LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Carlé High is now entering the fifth grade period.

Carlé welcomed an ample amount of students in the third and fourth grading periods. We at Carlé would like to give a warm welcome to Anthony Bigness, Dasan Brown, Jose Carillo, Marrissa Doolin, Karlie Ehrlich, Luis Espinoza, Abereanna Gonzales, Juan Carlos Octaviano, Ana Solorio, D’angelo Wilson and Catalena Steward. Welcome everyone. We all at Carlé hope you take advantage of the opportunities Carlé has to offer and go on to great success.

The election of the new Carlé student council officers will take place next week. The positions include student body president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. Speeches and the reading of personal statements will be held on March 3, voting will take place on March 6 and will be counted during the regularly scheduled student government meeting on March 7.

Teacher Angie Siegel taught an adult certification program that educates the students of Carlé on hazardous materials. These student must pass a California certified test. After passing this test they are certified first responders. This program is very beneficial to have on your résumé.

We would like to mention the students who received their hazmat certification: Stacie Clemons, Donovan Harevy, Alexis Kennedy, Nick Kieffer, Alfred Lewis, Matt Madrigal and Teagan Tompioner. Congratulations to these students for receiving this prestigious certification.

Jacob Walker designed a mug for Chief Willy Sapeta for consistently returning to help Carlé and the hazmat program.

During advisory on Friday, Feb. 24, student council held a contest between advisories; the contest was a building challenge.

The students were split into teams and given materials to build a tower (marshmallows and spaghetti), and whichever team built the largest structure that can support a marshmallow wins. The winners of the contest were the students of Lance’s advisory.

We would like to give a special thank you to Ryan O’Bryan for collecting all the recycling around Carlé through out the year, we really appreciate the effort you put in to make our school a cleaner environment.

Johnathan and Lia with the S.H.A.R.P. program return to Carlé on March 1 and 2 they will be here the last period of the day and continue on an hour after school.

Cece Brown designed a plaque to show our appreciation to the Cotson Foundation for their donation of $4,000 to our media program. Thank you so much for supporting the kids at Carlé.

The next collaboration day will be March 2 we will be released an hour early, at 12:30 p.m.

Cheyanne West presented her portfolio on Feb. 22 and completed all her remaining credits required for graduation. Congratulations on taking the first step toward your new life. We at Carlé will miss you and good luck.

Teacher Alan Siegel returned from the annual State Teacher of the Year celebration which was held in Sacramento on Feb. 13 and 14.

Siegel helped run all the audio visual for the live event. In addition Carlé students led by graduate Sam Miller and head designer Vanessa Bigelow made mugs for the state teacher semifinalists and finalists.

Siegel also played a role on the state teacher of the year selection committee and served as a mentor to a Teacher of the Year finalist.

Nicholas Phipps is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake.