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Written by: Charles Warren

Published: 11 May 2014

Hello readers, and welcome to the Carlé Chronicle, your primary news source for all things Carlé.

Congratulations to student of the week Solaya Mota for her outstanding work ethics and writing prowess during testing.

We’re closing in on the end of our school year here at Carlé High School, with only three weeks left to go until summer vacation.

State testing for English and math took place last week. The testing lasted all throughout the week, and our students all worked hard and to the best of their abilities.

The new testing took place on computers, a far cry from the traditional pencil and paper tests of previous years.

“The test was long, but once you read everything you needed to you catch on really quick,” said student Kobi Mathias concerning the English testing.

We’d like to say farewell to Pat Howell, who will be retiring from Carlé at the end of this year.

Pat has been laser focused on helping students since the first day she got here. She is an Algebra expert and has helped countless students achieve their goals. We will all truly miss her.

Our thanks to the members of Lake Family Resource Center for all their continued support around here at Carlé.

Special thanks to Jacque Felber and Sherri Boelter for hosting the Be Fresh program alongside Carlé and its students, and Lisa Keller for her friendly and optimistic nature and overall help here at Carlé.

Charles Warren is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.

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Written by: Charles Warren

Published: 04 May 2014

Hello readers, and welcome to the Carlé Chronicle, your primary news source for all things Carlé.

Congratulations to last week’s student of the week, Savannah Golden, who has shown to be very goal-oriented and intelligent in her schoolwork.

With only four weeks left of school, things are heating up over here at Carlé.

State testing for English and math takes place this week, with our juniors working hard and studying hard in preparation.

Carlé’s graduation will take place on May 28. Many of our seniors have finished or are currently finishing their portfolios and getting ready to graduate.

We’re all very excited to see our seniors graduate and move on to go pursue the goals and dreams we know they can achieve. It appears our little school will have 35 graduates this year.

The Adult School’s graduation takes place the following day on May 29, and we wish the best of luck to their graduates with their future goals.

Our latest gold level trip will be run by Alan and Angie Siegel. The teachers will take students to MacKerricher State Park in Fort Bragg for a fun-filled day of seal watching and tide pool observing,

Students Roy “Buggy” Kirk and Paul Yanez produced some amazing plaques and coffee mugs for DJ’s Pizza, who have supported Carlé through many endeavors. They will be given out to the generous Kyle and Don Fehr on Tuesday, May 6.

In addition, student Robert McGraw made a mug for maintenance man Neb Tosich and gave him thanks for his continued help and support around Carlé.

Carlé also thanks and welcomes maintenance man Neb Tosich, who along with his great work has shown to be very friendly, intelligent and down-to-earth, helping students with advice and recently working with students DeAndre Morris and Paul Yanez for their play’s sword fighting choreography.

Hailing from Serbia, he is proficient in seven different languages, and he is a welcome addition to Carlé not only for his services, but also his intellect and outgoing personality.

Charles Warren is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.

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Written by: Editor

Published: 03 May 2014

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Bundle of Joy Preschool Childcare will join thousands of schools, libraries, and community groups nationwide in a coordinated effort to encourage millions of Americans to turn off televisions, computers and video games for seven days and turn on the world around them.

Screen-Free Week, May 5 through 11, is a chance for children to read, play, think, create, be more physically active, and to spend more time with friends and family.

“Screen-Free Week is a much needed respite from the screen media dominating the lives of so many children” said Jean Goulart. “Now, more than ever, it’s imperative that we help children discover the joys of life beyond screens and get back to nature. Bundle of Joy never substitutes screen technology for play.”  

On average, preschool children spend over four and a half hours a day consuming screen media, while older children spend over seven hours a day including multitasking.

Excessive screen time is linked to a number of problems for children, including childhood obesity, poor school performance, and problems with attention span.

“You wouldn’t allow you preschooler to drive your car on their own because the consequences are obvious. Technology consequences are subtle. Technology hinders children’s natural and normal brain development. Brain research backs these facts,” said Goulart.

“I am advocating for the children as I educate families to embrace this precious age with reading aloud and conversations, watch the clouds with your child, and place limits on technology,” Goulart added. “Children learn from their observations; modeling the desired behavior not to text or call while you drive is key for your child to not text while driving when their turn to drive arrives.”

Screen-Free Week (formerly TV-Turnoff) is coordinated by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, a national advocacy organization devoted to reducing the impact of commercialism on children.

Since the Week’s founding in 1994, it has been celebrated by millions of children and their families worldwide.

For more information, visit www.screenfree.org .