L.E.S. Teens

A great group of teens & staff in The LES Teens After School Program (Grand St./Children's Aid Society) working on job training, FLSE, expression, academics etc.

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Spring Time Folks...Feel It!

Have a great spring break! Have a good trip Juniors and Seniors going on the college trip! Don't forget, April 4th the decathlon continues from 11am to 2pm in the gym. Check in with Dana for other LES Teens Spring Break events. (more photos in the photo album)









Thursday, March 22, 2007

!!THE GOOD NEWS REPORT!!

THE LAWS OF ATTRACTION: you attract what you send out into the world. Congratulate everyone in our family on the good news! Do you have Good News too? Let Lisa know....

Though some of you are taking flight out of the LES Teens nest and we miss you, we're glad to see you getting job experience and life experience out there!


* Angel was accepted into his first college: City Tech
* Kristene was accepted into Temple University with a scholarship and is excited to go off to college
* Musu is excited she passed science and doesn't have to go to summer school
* Donald likes his new job (and getting paid!) working with children
* Lizbeth's math teacher recently told her she's doing better in math
* Ainun has a job interview with New York University to work with social workers: wish her luck!!
* Josie is applying to work as a teen catalog model though she also wants to be a lawyer or medical assistant
* William recently interviewed for a fellowship at DCTV for a documentary film program & he has a 90 in math
* Kareem R. has a 95 average in science
* Dipa is happy her physics grade has gone up
* Alexis & Kristene have a paid internship weekdays with an upscale handbag designer
* Ciera & Tameira both have jobs working with children
* Taslima is excited her country (Bangladesh) beat India at Cricket
* Destiny is happy to see the return of her missing Ipod
* Danny has been accepted into the National Honor Society and also he was accepted into a summer engineering internship

STAFF:
* Michelle is excited to go to South Afirca soon for Spring Break
* Lisa is happy to be going to the Dominican Republic & Cuba over Spring Break
* Amy is making herself her very own teenager! Congratulations on the pregnancy!
* Jessica is happy she got a 92 in her statistics class & is going on a Florida vacation
* Lizzi is thrilled that Amber is performing above grade level in school but she's also flirting too much!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
April 4th: Education Olympiad/Jeopardy Continues 11am to 3pm Everyone can participate!
April 3rd to April 5th: Juniors & Seniors College Trip over Spring Break

Friday, March 16, 2007

Jeopardy, BBQ, New Family Member

* Thanks to everyone who participated in Jeopardy. You all deserve a round of applause for putting yourselves out there, plus it was a lot of fun. More photos in the photo diary...

* Welcome our new family member from yemen who is here to get a better education!

* Looking forward to more Spring BBQs!

* With Spring comes RENEWAL. Think about what you'd like to renew in yourself. Find a staff member to help you stick to your goals!



Noa is Back From India




ask her about her trip to the far east!

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Academic Contests!

Academic Jeopardy coming Wednesday March 21st!
Let's Go Teams! Win money for the program & a big
trip together!

Black History Quiz coming end of March for Dollars!

Stay tuned for where & when we're having our BIG
dinner together!

Let's Make this Spring a happy one!

Monday, March 05, 2007

Law & Order visit Part 2

We learned about the various types of jobs that make a television show possible...watched a scene taping...toured the grounds...and we met a few tv stars!


Sunday, March 04, 2007

March Around LES Teens

William shows us his magic...


LES Teens visits Law & Order and receives a private tour including every detail on how a tv show is produced & what jobs make it happen! Thank you Steve & Lizzi! More Photos in our Photo Album on the left...