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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Konocti Unified School District Board of Trustees will host a special budget workshop on Wednesday, March 13.
The board will meet at the Carol McClung Conference Center, 9430-B Lake St., Lower Lake.
A closed session on labor negotiations will take place beginning at 5:30 p.m., with the open session to begin at 6:15 p.m.
The full agenda and board packet can be found at http://konocti.csbaagendaonline.net/cgi-bin/WebObjects/konocti-eAgenda.woa . A file copy also is available in the rear of the meeting room.
Workshop items include consideration of the proposed 2013/14 School District Calendar.
The board also will review the recommended revisions to the organizational chart and administrative job descriptions.
The main budget item for the night will be budget planning for the 2013-14 school year.
Board members will discuss and determine the priorities for the 2013/14 budget.
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MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Pathways Charter School currently is accepting students from kindergarten through 12th grade.
With students spread over five counties, Pathways provides an individualized home-based independent study educational option, with options for self-directed students from diverse backgrounds.
Pathways offer instruction that addresses individual student needs, and promotes lifelong learning, critical thinkers, and aims to develop able researchers and cooperative learners.
The school provides a rigorous standards-based learning plan with a team approach that collaborates with families, and offers field trips and other activities throughout the school year, along with a library for student’s use.
Locally, Lake County has a classroom and office in Middletown at 21248 Highway 175. The school has been open for more than 10 years in Middletown, but two years ago opened the classroom space in order to have a venue for student exhibits and displays as well as classes.
This year, Pathways students were featured at the Science Discovery Museum in the Bay Area when students were photographed operating a remote control drill that actually operates in Antarctica, but is a model for future Mars missions and was being tested for its use.
The scientists said if this drill is going to work well in space, it needs to pass the test of elementary students trying it out.
Recently, four students have been awarded the Golden State Merit Seal Diploma.
Local student and graduate Alexander Van Oss from the Middletown Center, along withseveral students from the Rohnert Park area, were all awarded this designation.
This means that they were eligible for the Golden State Seal Merit Diploma based on the fact that they are graduating seniors from their school, and they earned a scale score of 370 or above on six qualifying California Standards Tests for English language arts and algebra or geometry, and including history as well from the previous years of high school.
Several of the current students recently were awarded honors: Noah and Wyatt McCollian who are in the sixth grade, have been awarded a gold-level award for their 4-H presentations, and they will go on to compete at the county level at Upper Lake Middle School. They will also be giving their presentations at the school for staff and students at the school.
Also, the Lake County Office of Education and Children’s Museum of Art and Science is holding a rocket class that was limited to 20 students who wrote essays to be accepted.
One of Pathways’ students, sixth grade Samuel Rippe, has been accepted into the rocket group led by Bill Bordisso in Kelseyville at the Taylor Observatory.
For more information contact the Lake center at 707-987-9702.
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MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – On Feb. 13, Middletown Adventist School hosted its annual Valentine fundraiser dinner.
This year's theme was an “Enchanted Fairytale Forest” featuring a beautiful castle mural painted by Sonia Young, a throne for photos and a delicious vegetarian meal.
The food was served by the elementary students at the K-eighth grade school who also gave a choir performance including songs from Disney's Snow White.
In total, the school was able to raise almost $1,100 for supplies, books and other necessities.
The school thanked the community for its continued support of this annual event.
Special thanks went to Middletown Florist & Gifts for once again providing all the flowers for the tables this year.
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Burns Valley School celebrated “Read Across America Day” on Friday, March 1.
Special guest Clearlake Mayor Jeri Spittler – complete with a colorful red and white “Cat in the Hat” hat – read to the children as part of the event, which celebrates Dr. Seuss's birthday and encourages reading.
Spittler read to classrooms in grades kindergarten through fifth grade.
After reading she gave them a class set of bookmarks and a book for their classroom library.
Students were excited to have ask questions about being the mayor and also to hear the story by a very beloved author.
For her contributions, Spittler reportedly got to keep the colorful hat.