and to Sophia La Rose, Lake County's second runner up. Jenny, I know you will do us proud at the State Competition in Sacramento,” Shelby Posada, executive director of the Lake County Arts Council, in a letter dated Feb. 20.
All three winners received cash awards and Landeta will be sent on an all-expense-paid trip to the competition at the State Capitol on March 15 and 16.
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Last week Carlé High School welcomed three new students: Nick Begins, Sergio Beltran and Shaunara Pannyasy.
In addition, the Carlé student body found out who made what levels in the fourth grading period.
What the levels are: In each six week grading period to earn bronze level a student needs to have 80 percent attendance and a minimum of nine credits. Silver level means a minimum of 85 percent attendance and at least 12 credits. Gold level means at least 90 percent attendance and a minimum of15 credits.
The students who made gold level this last grading period are Jason Arson, Gage Beck, José Bendana, Logan Carlson, Doyle Conatser, Alyssa Garnett, Jasmine Heckard, Angel Hernandez, Stevie Jones, Roy Kirk, Aneesa Lopez, Robert McGraw, Regina Perrin-Clanton, Rogelio Ramirez, Daniel Salvante and Alexus Stickle.
Our Student of the Week last week was Kayla Van Horn. Kayla has been a wonderful student with her eyes on the prize. She has been so focused that she is within just a few credits of graduation. Congratulations to this smart and focused student.
Students Daria Seslar and Vanessa Leon have taken over birthday card making. Each and every one of our students gets a special memento hand created on their birthdays.
Last week Carlé awarded perfect attendance awards created by secretary Barbara Dye to these students: Nicole Arlitt, Dameon Dawson, Gage Fowler, Alyssa Garnett, Angel Hernandez, Kristin Melcher and Alexus Stickle.
Every 6 weeks students who make gold level take a trip, the last trip was to a place called Scandia. Teachers Alan Siegel and Dan Maes accompanied the gold level students on this adventure.
This week we had a portfolio presentation by Blake Von Rekowski. Blake expressed his love for the school and explained how much he felt like a valued individual during his time at the school.
We also held the silver level movie for gold, silver and bronze with 100 percent attendance.
We would like to thank student Dameon Dawson for all his hard work preparing the library and setting up the video and sound systems. In addition Dameon stayed late after school to reclean the library and take everything down. Now, that is the Carlé Way!
Student council held a lunchtime activity on Feb. 20. Led by Principal Strahl they held a ping-pong contest and the winners were Alexis Stickle, Sam Martinez and Alex Landeros.
Jason Conatser and Danny Salvante are students at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Last week Carlé High School added two new students, Faith Wilson and Jamie Parenteau.
We hope these two enjoy our little community and take advantage of its opportunity to help achieve their dreams.
Carlé student council elected new officers last week and they are as follows: Student Body President – Dustin Wilson; Vice President Doyle Conatser; Treasurer Daria Seslar; Secretary Maria Pineda; advisory reps – Roy Kirk, Vanessa Leon, Rene Espinoza and Damien Dawson.
Last week's winner for CHILYs was Regina Perrin-Clanton. She chose a beautiful fleece blanket for her award.
The SHARP program was taught last week for girls this time and we would like to thank Jonathan Killops of the Lake Family Resource Center for coming to Carlé and teaching the program.
This week will be the final week of the mouse pad contest. Last week student council got together and made a Valentine card with candy attached to it for every student at Carlé.
This week is the final week of this the fourth grade period meaning we are two thirds of the way through the school year.
Doyle Conatser and Danny Salvante are students at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Terrace Middle School will host an event on Tuesday, Feb. 17, that focuses on preventing bullying and violence.
The school will have two student assemblies for “Rachel's Challenge,” with a training to follow for 100 students.
There also will be a parent and community event from 6 to 7 p.m. in the school's choir room, located adjacent to the MAC building at 250 Lange St.
Rachel’s Challenge exists to equip and inspire individuals to replace acts of violence, bullying and negativity with acts of respect, kindness and compassion, according to www.rachelschallenge.org .
Rachel’s Challenge is based on the life and writings of Rachel Joy Scott who was the first victim of the Columbine school shootings in 1999.
A few weeks after the tragedy, Darrell Scott, Rachel’s father, spoke to a Congressional House Judiciary Committee regarding issues of school violence.
Shortly afterwards, he founded “Rachel’s Challenge,” a bullying and violence abatement program.
The universal message of kindness and compassion told by Rachel’s story has been heard by students in several other countries.
Through her example, Rachel’s Challenge is making a positive impact in the lives of millions of people every year.
Since inception, more than 17 million people have heard Rachel’s story in live settings around the world, at least eight school shootings have been prevented and more than 500 suicides have been averted.
Superintendents, principals, teachers, parents and students bring Rachel’s Challenge into their schools because of escalating problems such as bullying, student isolation, teen suicide, discrimination, school violence and increased disciplinary actions.
Through powerful presentations, trainings, community events, and professional development, Rachel’s Challenge provides the sustainable solution.
Rachel’s inspiring story provides a simple, yet powerful example of how small acts of kindness and acceptance motivate us to consider our relationships with the people we come in contact with every day.
For more information about the Terrace Middle School presentations, call the school at 707-262-3007.