Dear Families,

Thanks to all who attended and participated in the auction last night. This is such an exciting time for LREI! Thanks to the board, we have a brand new building, 42 Charlton Street. Our seniors have all made their college decisions, and are excited about the future. Our juniors are enjoying their new role as leaders of the school, the sophomores are furiously trying to raise money for their prom in two years, and the freshmen no longer feel like the youngest ones in the high school(although they still are). The weather is consistently improving, and just yesterday we could spy a third of the sophomore class outside cheering as one classmate taught another to ride a bike. Such is life here. If you are ever in the neighborhood, stop by.

As you may know, all seniors are required to complete a senior project, an internship, for five weeks in the third trimester. Next week is technically the last full week for the project, which ends on May 11, although some are committed to continuing their work into the summer. On May 14, they will return to school regular time, 8:30 AM, for a class meeting, turn in four copies of their research journals (they have their instructions) and to begin the process of taking their experiences and creating the ten-minute presentation, which serves as their final. Presentations are on May 30 at 6:30 PM. All senior parents are invited, as well as faculty, staff, internship mentors, and Eleventh Graders.

As a community, we look forward to the senior project presentations because it serves as the culmination of the senior year. This year, the presentations should be even more significant because of the terrific internship opportunities. Just a few of the opportunities offered include working with:

Holtzbrinck Publishing company (parent of St. Martin's Press, Picador, and more) in the Library Marketing Department

Kate Spade, organizing the seasonal collections

Brooklyn Academy of Music in the Department of Education and Humanities preparing materials for the Young Critics class, producing the Spoken Word Poetry event, and participating as a fully functioning member of the department

Oliphant Backdrops painting and creating sets for advertising and photo shoots

IRC to work with children who have recently immigrated to the United States

Commercial photographer Sara Silver in post-production

Pre-production for the art department of Sam Mendes' new film, "Revolutionary Road"

La Esquina owner Serge Becker to learn about NYC nightlife and the restaurant business

Developing a website for teenagers with Cerebral Palsy

Larry Kaplan in the PE department creating PE classes for the LREI Middle School and implementing them, focusing on fair-play

The list does not fully capture the entire range of internships, but they are all enjoying their experience and the challenge of time management in the 'world.' They are certainly fully prepared for the same challenge in college.

Speaking of college, here is a message from Phil Kassen, Director:

We are so proud of our seniors. As they move towards graduation, just over a month away, it is time to step back and look at all that these wonderful people have accomplished during their time at LREI. Among these accomplishments is gaining admission to many fine colleges and universities. Follow the links below to see a list of this year’s college acceptances and a list of college acceptances for the 2004-2006 school years. Congratulations, seniors!!!!

2007 College Acceptances
2004-2006 College Acceptances


Please scroll down for the calendar, which includes the schedule for seniors after May 11.

All the best,


Ruth



May
8 2007-2008 Registration for courses will begin (Grades 10-12)
9 Interims due for all students in the arts rotation and earning B- and below.
11 Senior Project ends.
14 Senior Class Meeting, 8:30 AM-11:00 AM; Senior Project Presentation meetings to be arranged with Twelfth Grade Dean, Adele Pelz. These meetings will take place through May 24.
14-31 Senior Banquet Entertainment Rehearsal 3:30-5:30 PM
15 Parent Rep meeting, 6:30 PM, Room 13
22 Sports Awards Night, 6:30 PM, PAC. If your child participated on a sports team this year, please plan to attend. Eleventh Graders who participated on a team, but were encouraged to attend the college event, "CTCL - "Colleges That Change Lives" should attend Awards Night.
23 New Families reception, 6:00 PM, PAC
24 Spring Concert, 6:30 PM, PAC
25 Field Day, 8:30 AM. All Twelfth Graders must attend.
28 Memorial Day, school closed
29 Honors Project Breakfast, Room 10, 8:00 AM; Rehearsals for senior project presentations, all day.
30 Senior Project Presentation Evening, 6:30 PM

June
2 Prom
7 Senior Banquet, 6:30 PM, PAC
8 Graduation, 1:00 PM, The Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts @ NYU
566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South, New York City. RSVP & Ticket Policy for parents of graduating seniors: Seats for the LREI Commencement are limited. All attendees MUST have a ticket to enter the Skirball Center. Each graduating senior is allotted a maximum of six tickets. All other attendees may request tickets which will be available on a first come - first served basis. Please contact Adria Maynor with your ticket requests by May 18. Telephone:(212) 477-5316 x 323 E-mail: amaynor@lrei.org



This Week's Announcements and Attachments:

1. Please be reminded that all students must complete 25 hours of community service this school year. If hours are not completed by June 8, students will have to complete their hours during the summer, but Ruth must approve the community service opportunity.

