Happy Summer!
Dear Families,
Tonight, all of the seniors will be honored at their senior banquet. There, we will give out the school’s most prominent awards, The Community Service Award, the F. Coit Johnson Academic Award, The Director’s Award, the LREI Award for dedicated involvement and outstanding contributions to the spirit and ideals of the school, and the Elisabeth Irwin award for outstanding contributions to the spirit of the community, personal motivation and academic growth and achievement.
There are two additional, prominent awards the faculty voted on and we gave them out this morning at assembly. The first is the Susan Shrobe award. The award is named for Susan Shrobe, a graduate of the school who was bright, engaged, academic, thoughtful, and caring. After she graduated, she was interested in pursuing law as a career, but sadly she lost her life before she was able to fulfill her dream. Her family established the award to honor her life, but also to encourage another young woman to continue to be encouraged and pursue her dream. The award is given to a young woman of color in the 10th grade. This year’s award winner is described by her faculty as “impressive,” “stellar,” “enthusiastic” and a “pleasure to teach.” This year’s award winner is Carina Cruz ’13.
The next award, The Smith College Book award, is given to an outstanding junior who exemplifies the academic achievement, leadership qualities, and concern for others that characterize the thousands of women who have graduated from Smith College, including Elisabeth Irwin. The winner of the Smith College Book award is Hannah Silverman ’12.
I congratulate all high school students on this successful year. We had a great time growing and learning together. It was really a terrific school year.
When you get a chance, take a look at the summer reading. Please note, final grades and comments on LREI Connect (formerly known as Podium!) will be posted on June 28.
Have a wonderful summer! Ruth
Updates and Announcements:
From Denise J. Hills, Tuscaloosa City PTA Council President: Thank you SO much for your generous donation to the Tuscaloosa City PTA Council/Tornado Disaster Relief Fund. It is awesome to have schools helping schools. We are using funds to rebuild lives and our schools. Donations have been used to directly help children in the affected schools, and will be used to help purchase supplies for students and teachers for the next school year. This recovery is not a sprint, but a marathon. Our needs will continue long after the news tires of hearing of us. Thank you again for supporting our cause, and please refer your friends to our website, http://www.helptuscaloosaschools.com, to donate and for updates as to how funds are being used. you can also find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/HelpTuscaloosaSchools.