LREI Alumni

🚨Reunion is one week away!!!!🚨

Join us for Alumni Reunion Weekend!

✨All classes are welcome, and we will celebrate classes ending in 5s/6s and 0s/1s.

Reunion events are free, and all alumni are welcome to bring a plus one.

📆Friday, October 17 - Saturday, October 18, 2025
📍272 Sixth Avenue and 40 Charlton Street
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✉️ Questions? Email [email protected]

🚨Alums - We need your help! We need 13 more gifts of ANY SIZE by June 30 to unlock a $5,000 matching gift!

✨Some say 13 is unlucky — we say it’s your lucky number to DOUBLE your impact. Will you be one of our final 13?

Click here to make a gift of ANY size, every $5, $10, $20 counts! https://shorturl.at/ziT9B

✨Anyone who has donated to the alumni giving challenge will be entered to win a limited edition sweatshirt. The drawing will be on Tuesday, July 1.

📢 Already made your gift? Tell your friends!

Thank you for you helping us reach our goal and for supporting our students, faculty, and program! ❤️❤️❤️

Alums and past families - March with the Little Red Float at the Pride Parade on Sunday, June 29th! Meeting time and location are coming soon.

Click here to sign-up and and get more information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8Oq-ezxfgfoKNYibmOsZVsGGEy4n8475L7SaVyBobJiNxzQ/viewform

Our next Alumni Council meeting on Tuesday, June 10 at 6:30 pm ET on Zoom. We will be discussing Reunion 2025, which will be held on Friday, October 17, to Saturday, October 18, 2025. All classes are welcome to attend Reunion weekend and we will celebrate classes ending in 5s/6s and 0s/1s.

As a reminder, this reunion will be the first to use a cluster model. That means it will be held every other year, and we will offer regional gatherings around the country to reach more alums in the off years.

We are so excited about the new opportunities that a fall reunion brings and can't wait to hear your ideas. We hope you will join us to share your thoughts.

Click here to RSVP to the Alumni Council planning meeting:
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All alums are welcome to attend the meeting. Feel free to share this message with any classmates you may be in touch with.

The LREI Street Fair is this Sunday, June 1, from 12 - 4 pm. Everyone in the LREI community and neighborhood is welcome to join. There will be fun for the whole family. The event will be on Charlton Street between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street. No RSVP required.

Alumni Reunion Weekend is coming up on Friday, October 17, to Saturday, October 18, 2025. All classes are welcome to attend, and we will celebrate classes ending in 5s/6s and 0s/1s.

This reunion will be the first to use a cluster model. That means it will be held every other year, and we will offer regional gatherings around the country to reach even more alums in the off years.

We will begin discussing plans for Reunion at our next Alumni Council meeting on Tuesday, June 10 at 6:30 pm ET on Zoom. Click the link below to RSVP. All alums are welcome to attend, especially alumni who are celebrating an anniversary this year!

RSVP HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbk-rqqahIvu4iR285Ok9rRN4pQ5PDkETFzvGYgVHAWL93yA/viewform?usp=dialog

Join us tomorrow for a special virtual gathering celebrating our school's rich legacy and inspiring roots in one of New York City's most iconic neighborhoods.

Event: "Elisabeth Irwin & Greenwich Village" with LREI History Teacher Ann Carroll
Date: May 28, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. EST
Location: Zoom

Join LREI history teacher Ann Carroll for a presentation exploring LREI founder Elisabeth Irwin's rich life in the vibrant and dynamic political and artistic scene of Greenwich Village in the early 20th century. From Irwin’s arrival in the neighborhood in 1903 until her death in 1942, she crossed paths, shared tables, and fought battles with some of the most extraordinary men and women in American history. From ACLU founder Crystal Eastman, to the first woman elected to Congress Jeannette Rankin; labor advocate Frances Perkins, to educational pioneer John Dewey — among others — this conversation will explore the ways in which Elisabeth Irwin’s story is woven into the greater fabric of the history of the Village, New York and the nation. Whether you’re a longtime alum or recently graduated, this is a chance to reconnect, reflect, and learn about our school's remarkable founder.

Click here to RSVP https://linktr.ee/lreialums
Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

Today is the last day of the giving challenge! We are almost at our goal! We just need 67 more gifts for our participation challenge to unlock an additional $5k. No gift is too small whether it is $5, $10, or $20, YOU can help us reach our goal today!

Click here to give now: https://shorturl.at/ziT9B

All proceeds go to the Fund for LREI which supports our generous financial aid program, professional development for our teachers, and over 300 field trips a year for our students.

The 9th Annual Giving Challenge starts today! Two generous alumni are matching all gifts up to $25,000 made to the Fund for LREI by this Friday, May 23.

And, if we get 125 alumni gifts by Friday, we unlock an additional $5,000! Click the link below to make your gift now. This is a participation challenge so gifts of ALL sizes matter!

Join the movement to support the Fund for LREI! As a reminder, The Fund enables LREI to provide:
-peer-leading financial aid to 1/3 of our students
-free domestic overnight trips for every 3rd-11th grader and so many amazing field trips
-professional development for our amazing teachers

Already made your gift? Help us spread the word to your classmates. Email [email protected] with questions.

Click here to donate:
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Nat Towsen '03 is performing his hour-long standup show in New York for the first time on April 26 at Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York! Click on the link below to get tickets.

Nat spent most of 2024 on tour, performing standup in such exotic locations as Toronto, Denver, southeast Alaska, Paris, and Miami Beach. He is finally bringing his hour-long show, The Thinker, home to New York on April 26, 2025. More New York performances will be announced later this year.

This spring, for the fifth consecutive year, Towsen participated in CU Boulder's Inside the Greenhouse program, working with a team of student researchers to write standup about the climate crisis. This year's program included performances at the Boulder Theatre and New York Comedy Club.

At the end of 2024, Towsen signed with Arc Literary Management, who now represent him for prose and graphic novel writing. Someday, he'll be able to tell you why.

You can find his upcoming shows on Instagram:

Nat Towsen: The Thinker A night of stand-up comedy curated by Nat Towsen, presented by RE/VENUE NYC at A.R.T. New York

Dylan Zajac ‘21 was featured on the Forbes 30 under 30 social impact list! 👏👏👏 Click on the link below to read more about his work with Computers 4 People.

https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2025/social-impact?profile=dylan-zajac

We are so grateful to Barbara Martinez ‘74 for visiting LREI to commemorate World AIDS Day. Barbara spoke to the high school students about her documentary “For the Love of Friends” and shared her panel of the AIDS quilt.

Click on the link below to check out her film:
https://www.pbs.org/video/for-the-love-of-friends-XOnSVV/