Nov. 11 was Veterans Day. Carlé's newspaper crew hopes that everybody enjoyed their free day, while remembering the troops who made this country what it is today.

Nov. 17, Arwen King and Darren Gasperoni will have their portfolio showings. Best of luck to them both!

Thanksgiving break will be Nov. 21 to Nov. 25. After the break, Carlé will be 33 percent through the school year.

With that, the end of the grading period will be on the Nov. 18, however, most teachers will be closing their grading books a few days earlier.

On Oct. 27 and 28, the Lake County Animal Coalition hosted a Halloween dinner dance at the Moose Lodge in Clearlake Oaks.

Carlé students Jesse Green, Dakota Taylor, Alexis Castenada, Amy Bradford, Leticia Bowman, Nathan Galindo, Arturo Negrete, Jade Fox, and Lower Lake High student Kenneth Kalousek all volunteered to help out. Some students set up and some served but they all did a wonderful job!

Every week, under the guidance of Lou Denny, Bowman and Negrete have been preparing food baskets. The food baskets are handed out to needy and underprivileged members of the community.

On Oct. 28, members of Narcotics Anonymous came to Carlé and educated students on chemical dependency while sharing their experiences.

NA is an anonymous group who come together to give each other support and stay clean. They are nonjudgmental and encourage anyone to come to their meetings that are held all around the county. Carlé thanks them for their time and energy, and hopes to see them again this school year.

On Nov. 4, Leticia Bowman, Jesse Green, Joey Griffith, Tonya Smith, Dakota Taylor, and Jonathan Warren built bus shelters for Lake Transit. They worked with Superintendent Bill McDougall and did a wonderful job.

Carlé's Principal Mr. To stated that he was very proud of them and they represented Carlé well.

That is all for now, have a wonderful week!

Jade Fox is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.