LOWER LAKE, Calif. – As you all know I am a new student here at Carlé High School.

I had heard a lot of different stories about this school before I began attending. Not all were positive, but, now that I’ve been here for some time all I could think about was how wrong those people were.

Carlé was thought to be a school for “delinquents” or “bad kids” but that is not true. The kids here at Carlé are talented, hard workers, dedicated and independent. I have never been in an environment where the students and faculty are so supportive and involved.

I want to congratulate Tanajah Gurule and Juan Perales for each receiving student of the week! They both have been totally focused on their graduations since they began attending and have been real positive additions to our student body.

Our teacher Alan Siegel has been receiving a generous amount of donations from Dr. Barry Munitz since 2007. It started off with $1,000 donations so fellow students could make unique graduation plaques for each graduating senior.

Once the horrible fires started here in Lake County Dr. Munitz made a larger donation so that all the designers at Carlé could make every department that helped out a plaque and every individual who helped a key chain.

Carlé made and had distributed more than 168 plaques and keychains for firefighters, police officers, Red Cross workers and other first responders.

After the fires Dr. Barry along with the Cotsen foundation also donated $5,000 to our media program and that has helped us buy new heat presses and fund our recent kindness project.

Our kindness project was giving back to the people who have helped us academically and supported us through the hardest times of our lives.

We would like to give Dr. Munitz a huge thank you and hug from everyone at Carlé High School.

One of our amazing students Gabrielle Rozelski helped add to the Lake County Democratic Club logo. Four of our students; Marissa Doolin, Jamie Miller, Gabrielle Rozelski and Shaina Yaquinto were invited to the 27th annual ravioli dinner hosted by Mike Thompson. To thank him for his generous gesture the designers made him a Carlé mug and keychain.

I also want to congratulate our new graduates Gilbert Lopez and Alfred Lewis for finishing up their portfolios and completing their credits.

Last but not least announcements coming up after spring break are scholarships, interview with our lovely secretary Angie Harris, and prom.

Yailin Sanchez is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake.