The James Logan Courier

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

A mother and a son who followed her into teaching are among the recipients of “Project Enrichment” grants awarded today by the New Haven Schools Foundation, in support of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities in the New Haven Unified School District.

Patricia Puckett, who teaches at Alvarado Middle School, was granted her request for $261.85 for the school’s Filipino folkdance group, Anak ng Bayan. The funds -- donated specifically to fulfill her request by Foundation member Art Kuhlmann and his wife, Cheryl -- will be used to purchase bamboo poles used in two particular dances performed by the group, which includes about 45 students from various academic, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.

From wikipedia:
Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez (March 25, 1926 - March 19, 1999) was a Mexican contemporary poet. Known as “the sniper of Literature”[citation needed] as he formed part of a group that transformed literature into reality, he wrote ten volumes of poetry, and his work has been translated into more than twelve languages. His writings chronicle the experience of everyday people in places such as the street, hospital, and playground. Sabines was also a politician.

Sabines was born on March 25, 1926 in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.

Read Jaime Sabines' poem, "The Moon."