Weekly Email February 2, 2006

Dear all,

* Let me make a special plea for you to join us at Saturday's upcoming Coffeehouse! We have four of these events each year, organized by High School Math/Music Teacher and Coffeehouse Guru Micah Dov Gottlieb, along with Music Teacher/Jazz Band Director Vin Scialla, who helped to being us our special guest Jimmy Norman through a Jazz Foundation Grant. Micah writes:

Everyone - It's time for some COFFEE!!!
The next LREI Coffeehouse is Saturday, February 4th from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. We have some great performers so far including:

*The High School Jazz Band
* The Middle School Band
* The 4th Grade Band
* Special guest Jimmy Norman (he wrote ""Time Is On MY Side" and also composed some of Bob Marley's early songs)

PLUS: We are having a beat box contest with a $25 gift certificate prize. Anyone is invited to beat box for 20-30 seconds; the winner will be determined by a panel of judges. Please contact me at mdgottlieb@lrei.org for more details or if you want to know what "beat box" is!

We would love to have some more Lower/Middle School performers and patrons, and we would love to see faculty there from all three divisions!

Peace and love,

Micah Dov

* You can still come to tonight's final showing of the 2006 Art Auction, a fine art silent auction of established and emerging artists to benefit the LREI Tuition Assistance Program. ADMISSION IS FREE!!!
Where: I-20 Gallery, 529 West 20th Street, 11th Floor
Reception & Final Bidding: Thursday, February 2nd, 6:00PM - 8:30PM
PLEASE NOTE: FINAL BIDDING WILL END IN EACH OF THE THREE GALLERIES IN FIFTEEN MINUTE INTERVALS STARTING AT 8PM.

Visit the Art Auction website to view a full list of artists and preview and for more information on Conditions of Sale, Absentee Bids and other important details.

* Finally, a note from Sarah Barlow on the Visibility: Lesbian and Gay People We Love Photo Exhibit (see the attached press release):

Dear Colleagues and Families,

First of all, it looks like we have about 80 photos with more arriving all day for the Visibility: Lesbian and Gay People We Love Photo Exhibit! We'll have a final count tomorrow, and the LGSA (Lesbian, Gay, Straight Alliance) is sending all who submitted a huge thank you! We're going to have yet another impressive and moving exhibit this year--in order to get the photos up, we need YOUR help.

Tomorrow, Friday, February 3 from noon to 5 pm, the LGSA will be framing all the photos, mounting captions, etc. We'll be working on 6th Ave in various and changing locations and welcome any amount of time you have to help! Faculty, we'd love it if you would pop by and lend a few minutes if you have it.

Further, this Saturday, from 9:30-5 we will be hanging the entire exhibit. Again, we'd love YOUR help. Please bring hammer and we'll make a day of it, OR stop by from anywhere for a few minutes to an hour or to pitch in. We'll be working on 6th Ave in the auditorium. The main doors will be open 9:30-1:00 and you can call the number below to be let in the side door on Bleecker Street from 1:00-5:00. A little time with many hands goes a long way! The contact cell number is Primavera Salva's cell phone @ 917-553-8002.

If we don't see you Friday or Saturday, we're looking forward to seeing you at the show's opening night, Monday, February 13 from 6-8 pm--a gala, must-attend event!

Best,
Sarah Barlow
8th Grade Core Teacher
Interim English Department Chair
Middle School LGSA Representative

Additional announcements:

* Reminder: The next Parent Reps meeting will move from Tuesday, February 14 to Wednesday, February 15 so we can all celebrate Valentine's Day! Please see the attached minutes from the last meeting.

3) The LREI PA Community Service Committee is once again collecting donations for Room to Grow from Monday, February 13th through Friday, February 17th in the lobby of the Sixth Avenue Building. Use this as away to get your children to get rid of items they are not using. Donations should be anything appropriate for children (newborns to 3 years of age) and in good condition (something you would pass on to a friend or family member). Room to Grow accepts books, clothing, video and music tapes, toys, bedding, strollers, highchairs, swings, baby monitors, baby's room accessories. They do not accept stuffed animals, recalled items, furniture, diapers, car seats, cribs. If you would like a tax donation receipt please label all your boxes and bags with your name and address. Please hold onto larger items until the last collection day, Thursday, February 16. For more information on the organization and a more detailed list of what they accept/do not accept go to http://www.roomtogrow.org/.

* For updates on faculty performances, openings, presentations, and publications visit the Faculty in the News page on the school web site.

* Outside of the school:

The Parents League of New York and NYC-Parents in Action invite parents of students in grades 7-12 to attend:

Teen Scene XX
February 6, 2006
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Trinity School
101 West 91st Street

Learn what really goes on in the teenagers' world as they journey through the high school years!

RSVP to Parents League
212 737-7385

and

Parents Of Teen Scene: AFTERSHOCK
February 16, 2006
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Temple Israel
112 East 75 Street

A forum for parents who would like to discuss the issues they encounter as they partner in their teenagers' journey through the high school years.

RSVP to NYC-Parents in Action
212 987-9629

All the best,

Tony

February
* Wednesday 1- Thursday 2 2006 Art Auction
* Saturday 4 Coffeehouse!
* Wednesday 15 High School Parent Rep Meeting
* Monday 20 - Tuesday 21 School closed – Presidents’ Weekend
* Tuesday 28 Last day of Trimester II classes
March
* Wednesday 1 - Friday 3 Trimester II Exams/Presentations
* Monday 6 First day of Trimester III classes

As always, please browse the web site at www.lrei.org. Also, 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!

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