Letter from the Director

One minute you are a student at LREI, and the next, mere moments later, you are an alum, diploma still in hand, ink barely dry; you are now part of a very large and distinguished group, those people who have spent two or more years at Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School.

What do you carry out into the world from your time at LREI? With what tools are you equipped? I think our founder would have offered the following list:

• You have developed a toolkit filled, bursting at the seams, with finely honed skills and content area knowledge, ready to be put to use.

• You have spent your time at LREI thinking about the connections between the classroom and your world, and, more than that, making those connections in person.

• You have dedicated yourself to treating all people with dignity and respect and believing their truths as equal to your own.

• You have practiced being both a leader and a participant.

As always, the annual LREI News will feature a number of LREI alumni, often those who graduated from our school a lifetime ago. This edition will share the stories of LREI’s younger alumni, those who have graduated within the past 15 years, out in the world finding their way. Whether in the classroom or outside of it, our alumni are bringing “meaningful change to the world” — lugging their LREI tool box with them, with the confidence that thousands of LREI alumni stand beside them — they are finding their way and making lives better with every step.

I invite you to read their stories, or, at least, their first chapter.

Sincerely,

Phil Kassen, P’18, ’22 Director