It’s another great week at Carlé!

We had our Highland Springs field trip on Friday, Sept. 14. Everyone had a great time with games, swimming and a barbecue.

We’d like to give a special thanks to our lifeguard, Robert “Bob” Rumfelt who doubled as our substitute math teacher the following Monday.

Steve Hamann, our math/P.E. teacher and activities director, was inducted into the San Mateo College Hall of Fame. This is actually the fifth hall of fame Hamann has been inducted into for amazing achievements during his water polo career.  

Among many other achievements Mr. Hamann was the starting water polo goalie for the 1980 USA olympic team. Congratulations Steve! Thanks for being a great role model for Carlé.

The Carlé community would like to give our thanks to school recyclers Joseph Sarro, Kenneth Kalousek and Cody Beers for keeping Carlé clean.

Another thanks goes to Junior Garcia for keeping watch over our media room and checking on its computers each day.

We would like to acknowledge last week’s student of the week, Jesse Harrell, who writes this column. In addition Jesse wrote and directed a play, “The Floating Chair” that was performed with a phenomenal cast this past summer. Jesse got some great professional leadership from Mr. John Tomlinson and Ms. Barbara Clarke.  

Carlé’s Back to School night is this week, Thursday, Sept. 27. Bring your child to the meet and greet during which you can talk to teachers, learn about the school’s curriculum and even eat some food. It is a potluck so please bring something to share.

Carlé teacher Alan Siegel last week got together again with the State Teacher Of The Year selection committee in Sacramento. After winning the award himself in 2005 Siegel was selected in 2007 for this honor.  

Every year the committee meets and over the course of three days reads every county application for State Teacher Of The Year. This 20-member committee eventually selects the top applicants who then get observations at their school site and finally invited to Sacramento where the final choice is made.  

Last year’s committee chose our current national teacher of the year Rebecca Mielwacki. Once again we have another good example of a Carlé teacher getting out there and making a difference.

This week, student Jesse Harrell began his very own film class. Another club that edits videos of its activities here at Carlé is The Lake Side Saints. The Saints are a parkour (or free-running) club.

At the present time the club consists of Joseph Sarro, Lance Thurston, and Kenneth Kalousek. The Saints are currently having tryouts. For information or to become a part of the club, contact Joseph Sarro at 707-295-4584. Call, get out there and start running!

Jesse Harrell attends Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.