AntelopeSERRF4thgradestudentsbuiltagalaxywithcodethisweekbypartici-
pating in the Hour of Code Campaign, thanks to non-profit Code.org.
SERRF
Antelope students learn
about building with code
Students from Berrendos SERRF Expanded Learning Program demonstrate the
process of engineering by designing, constructing and testing gum drop towers.
SERRF
Students from Berrendos learn
about creating gum drop towers
Lincoln Street School students had a special presentation from Peter Coombe,
from the California Department of Water Resources, as part of their weather study.
Students learned how to become citizen scientists by tracking rainfall. Lincoln
Street has an approved weather gauge and participates in the citizen science project
known as CocoRahs — Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network.
For more information about Lincoln Street, visit www.lincolnstreetschool.org.
LINCOLN STREET
Students learn about weather
CONTRIBUTED
With the release of the next Star Wars movie around
the corner the staff at Vista Prepatory Academy decided
to do their own spin on the movie release. The library
and tech center was transformed Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 into
a hands-on science, technology, engineering, art and
mathematics lab. The students worked on program-
ming, robotics, planetary art, electronics; and had a
blast doing it. Pictured below is Librarian Leslie Tharp
as Princess Leia. A big thanks goes out to the Red Bluff
High School Robotics club and Michelle Carlson, the
school's resident Makerspace Lab coach and mentor.
STAR WARS
The Force is strong at
Vista Prep Academy
CONTRIBUTED
Vista Preparatory Academy staff and the eighth grade girls volleyball team participated
Nov. 20 in a friendly staff vs. student volleyball match. Although the staff had the ad-
vantage of height and easily spiked the ball, the eighth grade girls had the gi of youth
and skill, which ultimately won the match. Both staff and students alike enjoyed the
additional exercise and festivities and hope to make this an annual tradition.
VISTA PREP
Eighth-graders take on the
teachers in volleyball match
Students hoping to
transfer to a University
of California campus next
fall will have more time to
apply, the university an-
nounced recently.
The deadline for stu-
dents to file applications
to transfer for fall 2016
has been extended to Jan.
4, widening the application
window for qualified stu-
dents preparing to trans-
fer to the university.
The extension comes
amid projected growth
of 10,000 undergraduates
over the next three years
— 5,000 of them next year
— under a major effort to
boost UC's enrollment of
California students.
"The University of Cal-
ifornia proudly enrolls
more community college
transfer students than
any other university of
its caliber," said UC Pres-
ident Janet Napolitano.
"Giving transfer students
more time to file their ap-
plications will help hard-
working, eligible students
across the state make their
way to a UC campus next
fall."
The application exten-
sion is the latest in a se-
ries of efforts to aid trans-
fer students. In July, UC
rolled out Transfer Path-
ways, (http://admission.
universityofcalifornia.
edu/transfer/preparation-
paths/) an academic road-
map that has simplified the
transfer process for Cali-
fornia Community College
students as they prepare
to apply to UC campuses.
From the beginning of
her presidency, Napolitano
has sought to better serve
transfer students, creat-
ing a UC Transfer Action
Team to recommend strat-
egies to reach students
transferring from Califor-
nia's 113 community col-
leges.
"We wholeheartedly
support the University of
California's commitment
to admit more community
college transfer students,
and this deadline exten-
sion will expand the pool
of qualified applicants from
our system," said California
Community Colleges Chan-
cellor Brice W. Harris. "UC
research shows that our
transfers do as well as, or
even better than, students
who entered a UC campus
as a freshman."
Nearly one in three UC
students start at a commu-
nity college before gradu-
ating from the University
of California.
The university is com-
mitted to a goal of enroll-
ing at least one new trans-
fer student for every two
new freshmen.
To view online go to
http://universityofcalifor-
nia.edu/press-room/uni-
versity-california-pushes-
back-deadline-transfer-ap-
plications.
UNIVERSITY
California pushes back deadline
for transfer student applications
Simpson University
announced the names
of 28 student leaders se-
lected as First Year Expe-
rience leaders or Transfer
Coaches for the 2015-2016
school year.
Local students selected
include Kyle Martin of Red
Bluff, majoring in busi-
ness administration, and
Chelsey Jauregui of Cot-
tonwood, majoring in bi-
ology.
The students assist new
students as they transition
to Simpson University.
During fall and spring
orientations, these lead-
ers help orient new stu-
dents to campus build-
ings, university policies,
faculty and staff mem-
bers and to other students.
Each leader is responsible
for a small group of new
students. They meet with
the group throughout the
school year to facilitate
discussions, and encour-
age connection and cam-
pus involvement.
SIMPSON
University recognizes student leaders
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@
Tehama
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Fairgrounds
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