Building For Action, guest blog from Phil

Dear LREI Families,

Thank you to those who were able to join us last Wednesday for our Building for Action event. It was wonderful to have so many of you there, along with alumni, past parents and staff, to share in the tremendous support for LREI that was in the room. For those of you who were not there, you might want to visit our web site, click on the Building for Action button to view much of the information we shared on the 24th. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page you can watch the Then and Now slide show that was a crowd favorite at the event. Or, just click here.

As you heard last week, or will see on the web site, we announced plans to renovate and green all of the classrooms in the Sixth Avenue buildings over the next few summers—we completed the majority of the middle school classes this summer—and to add a great deal of space to the Charlton Street campus, as well as to renovate current Charlton Street spaces. This work grows out of the strategic plan created by the Board of Trustees, and a large group of LREI community members, in 2000. In addition to creating improved spaces for our current student body in the lower, middle and high schools, this campaign will create a larger high school building to provide for the planned increase in the high school student body. A larger high school student body will be more attractive to many prospective families, will allow for an increasingly academic program and will support our tuition remission program for all three divisions and ongoing increases to faculty salaries and professional development funds.

In the weeks and months to come there will be many opportunities to learn more about Building for Action. There will also be opportunities for those who want to join the Building for Action team. There will be a drop-in information session on the morning of Wednesday, October 8th from 8:15-9:30, in the Sixth Avenue cafeteria. I will be available to discuss our goals and to answer any questions you may have.

I look forward to continuing the conversation.

Best,

Phil

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WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

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School Photos: School Picture Day is coming up! Coffee Pond Photography will be taking individual portraits of each student and each class. Your child’s pictures will be taken on 10/6/08 (in case of inclement weather, pictures will be taken on 10/27). Portraits will be taken indoors in case of inclement weather. After photo day, you will receive proofs in the mail directly from Coffee Pond and you may choose which photograph you like best. All orders must be placed online using the Coffee Pond website after photo day. To get the best photo of your child, please make sure they are dressed appropriately that day. If you have any questions, you can email Coffee Pond at lifeguards@coffeepond.com or call 800.635.2323 between 9am and 5pm on weekdays.

 

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Shop News
What a way to begin the year! Third graders enthusiastically created fabulous xylophones which are now in the Sixth Avenue lobby display case. Please be sure to check them out!

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Childcare for upcoming curriculum nights:
Fours through 1st grade – Thursday, October 2nd
2nd through 4th grade – Tuesday, October 7th
Childcare will be available at the usual fee of $15 per child and $5 for siblings. If you require childcare for either evening you must signup on the sheets at the reception desk. The will be a sheet for each evening. You can also email Mary Shea (mshea-at-lrei.org) no later than Monday, September 29th. Please remember that when you arrive you must sign your child in and when leaving you must sign out. Pizza and Juice will be served.

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From Chap, Director of Diversity & Community
2008/2009 Parent SEED group: SEED (Seeking Educational Equity & Diversity) work invites the engagement of head, heart, and soul. Participants examine inner and outer ways in which systems bear on lives inside and outside of school. SEED work develops ways of understanding complex relations between self and system with regard to race, class, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability/disability and cultural experience.

Our First Parent SEED Meeting:
Wed. October 15th at 6PM, in the MS Art Room (Sixth Ave)

Make a commitment to join LREI’s monthly SEED parent group. Click here for the commitment form. Contact Sandra (Chap) Chapman, Director of Diversity & Community at schapman-at-lrei.org or Peggy Peloquin at ppeloquin-at-lrei.org to learn more.

 

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You are invited to join us to learn about the Annual Fund and the significant role it plays in the school’s operating budget. You can attend one of three sessions:
8:15AM, Friday October 3rd, Sixth Avenue cafeteria
8:45AM, Friday October 3rd, Sixth Avenue cafeteria
6:00PM, Tuesday October 14th, Charlton Street library

Annual Fund co-chair Mindy Goldberg and LREI’s Director of Advancement Pippa Gerard will be available to answer any questions you may have. Please RSVP to Sandra Song in the Office of Advancement at 212-477-5316 x275 or via email at ssong@lrei.org.

Thank you,

Mindy Goldberg, Ronnie Halper and Mamie McIndoe
Annual Fund Co-Chairs

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UPCOMING PARENT MEETINGS & EVENTS

  • 10/6: LS/MS Photo Day
  • 10/7, 6PM: Second – Fourth grade Curriculum Night
  • 10/9: Yom Kippur, School Closed
  • 10/10: Professional Day – School Closed
  • 10/13: Columbus Day – School Closed
  • 10/14 – 17: Kate & Anne’s 4th grade to Hawthorne Valley Farm; Dot & Ana’s 3rd grade to MCS Farm
  • 10/15 – 8AM: Learn Your Library
  • 10/15 – 6PM: Parent SEED Mtg
  • 10/16 – 8:45AM: LS Parent Rep Mtg
  • For an up-to-date, searchable all school calendar, please visit www.lrei.org/calendar

 

 

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LOWER SCHOOL NOTES & ATTACHMENTS
(click on the links below to view and print information from teachers and specialists.)

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