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Written by: Editor

Published: 14 January 2013

Shire, a global specialty biopharmaceutical company, is pleased to announce that it has launched its 2013 ADHD Scholarship Program.

The program is for individuals in the United States diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) who are pursuing higher education at a college, vocational school or technical school.

Since the start of the program in 2011, Shire has announced 75 national scholarship award recipients and 10 employee award recipients.

The Shire ADHD Scholarship includes a $2,000 monetary award and offers a prepaid year of ADHD coaching services.

The ADHD coaching services are provided by the Edge Foundation and are intended to assist the scholarship recipient with the transition to higher education.

Fifty one-time scholarships will be awarded in June 2013. The deadline to apply is March 27.

For information on eligibility requirements, the scholarship application process and more, visit www.ShireADHDscholarship.com .

The scholarship program has already made an impact on past recipients and their families.

Karen Peterson, the parent of a 2011 scholarship recipient, said, “I am thankful that Shire offers a scholarship and coaching services to help my child pursue higher education.”

“This scholarship allows Shire to continue to recognize and support the individuals who work hard to overcome the challenges of ADHD, and help them continue their educational pursuits,” said Mike Yasick, Senior Vice President of Shire’s Behavioral Health Business Unit.

The Shire ADHD Scholarship also includes weekly sessions with an ADHD coach from the Edge Foundation.

In addition to weekly coaching sessions, ADHD coaches offer support to students via e-mail and phone to help students meet their goals. This support may be important for students transitioning to the higher education environment because they have more free time and less adult supervision.

Robert Tudisco, executive director of the Edge Foundation, said, “At Edge we are proud to be a part of Shire’s genuine commitment to these students. Any scholarship offers access to higher education, but this program is unique in that it offers not just access but the support that these students need.”

The Edge Foundation is a Seattle-based nonprofit organization that offers support for students with ADHD. The Edge Foundation’s primary mission is to provide access to qualified, professional coaches for students with ADHD as part of their multimodal treatment program.

For more information about the Edge Foundation, visit www.edgefoundation.org .

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Written by: Jesse Harrell

Published: 13 January 2013

Welcome to the new year! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break. All of us here at Carlé are very excited to begin this new year.

Science teacher Angie Siegel has begun teaching a hazmat certification class for interested students here at Carlé.

The hazmat class will be learning how to deal with situations where hazardous material and/or chemicals might be involved.

This is a state certification course that Angie is teaching over the course of several days, for free!, including a free copy of the textbook. This is a great opportunity for students and it is especially good looking on a job resume.

For the on the field exercise, Angie and the students will suit up with Captain Will Sepeta of the fire department.

A very special welcome and thanks to substitute teacher Karl Giovacchini whom has stepped in to teach Angie Siegel’s science classes while she is busy teaching the hazmat course. Carl is an exceptional teacher and we all just wanted to thank him for being there for us when we need him.

Thank you once again to Dr. Barry Munitz for his involvement with this school on many levels. Not only has he personally donated money to us here at Carlé for the last many years in a row to fund our senior plaques but he has gotten involved in helping us go about raising the money for our very own Carlé High School van so we can do community service and take students on enrichment trips.

Dr. Munitz recently reached out to the Honorable Willie Brown, former mayor San Francisco, who has responded in the positive with the willingness to help us on our van project.

We look forward to working with these two and others as we go about raising the funds for this much needed vehicle. We greatly appreciate these people's generosity towards us, and want everyone to know that we here at Carlé do not forget about the people that are good to us.

We’ve officially started our new contest run by the designers of the media room. This time around we are having a mouse pad contest. Like always, students come in to design their very own unique mouse pad of their own personal design, while including the symbol or name of Carlé on the art work somewhere to show some support for our school.

Just a few days in and we’re seeing some incredibly great designs already from students Robert Kanoe, Tommy Valdez and Andrew Subjack with more coming each day.

This contest is starting out to be very creative and it’s very exciting to see the students really get into designing.

To end the new year’s very first chronicle, I’d like to leave everyone with a quote about our school from our very own Principal Dr. Burger, “The kids that are here are good students; Just a very great group of kids.”

We hope that all students reach their graduation and find their way to success.

Jesse Harrell is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.

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Written by: Editor

Published: 12 January 2013

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Konocti Vista Casino recently presented two local middle schools, Mt. Vista in Kelseyville and Terrace School in Lakeport, each with a $1,000 check.

The funds are from Konocti Vista Casino’s annual Smokin’ on the Water Barbecue.

This event occurs the last Saturday in August and the People’s Choice portion of the contest is split 50/50 with the two middle schools sharing the pot with the winning barbecue team.

These funds go directly to the math and science programs at both schools to help classroom resources and increase interest in math and science.

The annual barbecue will continue this summer at Konocti Vista on Aug. 24, 2013, with the goal to fund these worthy class projects.