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Carlé High School would like to give out a special appreciation to district employee of the year, Barbara Dye, for all the hard work she does. We cannot express how grateful we are for everything she does, because without her Carlé would not be the amazing school it is.
“Barbara is the most kind-hearted, incredibly amazing individual I have every had the pleasure to meet. She gives so much with out expecting anything in return. She puts a smile on my face everyday, and she is the heart and soul of our Carlé family,” said student Erika Streckfuss.
In other news on Saturday, Nov. 13, paintball club is being held again. Thanks to Michael and Renee Skidmore for organizing the event and allowing the students to use their equipment. Students are ensured a great time just like they had last time.
“Mess with the best, march with the rest,” said student and paintball club member Jorge Vieira.
Paintball club members are Jeremy Burton, Jorge Vieira, John Warren, Joe Maninger, Richard Skinner, Monica Jackson, Kayellia Lansdowne, Shaun Merrick, Holly Brumback, Emily Thompson, Joey Griffith, Andrew Johnson, David Echols, Ittaly Heart, Vince Adams, Justin Boyce, Levi Floyd, Mathew
Vaughn and Jason Hammond.
Student Of The Week last week was Heidi “Roo” Kratz.
“She is one of the hardest working students here at Carlé, and is a very talented writer,” said teacher Verna Rogers.
The gold level trip will be next Thursday, Nov. 18. This trip will be horseback riding at Wiloth-Salmina Family Riding Center.
Gold level members from last grading period are Leticia Bowman, Justin Boyce, Matt Brown, Jeremy Burton, Karalena Cole, Stevie Cook, Lisa Davis, David Echols, Nia Edmonds, Rebecca Englander, Levi Floyd, Nick Ford, Bianca Frias, Ellie Hackler, Brandon Haggard, Daniel Hernandez, Andrew Johnson, Heidi Kratz, Justin Lindsey, Gary Martin, Jeffrey Martin, Christine McQuown, Aaron Mearns, Dylan Nevarez, Nate Oberdorf, Richard Skinner, Robby Smith, Gerald Stahlman, Erika Streckfuss, Emily Thompson, Stephanie Trout, Jonathan Truax, Jorge Vieira and Dylan Ward. Congratulations to you all.
Make up pictures for students and staff were on Nov. 3 by MugShots.
Principle Ed Zander developed a new prize called the “Mystery Box” for students who receive “Chily” awards. Chily stands for “Carlé High Is Liking You.”
Every week students will have the option of choosing the mysterious prize hidden under a box, hence the name. It has become a really fun prize for the students.
Karalena Cole is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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Register your children through Nov. 25 and the registration fee will be waived.
Lakeport Christian Center Preschool has more than 20 years experience and offers full and half-day schedules with preschool, prekindergarten and daycare as well as after-school daycare in a fun and safe environment.
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Visit the school at 175 “C” St. in Lakeport or call 707-262-5520 for more information.
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On the cold fall morning of Friday Oct. 29, Carlé High School's Harvest Fest took place thanks to all of the hard work of student council members and the students who stayed after school to help out.
Student council members are Stevie Cook, Karalena Cole, Holly Brumback, Leah Davidson, Joe Maninger, Jason Hammond, Rachelle Addington, Jorge Vieira, Jeremy Burton, Aaron Mearns, Erika Streckfuss, Bianca Frias, Brandon Haggard, Christine McQuown, Stephanie Trout, and Nia Edmonds. Other students who helped: Justin Boyce, Nick Ford, Holly Brumback, David Echols, Levi Floyd, Darren Gasperoni, Ittaly Heart and Nate Oberdorf.
The morning started off spooky as the students heard a scream lingering from the quad. Students and teachers ran out of their rooms, finding Gary Oakes – our custodian – lying on the cold ground. This meant the first game of Harvest Fest had begun. It was up to all of the students to find out “Who
killed Gary?” in this interactive game of Clue, directed by Karalena Cole and Stevie Cook.
While this game went on everyone stayed with their advisory carving pumpkins, face painting, door decorating and having a costume contest.
The advisories challenged each other to see who could get the most creative, which would earn them points towards the day's overall winner.
“An amazing, and fun time, with a race to see who will win,” said student David Echols.
From then on a series of events took place.
