Weekly Email May 25, 2006

Dear parents,

A quick word about some artistic and athletic goings on:

What a terrific night on Tuesday! The High School Sports Awards Evening was a fun, touching and inspiring affair. The number of students who participate in sports continues to escalate - especially current ninth and tenth graders, promising even greater future success - as does the intensity that LREI students are bringing to athletics with each passing year. This year as last year, teams are practicing more and more often and with more and more sophistication, and we continue to compete with - and beat - teams from schools with far larger student populations. The Spring sports are going especially strong this year. First, Boys Softball has the ISAL (Independent School Athletic League) championship game today in Central Park. And, once again, the track team has had an exceptional Spring. In the GISAL Championship, the team finished third, highlighted by the 4x100 meter team's league record-breaking performance. Then, in the New York State Association of Independent Schools meet yesterday, Junior Kristin Crichlow finished 2nd in the girls 100 meters, 8th Grader Emma Vasta-Kuby finished 5th in the 200m and the 4 x100m team finished 3rd. Go Knights!

In addition, I am pleased to announce that the following LREI student films have screened at recent prestigious youth film festivals:

The following films by LREI students have been shown in recent Film Festivals:
The 2006 Interschool High School Student Film and Video Festival, hosted by the Dalton School
* Ava Hamilton - "Ipod" - Honorable Mention for Editing
* Adriane Alicea - Untitled
* Amara Perez - The Heights
* Danielle Miller - My Dog
* The Bollywood Minimester Group - "Bollywood" - Winner for Art Direction, Honorable Mention for Cinematography

The 2006 Westport Youth Film Festival
* Jerelyn Rodriguez - "Made in NY"
* The Bollywood Minimester Group - "Bollywood"

One other item: Attached is a list of the colleges that our seniors have enrolled in for the past three years. This year's class, like their predecessors, had a successful college search process. We are proud of each of them. A list of this year's acceptances can be found at www.lrei.org. Congratulations LREI Class of 2006!!

Important events coming up:

* See the attached letter from Phil about tomorrow's Field Day activities (mandatory for all students in grades 9 - 11, with Seniors greatly encouraged to attend!). Regular start time; students will be released by 1:00 PM at the latest.

* On Wednesday, May 31 we will have our annual Senior Project Presentation Evening, 6:30 PM, Charlton Street. This event is one of the highlights of the year and is open to all members of the community - parents, siblings, friends - no RSVP required!

All the best,

Tony

CALENDAR

May
* Thursday 25 Book Fair; Summer 2006 Fun-Raiser; Parents of Children who Receive Academic Support
* Friday 26 Field Day - No Classes
* Monday 29 School closed - Memorial Day
* Wednesday 31 Senior Project Presentation Evening

June
* Monday 5 Last day of Trimester III classes
* Tuesday 6-Thursday 8 Trimester III Exams/Presentations; End of Trimester II
* Thursday 8 Senior Banquet
* Friday 9 Graduation
* Monday 12-Tuesday 13 Closing days
* Tuesday 13 School closes at noon for Summer Vacation


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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