This is the archive for 03 June 2009
By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night heard a “State of the District” report from Superintendent Kari McVeigh. The Board requested the report as part of its adoption in May of the District’s Comprehensive Strategic Planning Framework.
Superintendent McVeigh reiterated the District Goal -- that all students will perform at grade level in all core subjects -- and reviewed the Seven Essentials, conditions for continuous improvement as outlined in the Comprehensive Strategic Planning Framework. The Framework, which builds on the New Haven Strategic Plan, has been and is being used by all sites, administration and members of the original Strategic Planning Team and the Update Team to review student performance data, identify strengths, and determine where the data needs to improve.
Posted by courier at 12:10 PM. Filed under: News
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Circle Of Three: Blue Moon
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: HarperTeen;
Avon ed edition (July 3, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0064472973
ISBN-13: 978-0064472975,
Courier Daily Editor
"'With this offering of extra crispy I officially call this Friday night meeting of the Beecher Falls witch babies to order,' Annie said as she set the bucket of fried chicken on the floor where her friends were sitting. 'And for our vegetarian member we have a lovely carton of hot and spicy tofu,' she added as she handed Cooper the bag she had just retrieved from the Dragon Dragon delivery guy. Kate and Annie reached into the bucket of chicken and pulled out a leg and a breast, respectively, while Cooper rummaged in the bag. 'I don't know how you two can eat that stuff' Cooper commented as she opened the chopsticks that came with her order and dipped them into the carton of tofu. 'It's death food.' 'Yes.' said Kate as she peeled a length of golden batter-covered skin from her chicken and popped it into her mouth. 'But it's really good, and I'm sure the chickens will forgive us. After all, it is sort of their jobs, isn't it?' "
Book seven out of fifteen. Another job well done by author Isobel Bird on the seventh book in the
Circle of Three series of fifteen books. this book goes threw all three girls but is mainly focused on Annie and her journey on the path of Wicca.
Posted by courier at 11:27 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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LUNCH
Salsa Bar at the Creations booth! Pizza, Chinese, grill items such as burgers & chicken strips, deli sandwiches and, of course, burritos!
MISCELLANEOUS
PLEASE NOTE: There is a very full Lost and Found in the front Admin Office. If you’re missing a backpack, shoes, clothes, whatever, please stop by and check through the lost and found. Whatever isn’t claimed will be donated!
The Marketing & Management Academy has a limited amount of seats still available in its Junior class for the next 2009-2010 school year. It’s a great learning and fun experience. Meets elective requirements as well. For more information please see Mr. Richberg, Room #63, phone #4063, or your counselor.
Posted by courier at 11:14 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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A security camera looms over
the loop road through the campus
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Logan has made several conscious efforts to increase the amount of security on campus: from restricting the amount of visitors to enforcing the need for an ID card to enter campus.
In addition to these precautions, the Logan administration has also installed security cameras at various locations throughout the campus.
With about twenty cameras currently installed on campus, how is it possible that Logan is capable of funding these new additions to the campus?
Rhonda Neagle, the Vice Principal for Operations, states that, “These cameras are funded through bond money. The idea of installing surveillance cameras in Logan went to the school board at the end of the school year, the year before last year.”
Posted by courier at 11:12 AM. Filed under: Opinion
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Freshmen and sophomores
pick up their yearbooks Tuesday.
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All around the James Logan High campus, students can be seen with their noses in their books.
Not their textbooks, even though finals are looming for most Logan students next week.
The book that's arrested student interest this week is the yearbook, which debuted Monday when it was distributed to juniors and seniors after school. Freshmen and sophomores had to wait until yesterday.
Posted by courier at 09:36 AM. Filed under: News
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Amy McNamara-Furtado, principal for the past five years at San Leandro High School – a large and diverse school where she focused on issues of fostering equity and improving student achievement – was appointed Tuesday night by the Board of Education to serve as principal of James Logan High.
Ms. McNamara-Furtado, 38, will assume her new duties officially on July 1, but she plans to be a frequent visitor to the Logan campus in June.
“Amy is a true instructional leader, and her experience at San Leandro mirrors our needs at Logan,” New Haven Unified School District Superintendent Kari McVeigh said. “She’s been an outstanding principal at San Leandro, and her experience there has taught her how a large, diverse high school works. She will be an excellent leader at Logan.”
Posted by courier at 08:24 AM. Filed under: News
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From wikipedia:
Jacques Roumain (June 4, 1907 – August 18, 1944) was a revered Haïtian writer, politician, and advocate of Communism in Haiti. Roumain, considered one of the most prominent faces in Haitian literature, was regarded by many as a master novelist. Although poorly known in the English-speaking world, Roumain has significant following in Europe, and is renowned in the Caribbean and Latin America. The great African-American poet, Langston Hughes, translated some of Roumain's greatest works, including
Gouverneurs de la Rosée (Masters of the Dew). Although his life was short, Roumain managed to touch many aspects of Haitian life and culture.
Read about Jacques Roumain's meeting with U.S. poet Langston Hughes, free from Webster University.
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