Text Box: President’s Message: New Challenges, New Opportunities Text Box: JANET KNOEPPEL President Consultant 2052 N. Terrace Drive Signal Hill, CA 90755 (562) 961-8613 (562) 961-8614 (FAX) JanetWK@aol.com ROSS BAUER Vice President P.O. Box 1305 Clovis, CA 93613-1305 (559) 457-2990 (Work) (559) 457-1144 (Fax) rxbauer@fresno.k12.ca.us DOUG PAULSON Secretary Valley High School 410 N. Hidden Trails Road Escondido, CA 92027 (760) 291-2240 (Work) (760) 741-7605 (FAX) dpaulson@euhsd.k12.ca.us FUCHSIA WARD Treasurer Kern USD 5801 Sundale Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93306 (661) 827-3156 (Work) (661) 827-3320 (FAX) fuchsia_ward@khsd.k12.ca.us JIM CASWELL Past President Nueva High School 8600 Palm Avenue Lamont, CA 93241 (661) 845-1532 (Work) (661) 845-9523 (FAX) jcaswell@khsd.k12.ca.us GERRY CATANZARITE Webmaster DeWolf High School 2021 N. Clark Street Fresno, CA 93703 (559) 248-7350 (Work) (559) 224-2840 (FAX) pgcatan@cceanet.org Text Box: CALIFORNIA CONTINUATION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION Text Box: Welcome back! As we begin the school year, there are many challenges ahead. Realizing this, we need to take a proactive stance. Look at all the wonderful things each of you do for young people. You are not only their teacher, counselor, principal or other school figure that interacts with these students on a daily basis. You are their mentors, their confidantes, their cheerleaders, their surrogate parents, their friends! You never know what kind of impact you have on these students. If it were not for your unselfish dedication, many of these young people would never finish high school and earn their diplomas. Many would drop out and live the life of the homeless; some would go on welfare; others would embark upon a life of crime and eventually enter the penal system. None of these would be meaningfully contributing to society and their communities. Because of you, our young people are becoming productive, caring citizens who positively impact their families, their friends and their communities. At the end of the 2002 State Conference, a young man asked if I could possibly be the individual who was his Counselor at Citrus High School in Azusa. Peeling away the years, tears came to my eyes as I remembered who he was. Many years ago, this young man had been cast into a leadership role from the moment he entered our school. He blossomed in the small school setting where his talents Text Box: were recognized and encouraged. Today he is a dynamic and talented teacher at a local continuation high school. What an honor it was for me to become reacquainted with this fine young man! I had often wondered about him, his brother and the other students who were in that first graduating class at Citrus High School. I was struck by the fact that this was not the first continuation student I knew who had gone on to become an excellent teacher. No matter how insurmountable the challenges and the tasks in front of you, always remember that without your love and caring, there would be thousands of young people who would have no chance at success in this world. ~ In January of this year, I was instrumental in the formation of the Alternative Text Box: Volume 17 Number 4 September, 2003

Model Schools: “Best Kept Secret in Education”

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Accreditation a  key to school improvement

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Educational Options Coordinating Council

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Garfield High School offers exceptional programs

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Employees of the Year show great dedication

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CCEA membership challenge

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Legislative : State Budget agreement reached

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