Who said when you got to high school, your middle school “lunch time” shenanigans had to come to an end? Well not at Carlé High School! Carlé has begun providing lunch time activity challenges for the students. Student government has been working hard to bring back the joy of “recess.”

The activities thus far consisted of a ping pong tournament run by Leah Davidson. The first place plaque was earned by Marco Ochoa, close behind in second place was Levi Floyd.

A chess tournament ran by Aaron Mearns and Christine McQuown has yet to lead to a victor, however the finals will take place shortly.

The finals for Twister, run by Christine McQuown and Stephanie Trout, also are taking place soon, along with basketball finals run by Jorge Viera and Brandon Haggard.

An intense arm wrestling battle run by Brandon Haggard and Jorge Viera is on the horizon and it is guaranteed to be interesting and fun.

In other news, media teacher Alan Siegel announced the next design competition, and it is open to the entire school to participate.

The contest's challenge is designing a flag with a Carlé High School theme, and student Derek Grace has already designed and pressed the very first flag flowing with his own creativity.

Allowed to let the imagination run wild, these contests always make for many pieces of beautiful Carlé art. Once pressed, the flags fly around the school to show off our designers' talent.

“It's so awesome seeing everyone's artistic style waving in the wind, and gathering praise,” said one of media's head designers, Stevie Cook.

Another Lower Lake Community Action dinner was held last Wednesday. Student Ellie Hackler and her team – Aaron Mearns, Tyler Stirling, Stevie Cook and Karalena Cole – helped to ensure the dinner was once again a success.

“Manic Monday,” as Principal Ed Zander refers to it, was Carlé's third out of six cleanup days scheduled for this year.

This week's student of the week this week was Alyisha Bachman, who teacher Steve Hammond called “a young lady who works very hard in class, and is a pleasure to have in class.”

Upcoming events consist of the Jan. 21 UTI field trip and, on the same day, the gold level trip to Lakeside Lanes for a day of bowling and laser tag.

On Monday, Martin Luther King Day means no school.

See you next week!

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