The James Logan Courier

The school district will close Cabello Elementary and Barnard-White Middle Schools, New Haven Superintendent Pat Jaurequi announced today.

"Consistent with the Board of Education's decision to close two schools, and having weighed a variety of criteria and considered input from students, parents, teachers, classified employees and other members of the community, I am recommending that Cabello Elementary School be closed at the start of the 2007-08 school year and Barnard-White Middle School be closed at the start of 2008-09," she wrote in an email Thursday afternoon.

Courier Staff Report

New Haven Superintendent Pat Jaurequi will announce which two schools will be closed today or tomorrow, she said in an email to the district's staff.

ACTIVITIES:
ID picture retake day is TODAY!! Come to the Pavilion Lobby at lunch or after school. Remember, each year every student is required to have a Logan picture id.

By Patrick Pilapil, Courier Staff Writer

James Logan High School's administration has implemented a new policy that will affect the way students' grades are calculated, and, they hope, cut down on tardies, cuts, and absentees.

By Jenna Garard, Courier Staff Writer

With the Girls Volleyball season right around the corner—the first being game next Tuesday against Washington High School—the team hopes to get on the winning track after losing its first two pre-season games.

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (288 pages)
Reviewed by Jessica Stewart, Courier Staff Writer

"I was sitting in a taxi, wondering if I had overdressed for the evening, when I looked out the window and saw Mom rooting through a Dumpster."

With this opening statement, Jeannette Walls catches your interest, and has no intention of letting it go. Writing about her life, Walls provides a treasure trove of experiences and life lessons that remain vivid in your mind hours after being read. Told in an off-hand manner, The Glass Castle provides the reader with a window looking in on an incredible world not often found in books.

By Michelle Raskin, Courier Staff Writer

The Covenant (PG-13) 97 minutes

The Covenant, starring the innocent looking, very handsome, Steven Strait (Cayleb Danvers), is one of four of the brothers who are born with a legacy of powers to protect their families. When everything seems to be going fine, a new student comes into the school, Sebastian Stan (Chase), and sirs up things. While Laura Ramsey (Sarah) is busy working on her moves with Cayleb, Cayleb is trying to protect the Covenant. It's all up to him. This movie did have action seems with great fighting music in the background. It was an ok movie, wait till video.
-M.R.


The Covenant: Not Very Good