On Friday, Nov. 30, Carlé celebrated its annual Harvest Fest.

“The Harvest Fest was a great success because the entire student body got involved in all the fun activities created by our students!” said our principal, Ed Zander.

This was very true; the Harvest Fest went off without a hitch. All the students were smiling and everyone had a great time. Our advisories competed against each other in the many games.

Angie Siegel's advisory won after accumulating the most points at the Harvest Fest. An awesome plaque was created by Paul Silsby which has all the names of each student from Angie's advisory on it. It will hang on Carle's walls for a long time so the advisory can come back for a visit and show it off.

Our monthly staff-student lunch is going to be on Nov. 18. Helping the wonderful Carli Tippett will be student cooks: Michelle Larue, Christine Mcquown, Winter Gray and Rebecca Hackler.

Carlé High will have a crew join the local TV8 team in filming the local rodeo. John Erfurth, a radio announcer from KXBX and Allen Markowski, the producer of TV8 are helping us coordinate the filming.

This week's CHILY prizewinner was Kara Boyce!

Our student of the week last week was Jackie Stephenson! The entire staff nominated her because she has ³shown extreme growth here at Carlé, has a great attitude and an excellent academic focus. Jackie has great attendance as well.

Finally, our student representative for the local safe house is Stephani Cook. The safe house is a program that provides temporary residency to runaway, homeless and “throwaway” youth. They also provide counseling and on-site drug and alcohol counseling and treatment. You can get help finishing school and seeking employment here as well. The two numbers available for the safe house are 707-994-4076 and 707-995-3235.

We truly appreciate the great efforts by many many people that have gone into making the safe house a positive option for young people in need.

Andrea McMullen is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake.