The James Logan Courier

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

The 2011-12 school year will be shorter and class sizes will be larger in the New Haven Unified School District, but despite being forced by the state to make yet another round of budget cuts, the District hopes to be able to mitigate some of the reductions, Superintendent Kari McVeigh said today.

The District plans to fund some – but not all – of the stipends paid to coaches and advisers for after-school activities and plans to retain the media specialists who staff school libraries, but without all previous support positions, Ms. McVeigh said.

By Amanpreet Tatlah, Courier Staff Writer

The latest upcoming band is making its way to even more success than ever: All Star Weekend’s popular single “Not Your Birthday” will be featured in the upcoming movie “Prom”. The song is about giving people who are feeling down something brighter to think about—to party like it’s "not your birthday."

The video of this single has a gymnasium dance kick to it with a school setting. Their single is used for the day of the prom.

All of the singles of this upcoming band have something for everyone to listen and easily relate to. Their purpose is to have people connect with their music and make situations better for themselves if in a bad mood.

From wikipedia:
Johnny Weissmuller (born Johann Peter Weißmüller; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor. Weissmuller was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven world records. After his swimming career, he became the sixth actor to portray Tarzan in films, a role he played in twelve motion pictures. Dozens of other actors have also played Tarzan, but Weissmuller is by far the best known. His character's distinctive, ululating Tarzan yell is still often used in films.

Watch an interview with Johnny Weissmuller, free from YouTube.