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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lake County Tribal Health Consortium is hosting a community gathering and back to school event on Saturday, August 25.
The gathering will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Legacy School, 1950 Parallel Drive, Lakeport.
There will be a barbecue lunch, free raffle, children’s carnival, water slides, softball game, native dancers, face painting and family resource booths.
School supplies will be given out to the first 100 children.
This event is being sponsored by the Lake County Tribal Health Consortium Child Development Center and the Gouk-Gumu Xolpelema Tribal Home Visiting Program and is partially funded by the Maternal Infant Early Childhood Initiative of the Affordable Care Act of 2010.
If you'd like more information please contact 707-263-8382, Extension 137 or Extension 212.
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UKIAH, Calif. – Carrie Wester is working hard to complete her general education requirements at Mendocino College.
She is a recipient of the Fall 2012 Yvonne Sligh Book Award and will apply her $150 towards one of her required textbooks.
Wester is a Ukiah High School graduate entering her second semester at Mendocino College. She has successfully completed 14 units with a 3.0 grade point average.
Wester’s immediate goal is to obtain a degree in Human Services/Paraprofessional with an ultimate goal of becoming a high school guidance counselor.
When asked who her role model was she immediately said, “Eleanor Roosevelt, because she made a difference and used her position as a presidential wife to do good things for people.”
In her spare time Wester admits to watching presidential politics because she is fascinated by the process. Additionally, she loves to bake and play with small children.
For more information about the Mendocino College Foundation, or to donate towards any of the Book Award Programs, call them at 707-467-1018 or go to http://foundation.mendocino.edu .
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Home-based alternative education programs are excellent options for parents and students seeking customized educational opportunity with many advantages, according to staff at the Lakeport Unified School District (LUSD) Home School Program.
Benefits of a home-based program include the ability to adapt to health or family needs, increased parental involvement, access to college-level classes and a focus on student interests.
The LUSD Home School program gives students a competitive academic program with a level of accountability and structured support, said Rena Roush, home school teacher.
Teachers, parents, tutors and a diverse home-support team commit an incredible amount of instruction and guidance to ensure the academic success of their students.
Students who do well in the LUSD Home School Program are generally academically motivated, good at taking initiative, and have a strong family support system she added.
Students and parents are provided with a comprehensive, district-approved curriculum that meets the California Standard for first through 12th grades. Learning objectives are consistent with and evaluated in a similar manner as that for other enrolled students.
Families interested in the LUSD Home School Program as an educational option are encouraged to call the Lakeport Alternative Education Center at 707-262-7076.
Alternative school staff will provide a detailed overview of the program and an individualized assessment of student needs and assistance with the enrollment process.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Office of Education Career Technical Education Department is offering a free ROP Introductory Computer Science course for the 2012-13 school year.
This is an introductory course focusing on the study of computation and computer technology, hardware, and software.
Utilizing the programming language of Java, students will learn the fundamental skills involved in the study of computer science.
This class is not just for students who would like to be computer programmers. The skills and knowledge acquired are useful to any student interested in a technology related career, and every student will benefit with the development of critical thinking skills.
This career technical education course will help prepare students for success in post secondary education and in college general education courses.
The course will follow the Advanced Placement (AP) structure for students who wish to take the AP exam.
Major topics to be covered are object-oriented program design, program implementation and analysis, data structures, algorithms, and ethical and social implications of computing systems.
Students will be utilizing Moodle, the same software platform used in many online college courses, and will be completing coursework in a blended learning environment, thus allowing for schedule flexibility and extra-curricular activities.
A blended course means that most course time will be online with weekly face to face meetings.
Class meetings will be held on Mondays, Sept. 24, 2012, to May 20, 2013, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Location of class meetings will be determined by the location of the students enrolled.
Students will be required to have weekly access to a computer with high speed Internet as well as Java download capability.
In addition, students are required to have successfully completed algebra and be at least a freshman in high school.
To register online visit the Lake County Office of Education Web site www.lakecoe.org or 707-262-4162. Space is limited to 20 students.