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Dear Families,

Thanks so much for coming to curriculum night on Tuesday evening.  It was a terrific event, and really wonderful to see so many families.  To have engaged families is essential to our success and our work with students.

This blog is an important one because in this families will be introduced to our new “Backpack” called “Podium.”  Podium is our new student information software that will serve as the place to go to for student schedules, courses, faculty information, assignments, and interim, trimester and final grades and comments.  Assignments, course information, schedules and more are available now.  More information will be added regularly as we build the site.  Please take a look at this informative tutorial video which will give information on initial login and passwords and how to navigate the site to find what you need.  As we add information, we will add tutorials as needed.  Please note, students already know how to access all information on Podium.

Every day, I hear of the great work our students are doing outside of the classroom.  It seems that this summer, many students participated in service projects in particular. Please keep sending stories of your child/ren’s summer of service!

We are so proud of Lucia Zerner ’12, who writes:

I worked in Nepal in Budhanilkantha which is a part of Kathmandu. The orphanage that I stayed/volunteered in is called Kinder House. During the day I went to school with all the children. The name of the school is Budhanilkantha Model Community Academy (BMCA). At the school I was able help the teacher in the Upper Kindergarten class. I helped the students with Math, English and Science by teaching them from their workbooks or checking their homework or classwork. It was a very interesting and fun experience.

She, along with so many of our students give in ways that are unimaginable and immeasurable.  I hope you find inspiration in Lucia’s service.

Also in the news here at the high school, Cameron Diggs ’11 has been chosen as one of the SPARK summit panelists at Hunter College this October;  Cameron will be featuring her video on sex trafficking.  In fact, all of the students in the English department’s feminism class taught by Ileana Jimenez,  who applied to be bloggers at the summit were accepted:  Lidor Foguel’11, Hannah Rifkin ’12 Julie Wintrob ’11, Grace Tobin ’12, Olivia Tjernberg ’12 and Meiling Jabbaar will all be a part of the SPARK bloggers team.

Cameron is one of 20 girls from around the country helping SPARK launch an “intergenerational movement to push back against the increasingly sexualized images of girlhood in the media and create room for whole girls.”  We are proud of her and the class!

All the best,

Ruth

Updates and Announcements:

Please don’t forget to turn in your health forms and trip cards to Sue Gower, school nurse.  Any questions, please contact her at sgower@lrei.org.

Check out the LREI photostream updated with new pictures from Ramapo!

1.  The annual Senior Class potluck and college night for students and families is on Monday night, Sept. 27 at 6:00 PM.  The potluck will run from 6:00-7:00 PM and the college presentation will begin promptly at 7.  We hope to see you on Monday night!

2.  Prescription Drug Drop Off Day sponsored by the DEA:

The DEA is promoting a nationwide pilot “Take-Back” event for disposal of prescription drugs and over-the-counter pills.   Flushing pharmaceuticals into wastewater can have an unfortunate impact on aquatic life and people who draw drinking water downstream.  Wastewater treatment plants are not designed to remove these types of chemicals.

This Saturday expired or otherwise unwanted drugs can be dropped off at a variety of locations.  A few local drop off points are:  Engine 24 Fire Station at 227 Sixth Ave;  Engine 9 Fire Station at 75 Canal Street; and St Patricks Old Cathedral – corner of Mott and Prince Streets.  A list of other drop off points and details of the program are available on the front page of www.dea.gov.

3.  If your child’ advisor is Nick O’Han, please note that his advisory will now be shared with new HS nurse Sue Gower.  This way, Sue can learn the advisory ropes before taking on her own group.  Sue will join in parent/advisor meetings and may take advisory once a week if Nick is on a class trip or attending to another duty.  Any questions, email Nick at Nohan@lrei.org.