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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Due to the devastation in the Middletown and Cobb area, many students have been evacuated and displaced.
In order to reestablish a sense of normalcy, the Lake County Office of Education is encouraging students to return to school.
If you are a parent of displaced student, you may enroll your son or daughter in the school nearest to where you are currently residing.
The Lake County Office of Education encourages parents to contact the following districts to enroll your child.
– Lakeport Unified School District: 2580 Howard Ave., telephone 707-262-3000.
– Upper Lake Union High School District: 675 Clover Valley Road, telephone 707-275-2655.
– Upper Lake Union Elementary School District: 679 Second St., telephone 707-275-2357.
– Lucerne Elementary School District: 3351 Country Club Dr., telephone 707-274-5578.
– Konocti Unified School District: 9430 Lake St., Lower Lake, telephone 707-994-6475.
– Middletown Unified School District: 20932 Big Canyon Road, telephone 707-987-4100.
– Kelseyville Unified School District: 4325 Main St., telephone 707-279-1511.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Welcome back!
There have been some changes on our little campus.
Carlé welcomed teacher Michael Descalso and the students of Blue Heron which is now seated on the Carlé campus.
In addition Carlé welcomes new math teacher Derek Walley and new maintenance person Edna. Both were given welcome plaques and mugs made by students in our own media class.
Carlé High School’s staff gives out CHILYs when they see students doing things that help our community. CHILY is an acronym and it means “Carlé high is liking you.”
This last Monday, Aug. 31, Carlé welcomed five new students: Anna Barnard, Michael Nicholson, Ryan O’Bryan, Malik Turner and Jacob Walker. We hope they enjoy their time here.
Carlé recently took a field trip to Highland Springs for a day of activities, kayaking, swimming and barbecuing.
Our own English teacher Dan Maes barbecued hamburgers for the student body with the help of a few students.
Angie and Alan Siegel brought 10 kayaks and students took turns going out and experiencing this wonderful sport.
The end of the grading period is all ready approaching quickly and students are trying their hardest to complete credits so they can make a level.
Levels are awarded to students who earn a certain amount of credits and meet the attendance requirements.
The requirements for bronze level are 80-percent attendance with nine credits; the requirements for silver are 85-percent attendance with 12 credits earned and the requirements for gold are 90-percent attendance with 15 credits earned. All in our short six-week grading periods.
At the beginning of the school year our principal Matt Strahl handed out gold level passes to the students who earned gold level sixth grade period last year.
Those students names are Jose Bendana, Daemon Dawson, Jasmine Heckard, Allen Hernandez, Alex Landeros, Sam Cachu-Martinez, Chris Nuzzo, Candice Safreno and Alexus Stickle. Congratulations to all these wonderful students.
The ASVAB test was held at Carlé on Aug. 27. The results for the test should be here in a couple weeks. Back to school night/potluck dinner was held on Friday, Sept. 4, and it was a success.
Students, parents and staff enjoyed a potluck dinner after an introduction speech about Carlé from Principal Strahl.
Doyle J. Conatser is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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SACRAMENTO – ScholarShare, California’s 529 college savings plan, is celebrating National College Savings Month with a College Savings Pledge.
From Tuesday, Sept. 1, through Friday, Sept. 25, Californians who take the pledge will enter for the chance to win one of 20 ScholarShare 529 accounts each in the amount of $500 for their child or loved one.
The pledge is aimed at encouraging young children to aspire to go to college – whether that is a community college, four-year university or trade school – and educating parents and guardians about the importance of saving for college and the benefits of California’s 529 plan.
“The great equalizer between the haves and have nots has always been education. However, stagnant wage growth coupled with an explosion in college tuition has pushed that education out of the reach of many California families. Early, steady savings are among the best ways to restore the affordability of a college degree. Parents can open a ScholarShare 529 account with as little as $25 and make a college education – and its many benefits – a real and affordable opportunity for their children,” California State Treasurer John Chiang said.
Now through Friday, Sept. 25, eligible Californians can take the College Savings Pledge at www.CollegeSavingsPledge.com .
