Letters from LREI@home #3

Margaret Paul
Dear Families,
 
In a time of their lives where they are typically spending hours with friends and in extracurricular activities, our high school students are instead experiencing isolation in ways they could not ever have imagined. 
 
Margaret '22 working from home

Noteworthy for us are the comments students have made over the past week in advisories and classes . . . “I never thought I would miss going to school, but all I want now is to go back” is an echoing refrain. They are missing the visceral, tangible dimensions of our life at 40 Charlton, the textures of our day that can’t be replicated in the two-dimensional space of Zoom.

But an integral aspect of our LREI high school life at 40 Charlton is one that we are determinedly pursuing in our online spaces . . . that of connection
 
Daniel's Advisory being silly

Why? To ensure that the connectedness that defines our work with students is sustained across time, space, and platform because we know that in the lives of teenagers, these connections are essential to ground them, guide them, and assure them they are not alone. 

The relationships between students and teachers are defining characteristics that set the LREI experience apart, and we are doing all we can to ensure that the connections, the moments of support, of listening, of sharing, extend into LREI@home.
 
 
Senior Project Cohort with Susan N.
 
Many of these moments can seem small from the outside, but we know they matter. Advisories are meeting in the mornings before classes begin, and advisors are checking in individually across the week. Teachers are conferring with students in breakout rooms--both providing feedback on work and listening to students express needs and concerns. X-Block spaces that have been important to students throughout the year are meeting, making space to talk and listen. We are gathering for assemblies, and playing games together during Life Lab. Allison and Margaret have an open office all day so that students and teachers can stop by. 
 
Ann's advisory's art selfies from Google Arts & Culture
 
In short, our high school team is here for students. We are working everyday on our practice so that we can engage and challenge students through their academic work. And we meet and talk everyday about your kids to make sure they are seen, heard, and cared for during this time.
 
 
A short film by Konrad '22 from Stephen's Media class. 
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