Last week students received progress reports after this year's first of six-week grading periods.

Carlé gives out a progress report or report card every three weeks so students have maximum feedback and the opportunity to take control of their own education.

Students and staff would like to thank district employee of the year Barbara Dye for getting all this work done so quickly and professionally.

Excited about what level – gold, silver or bronze – students received, they gathered in the quad last Wednesday as Principal Ed Zander announced each individual gold level achiever.

He called out the names of 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, Jefrey Martin, Christine McQuown, Aaron Mearns, Dylan Nevarez, Nate Oberdorf, Lucas Powell, Ashleigh Short, Richard Skinner, Robby Smith, Gerald Stahlman, Erika

Streckfuss, Emily Thompson, Stephanie Trout, Jonathan Truax, Jorge Vieira and Dylan Ward our principal handed each one a gold level card while applauding them for their hard work.

Steve Hammond coached this year's fleet ball team: Vincent Adams, Robert Barrios, Jeremy Burton, Darren Gasperoni, Joseph Griffith, Josh Guerrero, Brandon Haggard, Jason Hammond, Tyler Lawson, Dylan Nevarez, Marco Ochoa, Lucas Powell, Raylon Ray, Richard Skinner, Robby Smith, LJ Stewart and Mathew Vaughn and was astonished by what he saw.

In the game between both Carlé teams, Student Dylan Nevarez showed what a true sportsman he was when his team scored, during a time his team was losing.

When he saw that his team did not deserve the points he went up to the referee and told him that they had already used their direct run; therefore the touchdown shouldn't count. His fair play and not wishing to take advantage of the rules cost his team a touchdown as the play was replayed. This is something I have rarely seen in a competitive athletic team sport.

Fortunately, in the end, Dylan's team won the game by one point.

Congratulations go out to Dylan for his sportsmanship, and for his team for winning. I would also like to thank everyone for their fair play and hard work.

Student of the week this week came in tied. This has rarely happened in Carlé's History. Justin Boyce is student of the week for cleaning the library without being asked, and playing excellent music at Back to School Night.

The second student of the week this week is Stevie Cook, for designing all of the badges for the district office and for being one of the key players at Carlé. Stevie is also Carlé's current student body president. The student council is hard at work organizing this year's Harvest Fest.

Leah Davidson took over the recycling of the school with Gary Martin. Because of these two, Carlé is an environmentally friendly school.

On Oct. 9's community service Lake County Land Trust dinner was a crew of five (David Echols, Leticia Bowman, Lisa Davis, Paul Larue, and Katie Keys) that worked incredibly hard. Because of their hard work people attending the dinner took notice and were very impressed with the quality of students Carlé has attending this school, according to teacher Angie Siegel.

On Saturday, Oct. 16, paintball was held. Thanks go out to Principal Ed Zander and Michael and Renee Skidmore for organizing the event and allowing the students to use their equipment. Students had a great time exchanging colorful paint.

On the same day was a community service opportunity for our students at Clarks Island on Highway 20 next to Tower Mart. More information on this event will be in next weeks article. We are very happy to help out Holly Harris and Chuck Lamb on this important project for Lake County.

Karaleena Cole is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.