The James Logan Courier

By Ronnell Coaster, Courier Sports Editor

The girls' varsity volleyball played home against Washington was particularly important because both teams, up to this point, were undefeated and number one in the league.

By Jack Bragg, Courier Entertainment Editor

Traditionally, punk rock is the music format for bringing significant change and bringing scope to important social issues. Rise Against’s latest single, “Make It Stop (September’s Children)”, is the latest song to make such a strong attempt to bring a magnifying glass to the issue of bigotry against LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) people.

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Director of Parent and Community Relations
A higher percentage of James Logan High School graduates enroll in a college or university than in Alameda County in general or in the state as a whole – and the trend holds regardless of ethnicity, race, socioeconomics, language or disabilities – according to data released today by the California Department of Education

Data from the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) was matched with postsecondary enrollment data from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC). According to the results, 83.2 percent of Logan graduates in 2008-09 – the most recent data available – enrolled in a postsecondary institution in the United States. The college-going rate was 70.9 percent in Alameda County and 74.4 percent in the state as a whole.

MISCELLANEOUS
Looking for a place to do school work? Need help? There’s a place from 9 – 12 this Saturday, October 8th, in Room 77. Please enter by the carpeted hallway near the library.

School pictures are now in! Please pick them up from the main office windows during lunch.

PSAT ticket sales have been extended to Oct. 10th, and PACT ticket sales until Nov. 7th. Tickets cost $25 and can be purchased at the ticket window in the main office.

By Hadiyah Hassan, Courier Staff Writer

The new all boy group Mindless Behavior is starting to become very popular this year, with their new hit single "My GIrl" and one of their other hits "Mrs.Right" featuring another new young rap artist Diggy Simmons.

The group is called Mindless Behavior because it shows individuality and an effortless way of thinking yet still stand out, according to their publicity.

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

The Board of Education on Tuesday night received a presentation from Superintendent Kari McVeigh about the ongoing work to create a Union City Kids’ Zone.

The product of discussions initiated by the Superintendent that led to a partnership involving the District and several other agencies and community organizations, the Kids’ Zone would provide cradle-to-career services for the District’s most vulnerable students and their families. Starting point for the effort would be the Decoto neighborhood.

From wikipedia:
Johanna Maria Lind (6 October 1820 – 2 November 1887), better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she is known for her performances in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and for an extraordinarily popular concert tour of America beginning in 1850. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music from 1840.

Lind became famous after her performance in Der Freischütz in Sweden in 1838. Within a few years, she had suffered vocal damage, but the singing teacher Manuel García saved her voice. She was in great demand in opera roles throughout Sweden and northern Europe during the 1840s, becoming the protégée of Felix Mendelssohn. After two acclaimed seasons in London, she announced her retirement from opera at the age of 29.

Learn more about Jenny Lind, free from the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.