Friday, 29 March 2024

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Carlé High School’s annual trip to Ashland for the Shakespeare Festival was last week, and what fun it was! It is one of the most anticipated field trips of the entire year, and the select students who went had a great time.


Not only were the plays interesting, but the town of Ashland is also a very exciting place to explore. There is a beautiful park by a down town area of Ashland that is within walking distance of the hostel where the all of the students stayed.


There were many stores with interesting crafts and wares. There were also great restaurants and shops to buy delicious meals and desserts. Not to mention, the hostel was exceptionally comfortable and high quality!


The plays that we attended were “Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter,” “Fences” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”


The production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was astounding in all aspects. The costumes were creative, the acting superb and the set was absolutely fantastic.


After the play was over, all of the students raved about how enjoyable the play was. We were lucky enough to meet Ray Porter, an actor who played one of the more interesting roles of the play, Bottom the weaver. He was nice enough to stop and take time after the play to shake our hands and talk with us. We all greatly appreciated this.


Carlé was the winner of the softball tournament on May 22 between the alternative schools in the area. The MVP of the tournament was also this week’s student of the week: Cody Oudeman. Cody has really shown himself as an excellent student this week not only through athleticism but also through his volunteer work at the Memorial Day parade.


From May 24 through May 26, Carlé did an enormous amount of community service work for the Lower Lake Memorial Day Parade. Students gave up a good portion of their long weekend to help prepare, clean and help in any way they could with the parade. Carlé was ubiquitous in all of the preparations for this event: setting up tents, preparing sound systems, and cleaning the area of the parade.


The Memorial Parade was the best we have had in many years, according to Alan Siegel, who has been helping out at this event for more than half the time I have been alive. There were antique cars, a pet parade (included a mini pot-bellied pig that everyone adored), and performances for everyone to enjoy.

Siegel said it was “a true slice of Americana.”


At the parade Siegel announced Bill MacDougall’s promotion to superintendent of the Konocti Unified School District.


There isn’t much time left in the school year and everyone is anticipating summer break. Soon I will be writing the last chronicle until next school year, so I hope you read it! Thank you for reading and have a great week!


Atlee Erickson is a junior at Carle High School in Lower Lake.


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