The James Logan Courier

By Sarena Bains, Courier Staff Writer

The Alison Rules, by Catherine Clark
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: HarperTempest (8/10/2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060559802
ISBN-13: 978-0060559809


In The Alison Rules, by Catherine Clark, Alison, is mourning the death of her mother. The only way Alison thinks that it is possible to get over this situation is to set her self a set of rules. She thinks that as long as she follows the rules she won't get hurt. She tries to live day by day following each and every one of these rules in order for her to deal with her mother's death.

By Abhishek Saluja, Courier Book Editor


The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is a complicated novel which takes the reader on an adventure overseas. The story revolves mainly around the characters Jake Barnes and his love Brett Ashley.

Jake Barnes is a World War I veteran who lives in Paris, and one day he runs into his love Brett Ashley. Their relationship discontinued shortly after the war and the author foreshadows that it will develop further in the near future.

Brett Ashley is easy on the eyes and is liked by many of her friends. Hemingway creates a circle of men that try to woo Brett at one time or another and most fail in their attempts.

By Krystal Henderson, Courier News Editor

Yesterday, many of our homes received a letter in the mail that began: "Dear Parents: Last month, Governor Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency in California..." Perhaps that was when you stopped reading and dropped the letter in the trash bin.

Be informed:
—"If the governor gets his way, the New Haven Unified School District would receive $7 million less in state funding in 2008-09."

—"We will be issuing layoff notices to employees next month and making plans to increase class sizes and cut classroom instruction and other critical services."

—"We were forced to close Cabello Elementary School last June and must close Barnard-White Middle School at the end of the current school year. Now we may be forced to accelerate consideration of closing another elementary school."

—"California already spends $2000 less than the national average, ranking 46th in the country."

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ACTIVITIES:
All students performing in the Black History Celebration must meet every day after school in the Spot.

Come see the Logan Track and Field teams against defending State champions Mt. Pleasant High School. Start time 3:15 pm on Friday, Feb. 29.

Come and enjoy the Black History Month Celebration today at 6:00 pm in the Spot!

Courier Staff Report

Logan Principal Don Montoya will be reassigned to unspecified duties next year as part of an administrative purge announced today.

Montoya announced his reassignment, effective July 1, to the school's staff at a hastily called staff meeting after school. He didn't say what his new duties would be. He added that the district will conduct a search for a new principal.

In a press release, the district announced that David Pava, Deputy Superintendent of the New Haven Unified School District since 2001, and former Logan principal, will retire in the fall.