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- Written by: Kasandra Colwell
It is week three of the third grading period here at Carlé!
Progress reports should be coming out soon to give students an idea of how close they are to graduating, and it will give them an idea of if they are working at a good pace.
Keep in mind that the holidays are coming up soon, which means time off of school. Here at the Carlé Chronicle, we wish you an enjoyable break.
Student of the week last week was Alyssa Peterson, who got a free item from the business, a free small pizza from DJ’s Pizza in Lower Lake, and a front of the lunch line pass. Congratulations!
Recently a plaque was given to Starr and Mike Skidmore, who run the paintball games for the students in the paintball club.
Lance Thurston designed and made the plaque for them. It was made to thank them for all they are doing for the students, including giving the students a safe and active thing to do on the weekend.
Right now there are multiple things available for students at Carlé, including ornaments, bookmarks and stockings that all can be designed to their liking. It is another way that Carlé likes to show their kindness and holiday spirit.
Designers, remember to make your stockings, ornaments, and bookmarks before the deadline which is when we leave for winter break.
Sustainability awards were also given out recently, and in case you don’t know what those are, I will explain.
Here at Carlé, students can earn a level; whether it silver or gold, and if they earn one of these levels for more than one grading period, they earn a sustainability award.
Sustainability awards include a fancy award that looks great in portfolio presentations, and a slip of paper that entitles the student to an item from the business.
The more consecutive grading periods a student holds a level, the more fancy the prize. It is a very fun way of rewarding the students for doing good work, and keeping it up for extended periods of time.
As the third grading period flies by, the Carlé Chronicle hopes that all of the students have made goals and are sticking to them.
Keep graduation as a vivid picture in your minds to work towards! Anything is possible with hard work and dedication.
Kasandra Colwell is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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- Written by: Timothy Mcguire
Welcome back, Carlé! We have just begun the third grading period.
On Wednesday, Oct. 30, all the gold level students went to Lakeside Family Fun & Event Center in Lakeport to bowl and play laser tag. Students also ate pizza for lunch. Every student had a good time.
On Thursday, Oct. 31, all students that had gold level, silver level and bronze level with 100 percent attendance watched a movie and were treated to popcorn and drinks.
Also on Oct. 31, Carlé High School had a Halloween party during sixth period. The Student Council planned the Halloween activities. Students played musical chairs. Students ate some cupcakes that other students made for the party.
Thursday, Oct. 31 was the end of the second grading period. Students had Friday, Nov. 1, off because of staff in-service.
Carlé would like to thank Lakeside Family Fun & Event Center for hosting us. We truly appreciated their kindness and hospitality. We would also like to thank the Student Council for setting up the Halloween party and the students for making the cupcakes and for behaving well during the event.
I would also like to thank the bus driver, Marylyn, for taking us to Lakeside Family Fun & Event Center. Alan and Maes chaperoned the gold level trip.
This week there were two students of the week. Congratulations to Shelby England and Blake Von Rekowski!
This week’s CHILY winner was Lance Thurston. Lance presented his portfolio on Nov. 7.
The Student Council will be running a series of spirit activities during the week of Nov. 18-22.
Timothy Mcguire is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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SACRAMENTO – The California Community Colleges Board of Governors, continuing its push to improve student success and expand access, today approved more than $31 million in funding for online tools that will streamline assessment for entering students, help them develop education plans and expand the range of on-line courses they can take.
“These technology investments complement policy changes that California community colleges are making to provide students with the services they need to help them reach their educational goals,” Board of Governors President Manuel Baca said. “Our board is focused on improving student success and expanding opportunities for students. These tools support those goals.”
At Tuesday's Board of Governors meeting, Foothill-De Anza Community College District was awarded up to $16.9 million to expand the California Virtual Campus, which is a catalog of online courses from accredited colleges in California.
The district will establish an online course exchange in the California Virtual Campus for all California Community College students.
The program is designed to increase the number of associate degrees awarded and transfers to four-year colleges by enabling students from any participating college to enroll in and complete a course from another participating college and easily apply that course toward completion of a degree.
It is also designed to improve the retention and success of students enrolled in online courses offered through the exchange. The online course exchange is part of Gov. Jerry Brown’s Online Education Initiative.
The project includes student support services to address retention and faculty support for course development and conversion. The goal is to increase access to open courses from across the state to provide students with opportunities to faster degree completion.
“This is a cutting-edge vision for California and I believe it will transform online learning for students in every corner of the state,” said Foothill-De Anza Community College District Chancellor Dr. Linda M. Thor. “It represents a unique moment and opportunity in California history to make good on the Master Plan’s promise of universal access to public higher education while also improving student success. I could not be more excited and honored to have our district play a role in helping California community colleges increase their transfer and graduation rates.”
Butte-Glenn Community College District was awarded two statewide grants. The district will receive up to $8 million annually to create and manage a common assessment system and up to $8 million annually to develop and manage an education planning system.
California’s Community Colleges face the challenge of accurately assessing and placing the growing numbers of students seeking entrance and the common assessment system will offer students test preparation tools, result in reduced test taking, provide more diagnostic guidance for course placement and enable students to apply the results of a placement test at multiple community colleges if they choose.
The education planning system will develop and use centralized and integrated technology to better guide students to define and achieve their educational goals, ultimately reducing the amount of unnecessary courses taken by students due to lack of planning. The project will provide more students with education planning and degree audit services while streamlining the process for students, faculty and staff.
“Our Butte College team is thrilled to learn that our plans to address system-wide solutions were selected for funding,” said Dr. Kimberly Perry, Butte-Glenn Community College District superintendent/president. “Both initiatives will help ensure success for California Community College students.”
The California Community Colleges is the largest system of higher education in the nation. It is composed of 72 districts and 112 colleges serving 2.3 million students per year. Community colleges supply workforce training, basic skills courses in English and math, and prepare students for transfer to four-year colleges and universities.
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SACRAMENTO – The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) reported that 104 charter schools opened across the state for the 2013-14 school year, bringing the total number of charter schools in California to 1,130.
Charter enrollment grew by an estimated 49,179 increase, or 10 percent, for a total of over 519,000 students in charters.
California maintains its position as the state in the nation with the highest number of charter schools and charter school students.
Momentum in the charter movement continues to grow year after year as parents and communities across the state turn to charter schools in ever greater numbers.
This growth comes in spite of the continuing challenges charters face to secure equitable facilities, reach approval for state start-up grants, and overcome inconsistent authorizing practices.
“It is heartening to see educators, parents, and community leaders coming together to open new schools across the state in order to make school choice an option for more of California’s students every year,” said Jed Wallace, president and chief executive officer of CCSA. “And we anticipate seeing even greater growth in coming years with the passage of Governor Jerry Brown’s new Local Control Funding Formula. While not perfect, the new formula levels the playing field by achieving significant funding equity for new charter schools.”
This school year, the Los Angeles region had the largest charter school growth with 45 new charters opening. The second largest growth area is in the Southern California region of Inland Empire, Orange County and San Diego counties where 27 new charters opened.
Despite this growth, an estimated 50,000 students remain on charter school waiting lists across the state for the 2013-14 school year. Such numbers clearly indicate that many more families would choose the charter public school option if there were sufficient space to serve them.
“Parental school choice is alive and well in California. And I am very excited about the growth that we are seeing. Over the next several years, I think we will continue to see significant additional momentum to what has already been a very robust growth picture for charter schools in California,” added Wallace.
For more information, please visit www.calcharters.org .