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Written by: Tammy Serpa

Published: 22 October 2012

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Taylor Observatory in Kelseyville hosted a Space Exploration Workshop on Saturday, Oct. 13.  

Thirty Lake County decathletes and their coaches attended the workshop to help prepare them for their competition on Russia and the Great Space Race later this year.  

Students were treated to a classroom presentation, full dome planetarium movies and rocket demonstrations.  

Barbara McIntyre and Ed Giannelli led the classroom presentation detailing the chronology of the moon race and the top Russian rocket scientists.  

Student volunteers led the discussion in the planetarium showing the movies Rocketman and Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX).  

Students finished up their day tracking the altitude of a variety of rockets lead by Bill Bordisso with the assistance of Angie and Josh Wade.  

This workshop was offered free of charge to decathletes with the help of the Taylor Observatory and the Lake County Office of Education College-Going Initiative.

Earlier this year students were treated to a movie night at Jellystone RV Park and Camp Resort on Cobb Mountain.  

Decathletes bundled up for a chilly evening showing of the 1968 movie “The Sea Gull” directed by Sidney Lumet on the outdoor screen. The two and a half hour movie was chosen by the coaches of the decathlon.  

“Not only is this an example of Chekhov's style, but is a commentary on the time before the revolution, and as such is related to ‘Dr. Zhivago,’” said Coach Jim Rogers.

In their quest to learn about Russia, students are required to read the novel “Dr. Zhivago.”

Decathletes from Lower Lake, Upper Lake, Clear Lake, Middletown and Kelseyville High Schools will continue to learn about Russia as they prepare to compete for the opportunity to represent Lake County at the state finals in March.  

Students are invited to participate in a scrimmage in November and will start their official testing in January.  

Testing begins in January as they write their official essays and  compete in front of community volunteer judges for speeches and interviews.  

Testing concludes on Feb. 2 followed by the Super Quiz Bowl and awards ceremony.

For more information on the Academic Decathlon or to be a speech/interview judge, contact Tammy Serpa at the Lake County Office of Education, 707-262-4164 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

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Written by: Jesse Harrell

Published: 21 October 2012

Back to School Night was held on Thursday, Oct. 11, here at Carlé. It was a hit!

Plenty of parents and students came to listen, eat and have a general good time supporting the school.

As stated before students and parents showed up which is always a good thing to see, but as an added bonus the food was the best it’s ever been. To quote our math teacher Steve, “The food was fantastic!”

We’d like to list some students that brought some of the best food along with them: Cassie Garrett with pulled pork sandwiches, the family of Summer Gunn, Luis and Rosie brought homemade “churros,” Marla Mitchell a very special meat loaf. Thank you to all of you that brought such good food with you, it really enhanced the evening.

Here is what our principal, Dr. Jim Burger had to say about his first Back to School Night at Carle: “I really enjoyed it. It was a good turn out and it was very nice to see school connect to home. Having parents come out and show their support is very inspiring, I really enjoyed seeing that. Also, great food too, and plenty of it.”

For those of you that don’t know, we here at Carlé are having a mug contest where students can submit a design for a mug, and then get a free mug made by the students in the media class.

I personally like how that sounds. The only catch is that you have to design your own mug and sit down with another student to produce it. All Carlé students are welcome in this contest as well as every other contest we’ll have throughout the year.

In addition to the mug contest the media class has started designing and producing over 100 individual bookmarks that will be given to each and every student as well as all staff as a holiday present. We are aware that many students have a hard time during the holidays and that is why the media class decided that everyone will know that they are appreciated and thought of.
 
Quick update: At the end of this week we will be halfway through the second grade period which means we are one quarter of the way through this school year and that progress reports will be coming out for each student at the end of the week as well.

Student of the Week last week was Jay Brown. Jay is a kind and intelligent student who treats all those around him with respect. Congratulations Jay, we’re all very happy for you! Enjoy the pizza.

We would like to thank DJ’s Pizza of Lower Lake for their constant support of this important program at our school. They have been sponsoring our student of the week program for many years now. We all truly appreciate it.

Here at Carlé we have achievement levels for the students who are exceptional in their work and attendance.

The students that made our top level (gold) here at Carlé during the first grading period were: Mariah Bernal, Nura Brown, Emilio Gonzales, Ray Green, Kobi Minard, James Mora, Sienna Norton, Sara Peters, Steven Tracy, Charles Trujillo, Levy Venuto and Mayra Pantoja.

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

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Written by: Editor

Published: 21 October 2012

UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Bernie Butcher, the owner of the Tallman House Hotel and the Blue Wing restaurant, along with Allie Schell, an Upper Lake high school graduate, visited and spoke with the senior math class at Upper Lake High School on Thursday, Oct. 11.

The talk was part of a Thursday speaker series in teacher Teresa Dunne’s class.

Butcher and Schell discussed various education and employment options available to seniors after they graduate high school.

Schell related her decision making process to the students regarding her choice to remain in Upper Lake, working for The Blue Wing, while attending Mendocino Junior College.

Butcher described all of the deductions taken from a typical paycheck and he gave the students an historical tour of the images present on U.S. one dollar bill.

If you would like to become involved in the Thursday speaker series, please contact Teresa Dunne at 707-275-2338, Extension 115.