Thank you very much to Angie Siegel, one of our teachers here at Carlé, who has been teaching a hazmat certification class for 14 of our students; Daniel Alvarez, Amber Bradford, Christian Clark, Vince Copas, Jake Everhart, Josh Hays, Anthony Henson, Doyle Lopez, William McAllister, Nate Oberdorf, Dylan Sheldon, Aaron Trammel, John Watson and Allen Weemes.

In a first for Carlé, all 14 students passed their state certification test that was held in the library.

“This was one of the best hazmat groups I've had, they all passed the test on the first try and there were a lot of As,” said Angie.

A very big thank you to William Sapeta from the Lake County Fire Protection District for teaching the students how to run a hazmat decontamination corridor and how to use monitoring instruments and other hazmat-related equipment.

The Lower Lake Community Action Group had their cioppino feed on Feb. 19. The students who participated in this event as selected by team leader Kodi Burr were Paul Silsby, Kodi Burr, Nia Frye- Edmunds, Rebecca Hackler, Nate Oberdorf, Christina Ortega and Kara Boyce.

Everyone enjoyed a wonderful feast provided and cooked by Steve Leveroni. This was the first

feed ever without the wonderful Russell Rustici and his absence was felt by all.

Kodi Burr, who is also our head designer, made mugs to recognize the wonderful volunteers of the Lower Lake Community Action Group. Mugs were awarded to Judy Mullens, Jane Weaver, Frank and Lois Meisenbach, Steve Leveroni, Bill and Sheila Bening, Jim Burns, and last but not least movers and shakers Mike Dean and Kelley Slater.

Great thanks go out to these wonderful people who always look out for the students and people of Lower Lake. They have gone a long way towards helping us all feel a wonderful sense of community.

Our last student of the week Erika Streckfuss. Erika was named student of the week because she is “Always on task and pleasant, she works very hard and we enjoy having her here,” said our secretary, Barbra Dye.

We saved thanking Stephanie Weyment, the ELA/ELD specialist at the Lake County Office of Education who came with the Gang Task Force officers here to Carlé and put on a great power point presentation.

We waited to thank her because there is another very exciting opportunity offered by the Lake County Office of Education which will be open to all Lake County teachers.

Carlé High School, partnering with the Lake County Office Of Education and the Center for Civic Education will arrange a training class for the great “We The People Program.” Every teacher who attends the March training will receive a free set of textbooks for either the fifth, eighth or high school

level. More information will be forthcoming.

On Feb. 27 Carlé students will participate in the seafood boil that is going on at the Highlands Senior center. Kinene Burzin, a member of the Rotary Club of Lake County, the group that sponsors the Interact club here at Carlé came and talked with our principal Ed Zander about the event. Kinene is the adult advisor to this on campus club.

It is a busy time of year. This community service opportunity is going on the same day that Principal Ed Zander will be taking his Odyssey Of The Mind team to Santa Rosa for the big regional competition.

Our hot dog sale was successful! We raised over $200 for our prom in April. Thank you to all of the students who participated and worked very hard.

And finally, Mr. Maes, our history and literature teacher, will hold auditions for a Carlé house band he is starting. Auditions will be held on Monday, Feb. 22, and they will practice after school. More information on this to follow.

Andrea McMullen is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake.