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Need extra help in Math or Science? Do you get stuck on your Math or Science homework? Well, you’re in luck! Logan has free tutoring by Logan teachers in Math and Science. Tutoring starts next week, on Tuesday in the Reference Room after school. We also have tutoring in Math and Science on some Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Look for signs all around campus, and ask your counselor, friendly office staff, or your Math and Science teacher for more details! Tutoring in Math and Science on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school in the Reference Room starting next week!

By Andrea Higares, Courier Staff Writer

Girlfriend Material by Melissa Kantor is the perfect twist on finding one's first love to the hardship of family and friends.

16-year-old Kate wishes for nothing more then her perfect planned out summer- from hanging out, playing tennis with her best friend to writing fiction. Anything to keep her away from the troubles at home with her fighting parents.

Everything changes when Kate's mother tells her that they are going to Cape Cod to visit her rich friends on their seaside home. To make it worse, Kate thinks her mother is doing this to make her father jealous. The only thing Kate can think of to make this summer suck less is the Cooper-Melnich family's daughter Sarah. Sarah is the totally opposite of Kate: gorgeous, outgoing and confident. But Kate's “perfect” summer is ruined when she learns that Sarah sees Kate as an unwanted houseguest.

Kimmai Nguyen, Courier Staff Writer

What if you could meet your imaginary friend again but he wasn’t imaginary anymore?

James Patterson, author of Alex Cross, shies away from his thriller novels to write a love story in Sundays at Tiffany's. Pretty odd, right? But Patterson’s writing style in his mystery books is different from this romantic comedy. With the same short, easy to read chapters, he makes this novel a page-turner.

Jane Marguax’s life isn’t simple. She’s rich, smart and has the perfect boyfriend, but behind all those qualities she has her own insecurities and flaws. James Patterson describes Jane as a lonely only daughter to an overbearing mother and no-show father. Jane’s only friend as a child was a charming, handsome man named Michael; that changed when she turned nine. As Michael leaves, he tells her that she would soon forget him because that’s how imaginary friends worked. They would be a friend until they simply couldn’t anymore and the child would forget about them. But that didn’t happen to Jane.

Hundreds of Heads (MCT)

Need help getting into college? Here's some advice about scholarships, financial aid and loans from the book "How to Survive Getting into College" (Hundreds of Heads Books, www.hundredsofheads.com, $13.95), straight from people who've done it:

"A main reason I stayed in my home state of Michigan was financial. I didn't want to put my parents through more expenses, and there are good schools here. I'm getting financial aid and I got student loans, and that's how we're paying for college now."
— Jessica Newman, West Bloomfield, Mich.; Michigan State University

"Go for it, whether you think you'll get it or not. Apply for those $1,000 and $2,000 scholarships for writing a paper. I know people who have gotten a few of those, which added up to $5,000. That's a good amount of money to help pay for college."
— Trent, Grapevine, Texas; University of Colorado

From wikipedia:

Alma Woodsey Thomas (September 22, 1891 – February 24, 1978) was an African American Expressionist painter and art educator.

Born and raised in Columbus, Georgia, Thomas moved to Washington, D.C. with her family in 1907. In 1924, she was the first graduate of Howard University's art department.[3] In 1934, Thomas became the first African American woman to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University. She was also the first African American woman to have a solo exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Read more about Alma Thomas and see examples of her art, free from the Smithsonian American Art Collection.