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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – On Wednesday, Oct. 6, Mrs. Boomer from Upper Lake High and Mr. Moorhead from Clear Lake High braved the rainy weather to bring more than 50 students to the indoor/outdoor Careers in Construction Expo in Santa Rosa, sponsored by the North Coast Builders Exchange.
The North Coast Builders Exchange coordinates in partnership with the Regional Occupational Program (ROP) to encourage Career Technical Education students to explore a multitude of career possibilities related to the building trades.
Students spent approximately an hour exploring the various displays, demonstration areas and participating in mock interviews.
Booths were available to learn about L.E.D. lighting, architecture, air conditioning, heating, engineering and workplace safety.
Demonstrations, both inside and outside, allowed students to get firsthand experience with equipment that included a jackhammer, bobcat, tile cutter, pouring concrete, welding, operating a backhoe and riding a scissor lift.
The North Coast Builders Exchange not only gave students a lot to see and do, they also gave them something to think about.
Students learned about apprenticeships, the importance of a high school education and the need for women in the construction field.
Transportation for both schools was paid by the North Coast Builders Exchange.
For more information on the The North Coast Builders Exchange visit www.ncbeonline.com.
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On Oct. 7, Carlé High School held a fleetball tournament.
The students who were made up the Carlé fleetball team were Gage Carlson, Brandon Cruz, Steve Fogg, Joseph Griffith, Antonio Hines, Robert Jones, Anthony Olmedo, Camari Onwuasoeze, Blaze Pearson, Brandon Ramirez, Nate Sanders, Charles Tracy, Gorge Viera, and Walker Calvin.
When teacher Steve Haman was asked how he felt the games went, he said, “I thought the students played their hearts out in the games that we played. I believe they had a lot of fun, and they showed tremendous sportsmanship, which is something we always look for in Carlé students. We look forward to other sporting events with more schools this year.”
During the fleetball tournament students were allowed out of class to watch the festivities, and afterwards everyone was treated to a hamburger barbecue.
The gold level trip for last year's sixth grading period gold level students was held on Oct. 3. Science teacher Angie Siegel was the supervisor for the trip, which was at Fort Bragg's MacKerricher State Park.
The second grading period started on Oct. 10. Carlé thanks super secretary Barbara Dye for calculating all of those grades and for all the hard work she always does for this school as well as Blue Heron and the adult school.
Carlé would like to announce all the students who made gold level for the first grading period of this year. These hard working students are Saffron Blue, Desiree Bauer, Jade Fox, Darren Gasperoni, Raina Golden, Ashell Gravlee, Christina Green, Jesse Greene, David Hardy, Shania Jones, Arwen King, Dallas Schell, Corissa Schoonderwoed, Gerald Stahlman, Emily Thompson, Dylan Ward, Jonathan Warren and Brandon Wilson.
Equally important, Carlé also would like to announce the list of silver level students: Sabrina Abbott, Ashlee Ables, Arnoldo Anguiano, April Ambriz, Tucker Barnett, Leticia Bowman, Nura Brown, Alexis Casteneda, Shannika Chandeler, Forrest Ferris, Sean Foss, Jr. Garcia, Dawn Giller, Zack Gray, Teesha Greer, Constance Hazelwood, Daniel Hernandez, Antonio Hines, Robert Jones, Jerad (Travis) Moore, Blaze Pearson, Antionette Percoats, Nicole Powell, Colton Robone, Lukas Sawyer, Kyle Scott, Monique Throop, Charles Tracy, Dennis Warner, Austin Weldon, Erica Woods and Lindsey Yaquinto.
Congratulations to all gold and silver level students.
Carlé announced the students who got perfect attendance during the first grading period. All perfect attendance students had their names in a drawing for a $50 Walmart gift card. Dylan Ward was the lucky winner of this prize.
With the announcement of the second grading period Alan Siegel's media class sponsored key chain contest is now closed. Lucky for everyone a new contest has begun! This is a mug contest and the mug has to have a theme that is Carlé related. Just make your design and ask for Alan's approval.
Senior Ally Backman had her portfolio presentation to staff, family and friends on Oct. 13 at 1:45 p.m.
Chrissie Green and Jade Fox are students at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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“Our most recent data shows that stress, anxiety and depression are among the top factors that affect student academic performance,” said Chancellor Scott, who advocates for the state’s 2.6 million students across a 112-college system. “This grant comes at a critical time as students are under even more stress because of economic troubles. Almost 50 percent of students reported feeling very sad, very lonely and hopeless and more than a third reported that they were so depressed it was difficult to function.”
Another 8 percent of student respondents reported that they had considered suicide and almost 3 percent had attempted suicide.
The California Community Colleges Student Mental Health Program will provide funding to 12 colleges for training, technical services and peer-to-peer assistance.
The program also will result in online training resources that are expected to be available to all community college faculty and staff to help them respond appropriately to students who may exhibit signs of mental distress.
A focus on student veterans will be an important program element, and community colleges will collaborate with the California State University and University of California on these projects.
