Tylor Smith and Mariah Green were the finalists in the Riviera Elementary School's spelling bee on Thursday, February 26, 2009. Photo by Karin Green.

CLEAR LAKE RIVIERA – On Thursday, Feb. 26, Riviera Elementary held its spelling bee at 630 p.m.

The two finalists who will be advancing to the county spelling bee held in a few weeks are Tylor Smith and Mariah Green.

This is Mariah's second year in a row becoming a finalist. She also takes after her brother, James Green, who also won two years in a row when he went to the Riviera in fourth and fifth grade.

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We would like to thank Carlé students Amy Reese, Kaitlyn Schneider, William McAllister, Paul Silsby, Tyler Lawson, Halei Askew, Gloria Rojas, Kaitlyn Sliger, Stacey Fedewa, Kelli Babb, Emily Owen and Kelly Hearn from Middletown.

“It was really nice to see Carlé students work together to help the community,” said Carlé Principal Ed Zander. “Many people attending the seafood broil commented on how great the service was provided by the Carlé students. Working with the Carlé students at events like these makes me realize how truly great our students are.”

Keep up the good work, Carlé High School.

On Friday, Feb. 27, gold levels students had a gold level trip to Lakeside Lanes. There the students went bowling, played in the arcade and enjoyed a wonderful pizza lunch. Carlé was acknowledged for their high maturity levels.

“I didn't think these were high school students because they had the maturity of college students,” said one of the business' employees.

Good job Carlé and thanks to Lakeside Lanes.

We also like to welcome even more new students to our school. We hope Tanner Green, Monica Diaz, Bradley Culver, Vincent DeLa Cruz and Michelle Larue will enjoy their new school as much as we enjoy them here.

We also would like to congratulate the student of the week, Kim Fuller. Kim has been a dedicated student who is very close to graduating. We know she will succeed out there in the “real” world. We hope you will keep up the good work and remember the Carlé way.

An important date to remember was Russell Ristici's memorial. The memorial was held on Saturday, March 7, at Lower Lake Park.

Russell Ristici had bought tables, retiled the floor and made the park a much better place for the

community. He did this without ever wanting to be acknowledged for his help.

The day after he passed away the Board of Supervisors received multiple letters from folks in this community asking the board to rename the park in Ristici's honor. The board agreed to do so and the dedication was also held March 7.

In his will, Ristici donated $300,000 to Carlé High School specifically for scholarships. Two of his old workers and Carlé alumni, David Sutton and Ben Hopper, were present at the memorial to show

their support for their old friend. Just like old times they volunteered to be on Ristici's final work crew to show their respect and honor of this wonderful man.

We would like to thank our current students Chris Clark and Marquice Lamar who helped set up and serve food at the memorial.

We thank Russell Ristici for all his wonderful help while he was with us, and for that, the Lower Lake Park is now named the Russell Ristici Memorial Park. May he always be remembered. He will forevermore be in Carlé's heart. Every year starting next year many graduating seniors will

be rewarded through Ristici's generosity.

Amanda Tchamourian is a student at Carlé High School in Lower Lake.

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One was the Gold Level trip on Friday, Feb. 25. There, 17 Gold Level students got together to go bowling and have a pizza lunch at Lakeside Lanes. We would like to thank Lakeside Lanes for hosting our highest credit earning students.

On Wednesday, Feb. 25, Heidi Morgan was awarded her mug and plaque designed by Bonnie Passley for helping out the Carlé choir class and making it possible.

Carlé High School now has another teen parenting counselor. Teresa Stewart will now be available through Carlé High for any teen in need. We would like to welcome Teresa to our family.

Carlé High School is now accepting any old computer donations. Our media class at Carlé is now taking old and broken down computers and shifting and making them into brand new computers. These computers that will be made by our media crew will be given to kids and families that are in need of a

computer.

If you have any information that could possibly help out Carlé, or if you have any computers that you would like to donate, please contact Carlé at 994-1033, and ask to speak with Alan Siegel. Thank you for your consideration.

We would like to thank our Student Council, which is helping students understand the importance of community service. We have had a group of very active students who constantly volunteer for many of our community service events.

Student Council wants to foster the love of community service in those who have not volunteered very much. For this reason, Student Council is creating a community service day here at Carle.

The council is creating a list of projects which will benefit our own school. We will dedicate a day towards improving our school and all students will play a part. Once the students see how rewarding community service can be and how much pride and confidence can be gained from this experience, Student Council is confident they will extend this commitment into their community as a whole.

Carlé High school has a five-credit requirement or 60 hours of community service as part of our graduation requirements. Our council has also just approved the purchase of a ping-pong table so Carlé High School can finally have our big ping-pong tournament.

Advisor's note: The Carlé community would like to congratulate the writer of our articles, Amanda Tchamourian, who was named our student of the week last week. As you can see Amanda does a great job keeping the county informed about what goes on here at our school. She is also a phenomenal

student who always is awarded gold level. In addition, she is a gifted artist who is currently designing and painting a large mural for Konocti Dance studio. Keep up the good work Amanda and Carlé.

Amanda Tchamourian is a student at Carlé High school.

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