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The presentation will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
Members of the public are invited to attend to discuss drug education being done in the Lakeport schools.
The use of marijuana, alcohol and other drugs on campus will be discussed.
Parents are encouraged to attend and hear about signs and symptoms of being under the influence or possible drug use at home and at school.
An overview of the DARE program that is being taught to Fifth through eighth graders will also be given.
Officer Green will be joined by Carrie White with Alcohol and Other Drug Services, Krista Touros with Sutter Lakeside Hospital, and Kris Andre from the Lakeport Unified School District.
Other topics of discussion will include cyber-bullying and social networking on and off campus.
This is an excellent opportunity for parents to network and discuss what their kids are doing in school.
Space is limited. If you plan to attend, please call 707-262-5535 or send an email to Officer Green at
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Spring is finally here! Along with the warm spring weather will follow the Spring-Bling that will take place on Friday, April 15.
You may be curious about this “Spring-Bling” you're hearing all about and wondering if it really is as glamorous as it sounds? To answer that simply, yes! Filled with spring activities and a whole lot of laughter, Carlé High School knows how to start off the season!
Additional information on this event, games and winners will be in next week's article.
Wednesday, April 13 will be another school wide clean up day around the campus. The five advisories will come together and have a great time showing our school our appreciation. Each advisory will choose one area around the campus to be responsible for.
Carlé High School would like to give a special thanks to the dental sealant clinic for taking time on April 5 to provide free dental care for the students who needed it. As we all know, health care can be expensive these days. That is why we feel so privileged that these kindhearted people would offer this to our students.
Teacher Dan Maes has just returned from a visitation of his Western Association of Schools & Colleges Team, which is a team that gives accreditation to other schools based on their environment, learning experience and the overall schooling.
The Lower Lake Community Action Group will hold its monthly dinner on Wednesday, April 13, at Russell Rustici Park.
Working alongside this year's team leader Ellie Hackler will be Levi Floyd, who will be taking over leading these community functions in the next school year. Also working that night will be Stevie Cook, Aaron Mearns and Tyler Stirling.
Student of the week last week was LJ. “He has shown great improvement since being here at Carlé,” said teacher Angie Siegel.
Can anyone say “as good as gold?” Well, students Desiree Bauer, Leticia Bowman, Matt Brown, Shannika Chandler, Stevie Cook, Nia Edmonds, Aaron Mearns, Arturo Negrete, Raylon Ray, Tyler Stirling and Jorge Vieira can. These students will be attending this grading period's gold-level trip to Scandia.
Portfolios that took place on April 7 were given by graduating students Rebecca Englander and Holly Brumback. Congratulations!
Students are being encouraged to do their best on this year's STAR tests that will begin on May 9. Carlé High School is shooting for a score of 704.
On April 11 teacher Alan Siegel will be in Sacramento to help run the video for the California Teacher of the Year Celebration. Middletown teacher Jennifer Kelly, was a winner this year. She is only the second Lake County Teacher to ever receive said honor.
This very lovely day is also teacher Alan Siegel's birthday. Carlé High School would like to wish Alan Siegel a very happy birthday!
On Friday, April 8, the student body awarded Alan a special photo collage of Scabby made by Heidi Kratz. He was also given a birthday card, which every student and teacher at Carlé receives on their birthday, which was handmade by Christine Mcquoun.
Karalena Cole is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Telescope Award Ceremony for the winners of the Friends of Taylor Observatory's first Future Astronomers Essay Contest was held on March 18.
There were dignitaries, speeches, a cake, and appetizers for the recipients and attendees.
Lake County Superintendent of Schools Wally Holbrook welcomed everyone to the event.
Friends of Taylor Observatory President Walt Lyon emceed the exceptional evening.
A special telescope presentation, called “ Two Small Pieces of Glass,” was held in the planetarium.
Lake County School Board Member Madelene Lyon also attended. Lyon, along with the Friends of Taylor Observatory, was instrumental in the fundraising efforts for the mighty telescopes.
The students were excited to use their Moon filters in observing the full moon.
