Weekly Email May 5, 2005

Dear all,

This week's goings-on/announcements:

1) Yesterday, the High School Girls Track Team, led by coach Orville Drummond, took home the first place trophy from the York prep Invitational Track Meet. Two of the girls, Ninth Grader Aria Carlston and Tenth Grader Kristin Crichlow, were meet Co-MVP's. Go, Lady Knights!!!

2) We had a terrific Buddy Day on Monday. The Eleventh and Seventh Grade buddies worked together to build enthusiasm and support for LREI's participation for AIDS Walk New York. Students worked together to research facts about HIV/AIDS and then made signs for the Lower, Middle and High School to urge members of the community to sign up and raise money for GMHC (an organization which provides services for men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS). In fact, while we do not have exact numbers, close to 50% of the High School students are signed up to walk on Sunday, May 15. In addition, the Ninth and Third Grade buddies listened to stories of individual acts of service to the community and the brainstormed ideas about future community service. Finally, the Tenth and First Grade buddies decorated shopping bags for God's Love We Deliver ("Nutritious meals for people living with AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses.") and then had some shared time out on the Houston Street playground.

An additional note on the Aids Walk from Middle School Dean of Co-Curricular Program Gabrielle Keller:

If you registered/walked last year, just email me at gkeller@lrei.org and I'll re-register you. If you would like to sign up for the first time, email me and I'll contact you about the information I'll need to register you. I'm looking forward to another successful walk this year. I hope you'll join us. IF YOU'RE NOT PLANNING ON WALKING, GO ONLINE TO www.aidswalk.net AND SPONSOR ONE OR MORE LREI COMMUNITY MEMBERS!

3) The Seniors continue on with their internships. From restaurant to theater to hospital to publishing house to garage to Planned Parenthood to local Greenwich Village newspaper to photography studio - and on, and on - our twelfth graders are doing meaningful work that ties in with research they have begun and will continue. The final written projects will be research paper intertwined with personal reflection. The Seniors will finish up their internships on Thursday, May 12 and spend the next two weeks working with their individual faculty mentors - and each other - on polishing up their papers and preparing their presentations for Senior Project Evening on June 1 at 6:30. Rest assured that you will hear about the internships and the projects in much more detail ...

4) Parents of tenth and eleventh graders - and interested others - please see the attached letter from Director of College Guidance and Eleventh Grade Dean Amy Shapiro about the NYU offerings available to Juniors and Seniors in Fall, 2005. Applications are due on Tuesday, May 17. I am attaching this in both .pdf and MS Word format for your convenience!

5) Please see the attached letter from the Literary Committee on their Spring Book Sale. Literary Committee members Amy Weisser, Susie Marples and Leslie Overton have done the bulk of the work on this project and we are grateful to them!

6) Because we are awaiting some last minute decisions from our twelfth graders, we will wait until next week to present the promised 2004-2005 college acceptances and up-to-the-minute matriculation news for the class of 2005.

7) Once again, please note the upcoming events listed below, including the Middle School play (featuring many soon-to-be High Schoolers) on May 6 and 7, the Spring Chorus Concert (see attached flyer) on May 19 and the RESCHEDULED COFFEEHOUSE on May 21. Note also that the May 18 Parent Reps Meeting MAY be rescheduled.

8) Note the links to the Middle and Lower School weekly emails on the right. Please take a look at what the students in the other two divisions are up to!

Take care,

Tony


UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday, May 6, 7:00PM - Middle School Musical, Charlton Street PAC

Saturday, May 7, 2:00PM & 7:00PM - Middle School Musical, Charlton Street PAC

Wednesday, May 18, 6:30 PM - High School Parent Reps Meeting, Charlton Street - MAY BE RESCHEDULED

Thursday, May 19, 6:30PM - Spring Chorus Concert, Charlton Street PAC

Saturday, May 21, 7:00PM - Coffeehouse, Charlton Street PAC - NOTE NEW DATE!!

Tuesday, May 24, 6:30 PM - HS Sports Awards banquet

Thursday, May 26, 6:30 PM - High School New Families Evening

Wednesday, June 1, 6:30 PM - Senior Project Evening

Thursday, June 9, 6:30 PM - Senior Banquet

Friday, June 10, 1:00 PM - Graduation!



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