The James Logan Courier

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Director of Parent & Community Relations

Facing another year of inadequate funding from the state, the Board of Education on Tuesday night approved the first interim budget for 2010-11 along with multi-year projections that include more cuts to programs and services in 2011-12 and 2012-13.

The multi-year projections include furlough days, increased class sizes, the elimination of stipends and release periods for co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, a reduction in the counseling staff and among media specialists and the elimination of transportation for middle school students.

Abeera Sohail, Courier Staff Writer

Impossible by Nancy Werlin is a suspense-filled book with a fantasy world with magic and curses.

In the book, a 17-year-old girl, Lucy Scarborough finds out about a family curse that causes all the girls to get pregnant at age 18. All the girls get pregnant without getting married and all have baby girls so the curse can be passed on from generation to generation. Each girl then goes completely insane.

It’s up to Lucy to break the curse by following the ballad song called the “Scarborough Fair”. The only problem about following each task in the song is that each task is impossible.

This book is exciting, with something new in each chapter. It’s a mysterious adventure as Lucy tries to do each task and finds hidden secrets.

By Jazzmine Bates, Courier Staff Writer

Come celebrate at James Logan's Black Student Union's third annual Kwanzaa tomorrow at The Spot from 5:00 p.m.—8:00pm.

Started in 2007, the celebration features the dancing, performances and celebration that Kwanzaa is known for.

The celebration will have performances by the Dance and Step teams; there will also be refreshments.

Some mistake Kwanzaa as being part of Christmas, but it has its own meaning and is celebrated over a span of seven days.

MISCELLANEOUS

Need Driver’s Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, December 20, 21 & 22, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.

December 1st was World AIDS Day! Pick up a red ribbon at the Health Center and wear it throughout the month to show your support.

Students: The District Technology Department is working on a new Technology plan and would like to get input from students. Please take a minute or two to take the online survey. You can find it at: districtsurvey.com. Your help would be very much appreciated.

If you would like to join the swim team, then swim to Room 75 today after school for our first team meeting. There will be paperwork to fill out and we’ll talk about fundraising and team suits. All are welcome.

By Tish Wells
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

As part of the 30-year anniversary of classic movie "The Empire Strikes Back," J.W. Rinzler has produced an in-depth look not only at the film, but the creation of a film studio — Lucasfilm.

"The Empire Strikes Back" was the second of the six movies that make up the "Star Wars" saga. "The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back — The Definitive Story" shows that its success was done with intense planning, extremely hard work, and a lot of enthusiasm.

From wikipedia:
William Augustus Hinton (15 December, 1883, Chicago, Illinois – 1959, Canton, Massachusetts) was a black bacteriologist, pathologist and educator. Hinton was the first black professor in the history of Harvard University. A pioneer in the field of public health, Hinton developed a test for syphilis which, because of its accuracy, was used by the United States Public Health Service.

He studied at the University of Kansas before transferring to Harvard University, where he earned a B.S. degree in 1905. Following his graduation, he taught in Tennessee and Oklahoma. During the summers he continued his studies in bacteriology and physiology at the University of Chicago. In 1909, Hinton enrolled in Harvard Medical School. With the aid of two prestigious scholarships he was able to graduate with honors in 1912.

Learn more about William A. Hinton, free from the Public Health Museum.