The James Logan Courier

ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

All students and staff are invited to join the Youth Alive Club as we meet for prayer around the flag pole tomorrow at 7:45 a.m. for the National “See you at the Pole Day.”

Our Welcome Back Dance is this Friday from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. in the Pavilion. Presale tickets are being sold in Colt Court during lunch for $10, or $8 w/ASB sticker. Buy your tickets now so you don’t have to wait to buy one at the door. You must have your ID card to purchase tickets and get into the dance.

By Laurel Brodzinsky, Courier Staff Writer

Over the past few months, a giant blue structure has arisen from what once was flat parking on the corner of Alvarado-Niles and H Street. This building is to be James Logan’s new Performing Arts Center, and house new band rooms, a choir room, a drama room, practice rooms, a 599-seat theater with lowered orchestra pit, and upgraded performance technology such as lighting, video and sound recording, etc.).

In comparison, the Little Theater has around 300 seats, and the football stadium 4,050.

In the theater section of the new Performing Arts Center, there is a heating/cooling element under every other seat, and there is soundproofing throughout the building. On top of the Performing Arts Center are solar panels- part of Logan’s “going green”.

By Laurel Brodzinsky, Courier Staff Writer

In my second period Psychology 1 class, Principal Amy McNamara comes onto the loudspeaker and asks us to please stand- which no one ever does. Not a single person in our over-full class ever stands during, or says, the pledge of allegiance to the United States of America. Why?

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer

Teachers at James Logan High School have been invited to begin a “re-imagining” process designed to give birth to a “school within a school” to open as a pilot program next fall.

“Logan has many strengths – its relatively high API score, award-winning forensics and band programs, diverse students and families, and committed teachers, administrators and staff,” said Joe Feldman, Director of Secondary Leadership for the New Haven Unified School District. “However, academic success is not enjoyed for significant percentages of the student population, particularly among African-Americans and Latinos.”

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer

The Board of Education of the New Haven Unified School District will hold a special meeting Tuesday night to discuss student safety at James Logan High School.

The meeting will include a review of safety procedures and a discussion about the culture and climate of the campus. Attendees will be given the opportunity to meet in small groups that will include at least one Board member, a District administrator and a Logan administrator.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Educational Services Center, 34200 Alvarado-Niles Road, Union City.

By Jericho Faustino, Courier Staff Writer

Kanye West’s recent scandal, in which he embarrassed not only himself but also Taylor Swift and Beyonce, has gotten countless responses from everyone from rapper Pitbull to our own President Barack Obama.

I personally found it amusing that Barack Obama watched the VMA’s. He should try to fix the recession, instead of seeing who wins best “Pop Video”. But, it also shows that the President is just an average guy like any of us.

By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Staff Writer
T.J. Matsumoto is a member of the James Logan varsity football team.

So much for making a statement.

The James Logan varsity football team went to Foothill High School in Pleasanton and expected to come out with a victory. We soon realized that was not going to be an easy task. On our first possession we were forced to punt. This set the tone for our whole game. Our offense had a very difficult time moving the ball and putting points on the board.

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