Trimester I Grades and Comments
Dear Families,
Thanks to all the students who participated in Community Service Day on December 10. Ninth graders were so impressive at the Bowery Mission and in their smaller group projects later in the day.
Congrats to all on a terrific Trimester I! Grades and comments for Trimester I will be available online on Podium on December 22, by 5PM. Please check to make sure you can log on to the system successfully. If you have any problems logging on, please contact help@lrei.org, which can assist you. If you would like your child’s grades or comments mailed, please send an email to Adria Maynor, amaynor@lrei.org.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding a grade or comment, please contact the teacher directly, the student’s advisor, and/or class dean. Please note, teachers, advisors and class deans will be on vacation starting on Friday, Dec. 17 at 12 noon, so a response may not come until after January 4, 2011.
If you are a parent of a 10th or 11th grade student, you should have received a letter from Carey Socol, Director of College Guidance and your child’s PSAT scores. If you have not received this information, please contact the College Office at ext. 324.
Finally, two major deadlines coming up for terrific opportunities: Applications to the NYU College Preview Program for Spring Semester are due to me or to Analisa Cipriano in the college office by 2nd period, January 4. An email with the application and list of courses was sent to families in the 11th and 12th grades on Wednesday. If you did not receive this email, please let me know. Hard copies of these documents are at the reception desk.
Applications to participate in the spring break trip to China are due on January 4! Please see last week’s high school blog for details.
I wish you and your family a safe, restful, wonderful holiday break. See you in 2011!
All the best,
Ruth
Updates and Announcements:
2010-2011 class pictures are here!
1. Amyrah Arroyo, Class of 2013, and Genevieve Pierre, Class of 2012, have been selected to participate in “Expanding the Walls Program, a unique [seven month] program for teens that uses photography as a medium to explore community, identity and history, at the Studio Museum of Harlem. It was quite a rigorous selection process that required them to undergo two interviews [and secure three recommendations!].” Last year, Maya Peart-Hill ’12 participated successfully in this terrific program.
2. Save the date for Karamu! The Multicultural Committee of the Parents Association is busily planning another wonderful “joyous celebration” (which is what Karamu means in Swahili) after the new year. Please save the date–Friday January 21st. The dinner buffet and a performance by our wonderful high school Jazz band begin at 5pm at the Charlton Street building. Guest performances of music and dance begin at 6:15pm and will be followed by our annual DJ’d dance party in the Performing Arts Center. Tickets go on sale on Tuesday, January 18th in the Sixth Avenue lobby and also at the front desk of the Charlton Street building. We will also be selling tie dye Karamu bandannas and raffle tickets for exciting prizes.
3. Join us for our annual Alumni College Panel. This is a terrific opportunity to hear recent LREI grads discuss their transition from high school to college and how their time at LREI prepared them for success. Thursday, January 6th, 6:30PM, PAC 40 Charlton Street. Moderated by our new Director of College Guidance Carey Socol. RSVP to Liza Sacks at (212) 477-5316 ext. 291 or lsacks@lrei.org.
4. In January the Red is Green Committee will be collecting holiday cards for recycling. The cards will be donated to St. Jude’s Ranch. St. Jude’s will remove the front of each card and attach a new back then sell the new card to raise money for the organization. Cards that can be recycled must not have writing on the back side of the front cover. Please, no cards with personal photographs or Hallmark, Disney or American Greeting cards. Cards can be placed in the collection bin located in the lobby.
5. Spirit Club: Baby, it’s cold outside…but our Basketball teams are smoking hot!
So warm up with friends after winter break and come to one of our exciting home games!
The Spirit Super Fan Club will gather on our first day back, Tuesday, January 4th at 3PM, before the exciting Varsity Boys home game!
Spirit Club is open to all – so come hang out, have a snack, do your homework and have some fun while the teams warm up. Get ready to scream, yell, wave your flags and MAKE SOME NOISE!! All games are held at Thompson Street Athletic Center, 145 Thompson Street.
* Tuesday, 4th January 4pm Varsity Boys vs LFNY
* Wednesday, 5th January 4:30pm MS Girls vs Churchill
* Thursday, 6th January 4:15pm JV Boys vs Birch Wathen Lenox
Come out and cheer our teams on to victory! LET’S GO KNIGHTS!! Click here for a flyer with all the information.