The activities were as follows: Haunted musical chairs, directed by Jorge Viera and Jeremy Burton; muddy carcass worm hunt, directed by Leah Davidson; holy ghost chase, directed by Rachelle Addington; fear factor pie-eating contest, directed by Karalena Cole and Stevie Cook; exploding hearse relay, directed by Jason Hammond and Joe Maninger; Bloody Mary's apple bobbing, directed by Christine McQuown and Stephanie Trout, and the final event of the day a pumpkin relay, directed by Erika Streckfuss and Aaron Mearns.
The first place advisory overall was Verna's, earning a total of 30 points.
Second place was a tie between Steve's and Angie's advisory earning 25 points, and in third place was Alan's advisory earning 24 points.
“All day we had fun,” said students L.J Stewart and Robby Smith.
Students who stayed to clean up after Harvest Fest were Tonya Smith, Erika Streckfuss, Bianca Frias, Nate Oberdorf, Karalena Cole, Stevie Cook and Darren Gasperoni.
Thanks go out to the student council for all the effort that went into making this event a success and having school ready for academics right away.
Student of the week this week is Darren Gasperoni, honored for being a kind-hearted person, who is always nice to everyone around him along with being an excellent student.
Principle Ed Zander received a mug designed by student Bianca Frias from the students of Carlé High School in honor of his birthday which was on Saturday, Oct. 30. Happy Birthday, Mr. Zander!
Karalena Cole is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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Carlé Students got crafty as they participated in building a wall for Clarks Island.
“All right, take your shoes off,” shouted Massey Burke and Holly Harris.
Shoes? Upon taking their shoes off, the students – Christine McQuown, Karalena Cole, Ellie Hackler, Tucker Barnett, Leah Davidson and Aaron Mearns – noticed piles of hay, clay and a water hose.
Yes, they were going to build a wall the old-fashioned way, clumping together these mud pie-like substances using their feet.
Other students – Dylan Nevarez, Gerald Stahlman, Lucas Powell, Paul Larue, Jorge Vieira, Ellie Hackler and David Echols – later placed these “feet-made” blocks together to build up the wall.
Bosses Day was on Oct. 16. We would like to publicly honor Principal Ed Zander for all of his hard work and dedication.
DeVry University sent representative Brett Webber on the morning of Oct. 21 to explain the possibilities DeVry University has to offer.
“I thought he gave a wonderful presentation, everyone enjoyed the very hands-on experience,” said Verna Rogers.
Later that morning, the clock struck 10:21 a.m. At that very moment students were “shaken up” to hear the heart and soul of Carlé, Barbara Dye, announce it was time for an earthquake drill.
The students scrambled under the tables for a few moments practicing safety precautions. When the teachers knew it was safe, students and teachers headed to the field where their names were called aloud. Everyone did a fantastic job; securing safety for all.
Carlé High School is almost a quarter of the way through the school year. Time flies when you're having fun.
Student of the week last week was Karalena Cole. Teacher Alan Siegel said, “She is one of the sweetest and hardest working people here, always helps everyone out and looks out for the school.”
The mug contest ends this Friday. Students who have already turned in their creatively designed mugs are Karalena Cole, Stevie Cook, Tommy Galli, Robert Potter, Derek Grace , Lisa Davis, Darren Gasperoni, Kayellia Lansdowne, Nate Oberdorf, Justin Singer, Shanea Bullard, Bianca Frias, Arturo Negrete, Ellie Hackler and Nia Edmonds.
Interact Club begins as students Kayellia Lansdowne, Paul Larue, Lucas Powell, Ittaly Heart, Stevie Cook and Karalena Cole sign up to be part of helping out the community. The Rotary representative that the Interact Club is working with is Kinene Barzine.
“We are looking forward to another successful year at Carlé with the Interact Club,” said Principal Zander. “We will be supporting the upcoming TV8 news show being filmed at Carlé, along with the Rotary's Christmas dinner on Dec. 11 at Burns Valley, and the seafood boil on Feb. 26 at the Highlands Senior Center.”
Odyssey of the Mind is up and running again this year. OEM is a creative, problem-solving competition between students of different schools. The more creative the students get, the more points they earn. The key to this game is to think outside the box while solving a problem using a creative expression such as acting and art. Students meet on Fridays during sixth period.
Upcoming portfolios will be held on Thursday, Oct. 28. Ryan Cumpston will present his at 1:45 p.m., with Jeremy Burton's at 2:15 p.m.
Student Council is being led by President Stevie Cook and Vice President Karalena Cole to set up this year¹s Harvest Fest on Friday, Oct. 29.
All the advisory representatives are working hard to make this day full of fantastic games and fun for the school. Who knows what creepy crawlers might spring up for this event?
Karaleena Cole is a student at Carle Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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