The Yolo County Academic Decathlon is a participant with the California and the United States Academic Decathlon competition. The Academic Decathlon is the premier scholastic competition for students in America from both public and private comprehensive high schools. It is a ten-event scholastic competition for teams of high school students. The mission of the Academic Decathlon is to develop and provide academic competitions, curriculum, and assessments to promote learning and academic excellence through teamwork and competition.  For additional information contact Gayle McLevich at gayle.mclevich@ycoe.org or Lori Perez at lori.perez@ycoe.org or visit Yolo Couty Academic Decathlon.

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Career Development workshops are provided to selected middle schools.  Training materials for career exploration are available to any school in Yolo County upon request.  Workshops for students cover broad concepts of: Who am I?  Where am I going in the future?  How do I get there?  These workshops also cover interest inventory, choices after high school, why go to college, budgeting, lifestyle choices, life planning, and goal setting.  For additional information contact Panna Putnam at panna.putnam@ycoe.org.

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Seniors in high school receive one-on-one and small group assistance with the arduous process of college selection.  This program is being piloted in Woodland High School and will be offered to more Yolo County schools in the 2004-2005 school year. 

Parents of Junior High and Middle School students will be able to take advantage of the College Prep 101 Workshop's scheduled to begin January 2004.

For additional information or assistance contact Panna Putnam at putnam@ycoe.org.

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COSMOS is a four week residential program for talented and motivated students who excel in math and science and are completing grades 8-12.  Students learn cutting-edge science from distinguished faculty members while living on UC Davis campus.  YCOE provides internship orientations and work experience placements in the areas of math, science, and technology to students who complete the residential component of COSMOS.  For more information visit www.cosmos.ucdavis.edu or call (530) 757-5701.

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• Group Home Support

  Support is provided to group homes by providing referrals and   resources, assisting in school placement, and developing and   maintaining "Health and Education Passports".

• Health and Education Records

  Health and education records necessary to enroll students in school will be tracked down.  A history of school attended, transcripts, health histories, and special education information will be maintained in a database.

• Independent Living Skills Training 

  Most foster youth are "on their own" at age 18.  The Foster Youth    Education Advocate will collaborate with Yolo County Independent Living Program (ILP) to prepare older foster youth for independent living by teaching self-sufficiency skills, providing job referral, and job placement services, referring students to ROP programs, developing school completion plans and job readiness assessments.  For more information on Yolo County ILP contact Robyn Brown at (530) 666-8245.

• School Placement Support

  Because foster youth are highly mobile, they usually "start from  scratch" every time they are enrolled in a new school.  They are repeatedly re-immunized and re-tested.  Often they must remain out of school for weeks until this process is completed.  Foster Youth Services professionals have the authority and expertise to track down "lost" transcripts and assessments and verify that immunizations are current so that the foster youth can be admitted to school and placed into the right program promptly.

• Tutoring

  80% of foster youth have been retained one year by the third grade and 75% are working below grade level.  The Foster Youth Education Advocate will coordinate the provision of any academic tutorial services as needed.  If these services are available at the school site they will be provided by the school site; if not, the education advocate will facilitate the provision of school or home based tutorial services.  These services will be provided by college students and will be funded through the program.  Detailed records of tutoring time and progress will be maintained by the tutor and reviewed regularly by the advocate.

• Vocational Training

  The Foster Youth Education Advocate will refer foster youth to vocational training programs offered in the community, ROP programs, and at community colleges.

For more information on Foster Youth Services contact Jessica Larsen at jessica.larsen@ycoe.org or call (530) 668-3791.

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Youth development consists of group and individual mentoring programs that provide opportunities for young people to be in consistently ongoing, mutually beneficial, caring relationships which will help them improve their academic perfromance and develop skills for improving interpersonal relationships with their peers, teachers, other adults, and family members. 

College and career exploration, counseling, and internships are provided to assist young people in reaching their goals as they enter college and the workforce. 

Additional information is available at http://www.ycoe.org/depts/cis/Youthdevelopment.htm.  or contact Panna Putnam at panna.putnam@ycoe.org.

The Yolo Regional Occupational Program (YROP) is designed "to provide quality career programs which contribute to students' educational achievement and the economic development of Yolo County and of California through career guidance, employment training, job development and other educational support services for high school students and adults."  For additional information contact Patti Robles at patti.robles@ycoe.org or call (530) 668-3755

09-10 course offerings

For more details: English Language Learner/Student Services - Main Page

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