Each telescope was sponsored by an individual or company: Kelseyville Sunrise Rotary, WestAmerica Bank, Konocti Vista Casino, North Coast Wine Transport, Dr. Wayne and Valentina Scheidemann, Lakeport Lions and an anonymous telescope donation made in the memory of naturalist Paul Wigdor.
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The appeal came during an event at City College of San Francisco, where diverse interests gathered to encourage participation in the upcoming event.
“As the nation’s largest system of higher education – serving nearly 3 million students each year – California’s Community Colleges are crucial in educating and training our future workforce. Unfortunately, the economic recession has made it more difficult for thousands of students to attend college. Efforts such as Hands Across California, which bring people together from all demographics, regions and political parties provide youth an opportunity to achieve their dream,” Newsom said of the gathering on April 17.
An unprecedented fundraising and advocacy opportunity, HAC will create a human line stretching down the state, with a portion of the route going directly through San Francisco and the Bay Area.
It will call attention to the nation's largest system of higher education, illustrating the impact of community colleges, and raising dollars for the California Community Colleges Scholarship Endowment (CCCSE), which will benefit community college students for generations to come.
Through the generosity of The Bernard Osher Foundation, net proceeds will receive a 50 percent match, increasing the impact that donations made to the cause will have on students.
The event will involve most of the state’s 112 community colleges and comes at a critical time for the colleges and their students.
Due to the ever-rising cost of an education, many of the state’s community college students are struggling to pay for college.
Full-time students have an annual median income of $16,223, and nearly a quarter have incomes of less than $5,544 per year.
Nearly 90 percent of full-time students are in need of financial aid and almost half (47 percent) of all students have no resources to pay for college.
HAC is organized by the Foundation for California Community Colleges and made possible through the support of partnerships with major California corporations AT&T, Clear Channel, Southern California Edison, UPS and Yahoo!.
Through these partnerships, a number of opportunities are available to allow people to be a part of this historic event and support students of the largest system of higher education in America.
A texting campaign has been launched courtesy of AT&T, allowing anyone to donate $10 to the cause simply by texting HANDS to 27722 from a mobile phone; an online mapping tool that allows participants to map out their locations for the event has been developed by Yahoo!; and UPS is helping by doing what they are perhaps best known for – logistics.
Brown UPS package cars will be seen up and down the state on April 17 as they mark gathering points for the event. Additionally, Southern California Edison and Clear Channel radio have given financial support and air time to support the cause.
“As California's community colleges face worsening budget situations and the students themselves feel the effect of our economy, Hands Across California will shed light on the millions of students who desperately need financial support to complete their education while raising dollars that will result in student scholarships for generations to come,” said Paul Lanning, President and CEO of the Foundation for California Community Colleges, which is organizing Hands Across California.
“The collaboration we have seen from so many diverse interests underscores the importance of California Community Colleges and their role as the largest provider of workforce needs in America. Those standing with us today demonstrate that our students are worthy of investment and support, and we hope that others throughout California will feel the same way, particularly on April 17,” Lanning said.
California’s Community Colleges were created to provide affordable and accessible educational opportunities for all Californians.
Today, the system serves nearly 3 million students each year, enrolls three out of every ten Californians age 18-24, educates the majority of the state’s workforce, and provides a stepping-stone for students on the pathway to four-year and graduate degrees.
California Community Colleges educate 80 percent of firefighters, law enforcement officers, and emergency medical technicians.
In addition, 70 percent of the nurses in California received their education from community colleges.
Thanks to a commitment from The Bernard Osher Foundation, every dollar raised through HAC will receive a 50 percent match that will be donated to the CCCSE.
The ultimate goal is to build a $100 million scholarship endowment that will provide desperately needed financial support hundreds of thousands of students over the coming years.
The CCCSE was established in 2008 thanks to a $25 million gift from The Bernard Osher Foundation. The foundation also committed another $25 million as a challenge grant to the California Community Colleges as an incentive to raise an additional $50 million for the endowment by June 2011.
To learn more about HAC, be a part of this historic event or donate to the cause, visit www.HandsAcrossCalifornia.org.