Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The Rotary Club of Tehachapi attained Peacebuilding Club status this past year through local projects to combat hunger, contributing to the eradication of polio, encourage literacy, etc. Peacebuilding is not just about the absence of violence or conflict. Peacebuilding is the process of encouraging people to talk to each other, to make an effort to understand each other, repair relationships and reform institutions. We as a society need to remove the conditions that are inhibitors to peace, such...
For the second year in a row, the Rotary Club of Tehachapi sponsored its essay contest on the Rotary 4-Way Test. The 4-Way Test asks for one to ponder before thinking, saying, or doing something: Is it the Truth? Is it Fair to All Concerned? Will it Build Goodwill and Better Friendships? Is it Beneficial to All Concerned? The students were asked to apply the 4-Way Test to something current or in their past where they had a decision to make. Forty-seven essays were collected from these Tehachapi...
This year's election for the Tehachapi Unified School District governing board is like no other election in its history. Because of how necessary map redistricting was handled, none of the four trustees whose terms expire can run for reelection. This means the four elected this November will be brand new trustees. I am the only candidate with educational administration experience, which will be vital for the new board to have. I am a candidate in Area 6, which is basically everything north of...
The generosity of the people of Tehachapi was never more evident than this past Sunday at the Aspen Builders Inc. Activity Center. Four bands donated their time and talent for a more than 3-hour concert with all the proceeds going to the Ukrainian humanitarian efforts via the Rotary International Foundation. In mid-March, Linda Carhart brought her passion for others to bear and with her friends conceived the idea for a benefit concert. She approached the Rotary Club of Tehachapi who quickly OK'd...
The Rotary Club of Tehachapi has completed its annual essay contest for 2022. This year's contest featured the topic of how Rotary's "The 4-Way Test" can be used for conflict resolution with classmates. Students from all six schools in the Tehachapi Unified School District, including the Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy, were invited to participate, along with Valley Oaks Charter School, Heritage Oak School and Mojave River Academy. The 4-Way Test asks the following questions of the...
The Rotary Club of Tehachapi has completed its annual essay contest for 2022. This year's contest featured the topic of how Rotary's "The 4-Way Test" can be used for conflict resolution with classmates. Students in all six schools in the Tehachapi Unified School District, including the Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy, were invited to participate along with Valley Oaks Charter School, Heritage Oak School and Mojave River Academy. The 4-Way Test asks the following questions of the things...
On March 16, the Rotary Club of Tehachapi was happy to recognize 32 students at Jacobsen Middle School and the Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy through the club's Student Outstanding Achievement Recognition (SOAR) program. These students all raised their grade point averages by .5 with no Fs from the 1st quarter to the 2nd quarter of this school year. In addition, there were no subjects where the grade was lower than the previous quarter. Each student received a certificate of...
On March 18 the Tehachapi Rotary Club received an update on Rotary activities in the Boise, Idaho area from Patricia Nilsson who is the sister of Tehachapi Rotarian Paul Kaminski. Nilsson is currently the Director of Development Services for Canyon County, Idaho. She has been a public sector planner for agriculture-based counties in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Idaho for more than 30 years and is due to retire this year. She is a past president of the Idaho Planning Association and a member of...
Tehachapi Rotary was happy to recognize 61 Jacobsen Middle School students with their SOAR awards on February 18. Student Outstanding Achievement Recognition was created in late 2019 to recognize those JMS students who had improved on their first quarter Grade Point Average (GPA) by at least .5 with no F grades. (The program was not done in spring 2020 because of COVID-19.) Rotarians Judy Trujillo and Marian Stephens donated school supplies and snacks, printed certificates, purchased "Excellence...
