Spring break is finally here from and will take place April 18 through April 25.

Wednesday, April 13 was one of six cleanup days at Carlé High School. Every one of our students came together in advisories and pick an area of the school to beautify. It was very productive and we would like to thank everyone who participated in making our school a cleaner and safer place to be.

The next day, on Thursday, April 14, was the gold-level trip to Scandia. Student Christine McQuown said, “Scandia was super fun and I think the students appreciated being rewarded for all their hard work.”

Friday, April 15 was this year's Spring-Bling, being a wonderful kickoff to the break. From playing a silly of “chubby bunny” to the music that filled the air thanks to Alan Siegel, Dan Maes, Justin Boyce, Nick Ford and Joel Saldana, this Spring-Bling was a “hopping,” time, said student Frank Boyce.

The local Soroptimist Group being the kindhearted people they are, are planning on helping Carlé High School again with the final Staff-Student Luncheon of the year, which will take place on Friday, May 6.

Prom will take place on Saturday, May 7. Thanks to key chain sales and the generous donations from the Soroptimists, we raised a total of $1,100, which allowed us to buy the Prom Theme of our dreams – “The Hour of Enchantment.” We chose this theme with the idea of “time flying by.”

Student of the Week was Charles Drake. “Charles comes to school every day prepared for all of his classes, and with a great attitude. Also, his enthusiasm in P.E. is contagious,” said Principal Ed Zander.

Several Carlé students will be participated in the Art & Science Camp on Saturday, April 16, from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Anderson Marsh State Historic Park as well as Taylor Observatory. The camp is for fourth to sixth grade students.

With happiness for him and a little sadness for us we would like to announce and congratulate Principal Zander who will be moving on from principal of Carlé High school next year and promoted to director of special education for the Konocti Unified School District.

“It's a great opportunity for Mr. Zander,” said Barbara Dye. “We will truly miss him, but wish him all the best.”

“'Z' is Carlé' personified,” said student Stevie Cook. “While I'm very happy for him and the opportunity he's been offered, I can't help but want him to stick around the quad of Carlé forever.”

From a mysterious box, to the different foods, to the crazy costumes, and to the overall “can do” attitude, Principal Zander was and will always be an inspirational man and we are all very proud of him.

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