Hello again readers, and welcome to the Carlé Chronicle, your primary news source for all things Carlé High School.

We're nearing the end of our third grading period, and in two weeks we will be halfway through the school year. Everyone, staff and students alike, have been hard at work.

Here at Carlé we have a very personalized approach to teaching. Students are encouraged and expected to be self-motivated and work at their own pace, but at the same time our staff's hands-on teaching approach and teamwork oriented activities helps to encourage cooperation and allows everyone a chance to shine in their field.

Our students of the week were Samuel Martinez and Quintessa Strahl, who both excel in their school work and display a strong sense of maturity and self-determination towards graduating. Congratulations, great things are in store for you both!

Carlé's student council has been hard at work discussing future school events and projects.

Scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 17, is the gold level trip for our hardest working students.

On Thursday, Dec. 18, Carlé will be hosting a holiday meal for our student body.

The lunch starts at 11:30 a.m., and all our students are excited to have fun and enjoy some delicious food with their fellow classmates and staff.

All the holiday bookmarks will be given out at that point.

Topping off the week, on Friday, Dec. 19, the silver-level movie will take place in the library.

Our school's library, while still having a wide selection of great books, doubles as a multipurpose room, with everything from dinners and gold level movies to workshops and open house taking place in the library.

Student council recently approved funding for a new air hockey table and a foosball table in the library, both of which have been a major success for lunch time activities.

During set periods of the day, council members have volunteered to watch over the library in shifts, to make sure other students are on task and the equipment is all working properly.

We'd like to thank all our students for helping make this school great and showing maturity. Every person brings something different to Carlé and helps strengthen our school, and we can't wait to help them graduate and see them move on to bigger and better things.

Charles Warren is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.