The James Logan Courier

ACTIVITIES
The annual talent show is approaching December 18th. Interested in performing? Pick up a purple application in Room 67 and submit it by Friday, November 20th.

Coach Webb needs your help at the 2nd Annual Turkey Trot. Stop by the Career Center for a flyer with all the information.

Interested in Track & Field? Come out to the track after school to sign up.

By Olivia Guitron, Courier Staff Writer


My Sister’s Keeper is a sad and tragic story of a girl who was created just to be a provider for her sister. This novel presents various characters’ points of view and fleshes out the story with their contributions.


Anna has been artificially created to be a perfect genetic match for her sick older sister, Kate, who has leukemia. Anna, fed up with having to use her body without directly being asked, reaches a breaking point when she is asked to give up her kidney for her sister. She hires a lawyer for medical emancipation: being free from having to give up her body parts without her consent.

By Gabriele Di Fiore, Courier Staff Writer


Twelve Angry Jurors is a play about a jury that cannot reach a verdict. The case is about a black teenage boy accused of murdering his father. I included the word "black" because this play is set in the 1950's, a time when racism was still open and obvious in a lot of places.


Even in the jury room.

By Leslie Espino, Courier Staff Writer
The Courier received a free review copy of this book from the publisher.


It’s been a few months since I got my dad’s car, and I still know little about it, but after reading Erika Stalder’s In The Drivers Seat: A girl’s guide to her first car, I am more confident that I can fix my own car.


The way she explained things made things so simple to understand, and the illustrations helped me out a lot as well.

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Most of James Logan's Class of 2010 stood for their panoramic picture on a crisp and bright Wednesday morning.

The photo was scheduled for 8 a.m. sharp, but the late arrival of many seniors pushed the actual snapping of the photograph to around 8:25 a.m. Despite the delay, a few seniors were turned away for being too late.

From wikipedia:
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (November 18, 1787 – July 10, 1851) was a French artist and chemist, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography.

Daguerre was born in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d'Oise, France. He apprenticed in architecture, theater design, and panoramic painting. Exceedingly adept at his skill for theatrical illusion, he became a celebrated designer for the theater and later came to invent the Diorama, which opened in Paris in July 1822.

Read Daguerre (1787–1851) and the Invention of Photography, free from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.