Hi Everyone! Welcome back and Happy New Year!
Just wanted to remind you of some upcoming dates and what the plan is for tomorrow when the Alumni come back to speak to classes.
January
4th- return to school
7th-College talks in 11th, 10th and selected 9th grade classes(See specifics below)
12th-Drama Juniors to NYTW for mentoring(They will not be in reading)
18th-No school
20th- Henry Street Sophomores out on trip at 12:00
25th-29th CYA/Regents/ Senior photos/Senior Trip
February
2nd rotation 3 starts of 9th grade arts
8th- no school
9th:40-3:30 AAA Assembly
11thDance 4:30-7:00
15th-19th-no school
23rd-Drama juniors at NYTW (not in reading)
At 12:00-invited alumni will be returning to talk about their college experience. They will first have a luncheon in the basement. Please come by and say hi! Then they will be visiting the classes listed below. They will stay in your class for approximately 30 minutes. In general they can be quite chatty and students want to ask questions, but please feel free to facilitate the conversation as necessary. You can use the questions below as a reference. Thank you!
| Team: | 1:00-1:30 | 1:40-2:10 | Advisory/Optional |
| Red | Louisdhon-332 | Ahearn-328 | Wenk-329 |
| Orange | Riccobono-330 | Barrett-238 | Ravdin-342 |
| Green | Terrana-304 | Berkowitz-330 | Joyner-334 |
| Blue | Ms. Z-342 | Hernandez-331 | Markovics-328 |
Questions
1. What are you studying?
2. What has surprised you the most about college?
3. What are your favorite classes and why?
4. What have been your most difficult classes and how did you manage to get through them?
5. What is it like being a minority on campus?
6. Has it been hard to make friends?
7. What advice would you give a LoMA student?
8. What has changed about you since you've been in college?
9. Were your expectations for your particular college met?
10. What is the financial aid situation like and how are you dealing with it?
11. What has been the biggest challenge of your freshmen year?
12. What dorm life like?
13. How's the food?
14. What impact has college had on your family life and relationships?
15. What would you have changed about what you did in high school knowing what you know now?
16. How do you stay focused now that you are more independent?
17. What do you do on weekends for fun?
18. Then open it up to questions from the audience.
Yetta Garfield, AP
The Lower Manhattan Arts Academy
350 Grand Street, NYC 10002
917-309-7201
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