Twenty winners will be awarded a $500 contribution to a new or existing ScholarShare 529 account, for a California student between the ages of 3 and 14. The teachers of the designated beneficiaries will also receive a $500 Visa gift card, to help support their efforts in inspiring children to dream big and go to college.
Additional details about the College Savings Pledge, including the Official Rules, can be found at www.CollegeSavingsPledge.com .
The ScholarShare College Savings Plan is California’s state-sponsored 529 college savings plan, and was recently ranked second in the top direct-sold 529 plans for three-year performance by www.SavingForCollege.com .
Since its inception in 1999, ScholarShare has grown to more than 266,000 open accounts with over $6.4 billion in total plan assets.
In 2014, ScholarShare helped California families meet their higher education needs, with nearly $300 million withdrawn by families to pay for qualified higher education expenses.
ScholarShare offers a diverse set of investment options, and provides tax-deferred growth and withdrawals free from state and federal taxes when the funds are used for qualified higher education expenses, such as tuition and fees, books or even certain room and board costs.
Any U.S. citizen, or resident alien with a valid Social Security Number or Taxpayer Identification Number, can open a new account, for as little as $25.
Through ScholarShare’s “Give a Gift” option, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends can open a new account as a gift or make a gift contribution to an existing account. ScholarShare has no annual account maintenance fee, no income limit and offers a high maximum account balance limit.
To learn more about California’s 529 plan, please visit www.ScholarShare.com .
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LUCERNE, Calif. – Marymount California University’s (MCU) Lakeside campus will offer two courses for audit-only this fall semester, with limited availability and by application.
Dr. Jonathan H. Westover will teach Entrepreneurship I (Bus 315) and Entrepreneurship for Social Change (Bus 415).
Entrepreneurship I explores the framework for the principles and practices necessary for the formation and development of a new enterprise.
Students will learn what investors look for when assessing a business opportunity.
Entrepreneurship for Social Change is an emerging field which asserts that the problems of the world cannot be solved by governments or economic markets.
To make real changes, entrepreneurs must act as stewards of their communities and undertake ventures which add social value.
This interdisciplinary course is targeted to those students who may consider a social entrepreneurial opportunity early in their careers, although the skills developed will benefit any career direction. This course will include a field project with significant, value-added social service.
To submit an application for audit status in Bus 315 or Bus 415, contact Michelle Scully, MCU Lakeside Executive Director, at
Westover is an Assistant Professor of Management and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Ethics at Utah Valley University, specializing in international human resource management, organizational development, and community-engaged experiential learning and research.
“We are very excited to have Dr. Westover teaching at MCU Lakeside this semester,” said Scully. “His experience and vision bring a great energy to the campus. Our senior students will be actively involved in Bus 415 as pioneers in our first offering of this course and within this new and expanding field of entrepreneurship for social change. They will be working on senior capstone projects and many have already expressed their personal goal is to contribute to their community. We’ve established collaborative relationships for this course with local business people who share a vision for business combined with social change.
“Dr. Westover’s class will be interacting with the Bus 415 class at the main MCU campus in southern California, and we look forward to creating an intercampus dialogue between students. We are proud to offer this course as a topic which resonates with MCU’s vision statement of ‘challenging students to pursue lives of leadership and service,’” said Scully.
A recipient of numerous research, teaching, and service awards and fellowships early in his academic career, Westover recently was a Fulbright Scholar and is a regular visiting faculty member in other graduate business programs in the U.S., United Kingdom, Belarus, Poland, and China.
Prior to his doctoral studies in the sociology of work and organizations, comparative international sociology, and international political economy (University of Utah), Westover received his Bachelor of Science in sociology and Master's of Public Administration from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University.
He also received graduate certificates in demography and higher education teaching during his time at the University of Utah.
Professor Westover has published extensively and his ongoing research examines issues of globalization, labor transformation, work quality characteristics and the determinants of job satisfaction cross-nationally.
MCU’s Lakeside campus is located at 3700 Country Club Drive in Lucerne, www.facebook.com/MarymountLakeside .