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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. — In announcing the start of open enrollment for the 2024-2025 academic year, Lake County's newest tuition free charter school Shade Canyon is hosting a Walk Through Shade Canyon event inviting families to come inside and see the school while getting a glimpse of daily activities and student life.
This event is held at the school, located at 4335 Sylar Lane in Kelseyville, monthly on every third Thursday.
Shade Canyon is a holistic, nature-based program for diverse learners.
With a focus on arts, nature and play and a curriculum inspired by the principles of Public Waldorf education, daily life at Shade Canyon is unique from mainstream classrooms.
They pride themselves on diversity, quality and inclusion and aim to provide an environment that nourishes families and learners of all types and backgrounds.
Being a new school, Shade Canyon is growing and developing with the community and is currently enrolling for transitional kindergarten through third grade.
Every year a grade will be added ending in eighth grade.
Enrollment and event information can be found on the school website www.ShadeCanyon.org.
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“Making our college campuses safer is a top priority, and it starts by improving the way we prevent and monitor these disturbing incidents,” Sen. Dodd said. “Right now, we have deficient standards and transparency in the investigation and reporting process, and there’s a serious lack of consistency and accountability from those in charge. My bill will incorporate key recommendations from the auditor’s report to create meaningful systemic and cultural change.”
Sen. Dodd’s Senate Bill 1166 follows his 2023 legislation that increased transparency and reporting requirements when handling campus harassment cases.
That bill, SB 808, required detailed reporting to the Legislature on the investigations and outcomes of sexual harassment reports and formal sexual harassment complaints and requires the California State University to post these annual reports on its internet website for public awareness. It was co-sponsored by the California Faculty Association and CSU Employees Union.
Under provisions of Sen. Dodd’s latest bill, investigations on UC, CSU and community colleges would be subject to additional oversight, building on reforms to Title IX requirements. SB 1166 is expected to be heard in its first policy committee in about a month.
Sen. Dodd’s measures are in response to numerous cases of sexual harassment and violence on CSU campuses in recent years including at Sonoma State University and the California Martime Academy, both in Senate District 3.
Link to State Auditor’s report: https://www.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2022-109/index.html.
Dodd represents the Third Senate District, which includes all or portions of Napa, Yolo, Sonoma, Solano, Sacramento and Contra Costa counties.
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The luncheon meeting will be at the Riviera Hills Restaurant located at 10200 Fairway Drive, Kelseyville.
Registration and social time commences at 9:30 a.m.
The business meeting will be called to order at 10 a.m. by President Fletcher.
Current members are encouraged to bring a potential new member.
Business will address officers for the upcoming fiscal year and allow members to sign up to deliver cookies to all school sites in Lake County. For many years the Lake County Division has delivered cookies to all staff rooms in the county to recognize teachers on the Day of the Teacher.
At the conclusion of the business meeting the members will welcome Joe Torres to speak to the group about computer scams. Computer scams are abundant. Mr. Torres will offer advice on how to avoid becoming a victim.
Lunch will be served at noon. The menu consists of chicken in cream sauce, vegetables, salad, rice, bread, dessert, coffee or tea. A vegetarian entree is available.
The cost of lunch is $23. A “tip jar” will be available to recognize the servers.
All CalRTA members are invited to attend as well as recently retired teachers, family members or other interested individuals.
This is an opportunity to learn how the California Retired Teachers Association is working to protect the retirement and pensions of California teachers and to advocate for legislation improving education in California.
In addition, the Lake County Division 35 provides scholarships to students pursuing a career in education, grants to local teachers and supports education in Lake County in numerous other ways.
Additional information on Chapter 35 is available on the web at https://div35.calrta.org/.
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MARYSVILLE, Calif. – Yuba College recently named Dr. Alan Dixon as its new dean of career and technical education, or CTE, and workforce development.
Dixon comes to Yuba College after working in higher education for 15 years. He will begin his new position by working closely with faculty to understand the current trends and technology standards for various CTE industries.
“Technology undergoes constant change. To best prepare our students to enter the workforce, we must keep pace with that change,” he said. “My goal as CTE dean is to work with faculty to ensure our students are trained with the latest and greatest technology so they graduate with the tools they need to succeed.”
Dixon oversees approximately 20 areas at the college including: health programs like nursing, emergency medical technology and radiology; behavioral science programs such as human services and psychiatric technology; applied technology programs including manufacturing and welding; public safety programs like the police and fire academies, and more programs that lead to in-demand careers.
“These programs are designed to help students hone in on the skills they need so they are fully prepared to step into the careers they want. It’s exciting to work with faculty to shape the best learning experience they can have,” Dixon said.
Additionally, he is eager to work with local agencies and employers to build internship programs that will give students real-world experience and support local employers.
“It is a win for Yuba College when our students become contributing members of our community from both their learning experiences with us and the experiences they gain with our community partners,” Dixon said.
He shared that he is eager to build his own relationships with the Yuba community.
“I am looking forward to forging local relationships to learn about the needs and priorities of our community and working together to meet and exceed those challenges. My belief is if we work together to learn about each other and share our hopes and dreams, we can continue to evolve our college to best serve our students and community,” Dixon said.
To learn about CTE programs at Yuba College, please visit https://yc.yccd.edu/academics/career-technical-education/.