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LOWER LAKE – Enrique Yarce, a freshman at Lower Lake High School, has been recommended by his teacher for the National Youth Leadership Forum in Medicine.
He needs community support to raise $2,210 by May 21.
Scott R. Hopkins, Enrique’s science teacher, said “I nominated Enrique because he aces most tests, turns in every assignment and has the unique ability to learn, as if through osmosis. He reads more than any other student I have and always has a book with him.”
The National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine is dedicated to preparing young people who may one day be physicians or leaders in the medical field.
In the multi-day program Yarce will learn from medical leaders and research pioneers and be exposed to state-of-the-art diagnostic tools and medical specialties.
“I was deeply honored to be nominated and any donation will help,” said Yarce. “I’ve always been interested in medicine, especially psychiatry and chiropractic. This opportunity will not only give me great knowledge on the things that interest me but will look really good on my college resume so I can get into a great college.”
His parents have put up the initial $475 down payment for tuition. That still leaves $2,210.
“We are going to do everything we can to support him but we could use help for his tuition,” said Gabriella Yarce, Enrique’s mother.
To help the teen with his tuition, send or take donations to Wachovia Bank on Olympic Drive in Clearlake where an account in his name, Enrique Yarce No. xxxxxxxxx8170, has been set up for him.
For more information contact Luis and Gabriella Yarce at 707-998-0194.
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NAPA VALLEY – Napa Valley College’s Napa Valley Cooking School in St. Helena trains students for professional culinary careers and more.
As leaders in their industry, the Napa Valley Cooking School is striving for sustainability, using local, organic produce, meat, dairy and eggs. The school even has an organic garden and a new chicken coop with rare and heritage breed hens.
The culinary students learn how to reduce waste with composting and recycling. Classic techniques, all basic skills, butchery, artisan baking, nutrition and food safety are part of the curriculum as well as wine appreciation and food and beverage cost control.
From regional cuisines and modern culinary techniques to the highly successful student run restaurant sessions, the culinary instruction is followed by an externship in fine dining restaurants to enhance skills and experience.
You can sample food made by the students at an Open House and Marketplace from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 22 at the school.
Tours will be given of the Belle Rhodes Teaching Kitchen and you can see the school’s garden and new chicken coop.
Those attending will meet Executive Chef Barbara Alexander, Chef Laura Lee and current culinary students while sampling some of their work.
There will also be global street foods, jams, sauces, artisan pastries and breads, and chocolates available for purchase.
Napa Valley Cooking School is located at the college’s Upper Valley Campus, 1088 College Ave., St. Helena. Call 707-976-2901 for details on the open house and reservations. The open house will be an annual event.
A new Napa Valley Cooking School class will start in the fall. See www.napavalley.edu/cookingschool for more information.
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- Written by: Andrea McMullen
Prom is right around the corner and will be here before we know it. The date is set for April 24 and the theme will be “Masquerade.”
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) review team was here, from the report they left behind, they were impressed with our school. I interviewed the three-person review team and here are some of their comments.
“I felt very at home here, students and staff were all very engaging. As a teacher, Carlé would be a place I would love to teach at,” said Carmella Della Pia.
“There's such a sense of urgency and purpose here, and the students and staff are all on the same page. Theres such a family feel and all of you should be very proud of what goes on here,” said Aubin Giampaoli.
“I agree with the other two committee members, visiting here is like visiting someone's home,” said Donald Raynard.
Possibly the most flattering comment made by the team was, “We have never been in a community that takes care of its children so well.”
We are very proud of what we do and we were very glad to share this wonderful community with the WASC review team.
Speaking of WASC, we had three students prepare, cook and serve the luncheon that was held for the team. Thanks go out to our adult volunteer Carli Tippett (whose son, Trevor, graduated from this program), who was the head chef and Ellie Hackler, Christine Mcquown, and Michelle Larue the student cooks and servers and we greatly appreciate all their hard work and effort.
Carle's Odyssey of the Mind team went to the state finals in Brentwood and we couldn't be more proud of the team!
They placed sixth and presented themselves very well.
“We participated with seven teams in division three. The problem was called “discovered treasures” and our team got sixth place, however we went over the time limit and received a 15-point deduction, after going over all the scores we saw that if we didn't get that deduction we would have gotten third
place,” said Principal Ed Zander.
