It is almost halfway through the second grading period here at Carlé, and there are many exciting things for the Carlé Chronicle readers to catch up on.

This includes good wishes for those who took the CAHSEE, dental screening, progress reports, back to school night, cup contest, Pat’s birthday, Wickersham’s free throw challenge, announcing people who earned perfect attendance, student of the week, and the CHILY winner.

The California High School Exit Exam was given Oct. 1. To those who took it, the Carlé Chronicle hopes you all did well.

Dental screenings were given on the same day to make sure Carlé’s students are taking care of their teeth. Thank you to Marta Fuller and Mari Valdez for taking the time to come to Carlé.

Due to the fact that we are almost halfway through the grading period, progress reports will come out soon to give you an idea on how productive you’ve been so far.

Back to school night was on Sept. 26 and the turnout was considerably better than years past. What a dedicated bunch of students we have this year! Back to school night was also a potluck: everybody brought either homemade food or some food they bought on the way.

There is a mug contest going on here at Carlé currently, the deadline for making a cup is Oct. 18. Students get to design their own cup, somehow incorporating Carlé into the design.

Students who have made cups so far include Roxie Purdum-White, Lance Thurston, Sabrina Farnan, Sarah Terry, Chris Stutz, Lukas Carlson with more coming in every day.

Recently it was our paraprofessional Pat’s birthday. She is a phenomenal aid in many subjects including algebra, the Carlé Chronicle just wanted to make note, wish her a happy birthday, and thank her for all she does to help us.

Students Sabrina Farnan and Marla Mitchell put together a handmade birthday card that the rest of the student body signed.

Vice Principal Mr. Wickersham, maintenance worker Gary Oakes, and teachers Alan Siegel and Dan Maes held a freethrow challenge during lunch at the basketball court. Students got a prize for successful freethrows.

Last grading period, 21 students achieved gold level. Timmy announced those students last week, I just wanted to comment on what a great turnout of gold level students that is and congratulate them.

We also got a great turn out of people who earned perfect attendance! Those people are: Kelly Alvarez, Lukas Carlson, Kasandra Colwell, Kevin Fisher, Cody Hoss, Jeremy Hunter, Kobie Mathies, Timothy McGuire, Malinda Mitchell, DeAndre Morris, Lance Thurston, Blake Von Rekowski, and Amaree Whiley. Due to all this success the student council is holding a barbecue during lunch next week. More info to come on this reward activity.

The CHILY winner this week was Blake Von Rekowski, who claimed a camouflage fleece blanket as his prize.

The student of the week was DeAndre Morris. Enjoy your front of the lunch line pass, free pizza from DJ’s pizza, and your free item from the school business.

Once again, The Carlé Chronicle would like to thank DJ’s pizza for making one of these prizes available to us.

This generous local business has shown kindness to every one of our student of the week’s during the last many years. We truly appreciate this act of kindness.

That is all for this week’s Carlé Chronicle, keep up the good work students! Keep your eyes on the prize!

Kassandra Colwell is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.