LES Holiday Get Together & Gifts

Hope everyone has a nice holiday!
Set your New Year Goals NOW!
See ya when we return!

LES Teens Trip To MoMa Art Show

We attended a great art opening featuring artwork from teenagers around New York City. We had a great time and saw a lot of art for inspiration....see more photos in our photo albums...

Any participants interested in joining the MoMa's Spring Art sessions once a week, please let Lisa or Jim know and we'll get you started!! They offer: photography, sculpture, sketch art, etc.

Happy Holidays!!!

Congratulations!!

Congratulations to LES participants who are Marta Valle students and received awards yesterday: Rhana, Ramon, Dipa, Musu, Momo, Kurnita, Khepera, Josie, Cathalana, Ainun, Kareem, Jenna, and Desiree.

Congratulations to Danny who is a semi-finalist for the prestigious New York Times Scholarship! We are all rooting for you!

Please wish William well as he creates his next documentary. Wish Jasmine and Josie well on their performance friday.

Also, congratulations to all of you who passed all your classes and are doing well, and who also use program time to your advantage!

December 14, Friday: Grand St Winter Party
December 21, Friday: LES Teens Holiday Party
December 22 to January 3: Winter Break
December 27th & December 28th: Modified Program with Field Trips

Thursdays & Fridays --LES Teens

Thursdays in Academics: Documentary Film Enrichment
Explore other cultures, controversies, issues facing teens, etc, EVERY thursday as we watch & discuss interesting documentaries that open our minds and change our perspective of the world, helping us to be critical thinkers.

Viewed so far: Rize (crunk dancing in LA), AfroPunk (african americans in the punk music scene), Paradise Lost Part 1&2 (murder case involving young teenagers)

Coming Soon!!!: The Devil's Playground (amish teen drug use), Follow My Voice (gay teens in new york), Spellbound (teens in spelling bees), Born Into Brothels (teens in india learning photography), Emmanuel's Gift (cyclist in africa), Jesus Camp (teens & religion in america), Muderball (quadriplegics rugby)


Fridays: YMCA Work Out With Lisa 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Academic Contests!

In academics we've been holding small contests for prizes to inspire you and boost your knowledge a little. More contests to come.

Recent winners:
* South American Countries: no official winner ($50 -ha!)
* Speed Multiplication Table: Ricky & Khepera (movie tickets)
* Historical Timeline: Tionna B (movie tickets)
* Spelling Bee #1: Kareem R (Barnes & Noble Gift Ctf)


Quote to think about: In America, education seems to be the only commodity of which the customer tries to get as little he can for his money. --Max Forman

December Around LES