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The Carlé Chronicle has some good news for students! You are all one third through the school year as of right now, and we hope you are all working very hard.
These are the topics that will be covered: the silver level movie, gold level field trip, special Halloween events, another run down of the level system, gift bookmarks for the holidays, stockings, Interact and the safe house, and upcoming graduates.
On Oct. 30, the gold level students from last grading period will be taken to Lakeside Family Fun & Event Center in Lakeport for the day to reward them for all their good work.
The silver level movie is going to be on Oct. 31. It will be a celebration for those who earned silver level, gold level, or bronze with 100 percent attendance last grading period.
Alan Siegel and student Mike Lanigan will be bringing a selection of movies and the awarded students will collectively vote on the movies they want to watch the most. There also will be popcorn.
Also on Oct. 31, the student council will be running festive activities after lunch for all of the students.
Now, a reminder on how the level system works here at Carlé, in case you had forgotten.
Carlé uses its level system to keep students motivated to stay on track in regards to earning credits, and to offer a reward for those giving all their effort. It takes one grading period to earn a level.
Students qualify for gold level by getting at least 90 attendance, earning at least one and a half credits in each class, with a total of at least 15 credits earned at the minimum. The rewards for gold level are a gold level field trip and an invite to the silver level movie along with a gold level pass that enables them to leave campus during lunch.
Students qualify for silver level by having at least 85 percent attendance, earning at least one credit in each class and at least 12 credits overall. The reward for attaining silver level is an invite to the silver level movie.
Students qualify for bronze level by having at least 80 attendance, earning at least half a credit in each class and at least nine credits overall. If a bronze level student has 100 percent attendance, they also are invited to the silver level movie.
Currently the student-based enterprise is making a bookmark for every human at Carlé. The bookmarks are customized to fit each recipient's interests. Another gift for the students that is coming around soon are customized decorative stockings.
Interact has helped make a garden at the safe house that they have done a great job at keeping up. Another upcoming Interact activity is a fundraiser for The Harbor On Main to fund new computers for helping and tutoring youth. For the fundraiser, Interact club members will sell hot chocolate and skull shaped cookies.
Some students are getting close to presenting their portfolios and graduating from Carlé! Those students are Timothy Mcguire, Lance Thurston and Steven Tracy. Congratulations on this milestone in your life and the Carlé Chronicle wishes you the best of luck with milestones to come.
As for the rest of the student readers, set goals for yourself and create plans to graduate by a certain time to help better motivate you!
Kasandra Colwell is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Burns Valley School Red Ribbon Week took place Oct. 21-25.
The National Campaign chose this years theme as “A Healthy Me is Drug Free.”
Burns Valley students commemorated this theme with a door decorating contest, dress-up days, lunchtime learning and presentations.
The week began with the students receiving bracelets reminding them to be drug free.
A “smoothie bike,” on loan from North Coast Opportunities, helped students to get activity while choosing healthy snacks.
Lake County Public Health Department hosted a booth on campus to show students the dangers of smoking.
Burns Valley seventh and eight graders also participated in a Team DUI presentation where they learned how their choices about drinking and driving can make a difference and save lives.
The students culminated the week with hula hoop and basketball hoop contests.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lakeport Christian Center Preschool students were excited to show off their new playground at their Harvest Party on Friday, Oct 25.
The preschool thanked Chris Landrum of Landrum Construction and Julie Landrum as well as Mike Overson for all the hard work they did installing the playground.
Lakeport Christian Center Preschool still has a couple of spots available in their preschool/pre-k/daycare programs and enrollment is always open. The preschool is NCO-approved.
Visit the school at 175 C St. or call 707-262-5520.
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UKIAH, Calif. – On Saturday, Oct. 26, students in the Sustainable Technology program at Mendocino College will be replacing approximately 20 windows at Project Sanctuary’s transition house in Ukiah.
Lia Patterson, local Realtor from Re/Max Full Spectrum and recent graduate of Leadership Mendocino, has organized the “Adopt a Window” campaign which has raised money to replace the building’s old single pane windows.
The new dual pane windows will increase energy efficiency, reduce heating costs, and improve comfort in the building.
Orion Walker, coordinator of the Sustainable Tech program at Mendocino College and Leadership Mendocino alum, first heard about the effort when a fellow Leadership Mendocino graduate contacted him with the idea that the Sustainable Tech program could provide Project Sanctuary with skilled volunteers to install the windows.
“I immediately thought this would be a great opportunity,” said Walker. “It will give students in our Construction Fundamentals class an opportunity to apply the skills they are learning in a real world setting, while assisting an important local nonprofit.”
The construction students, who are currently building a fully contained tiny mobile house on wheels, will take a class day to complete the window installation work under the guidance of course instructor Jen Riddell, as well as additional local contractors who have agreed to volunteer their assistance.
Patterson, who has spent the last eight months soliciting donations and making arrangements for the window installation, says she got the idea for this Leadership Mendocino project when she read Dina Polkinghorne, executive director of Project Sanctuary’s 2013 New Years wish: “To have no repairs or problems with either of our shelters this year.”
“I immediately wanted to do something to help make that a reality,” said Patterson.
Project Sanctuary is thrilled to see this project coming together as it will greatly improve the comfort of the house and help on heating costs.
This is especially important for its residents, as the 100-year-old building is used for displaced families to live in for up to one year, rent free, so that they are able to get back on their feet by securing a job and saving money to move out on their own.
A fundraising tri-tip dinner is also scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 16, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at 300 W. Smith St in Ukiah.
Tickets are $25 for one or two for $40. Dinner will be provided as well as live music and a silent auction.
Tickets can be purchased at the Mendocino Book Co. or Project Sanctuary.
All proceeds will go toward Project Sanctuary’s window project including other necessary repairs to the transitional house.
Project Sanctuary is a domestic violence and sexual assault agency serving the entire County. The organization provides emergency response, 24-hour, seven-day-a-week counseling, legal advocacy, and long term individual and group counseling to more than 2,000 survivors.
For more information on Leadership Mendocino contact Kimberly Smith at 707-467-3230 or go to www.leadershipmendocino.org .
For more information on Project Sanctuary contact Dina Polkinghorne at 707-462-9196 or www.projectsanctuary.org .
For more information on the Sustainable Technology Program at Mendocino College contact Orion Walker,