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Congratulations to the Varsity and J.V. Wrestling Teams for defeating Newark to win the MVAL title. Varsity won 46-22, and J.V. won 44-14. Great effort by everyone on the team. Thank you to the student body, teachers and coaches for coming out and supporting our team.

Emanuele Elementary needs tutors to help with 5th grade Math and English on Wednesday afternoons. If you are interested, check out the community service posting on Logan’s website under the College/Career Center link, or pick up a pink flier in the Career Center.

Each year, the Asian Pacific Fund offers $27,000 in prizes for their “Growing up Asian in America” contest. To submit your art, essays or poems, pick up the guidelines from Mrs. B in Room 507.

From The Courier's Archives

Fannie Barrier Williams (February 12, 1855 – March 4, 1944) was an African American educator and political and women's rights activist. She became well known for her efforts to have blacks officially represented on the Board of Control of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893.

Frances (Fannie) Barrier was the youngest of three children born to Anthony and Harriet Barrier. Her father, born in Pennsylvania, came to Brockport, New York as a child. He claimed to be partially of French descent. He worked as a barber and later became a coal dealer. Her mother Harriet was born in Chenango, New York and the couple married in Brockport. The family attended the First Baptist Church in Brockport, and was the only black family in the congregation. Fannie recalled her Brockport youth as a time of innocence, but her personal experience and growing awareness of the unfair treatment received by women of color led her to pursue a lifetime of activism.

Learn more about Fannie Barrier Williams, free from WinningtheVote.org.

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