Parent Teacher Conference Reminders
Dear Families,
Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for next Friday, November 5th and Thursday, November 11th (the Lower School will be closed in terms of classes on both days). Please make a note of your appointment time. If you’ve forgotten, the sign-up links below will take you back view the schedule.
Teachers are looking forward to sharing examples of student work with you and speaking with you your child’s progress in the months since the beginning of this school year.
We will provide childcare for Lower School students on both conference days. Full day childcare is $20 per child. There is no charge for 30-minute drop-in childcare that takes place during your conference time. Sign-up sheets for childcare (both conference and full day) will be available Monday morning at the front desk in the lobby. Please sign up by Wednesday morning. You may pack a bag lunch (please, no nuts or seeds) for your child that day if you like; morning snack and pizza lunch will be provided. Please contact Autumn Giles if you have any questions (agiles@lrei.org or 212-477-5316, ext. 215).
Sincerely,
Namita Tolia
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SPORTS EXCITEMENT at LREI
LREI Athletics: GO LREI!!! Wednesday was a huge night for LREI Athletics! The middle school volleyball team defeated the Churchill School 2-0 to become the Independent School Athletic League Champions. Thompson Street Gym was packed with LREI students and families (even red pom-pom shakers on the sidelines!) rooting the team to victory. Uptown at Van Cortlandt Park, the middle and high school cross-country teams took home two first-place finishes in the AIPSL Big Apple Championship meet. Eighth grader Will Yarinsky is the middle school boys champion with a time of 11:14, and junior Sasha Stomberg is the high school girls champion winning the competition in 22:24. Both high school teams scored second place overall. Notable finishes on the boys’ side include junior Niles Diggs (6th), freshman Lenny Weissman (8th) and senior Monty Hill (9th). Seniors Margret Wiggins, Claire Hart and Sonrisa Murray-Fox crossed the girls race finish line in seventh, ninth and tenth place, respectively. Congrats to all our Knights for outstanding season finishes!
Upcoming MS and HS home soccer games:
Tuesday, 11/2 Middle School Soccer vs Garden, 3:00PM Pier 40
Go Knights!
Next week our Middle School Volleyball team will play in their last home games of the season, come out to cheer, yell, root for and support our Knights to help them on their way to the Big Apple Championship!
Monday 25th 4pm vs York Prep
Wednesday 27th 4pm vs Churchill
Thursday 28th 4pm vs City and Country
Games are held at Thompson Street Athletic Center,145 Thompson Street
Go Knights!
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LETTERS FROM LOWER SCHOOL TEACHERS
(click on the links below to view and print notes from teachers)
Beth and Stephanie’s Fours: Click here for a note from Beth and Stephanie about the Fours work on friendship and their ongoing observation of leaves.
Dina and Farrah’s Fourth Grade: Click here to view and print information about the 4th graders’ new math unit.
Vonick and Jason’s Third Grade: Click here to read about the next round of shares in Vonick and Jason’s class and hear about the new math unit.
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LOWER SCHOOL REMINDERS AND EVENTS
For the most up-to-date information visit the school’s online calendar at www.lrei.org/calendar. Click here to download the one-page 2010-11 school calendar.
Applications for 2011-2012 Tuition Remission: Please be on the look-out for an e-mail from Michel de Konkoly Thege, Associate Director, which was transmitted on October 26, 2010 and contains information about applying for tuition remission for the 2011-2012 school year. This year for the first time we are communicating with families that receive tuition remission by e-mail only and are urging these families to use the online option for completing the necessary forms. If you received tuition remission in the current school year and did not get this e-mail, a copy may be accessed by clicking here.