There are many opportunities available to students now that spring is here! Opportunities include the AIDSWALK on May 20 and several spring clean-up opportunities through the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation.

2. Glass Menagerie, LREI's resident adult chorus, conducted by former LREI music teacher and current LREI parent Susan Glass, will perform its annual Spring Concert UPTOWN:

Friday May 11th, 8:00PM
Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew
86th Street and West End Avenue

For more information: www.glassmenagerie.org

3. You are all invited to a Cinco de Mayo party on Saturday!

4. To all families who have children participating in the LREI extracurricular sports program: In order to make sure that you receive timely notifications about changes to the practice or game schedules, we have created an email list that we will be using to provide these updates. If you child participates on an LREI sports team, we ask that you go to LREI SPORTS where you will be able to subscribe to the list. The instructions are posted on this page. After you subscribe, you will receive a confirmation email and instructions for how to reply. This email will be followed by a welcome email that will give you additional information about the list. Please note that subscribers to the list will not be able to post to the list. The list is for information distribution from the school. If you need to respond to an update, please respond directly to Marcus (mchang@lrei.org) or Larry (lkaplan@lrei.org). These updates will also go to coaches who will include this revised information in subsequent emails to their team lists. When you receive an email from this list , the subject line will indicate the group for which it is intended (e.g., [LREI-Sports] HS Baseball). If your child is not a member of the indicated team, you can delete the email without reading it. We do not expect the volume of this list to be that high so this should not be a problem. As we pilot this list, please send Marcus and Larry any feedback that you think would help us to refine this process. Thank you!

5. Is your teen looking for a summer opportunity? See below:

Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD) has an online application for 2007 NYC Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). Access the site here. Applications are due May 18, 2007.

The program runs for 7 weeks from July 2-August 18. Students ( age 14-21) work 25 hours per week while earning $7.15/hour. Jobs assignments are at government agencies, law firms, nonprofits, small businesses, sports and retail organizations.

6. The 14th annual LREI camping trip will be held on the weekend of June 1-3. All LREI families and their children -- pre-K through high school -- are invited to participate. As in past years, we expect that a good time will be had by all: hiking, swimming, sports, fishing, camping, cooking, eating, singing around the campfire, etc.

The site, as in past years, will be near the Delaware Water Gap (somewhat north of where I-80 crosses the Delaware River). The cost will be $30 per adult, $20 per child. Also, we need volunteers to help with hauling food and supplies and equipment out to the camp site (and back) and providing extra space in their vehicles for those who need a ride out and back.

Click here for more information. We will have a sign-up table for a few mornings at LREI in May, when we get closer to the camping trip weekend.

Please save the date and let us know if you are interested in receiving more information -- and especially if you are interested in volunteering: Send an e-mail to Larry White (Lwhite@stern.nyu.edu).

Organizers:
Neil Capobianco (CapobiancoN@gtlaw.com)
Seth Tapper (sethtapper@yahoo.com)
Dave Trumbull (dave.trouble@gmail.com)
Larry White (Lwhite@stern.nyu.edu)

7. Click here for the calendar for the 2007-2008 school year.

8. Please do not schedule appointments, medical or otherwise, during the school day, between 8:30 AM and 3:50 PM. When a student must leave early for a non-emergency, it is very disruptive to the academic program and to a student's progress in any given class. Thank you.

9. Please do not plan vacations that fall outside of scheduled school breaks. Each school day is important. Today's classroom experiences are building blocks for tomorrow's. Missing school on either end of a scheduled break, or at any time other than when school is closed, is disruptive to your child's education and to that of her/his classmates. Often, the days preceding our longer breaks include community events such as buddy activities and assemblies. These essential community events are important. We feel strongly that students should not miss these occasions. It is our policy that teachers not prepare work ahead of time, or help students to catch up, if your family will be vacationing at times when school is in session. If your family is presented with a singular opportunity to travel that offers significant educational advantages we encourage you to speak with the division's principal in advance.

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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