Mary and Victor Ojakian, who lost a son to suicide while he was a college student, applauded the grant. In December 2004, their son, Adam, was a senior at University of California, when he took his own life in his apartment after completing his last final exam that quarter. He was 21. The Ojakians have been tireless advocates since Adam’s death for funding on-campus mental health initiatives throughout California’s higher education systems.
“We are acutely aware of the difficulties and trauma a family experiences when a loved one dies of suicide. It is our hope that these funds can be used to create a sustainable system of improved understanding and support for those struggling with a mental health issue. We hope to prevent all of us from losing a loved one to the fatal outcome of these illnesses – suicide,” said Mary and Vic Ojakian. “Since losing our son to suicide, we have worked toward improved mental health understanding and services in all California universities and colleges. Our son was never diagnosed, but we feel that he experienced a deep depression that went unrecognized and untreated.”
The Foundation for California Community Colleges is the official fiscal sponsor of the grant on behalf of the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office.
Many community college students face a wide range of mental health needs and although some seek services, many do not.
Among the students who experience or are at-risk of mental health issues are:
The significant number of returning veterans who may have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI) and depression as a result of their military and combat experiences.
Those with no prior mental health history who need help for the first time due to developmental challenges, and/or emotional, educational, economic and social stressors.
Those who have experienced severe depression and previous suicidal thoughts and/or attempts.
Those who have never been diagnosed but who may present challenges to the campus community by being disruptive.
Those with diagnosed psychological disabilities, some of whom receive support from campus Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) and health services offices.
Those who may need help but who do not want to use DSPS or other specialized services because of the stigma that is a significant barrier to seeking help for mental health issues.
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The new legislation will save colleges tens-of-thousands of dollars as more modern and efficient services are used, and students will benefit from a streamlined assessment system and will have the ability to request and view their transcripts online.
Chancellor Scott noted that dozens of different standardized assessment tests are currently being used throughout the California community college system to place students into courses.
Many campuses only recognize the test they use and require students who take placement exams at a different community college to be reassessed. This creates an additional hurdle for prospective students and results in costly and duplicative testing by campuses.
“These two pieces of legislation go a long way in saving colleges’ time and money and allowing us to efficiently and seamlessly serve our students,” Scott said. “The centralized assessment system and the new eTranscript infrastructure will help our 2.6 million students achieve their educational goals faster by eliminating redundant practices and using technology to allow our students to access their records online and to share the information quickly with other institutions.”
Signed on Oct. 8, Assembly Bill 743, authored by Marty Block (D-San Diego), requires the Chancellor’s Office to establish uniform assessment tests for English, math, and English as a second language (ESL).
The common assessment tools will be made available to all 112-campuses to use in determining whether individual students should enroll in college-level courses or if they should first take basic skills classes. The use of the common tests will allow students to take their results with them if they enroll at multiple campuses or want to transfer to a different community college.
Assessment is a critical tool for students, many of whom begin their community higher education underprepared for college-level work. Taking an assessment prior to placement in a course is a critical step towards increasing student success.
Colleges that use the new common assessment exams will realize a significant cost savings because the system will purchase the tests in volume and offer them to campuses at little or no cost. This will allow more students to be assessed while the colleges realize cost-savings that they can keep locally and reinvest in other priority programs.
Assembly Bill 743 also allows for the creation of an online pre-test application that students can use to prepare to take the assessments. This will help students to improve their placement scores by allowing them to brush-up on skills they may have forgotten and as a result, enroll in the appropriate classes – thus helping them to succeed faster in degree or certificate completion and/or in transferring to a four-year university.
The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office received a one-time allocation of $500,000 from the California Assembly for the common assessment project.
This funding, in addition to grant money from the Hewlett and Gates Foundations, will combine to provide $850,000 in necessary start-up costs for the system-wide initiative.
The bill was supported by multiple community college campuses and districts, the Community College League of California, and the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges. It will take effect in January 2012.
Assembly Bill 1056, authored by Paul Fong (D-Mountain View), requires community colleges to convert from a paper-based transcript process to an electronic system called eTranscripts that is highly efficient and student-friendly.
The conversion to an electronic system will save the colleges $4 to $10 per transcript through reduced paper consumption, fewer staff hours, and decreased postage costs. The simplified process will allow students to request, transmit, track, and download their transcripts and have continuous access. It will also shorten the transmittal time from approximately three weeks to 24-hours when transcripts need to be sent from one campus to another. Many community colleges are already using this system or an alternate e-transcript service. The newly signed legislation will make the practice universal.
The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office received a one-time allocation of $500,000 from the state Assembly to help fund the cost of converting from the paper to an electronic transcript system. This funding is estimated to cover the initial conversion costs as specified in the bill. Maintenance expenses will be addressed through savings generated by the use of a more efficient, electronic system.
Assembly Bill 1056 is an important first step for creating even greater efficiencies in the future, according to Scott's office. By investing in this statewide technology, California is building the crucial infrastructure to support future automated projects such as degree audits, around the clock counseling, and the ability to quickly send student transcripts to institutions out of the state.