The James Logan Courier

By Tom Avril
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)

PHILADELPHIA — Egypt's top antiquities official was down in the fabled tomb of Tutankhamun a few weeks ago — doing a television interview, of all things — when he noticed something curious he had never seen before.

In a back room closed to public view, Zahi Hawass spotted a cluster of reed boxes crammed with plaster fragments and limestone seals used to stamp hieroglyphs. Intrigued, the scholar took a closer look and saw that both were marked with a trio of icons — sun, scarab and basket — whose meaning he recognized instantly:

Neb-kheperu-re, the throne name of the boy pharaoh.

Eighty-five years after his tomb was discovered, and after his treasures have been ogled by millions of museumgoers, King Tut is still revealing surprises.

By Rick LaPlante
New Haven Schools Public Information Officer

UNION CITY – Four New Haven Unified School District elementary schools continue to be members of the “800 Club” of schools where results from standardized tests exceed state expectations.

The Accountability Progress Reports (APR) released today by the California Department of Education include both Academic Performance Index (API) and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) data. The results come from Standardized Testing and Results (STAR) scores and from California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) scores taken during the 2006-07 school year.

ACTIVITIES:
Open Field for boys soccer players after school today on the grass fields. See Coach Sills in Room 73 for more information.

CLUBS:
Interested in learning Mexican Folk Dance? Come to the Ballet Folklorico’s orientation meeting Friday, 9/7, at 3:45 in the Pavilion Dance Studio - open to all!!! For more info, see Mr. Huertas in the Counseling Office.

The first Youth Alive Club meeting is today after school in Room 418. Youth Alive is a Christian club, but you don’t have to be a Christian to attend.

By Bill Hanna
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

WILLS POINT, Texas — If you hate creepy-crawlies, you might want to avoid Lake Tawakoni State Park, where a 200-yard stretch along a nature trail has been blanketed by a sprawling spider web that has engulfed seven large trees, dozens of bushes and even the weedy ground.

But if you hate mosquitoes, you might just love this bizarre web.

Maria Montessori (August 31, 1870 – May 6, 1952) was an Italian physician, educator, philosopher, humanitarian and devout Catholic; she is best known for her philosophy and method of education of children from birth to adolescence. Her educational method is in use today in a number of public as well as private schools throughout the world.


Read The Montessori Method, by Maria Montessori, free from the University of Pennsylvania.