LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Welcome back! This will be my last newspaper article because I will be stepping down as the writer of the school so I can completely focus on my academics and graduation.

We held two senior portfolios last week. The two students that had portfolios and are now Carlé graduates were Rob McGraw and Gage Beck. Carlé High congratulates them on their success in finishing school and wish them the best of luck in their adult lives.

There will be no school the week of Thanksgiving due to a deserved break.

On Thursday, Dec. 18, Carlé will hold its annual holiday dinner. The teachers, Barbara our super secretary, Olga and our principal Mr. Strahl will be making dishes to bring to the dinner.

The library will be set up with tables and the whole 10yards. The tables will be covered in table cloths, everything set up all fancy. Then, we all as a school will sit down like a family and eat.

The media class will be awarding over 100 bookmarks to all the people who are on or come to our campus. Each bookmark was hand designed and made with love to make sure everyone is thought of on the holidays.

This grading period is literally the halfway point for the entire school year. Students had grade checks last Friday, which signals the halfway point of the third grading period. Carlé gives out 12 either progress reports or grades each year to make sure students stay in touch with their goals and completely understand and are in control of their credits.

The SHARP program was held Nov. 8 and 9. The program is run through Lake Family Resource Center, and the person who teaches the program is Jonathan Killops.

The program’s name is an acronym and it means sexual health awareness program and it mainly focuses on continuation schools such as Carlé and the targeted age group is 12 to 20.

The program is a great program. I attended one of their two day programs myself and I highly recommend that if this program is offered at your child’s school is to have your child take it. Everything in that program meets California ed code.

I leave you readers with a final goodbye and thank you for reading. The Carlé Chronicle will start up shortly with new writer, Kristen Melcher.

Doyle Conatser is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.