Trimester I Grades and Comments
Dear Families,
Thanks to all the students who participated in Community Service Day on December 11. Many had wonderful experiences and truly made an impact. Several of our students helped out at Charity:Water; one of our alums, Ella Saunders-Crivello, ’08, is the Assistant Volunteer Coordinator. This is the message I received from her :
I wanted to send out a thank you for getting your students involved, I know it was a choice on their parts but it wouldn’t have happened if you didn’t pass along the word. Everyone in the office was so shocked and grateful for how many EI students were there and I was so proud of all of them and how hard they were working. Check out the quick video they made to showcase how dedicated our volunteers were today.
Please take a look at the video featuring our students hard at work.
Congrats to all on a terrific Trimester I! Grades and comments for Trimester I will be available online on “My Backpack” on December 23, 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_desk@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. 18 at 12 noon, so a response may not come until after January 4, 2010.
If you are a parent of a 10th or 11th grade student, you should have received a letter from Amy Shapiro, 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, from Phil:
Congratulations, Seniors! We are so proud of our twelfth graders. Included in our early information about college admissions is early admission to Carleton College, Smith College, Georgetown University, Brown University, Vassar College, Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications, McDaniel College, Ithaca School of Photography and Cinematography, Marymount Manhattan College, the Universities of Mississippi, Montana, Rhode Island, Tampa and Vermont and Quinnipiac College. A list as diverse and interesting as our seniors and their interests and futures. Bravo!
I wish you and your family a safe, restful, wonderful holiday break. See you in 2010!
All the best,
Ruth
Updates and Announcements:
More great student news!
- Maya Peart-Hill, Class of 2012, has 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 her to undergo two interviews [and secure three recommendations!]”.
- Both Robert Kiley, ’10, and Kai Furbeck, ’10 have been honored by Young Arts 2010 as Merit Award winners in Photography as well as New York Regional Award winners in photography.
Visibility is going up in February! The holiday is the perfect time to find your photographs for this wonderful exhibit. Please consider participating and click here for more information.
1. New LREI Event–Many of you have asked about the yellow “Stir the Pot” postcards that you received in recent days. We wanted to whet your appetite and to be sure that you mark your calendars for LREI’s Spring tasting event called “Stir the Pot: Taste of the Future.” You won’t want to miss the chance to meet and mingle with other parents and enjoy great food–Thursday, May 13th in the Charlton Street campus. For further information, please contact Maude Kebbon in the Office of Advancement at 212-477-5316, ext. 232.
2. From the LREI Parents Association Community Service Committee–Join our annual winter coat drive. We will be collecting new and gently used winter coats for adults and children. All donations will be distributed to families in need at Hudson Guild’s Elliot Center. Please drop off your donation to the 6th Avenue Reception desk, today or tomorrow.
3. Mark you 2010 calendars now–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 7th, 6:30PM, Performing Arts Center, 40 Charlton Street. RSVP to Liza Sacks at (212) 477-5316 ext. 291 or lsacks@lrei.org.
4. New event added to the calendar: Freedom Institute will offer drug and alcohol education and answer questions about how to talk with your teen about substance issues on Thursday, January 28, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Charlton Street Cafeteria.
5. From Phil…There are a few spots left in both Adult rED classes. Contact Rowena Penaranda – Askins at rpenaranda@lrei.org to enroll. See Phil’s blog (blog.lrei.org/director) for more information.
6. Red is Green Committee:
Through Friday December 18th, we will be collecting plastic bottle caps for our December recycling drive.
During the month of January we will be recycling holiday and greeting cards. These cards will be donated to St. Jude’s Ranch. No photo cards please. For more information click here.
Also during the month of January you can bring in your wrapping paper scraps. These scraps will be used to decorate the school for Faculty / Staff Appreciation Day. Look for the box in the lobby after the holidays.
Mulchfest 2010: Recycle Your Christmas Tree at NYC Parks Jan 9-10, 2010. Click here for more information on where you can drop off your tree in the 5 boroughs.