Welcome back to a new school year! Carlé is buzzing with excitement and fun!

“This school year is off to a great start, we have so many great students returning and many new students have been added. This year we plan to continue the programs that make students so successful while implementing Dennis Parker strategies to continue to improve STAR test scores. We are so proud of last years students because they have received the highest API in Carlé history,” said Principal Ed Zander.

We had the honor of being welcomed back by the Konocti Unified School District Employee of the Year, our secretary Barbara Dye. Of course we here at Carlé have felt she has been the employee of the decade.

Over the summer Carlé underwent modernization and beautification work and the school looks beautiful.

“Konocti Unified School District, with the leadership of Dana Moore, remodernized Carlé in so many ways and we are very thankful,” said Zander. “Carlé now has a new roof, office and restrooms, along with carpeting and re-wiring of several rooms. It is so nice to start the school year with so many positive changes. Students are already benefiting from all of the improvements.”

We also have a large number of new students who add beauty to Carlé.

We would like to welcome Natalie Ayala, Tucker Barnett, Robert Barrios, Desiree Bauer, Matthew Bonsey, Leticia Bowman, Franklin Boyce, David Echols, Levi Floyd, Tommy Galli, Teesha Greer, Joseph Griffith, Brandon Haggard, Daniel Hernandez, Jessica Jones, Andrew Johnson, Arwen King, Heidi Kratz, Justin Lindsey, Aaron Mearns, Justin Montgomery, Patrick Potter, Colten Robone, Lukas Sawyer, Ashleigh Short, Richard Skinner, LJ Stewart, Emily Thompson, Dylan Ward, Lindsay Yaquinto and Katie Ann Kery are all new students and wonderful additions to the Carlé community.

We hope you enjoy these new students enjoy it at the school and find it a stepping stone toward life success.

We also have some very exciting community service opportunities coming up in the near future.

The Bluegrass festival on will be held this Saturday, Sept. 11, and we will be setting up and tearing down for that on Friday and Sunday as well.

Again this year we will help set up serve and clean up the monthly Lower Lake Community Action Group dinner. The next dinner will be on Wednesday, Sept. 8. The dinners are held at 6 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month. Our team this year will be lead by Ellie Hackler.

The group has donated $3,000 a year for the last many years toward scholarships for Carlé students.

Last but certainly not least, we would like to express our extreme gratitude to the group of women from the Baptist church who donated a box of much needed school supplies to Carlé for any student to use. We truly appreciate their generosity.

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