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

On Thursday, Dec. 11, all Konocti Unified School District schools were closed down due to the rain storm that hit Lake County and caused severe flooding all around.

While the storm didn't hit Lake County as hard as many parts of the Bay Area, the effects were still enough to close off some roads and cancel school for Thursday.

We hope that students, staff and all other citizens stay safe while the winter weather continues.

On the bright side of things, our student of the week was Daniel Alvarez, a hardworking creative guy with a great attitude in and out of class. He's been a great addition to Carlé and we're thankful to have him. Congratulations!

At Carlé, students who go above and beyond outside of class and help around the school in their free time are given slips called CHILYs (Carlé High Is Liking You).

These CHILYs are put into a box in the office, and once a week during the school TV bulletin, a slip is randomly drawn from the box and the student can redeem the slip for a prize.

Prizes include sports equipment such as footballs and basketballs, blankets etc.

Our last CHILY drawn was written to Jeremy Hunter, who received the slip all the way back in August and was just recently drawn. He chose a football for the prize and we hope he enjoys tossing around the pigskin with all his friends.

The Lake County Rotary Club has been hard at work planning for the holidays. On Saturday, Dec. 13, the Rotary Club hosted a fantastic Christmas dinner for the whole community. Carlé students led by Principal Strahl helped out with the dinner in various capacities. More info on this in the next article.

Totes for Teens, a nonprofit organization that assists struggling teens – primarily foster care teens and those with low incomes – has been very generous this year towards Carlé for the holidays.

The program ensures teens in need receive the supplies they need, including sleeping bags, pillows and blankets, warm clothes such as jackets and socks, and a duffel bag to keep it all in.

In addition, they give each person two Christmas gifts – one for themselves, and another to give to someone else to spread some goodwill and holiday cheer.

We thank the Totes for Teens crew for all their support and wish them all Happy Holidays!

Our school design crew will make unique thank yous for these very special people who have worked so hard to help so many.

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