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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Lower Lake Elementary School will host a fundraiser at Jack in the Box in Clearlake on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., teachers will work in the restaurant's kitchen to help raise funds for the school.
Half of the profits made during that three-hour period will go to the school.
Jack in the Box is located at 15945 Dam Road.
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MARYSVILLE, Calif. – After two long years of planning, re-locating, and construction, the new Yuba College Library/Learning Resources Center is scheduled to reopen to students in January 2014, just in time for the start of the spring semester.
Amazing as it may seem, many of Yuba College’s current students have never set foot in what was once the Library.
Although the actual footprint of the building has not changed, what is inside is dramatically different.
Now, when the 24,000 books get re-shelved, current and future students will enjoy the open and airy look and feel of the building with an added level of sophistication and timelessness that the previous design lacked.
When the new Learning Resources Center opens it will house the library, college success center, tutoring center, distance education, ITV studio, and computer, journalism and study labs and faculty offices.
As you enter the foyer, you are immediately struck by the new color pallet and the contemporary lighting design. This area has moveable 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 on-line research.
Upstairs, where the books are housed, there is also soft, movable seating so that students can sit and review their materials prior to checking them out.
As you move 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 thoroughfare 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 are also computer training rooms where staff and students can work in a collaborative environment to complete specified training and instructional needs.
All of the hard-working individuals that have served on the Learning Resources Center Project Team for the past two years believe that students and staff will agree that the long wait for the new library to open will be well worth it once they set foot in this beautiful, new, modern, facility.
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NORTH COAST, Calif. – The Mendocino County Office of Education/Career Technical Education, in partnership with Cal Fire Mendocino Unit, is offering the Basic Wildland Firefighter Training Program again this year.
This program offers quality instruction for all students, qualifying them to earn up to 18 Cal Fire certifications and eligibility for potential Cal Fire employment starting June 1, 2014.
The last day to apply for this program is Oct. 31.
For enrollment information contact the Mendocino County Office of Education/Career Technical Education office at 707-467-5123.
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The Carlé Chronicle has some good news for students! You are all one third through the school year as of right now, and we hope you are all working very hard.
These are the topics that will be covered: the silver level movie, gold level field trip, special Halloween events, another run down of the level system, gift bookmarks for the holidays, stockings, Interact and the safe house, and upcoming graduates.
On Oct. 30, the gold level students from last grading period will be taken to Lakeside Family Fun & Event Center in Lakeport for the day to reward them for all their good work.
The silver level movie is going to be on Oct. 31. It will be a celebration for those who earned silver level, gold level, or bronze with 100 percent attendance last grading period.
Alan Siegel and student Mike Lanigan will be bringing a selection of movies and the awarded students will collectively vote on the movies they want to watch the most. There also will be popcorn.
Also on Oct. 31, the student council will be running festive activities after lunch for all of the students.
Now, a reminder on how the level system works here at Carlé, in case you had forgotten.
Carlé uses its level system to keep students motivated to stay on track in regards to earning credits, and to offer a reward for those giving all their effort. It takes one grading period to earn a level.
Students qualify for gold level by getting at least 90 attendance, earning at least one and a half credits in each class, with a total of at least 15 credits earned at the minimum. The rewards for gold level are a gold level field trip and an invite to the silver level movie along with a gold level pass that enables them to leave campus during lunch.
Students qualify for silver level by having at least 85 percent attendance, earning at least one credit in each class and at least 12 credits overall. The reward for attaining silver level is an invite to the silver level movie.
Students qualify for bronze level by having at least 80 attendance, earning at least half a credit in each class and at least nine credits overall. If a bronze level student has 100 percent attendance, they also are invited to the silver level movie.
Currently the student-based enterprise is making a bookmark for every human at Carlé. The bookmarks are customized to fit each recipient's interests. Another gift for the students that is coming around soon are customized decorative stockings.
Interact has helped make a garden at the safe house that they have done a great job at keeping up. Another upcoming Interact activity is a fundraiser for The Harbor On Main to fund new computers for helping and tutoring youth. For the fundraiser, Interact club members will sell hot chocolate and skull shaped cookies.
Some students are getting close to presenting their portfolios and graduating from Carlé! Those students are Timothy Mcguire, Lance Thurston and Steven Tracy. Congratulations on this milestone in your life and the Carlé Chronicle wishes you the best of luck with milestones to come.
As for the rest of the student readers, set goals for yourself and create plans to graduate by a certain time to help better motivate you!
Kasandra Colwell is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.