During the last article about the staff-student luncheon on Monday, Feb. 28, we failed to mention that student Arwen King was also an invitee. Not only was Arwen invited but she also took on a major role of planning, cooking and cleaning this event.

Friday spirit days have come to an end concluding with a classic “Gender Bender Day” that took place on March 11.

The day was filled with activities – followed with hysterical laughter! Humor with a twist emerged from three games, starting with a face make-up contest. Jonathan Truax won the first event.

The next activity to transpire was the costume contest. In first place was Tonya Smith and Trevor Wilsey.

The third competition took us back to a time when playing dress up was an everyday event. Whether dressing up like a cowboy or trying to resemble our mother's, it is a memory many hold dear to their hearts.

In this race boys and girls ran to a bag full of clothing, put it all on and ran back in the quickest time. In the lead were Justin Boyce and Saber Bruffy. Maes' advisory ended up winning the spirit days and had a stunning plaque designed by Kayellia Lansdowne that will be on display with all the advisory names on it for many years to come.

These spirits days concluded the fourth grading period bringing us officially into the fifth grading period.

Gold level students from the fourth grading period were: Desriee Bauer, Leticia Bowman, Matt Brown, Shannika Chandler, Karalena Cole, Stevie Cook, Nia Edmunds, Aaron Mearns, Arturo Negrete, Raylon Ray, Tyler Stirling and Jorge Viera. Congratulations and good job on all of your hard work!

Portfolios on the St. Patty's Day on March 17 was Ellie Hackler and Christine McQuown. These seniors didn't need luck though as they both did a wonderful job presenting their senior projects. Congratulations, graduating seniors!

Speaking of some very special students, Levi Floyd designed posters for all the teachers and staff of Carlé.

Taking on a James Bond role, Levi Floyd investigated on his own to really get to know the teachers at Carlé High School. He figured out of the teachers' and staffs' likes and loves and created very wonderful artist posters. “Floyd, Levi Floyd” is a very exceptional student who did this to show his appreciation and love for Carlé.

Another spectacular student, Kayellia Lansdowne also did some investigating to help her design a very beautiful plaque for our state certified counselor Bobby O¹Brien. We wanted to show our appreciation for everything that she does for our students and Kayellia artistically captured it while using Bobby¹s favorite quote, “Nothing and no one can take my peace.”

“She has been a very special addition at Carlé for the past two years providing varies support models for all of our at risk students,” said Principal Ed Zander.

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