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Written by: Kasandra Colwell

Published: 12 January 2014

Here at Carlé, we have now entered the second semester or fourth grading period of the year.

With the new grading period comes many fresh new faces who have enrolled at Carlé High School.

The new students are Alex Chavez, Erik Fielden, Chris Nuzzo, Tiffani Santoni, David Truax, Paul Yanez, and Kedwin Russel-McAteer. Welcome to Carlé, we hope you really like it here!

Now to honor the students who have been here already and earned the highest level available at Carlé, gold level. During the third grading period, seventeen students earned gold level.

Those students are Kelly Alvarez, Jade Beatty, Jacob Davis, Kevin Fisher, Savanna Golden, Jeremy Hunter, Troy Lamburth, Jasmine McGee, Kobi Minard, Malinda Mitchell, DeAndre Morris, Isiah Piazza, Daniel Salvante, Chealsea Scholesser, Chenoa Schmidt, Blake Von Rekowski and Amaree Whiley.

Carlé is a very interesting school to be at because every year some students graduate, leaving jobs around the school that the younger students can take on.

A great example is Kobi Minard, who helps Alan every day with setting up and filming the morning bulletin, which is a very important job at Carle. Kobi is getting very close to graduation, so new students to run the bulletin need to be recruited.

The Carlé Chronicle will need a new writer soon since I also am close to graduation. If anyone is interested in writing the Chronicle, talk to Alan about it. Until I graduate I will be helping Barbara in the office fifth period daily so she can have a much-needed break. This job will soon be up for grabs as well.

Chris Stutz has become Carlé’s new movie maker. He films around campus and makes mini movies we play on the bulletin.

On the ninth, Jacob Davis presented his portfolio, congratulations on your great presentation and we wish you the best.

Hazmat classes taught by science teacher and certified hazmat trainer Angie Siegel started on the ninth and the class will last until the twenty-first. The students in hazmat will be meeting in the library all day every day and will return to their regular classes after the state certification.

From the eighth to the tenth teacher Alan Siegel was in Sacramento. Siegel was selected by State Superintendent Tom Torlakson to be a member of the state Distinguished Schools selection committee.

It is now time for another design contest at Carlé, and that contest will be the mouse pad contest! Students can make a design in PhotoShop to print on either a small mouse pad or a large one. Start thinking about what you want to design because the deadline to print the mouse pads will be one week after progress reports.

Now that we are halfway through the year here at Carlé High School, the Carlé Chronicle wants to remind students to check their progress to their goals.

Make sure you are halfway to where you want to be by the end of this year. If you are not halfway, maybe take on some extra credit work!

Remember, anything is possible with hard work and determination!

Kasandra Colwell is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.

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Written by: Editor

Published: 11 January 2014

UKIAH, Calif. – A Sustainable Tech open house and forum will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 14, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Room 6340 at Mendocino College to kick off the spring semester.

Classes begin on Monday, Jan. 21.

The forum will feature spring semester instructors introducing their courses and discussing local industry trends and opportunities.

The forum also will include Keith Rutledge speaking about a local Property Accessed Clean Energy (PACE) program, which may be launched this year in Mendocino County.

Past, current, and future students, as well as the general public, are encouraged to attend.

Spring semester will feature the Sustainable Tech Program’s fullest offering of courses since launching in 2011, with hands-on technical training courses offered Monday through Saturday.

With the addition of a new instructor from the building performance sector the program will offer a new efficient heating and cooling course which when combined with fundamentals of construction, building to code, building science and home performance, and residential electrical, provides a strong foundation for students looking to enter the construction, HVAC or building performance trades.

Spring semester also will feature continued work on the tiny mobile house, off-site work supporting local non-profits, and online course options such as sustainability overview and intro to green business.

Register at www.mendocino.edu or contact program coordinator Orion Walker at 707-468-3224 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

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Written by: Editor

Published: 10 January 2014

MARYSVILLE, Calif. – The Yuba College Learning Resources Center/Library is reopening on Jan. 13, the first day of the spring 2014 semester, after a 2.5 year extensive renovation.

To celebrate, a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held in the library foyer on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 3 p.m.

Everyone is invited; light refreshments will be served and following the ceremony, guided tours will be given.

The refurbished building houses the adjunct faculty resource center; College Success Center; fine arts and language arts dean and the instructional television classroom; the journalism program, language arts faculty offices; library and cyber lab; mass communications classes; media services offices; training center; and writing and language development center.

The new 44,262-square-foot, $14 Million, Learning Resource Center will be a haven for spring semester students in need of a quiet, learning-driven atmosphere. The cost for the project is shared equally by the Yuba Community college District Measure J Bond Project and the state of California.

The foyer features a new color pallet and the contemporary lighting design. This area has movable furniture making it suitable for artist receptions and special events.

The area also has a café-style data bank where students can connect their mobile devices and laptops for online research.

Upstairs, where the books are housed, there also is soft, movable seating so that students can sit and review their materials prior to checking them out.

Moving into the College Success Center where the majority of the tutoring takes place there will be numerous computer stations and quiet study and meeting rooms so that tutoring can occur in the most optimal environment.

In consultation with the Japanese American League (JAL), a reinvigorated Japanese garden area has been identified.

The location of the previous garden was in an area that was not central to the student’s path of travel; the new location, on the east side of the building, is connected to one of the main entrances and will be a popular thorough- fare for students therefore giving more visibility to the beautiful testament to a long-standing community partnership.

The instructional television and distance education portion of the building will become the central hub for transmitting e-learning classes.

There is a state-of-the-art control room, sound locks which will provide acoustic isolation and a video editing room.

There also are computer training rooms where staff and students can work in a collaborative environment to complete specified training and instructional needs.

The improved library has also expanded its hours. Spring semester hours are 7:45 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 7:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. for students and the community.

The library is located at 2088 N. Beale Road, Marysville. There is no charge to park.

For more information, call 530-741-6726.