Dear Families,

Tonight is the Senior Banquet and tomorrow is graduation. Bittersweet events. Tonight, Micah will sing the following song in The Class of 2007's honor:

Too Cool For High School (2007) by Micah Dov Gottlieb

The Year 20-03 they began,
Had a rough start but hit their feet and ran.
Their was strife in their life, that can always be said,
In this City, in a school named Little Red,
Dreamers, Writers, Schemers, look how they have grown
Learned a few things, this they’ve shown

That They Are:
Too Cool For High School 4X

It’s a Story that never ends,
About a rag-tag group that became friends.
Actors, Poets, Photographers, see worlds through their eyes
Musicians and Artists with dreams to realize
Dancers and Singers who know they’ll be stars
What really scares me is that they can drive cars

But They Are:
Too Cool For High School 4X

Lisa Rakhel Leah, Alex Brunnell
Sebastian Graham Genesis, Kristin Danielle

Adrianne Al Amara, Shameena Khan
Dana Bruno Elle and Shelley will soon be gone

Hanna Beau Kortney, Melissa Ricky
Kamillah Jerelyn Sara, Nick and Lily

Shenique Samantha Yanirys, Naida Zach
Molly Jesse Sophia Bella please come back


That you are:
Too Cool For High School

Please take a look at the summer newsletter; you do not want to miss excerpts from the graduation speeches.

Have a wonderful, safe summer. Thanks for a terrific year.

All the best,


Ruth

Calendar

June

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.



This Week's Announcements and Attachments:

1. Please join LREI families, faculty and administrators on the first ever LREI float in the Gay Pride Parade, Sunday June 24, 2007. We leave Fifth Avenue and 52nd Street at noon. High school students can receive three hours of community service credit by helping out. We will have music, kids, and fun--all are welcome!

2. 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 several spring clean-up opportunities through the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation. Check out the calendar of opportunities offered by LREI for the rest of the school year.

3. Thank you to all of you who have served as Parent Representatives during the 2006-2007 school year. Your attention to the children is much appreciated. If you would like to be a Parent Rep during the 2007-2008 school year, email Kasey Picayo at picayosmith@aol.com


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



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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