Hello again readers and welcome back to the Carl? Chronicle, your primary news source for all things Carl? High School.
Our student of the week last week was Kim Nelson, a hard worker who is always willing to take time to help out around the campus.
We”d like to welcome four new students to our school: Candice Saferino, Bryan Prothro, Kenneth Martinez-Meth and Rebecca Ford. Each brings something new to the school and we can”t wait to help them reach their goals and graduate.
Carl?”s student designers have been busy with a holiday bookmark project, which is aimed at all those who have given their support to our school. Here in Lake County many struggle, particularly around the holidays, and many come from backgrounds where fortune doesn”t always favor them. As a way to give something back to so many great souls in our community, our 15 designers are designing personalized bookmarks for over 100 different staff and students. We wish them happy holidays and the best in life.
Many of our core classes here at Carl? are also currently engaged in a number of exciting projects. Robin Shrive”s primary English classes have been reading the best-selling novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. The book has been a great success, with students focused on creative arguments and sharing their varied opinions on different issues in both their own writing and during classroom debates. In Shrive”s other English classes, students are focused on common core work, reviewing things such as the issue of sugar taxes and bans on many different products.
In our Civics class, lead by Alan Siegel, we have been watching the movie “1776”, which shows many of the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the different perspectives and issues the founding fathers faced. We”ve tackled many different issues in our notebooks, including the impact of wars, citizens” natural rights and determining the balance between liberty and safety. In History, we are mired in the trenches of World War I and have been analyzing primary source posters from the different countries engaged.
In Angie Siegel”s Environmental Technology class, we have spent the past few weeks on a project called “Environmental Detectives”, in which students are tasked with investigating a fictional “gray area” to find out why fish are mysteriously dying and washing up on the shores of the Gray Bay. As more and more details are revealed, students must use the given data and their own problem solving skills to find out who and what is most responsible for the impact on the environment.
Select board members and other leaders from the Konocti Unified School District have come together for the “District Site Leadership Team” in which participating members help to evaluate what works best for the district. Their last two meetings involved the “Local Control and Accountability Plan”, which will review key district standards to see what needs to be changed in order to keep the school system working well and to help continue the advancement of the pursuit of knowledge.
Finally, we”d like to bid a fond farewell to board member Anita Gordon, who is retiring this year. Anita has worked for the district school board for many years and has given many great contributions. We wish her the best of luck in the future!