“I am so proud of the team for giving their very best and competing well with much larger comprehensive high schools from around the state,” he continued. “All of the team members are much more aware of their strengths and weaknesses by going through this problem solving process and I have seen so much growth in each individual, they should be so proud of themselves.”
The team members are Phoenix King, Justin Boyce, Christina Ortega, Lisa Davis, Rebecca Englander, Jonathan Truax and Jeremy Burton.
Thanks also go out to Foods ETC., Ray's Foods, Michael Tellez and Derek Grace for making this possible. We also thank Harriet Rogers who donated $400 from past Odyssey of the Mind teams, which helped with expenses for the finals.
Speaking of Odyssey of the Mind, the Bay Area Theatre Sports (BATS) put on a special performance and workshop in San Francisco especially for our Odyssey of the Mind team. Chris Sams set it up; he had been in Odyssey of the Mind in North Carolina and was happy to set something up for the students. He worked with the team on improvisational strategies through playing games.
Carlé truly appreciates all the effort and time spent working with our students by these professionals.
Michelle Larue was our student of the week and she has definitely earned that title! She makes a birthday card for each and every student throughout the year to make sure that they are recognized and appreciated. We all thank you very much Michelle and keep up the great work!
And finally we would like to announce the final contest of the year. Carlé will be having a t-shirt contest where students can put their own individual design on a shirt that ties to Carlé in some way. T-shirts will designs are due April 23.
Have a great spring break and we will see every safely on the other side of the break.
Andrea McMullen is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake.
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Cy Passley, a graduate of Carlé, is bringing his band “Typical Situation” to Carlé to talk with students about what it takes to make it in the music industry. Passley is a graduate from the Music Institute and will be playing with his band as well as talking with Carlé students. This will be very helpful because many of the students here are very talented in music and have plans to enter the music industry.
Erika Streckfuss and Paul Silsby sent a letter and video to the White House. If their submission is picked, president Barack Obama would come to Carlé's graduation and deliver a speech. This is a national competition that any school can enter and the two have been working very hard to put together a video and application.
“We took on the project because we thought it would be a unique and inventive experience for graduation. It was great to see Superintendent Bill MacDougall getting involved with the video we sent in, and the student body's interest in this project. It was fun!,” said Erika Streckfuss and Paul Silsby.
Our flag competition came to an end, and we had 20 winners. Each was unique and very well done. The flags will be flown through April from the ramparts of the school and each student will be able to take their flags home to keep.
The next and final contest of the year will be a t-shirt design contest with the theme tying in some way to Carlé. At the end we will have 20 unique t-shirts promoting the various activities that take place at this school.
Big thanks go out to Stefani Conner who came up with the idea to make sweatshirts for all the seniors this year. Jessie Eubanks was the main artist and Stefani came up with the design. The front displays “Carlé Seniors” and the back shows “Carlé – 2010” and has each of the senior's signatures. The sweaters will be made by Perfect Printers T-shirt shop and they will be sold for $26 each.
On March 25, Sandy Jones and Kinesha Wilson presented their graduate portfolios.
The CAHSEE test was held on March 16 and 17 in the library, this time for our juniors and seniors. We wish them all luck on this exam!
The WASC review team will be at Carlé as this goes to print. Mr. Donald Raynard (chair), Ms. Aubin Giampaoli (member) and Ms. Carmella Della Pia are all coming to review Carlé for accreditation. They can give us anywhere from a one- to six-year accreditation.
Our student of the week was Amanda Gamble. Among other things, Amanda is a gardener for Angie Siegel. Amanda is a great student who now firmly has her eyes set on graduation. Congratulations, Amanda.
Odyssey of the Mind is going to the state competition in Brentwood on March 27. They will be first to perform out of about 8 teams selected. All of Carlé are very proud of their hard work.
Last but not least, we have Tonya Smith, Chelle Pery-Alden, Michelle Larue and Shelby Saldana who are becoming docents for the Children's Museum of Art and Science (CMAS), this means they will become trail leaders for nature walks that go on at Anderson Marsh. Billy Gear will be training them at the historic site.
Andrea McMullen is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake.