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UKIAH, Calif. – John Feliz Jr. grew up in Ukiah and comes from a long line of tribal leaders and advocates for American Indian affairs.
He has always been fascinated by politics and grew up around role models that expressed the important of leadership and getting involved to make a difference in what’s really important.
When asked who his role model was, he softly stated that it was his maternal grandmother Gertrude.
Gertrude was a nurse by trade, but also actively participated as a tribal leader and as such shared the importance of a college education with her grandson.
According to Feliz, he shadowed her on a regular basis and credits her with much of his love of learning.
Feliz is the most recent recipient of the Albert and Patricia Beltrami Internship Scholarship in the amount of $1,000.
He completed his internship in the county of Mendocino’s Executive Office, which is a requirement of receiving this scholarship, according to Scholarship Coordinator Lana Eberhard.
“I loved working in the county office as an intern and in fact, that experience led me to receiving a paid position in that office,” Feliz said.
“John exceeded our expectations. He excelled in all areas of his internship including public speaking, customer service, business writing assignments, public policy/public service assignments, and his overall demeanor and positive disposition as a member of the executive office team,” said Mendocino County Deputy Chief Executive Officer Kristi Furman.
A superstar at Mendocino College, Feliz already has completed degrees in accounting and business management with a 4.0 grade point average.
His future plans include working in the County Executive Office and applying to UC Berkeley with a goal of receiving a PhD.
Beltrami created this perpetual scholarship to provide an opportunity for students to intern in local government and ultimately to encourage them to pursue a career in either politics or local government.
Sadly, Beltrami passed away last December, but his legacy will continue with this named scholarship program. He would be pleased with the selection of John Feliz Jr. because he embodies the principles of the scholarship as intended by Beltrami.
For more information about the Scholarship Program or the Mendocino College Foundation, call 707-467-1018 or visit http://foundation.mendocino.edu .
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Ms. Johnson’s second grade class at Pomo School had great fun building and programming Lego robots in a two-hour workshop offered by the Children’s Museum of Art and Science (CMAS).
Students worked diligently with partners and most were able to construct two robots in the time allowed.
Working with the robot kits students had hands-on time to see how gears work. They had to pay close attention to details in the construction of their robot otherwise it wouldn’t operate correctly. Problem solving and partnering skills also got plenty of practice.
CMAS offers these free robot workshops to classrooms, after school programs, private and charter schools, and home schooled students throughout the county.
CMAS also is looking for volunteer techies who could assist with these workshops.
Knowledge about the robot kits or robotics is not necessary to start. Schedules and sites of workshops vary.
Call Billy Gear at 707-279-1514 to schedule a workshop or to volunteer.
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NORTH COAST, Calif. – Mendocino College has received grant funding to cover the expense of earning a certificate of achievement as a human service worker.
All registration fees, books and other material fees for students will be paid for by the grant.
The program is two semesters in length and involves an internship.
All classes will be held in the evenings to accommodate working adults, and some will be “live-streamed” to the college centers, providing easy access to students.
The program will prepare students to work in nonprofit and public health, social service and/or behavioral health organizations that provide prevention, clinical intervention and treatment services for at-risk children, youth and families.
Those who earn a certificate can be employed as a community health worker, outreach worker, social services aide, mental health worker, substance abuse/addictions worker, youth worker, promotora or peer paraprofessional.
The goal of the grant is to develop and expand the paraprofessional mental health and substance abuse workforce focusing on children, adolescents, and transition-age youth at risk for developing or who have developed a behavioral health disorder.
Mendocino College has been offering Human Services courses since the early 1980s, and has offered Alcohol and Other Drug Studies certificate and degree programs since 1990.
In addition, courses in human service work have been offered since 2001, and Human Services Paraprofessional certificate and degree programs since 2012.
Through the years, the college has had many students earn degrees who have gone on to become knowledgeable and skilled counselors and human service paraprofessionals.
Mendocino College has also developed many mutually supportive relationships with local human service agencies.
In addition to providing financial support to students, this grant will help the college develop alternative course delivery models (to provide greater access to current employees) and aid the college in developing additional courses focusing on youth and their families, especially in Native American, Latino and other underserved populations.
The college is particularly interested in increasing the number of American Indian and Latino graduates who are able to effectively work with Native American and Latino transition-age youth (16-25 years old) and their families in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner.
Applications for the program are now being accepted.
For more information contact Dan Jenkins at 707-468-3020 or
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Hello again readers, and welcome to a very special edition of the Carlé Chronicle, your primary news source for all things Carlé High School.
Carlé’s student of the week last week was Stevie Jones, a hard working and down-to-earth young lady who works hard at Carlé every day.
Our students of the week for the previous week were Ernesto Rodriguez and Kayla Doyle, two determined individuals who excel in their work and show a strong sense of maturity in their class work.
At lunch on Friday, a few of our students collaborated to set up a barbecue in which students were invited to chow down on some delicious Mexican food.
Our teacher Mr. Maes brought some delicious meat, Jorge brought the grill, Carlos brought the tortillas, and Sammy brought the beans and rice.
All students helped to cook, including Amaree Whiley and Rene Espinosa and his mother.
The food was delicious and we were glad to keep everyone’s spirits up today through this team effort.
Also at lunch Principal Strahl and the student council ran a fun bubble blowing activity which was won by student Blake Vonrekowski who was awarded a special banana split on the spot.
Our school would like to give thanks to Debbie Ogulin of Healthy Start and Kevin from the Lake County Office of Education for coming down to our Back To School Night, which took place on Oct. 2 and was a huge success for students, staff and parents alike.
We’d also like to give thanks to Marla Fuller and Ashley Fernandez of the Lake County Health Services Department and Mari Valdez of the Healthy Start Program for helping students with dental screenings last week.
A career fair took place at Wednesday, Oct. 15, at Lower Lake High School’s campus, with all the Lower Lake students heading out to the field to take a look at different career paths for the future. There were many different jobs being previewed.
We’d all like to give a shout out to Ms. Taliaferro, Lower Lake’s new principal, for giving the Carlé students an opportunity to come down to our sister school’s campus and take a look at the job opportunities on display. All our students were thrilled at the chance to come down.
“I enjoyed it, it was great to walk around and see everything they had,” said student Quintessa Strahl concerning the career fair.
While Lower Lake and Carlé are two wildly different schools, the students, staff, and district members alike all maintain a very close synergy with each other.
Students at Carlé have the opportunity to take classes at Lower Lake for extra credits, provided their work ethic is acceptable, their attitude is mature, and meetings are made from both schools to work with each other’s schedules.
Charles Warren is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.