Happy tenth week of school, Carlé! We are more than halfway through the second grading period.

Student of the week last week was Jacob Davis. Jacob has been working very hard to graduate. He is a model student. Jacob came back to school this year with his eyes directly on the prize of graduation and we are very proud of him.

I would like to give a huge thank you to all of Carlé's students for their good behavior during last week’s barbecue. We look forward to having another one soon.

I would also like to give a huge thank you to all the students and staff for setting up this barbecue. People who helped with the barbecue were Lukas Carlson, Chenoa Schmidt, Jeremy Hunter, Chris Stutz, and Charles Warren and many others.

Lukas and Chenoa barbecued all the burgers and the chicken that they personally brought in to cook for the staff. Jeremy and Charles set up and played the music. Chris helped clean up after the barbecue and made our campus look even better than it did before.

This is what makes Carlé such a huge success, students and staff working together to achieve common goals.

Oct. 31 will be the end of the second grading period. Students who have Gold level, Silver level, or Bronze level with 100 percent attendance will get to watch a fun movie that they choose as a reward.

The Student Council is planning Halloween activities. There will be a door decorating contest. The plans include pumpkin carving, movies and a costume contest. There will also be pumpkin spiced drinks. The Student Council gets to run an activity the first Friday of each grading period.

Sabrina Farnan, Marla Mitchell, and Summer Gunn made plaques to thank the kindness of the people that did the dental screenings talked about in our last article. They, along with the rest of the media class designers, have begun work on over 100 personalized book marks that will be given out to each and every person on our campus as a holiday gift.

We recognize that the holiday season is not always the best of times for all of our students. That is why we have made the effort each of the last many years to have a special gift for each of our wonderful students.

This week’s CHILY winner was Craig Stevens. Student of the week this week was Kelly Alvarez. Kelly was one of the highest credit earners on our third week progress report. Kelly is a phenomenal student who give her best each and every day.

The first gold level trip this year for the first grading period is in the final planning stages. Students who earned 15 credits and had better than 90 percent attendance will be invited to attend.

Timothy Mcguire is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.