The James Logan Courier

MISCELLANEOUS
Attention Students: The carpeted hallway is for traveling from one side of the school to the other. Students are not allowed to eat or loiter in the carpeted hallway.

MVROP will host an Open House on Thursday, October 28th, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at their Fremont Campus. Info flyers available in the Career Center.

Need Driver’s Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, December 20, 21 & 22, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.

Attention Students: There is no Saturday School this weekend! Saturday School is cancelled for this Saturday, October 23rd. If you have any questions about Saturday School being cancelled for this week, please contact Mr. Caruso in room 77.

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Director of Parent & Community Relations

The Board of Education on Tuesday night accepted a $50,000 donation from the Ball Foundation in support of the District’s work with Instructional Leadership Teams at each school. The Ball Foundation, founded in 1975 by the late seed company owner G. Carl Ball, has adopted New Haven as one of a handful of districts across the country where it supports the development of high-performing schools.

By Kimmai Nguyen, Courier Staff Writer

Michael Dorris portrays his strengths in writing by creating detailed settings and a powerful plot that draws readers in. He knows how to express characters in the most realistic and balanced ways. He decides to divide his book A Yellow Raft in Blue Water into three first-person narratives.

The first chapter is viewed in the eyes of the teenage Rayona, daughter of an Indian mother and black father. She struggles with having mixed blood and feels abandoned by her mother when she gets dumped at her Aunt Ida’s house.

The second chapter is shown through her mother, Christine. This chapter travels through her as a teenager to the present. Christine felt she was the bastard child compared to her handsome, most adored brother Lee. She is conflicted with her overbearing mother whom she has to call Aunt Ida.

By Arthel Cargill, Courier Staff Writer

Ithaka by Adele Geras is a tale of romance, betrayal, and adventure. The book gives light to the idea of one woman's enduring love for her husband and the lengths to which she will go to keep that love alive. It tells the story of Odysseus's return to the city of Ithaka, his homeland and kingdom, and his wife, Penelope, whose undying loyalty, faithfulness, and unconditional love keep her waiting for him.

The conflict arises when suitors from neighboring Greek islands travel to Ithaka in order to win Penelope's love and acquire her hand in marriage. Penelope, unwilling to accept the cruel idea that her beloved husband may have not survived his voyage - or worse, that he was unfaithful to her - vows never to remarry, but begins to fall madly in love with Odysseus's best friend and brother in arms.

From wikipedia:
Enolia Pettigen McMillan (October 20, 1904 – October 24, 2006) was the first female national president of the NAACP.

Born Enolia Virginia Pettigen in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Elizabeth Fortune Pettigen and John Pettigen, Enolia Pettigen attended Frederick Douglass High School and later Howard University with the help of a scholarship from Alpha Kappa Alpha and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in education in 1926.

Read Enolia McMillan's obituary in the Baltimore Sun.