Information Sources

We used a variety of information sources to create our site. Most of our information came from interviews with more than 150 local leaders. Some leaders came to our school to be interviewed; others we went out and found in the community. We interviewed friends, parents, teachers, government officials, community activists, artists, and local businesspeople. We found out a lot of things we didn't know before about Carpinteria!

One of our leader profiles was about Dorcus Wheelock, who started teaching in Carpinteria in 1880. To find out about her, we used a book, More About Carpinteria As It Was, Vol. II, by Jayne Craven Caldwell.

The California Avocado Commission gave us permission to use their avocado man cartoon on our Avocado Page. We also linked to their site for the avocado quiz, and for some avocado recipes.

We linked to the Calavo site for the biography of George Bliss, a local avocado grower.

We linked to www.earthisland.com/bluffs for information on Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs, which was mentioned in our profiles of Ted Rhodes and Susan Allen.

We linked to www.cooking.com for a recipe on our avocado recipes page.

People Resources

We would like to thank all those listed below for all the help with the Cyberfair 2000. We could not have done it without your help!

Helen Alvarez

Saga B. (student)

John Callender

Linda Callender

Dr. Jimmy Campos

Mrs. Valerie Campos

Dave Cole(for his patience)

Julie Cole

Suzy Dobreski

Paul Foley

Debbie Hosseini

Justine Hosseini (alumni)

Katie H. (student)

Ashley L. (student)

Jan Marholin

Lori Pearce

Terri Roy

Julie Soto

Richard Topham

Rosemarie Topham

Sally Van Der Kar

The Lunch Bunch: Svetlana B. and Jyoti J.

Miss Young's class (for turning in their work on time)

All the Teachers and the Staff at Main School

All those who were interviewed

All the community that helped out

A special thank you to the last minute team! Angela White, Mary Foley, Julie Soto, Leslie Gravitz, Annette Davis,Jim Pigato, Dr. Campos and Valerie, Debbie Hosseini, Lori Pearce and John Callender!

We could not have done it without all of your help.

Thank you all very much!