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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Konocti Lioness Club has donated funds to help a local student attend a national medical forum.
Christina Navarro, a Kelseyville High School student has been nominated to represent her school and the community as a member of the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, an organization that recognizes exceptional students in communities across the nation.
The Konocti Lioness Club has donated $500 to help Navarro in her efforts to raise the funds needed for the required tuition and other expenses.
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SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has announced the following appointments to the California State University Board of Trustees.
Adam Day, 44, of Alpine, has been the assistant tribal manager for the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation since 2002.
He was general manager at NCG Porter Novelli from 2000 to 2002 and vice president at the Flannery Group from 1999 to 2000.
He was chief of staff for San Diego County Supervisor Dianne Jacob from 1996 to 1999, senior policy advisor from 1993 to 1995 and campaign manager for Dianne Jacob for Supervisor from 1992 to 1993.
Day was deputy chief of staff for San Diego County Supervisor Greg Cox from 1995 to 1996, policy advisor for San Diego County Supervisor George Bailey from 1990 to 1992 and defense and foreign affairs legislative assistant for U.S. Senator Pete Wilson in 1990.
This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Day is a Republican.
Debra Farar, 64, of Pacific Palisades, has served on the California State University Board of Trustees since 1999.
Farar has been an education consultant in private practice since 1993. She was a national finance chair for Hillary Clinton for President in 2008, finance chair for Barbara Boxer for United States Senate in 1992, 1998, 2004 and 2010 and senior advisor on education policy in the Office of Lieutenant Governor Gray Davis from 1995 to 1998.
Farar earned a master of arts degree in education from California State University, Northridge and a doctor of education degree from Pepperdine University.
This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Farar is a Democrat.
Lillian Kimbell-Del Bosque, 54, of Woodland Hills, has been legal counsel and manager of Spanish Language Authors and Publisher Relations at Gardels and Associates since 2011.
She was legal counsel and business manager at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions from 1997 to 2011 and a law clerk for the Honorable Harry Pregerson at the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit in 1985.
Kimbell-Del Bosque earned a juris doctor degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.
This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Kimbell-Del Bosque is a Democrat.
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Hello readers, and welcome to the Carlé Chronicle, your primary news source for all things Carlé.
Congratulations to this week's student of the week, Chenoa Schmidt. Chenoa is a hard working and passionate student who is always willing to help other students excel.
Here at Carlé High School, we take a very personal and individualized approach with our students. We maintain a shared goal to learn and advance the pursuit of knowledge through collaboration and teamwork, and to help students gain the experience they need for the challenges and opportunities they will face later in life.
Big thanks to our staff members, who work around the clock to ensure every student receives what they need to graduate and excel and are allowed the opportunity to succeed and reach their dreams.
Every three weeks, students receive their grades in the form of progress reports or report cards, which are given out by their advisory teachers.
Advisory teachers help students manage their grades, work towards goals, and give advice on how best to proceed with their plans.
We have a number of important events coming up soon.
The English and math portions of the California High School Exit Exams (CAHSEEs) will take place on March 18 and 19 for juniors and seniors who need to retake the test.
Students Roy Kirk and Sabrina Farnan designed key chains to give out for donations to fund our prom.
We currently have about 100 keychains ready to sell for $7 each, although buyers have the choice to give larger donations if they please.
Every dollar earned from keychain sales helps fund our school's prom and is very much appreciated.
If any Carlé Chronicle readers want to buy any, call the school to order a key chain at 707-994-1033.
May 9 marks the date of Carlé's prom, which will be planned in the theme of Hollywood by our own student government. Students are encouraged to embrace pop culture and media and have a fun time!
Open House night will take place on April 3 at Carlé. In addition to an upcoming play by students DeAndre Morris and Paul Yanez, school officials will also be unveiling a new funding program for education in California.
Parents, teachers and officials alike are encouraged to come by and give input on these new ideas to help further advance the pursuit of education for our students.
In closing I'd like to thank teachers Alan Siegel and Robin Shrive, for introducing me to the Carlé Chronicle and for helping me realize my personal goals of investigative journalism.
And a big thanks to our students and all our readers for your continued support, this article wouldn't be possible without you!
Charles Warren is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and the Foundation for California Community Colleges announced the launch of the California Student Success Center, which will act as a hub of support for projects around the state that improve college completion rates and promote student success.
The Student Success Center’s launch is funded through a two-year, $500,000 grant provided by The Kresge Foundation, a private foundation that works to create opportunities for low-income individuals and improve communities nationwide, and in partnership with Jobs for the Future (JFF), a nonprofit group that seeks to help Americans succeed in today’s economy.
The California Community Colleges (CCC) are in the midst of a major reform effort aimed at significantly increasing the number of students successfully completing their educational and career goals.
The center will be a key part of this Student Success Initiative, which was launched in 2012 by the Board of Governors and state Chancellor’s Office, and is based on a set of 22 recommendations which now serve as a guiding policy for the system.
“We are implementing an ambitious plan to improve the way our colleges serve students from initial orientation and assessment, through education planning, to basic skills instruction, and all the way through completion,” says Chancellor Brice W. Harris. “This transformation is being accomplished through numerous program and policy changes – all coordinated under the Student Success Initiative. The launch of a California Student Success Center is a natural next step to continue this momentum.”
Housed at the Foundation for California Community Colleges, the center will function as a hub, strengthening, coordinating, and amplifying the work already being done system-wide.
The center will play a pivotal role in promoting a common thread through the student success activities being carried out statewide.
“Our ability to continue advancing the Student Success Initiative in California hinges on our ability to lead a decentralized 112-college system toward a collective vision of improved student success and completion,” said Keetha Mills, foundation president and chief executive officer. “We are proud to launch the Student Success Center, and are committed to ensuring that it grows into a genuine and well-organized hub for coordinating student success efforts throughout California.”
The center activities will be spearheaded by a collaboration of statewide Community College organizations.
In addition to the Chancellor’s Office and the Foundation, Center partners include the Community College League of California, the Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges,
and the Research and Planning Group.
The center also is supported by dedicated group of core programmatic partners, Community College leaders, and a broad-base of additional stakeholders.
By providing a common venue for student success efforts, the center will help to coordinate across these entities and create a collective vision of student success.
California’s Student Success Center joins a nationwide network of Student Success Centers funded by The Kresge Foundation in recent years, with locations in Arkansas, Michigan, Ohio and Texas.
California was one of three new states selected nationally this year through a highly competitive proposal process. Also selected were Connecticut and New Jersey.
“Each demonstrated a clear vision of a statewide policy agenda to increase community college persistence and completion, as well as the capacity for meaningful data analysis and strong commitment from a broad group of stakeholders,” said Gretchen Schmidt, JFF’s program director for postsecondary state policy.
“These centers build a cohesive approach to engagement, learning and policy advocacy across each state’s two-year institutions,” said Caroline Altman Smith, senior program officer in Kresge’s Education Program. “The institutions then can spend their resources more effectively and create reforms that help the most students possible earn postsecondary credentials.”
In its recent publication Joining Forces ( http://www.jff.org/publications/joining-forces-how-students-success-centers-are-accelerating-statewide-community ), JFF documents Student Success Center goals and structure, their most important roles, and what they have accomplished so far.