On Sept. 29, Carlé had its back to school night. It started with a site council meeting where the parents, staff and students had a chance to motion and vote on expenditures for this year.

At the meeting principal Dennis To introduced the staff which consists of Barbara Dye, secretary; Pat Howell, tutor; Tom Schaerges, special education; Kim Van Horn, drug and alcohol counseling; Gary Oakes, custodian; Steve Hamann, math; Alan Siegel, civics; Angela Siegel, science; and Dan Maes, history.

The very special Verna Rogers, queen of Carlé and English teacher, wasn't there due to recent surgery. Carlé is happy to report that Verna has recovered and rejoined us this week at school.

Carlé also had some special guests come to the back to school night. The guests were Dr. Bill McDougall, Anita Gordon, Hank Montgomery and Mary Silva. Thanks to all that attended.

At the site council meeting staff, parents and students talked about goals for this year: maintaining and

improving technology and providing incentives and rewards for the students.

In the meeting everybody attending was presented a school wish list that included prices and the available budget. The wish list was comprised of many wonderful opportunities for student and staff alike.

Science teacher Angie Siegel requested DNA necklaces and funding for the Haz-Mat certification course that she teaches once a year.

Verna Rogers, the careers teacher, asked for funding for a field trip to Ashland Oregon for the Shakespeare festival. She also asked for some new computers for the career and English classes.

Funds were earmarked to go towards student incentives, such as gold level trips, attendance awards and CHILY (Carlé High is Liking You) awards.

Near the end of the meeting the students, staff and parents were given the right to vote on the budget. Student Jessica Johns was the first person in approval and it was soon seconded by student Darren Gasperoni, in the end it was a unanimous vote towards the budget.

After the meeting everybody went into the library/music room and enjoyed the wonderful potluck dinner.

Recently Carlé helped set up, serve and cleanup at a dinner at the senior center in the Clearlake Oaks. Many Carlé students came and helped out including Arwen King, Leticia Bowman, Bryan Olmeda, Brandon Wilson, Emily Thompson, Joey Griffin, Jesse Greene and Dennis Warner. Thanks go out for

their time and effort.

The end of the first grading period was Friday, Oct. 7. Super secretary Barbara Dye will crunch all the numbers and have a quick turnaround for report cards. Students will be given their report cards on

Tuesday, Oct. 11, and meet with their advisors to go over them.

Steve did fleet ball on Oct. 7. Definitely a fun game for all the players involved.

The ASVAB, or military aptitude test, will be administered beginning at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, at Carlé High School.

During the week of Oct. 7 there was both a gold level trip and a silver level movie for the students who earned their grades in the sixth grading period of the last school year. These two events will be more

extensively covered in next week's issue of the Carlé Chronicle.

Carlé would like to welcome another group of new students this week: Aimee Bradford, Stevie Fallin, Talmadge Jones and Tonya Smith.

Have a wonderful week!

Chrissie Green and Jade Fox are students at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.