1st and 2nd Grade Math Parent Education Sessions: Based on the great turn-out at our 1st & 2nd grade session, we are offering two dates for the 3rd & 4th grade session. Learn more about our constructivist math curriculum and our mathematics teaching approach at math parent education sessions. You will meet Rose Reilly, Lower School Math Coordinator, and learn real ways to support your child’s math learning. The remaining date is:
- Tuesday, Nov 2, 8:45 am in the cafeteria
Upcoming Music Assemblies:
- Wednesday, November 3rd: 4th Grade Music Assembly, 8:45 am in LS auditorium
- Wednesday, November 10th: Ks Music Assembly, 8:45 am in LS auditorium
The Lower School Family Math Nights are coming: The Lower School Family Math Night is an event designed for families to come together in a celebration of mathematics. Join us from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. in the Sixth Avenue Auditorium for an hour of games and activities. You can count on plenty of family fun!
- Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 – 3rd & 4th Grade Family Math Night
- Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 – 1st & 2nd Grade Family Math Night
Fall Parent Teacher Conferences coming up November 5th and November 11th: Please follow these instructions carefully to make an appointment for your fall parent teacher conference. Click on the link below for your child’s classroom teacher. Clicking takes you to a Doodle site that contains the conference schedule for that teacher. Once you see the choices, please use the blue scroll bar to move sideways to view all of the choices. Once you decide on your appointment, please enter your name and click the box that corresponds to the time you’ve selected. Then hit save. (It’s critical to hit save). That’s it!
If you would like to change your mind any time after pressing save, simply use the original link to return to the schedule and click “Edit an entry” under Functions at the bottom of the page. Then select your own name, and then change your appointment from the choices that are left available.
Elizabeth & Samson’s Kindergarten
Galen & Christine’s First Grade
Deborah & Randi’s Second Grade
Daniel & Jessica’s Third Grade
Ordering Photos: You should already have a proof of your child’s school photo. Though the order form stated they must be ordered within a week, you may still order prints in one of two ways: using the envelope that was sent home or ordering online. (Ordering sooner rather than later does help our photographer a great deal, so please do so if you haven’t already, but also know that ordering more is possible at a later date as well, especially online).
To order proofs via mail, using the ordering envelope:
- Select a package from the options listed on the envelope.
- Detach and fill out the bottom portion of the envelope, indicating which packages you’d like to order.
- Complete payment information and return in a separate envelope to:
- Marty Hyman Photography, PO Box 1058, Valley Stream, NY 11582
- Your prints will be sent directly to your home address.
- NOTE: Even if ordering prints through the mail, you may choose to view a larger version of your child’s proof online, following the instructions below for online ordering.
To view/order proofs online:
- Go to www.martyhyman.com
- Click the yellow link that reads “PLEASE CLICK HERE TO ORDER PHOTOS ONLINE,” in the top left corner.
- Click where it says “please click here” after where it says “If your ‘WEB PASSWORD’ consists of letters & numbers.”
- Enter your child’s web password. The web password is a combination of letters and numbers that is listed on the ordering envelope both in the top right (below the student’s name) and in the bottom left corner just above the bar code. Click “login.”
- Click “No, thanks” or enter your email address to receive notifications.
- You will now be taken to an online proof of your child’s photo.
- Use the buttons at the right of the photo to view packages and color options and to place your order.
Photo Re-take Day: Re-take day for students who were absent on photo day will be Monday, December 6th. Photos will be taken inside.
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
School Store: The School Store will be open this month on Wednesday 3rd and Wednesday 17th from 8am – 9am at the Sixth Avenue entrance (or in case of bad weather, inside the lobby). Show your Spirit and start your holiday shopping now!
Coffee with Phil Kassen, Director: Join Phil, Ruth Jurgensen, high school principal, and Carey Socol, our new Director of College Guidance for a discussion of LREI’s college guidance process. Tuesday, November 9th, 8:45AM-9:15AM, Sixth Avenue Cafeteria
LREI Halloween Fair 2010: Saturday, October 30th from 2:00-5:00pm, Thompson Street Gym
Dear LREI Community:
Please save the date for our Annual Halloween Fair! A magical world of castles and dragons awaits you at the Thompson Street Gym. There will be games, crafts, a ghoul salon, a magic castle, and a dungeon bake sale!
