The James Logan Courier

By Micah Mahinay, Courier Staff Writer

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week this year took place on September 10-17 in New York City. With high fashion designers such as, Ralph Lauren, Betsey Johnson, Charlotte Ronson, Anna Sui etc…

Judging by all the amazing photos taken by photographers from around the world, all the designers, put their products out on the runway to show people who attended their show what, they have been working on.

ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

There will be a mandatory meeting on Thursday, October 1, for those who want to join the Wrestling Team. It will be held in the Mat Room (next to the Weight Room) right after school. If you want to join you must come to the meeting.

CLUBS
Do you want to go on the Close-Up Washington, D.C., trip this year? The registration deadline is this Saturday. See Ms. Lombardi in Room 71 ASAP to begin your enrollment.

Kate Douglas Wiggin (September 28, 1856 - August 24, 1923) was an American children's author and educator.

Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin was born in Philadelphia. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the "Silver Street Free Kindergarten"). With her sister in the 1880s she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers.

She was also a writer of children's books, the best known being The Birds' Christmas Carol (1887) and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903).

Kate Wiggin died at Harrow, Middlesex, England.

Read Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, by Kate Douglas Wiggin, one of 26 of her books available free from Project Gutenberg.