Anyone interested in volunteering their decorating, baking or crafting talents? Please look for the supply donation cauldron and volunteer sign-up sheets in the lobby!
The Planning Committee will meet on Friday at 8:45am in the 6th Ave Cafeteria- come one, come all to help put together this fun-filled community event!
Feel free to email Co-Chairs Kelly or Louise with any questions at yirawala@aol.com or lu.fam1@verizon.net.
Red is Green: Go Green to School Day is this Wednesday, November 3rd and will continue throughout the year on the first Wednesday of every month. Please make every effort to take a green mode of transportation to school – walk, bike, scoot, take public transportation or car pool.
Also, to celebrate America Recycles Day (November 15) we will have a DVD/CD Swap. Starting on Monday, November 15 and continuing through Wednesday, November 17 tables will be set up outside of the Sixth Avenue building for the swap. You can drop off DVDs/CDs ahead of time in a bin located in the lobby, beginning November 1. Students/faculty/parents can swap all forms of CDs and DVDs, including computer, film, music, game and video. Any unwanted CDs and DVDs at the end of the week of November 17th will be sent to Back Thru the Future Technology Disposal who will safely recycle them.
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PARENTS ASSOCIATION MEETINGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
All parent association meetings are held in the LS Cafeteria at 8:45 am, unless otherwise noted
Fri, Oct 29, 2010: Halloween Committee Meeting
Fri, Oct 29, 2010: Lit Committee Meeting
Fri, Oct 29, 2010: 6:00pm, Vonick’s 3rd Grade Welcome Parent Potluck Party (off-site)
Mon, Nov 1, 2010: Multi-Cultural Committee Meeting
Mon, Nov 1, 2010: Cookbook Committee Meeting
Tue, Nov 2, 2010: Sports Committee Meeting
Thu, Nov 4, 2010: Lit. Committee Meeting
Thu, Nov 4, 2010: LGSA Meeting
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LOWER SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES
All Lower School Assemblies are held in our Auditorium at 8:45 a.m, unless otherwise noted.
Wed, Nov 3, 2010: 4th Grade Music Assembly
Wed, Nov 10, 2010: Ks Music Assembly
Wed, Nov 17, 2010: Fours/Fours K Music Assembly
Wed, Dec 1, 2010: 3rd Grade Music Assembly
Fri, Dec 17, 2010: 10:15am, Lower School Winter Assembly
Wed, Jan 19, 2011: 9:00am, LS MLK Jr. Assembly
Wed, Feb 23, 2011: 9:00am Families Assembly
Wed, Apr 13, 2011: First Gr. Assembly
Wed, Apr 20, 2011: K’s Music Assembly
Wed, Apr 27, 2011: 2nd Gr. Assembly
Wed, May 4, 2011: 4s/4k Assembly
Wed, May 11, 2011: 3rd Gr. Assembly
Wed, May 18, 2011: 4th Gr. Assembly
Wed, May 25, 2011: K’s Movement Assembly
Wed, Jun 1, 2011: 4s/4k Movement Assembly
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LOWER SCHOOL PARENT REPRESENTATIVES 2010-2011
Beth’s Fours Maren Berthelsen, Becca Markley
Fours/K Marjorie Goldner, Sara Taplitz
Elizabeth’s K Juliet Burrows, Carmen Lenzi
Luise’s K Shannon Barden, Yael Goverover
Gina’s 1st Diane Hoffman, Ceci Van Blerkom
Galen’s 1st Dawn Eig, Christine Boyle
Rebecca’s 1st Hilary Meltzer, Mishi Hosono
Tasha’s 2nd Mary Gerzema, Linda Phillips
Deborah’s 2nd A.M. Homes, Fia Hatsav, Julia Wilbur
Dan’s 3rd Hillary Butler, Holly Glass, Denise Roederer
Vonick’s 3rd Heather McMaster, Beth Dary
Dina’s 4th Connie Butler, Lara Olivieri
Kate’s 4th Susan Harris, Liselotte Vince