HERBERT H. LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL, 64) 3000 East Tremont Avenue, Bronx, New York 10464 y Dr. Janet B. Saraceno, Executive Principal ns TTelophone: (718) 904-4200 Ext 172 Foe (718) 964-4285 10; AM Staff FROM: Dr. Janet B. Saraceno DATE: October 1, 2009 “Your patience throughout the past few weeks is greatly appreciated by me. We have been tested on many different levels. For example, the work on the terrace required that ‘we re-route all traffic, and the programming issuos required us to now use HSST rather than Skedula. All of us are handling the challenges, which will certainly be rewarding as we experience success. ‘The Small Learning Communities are moving along quite smoothly. We will, over the next few months, experience some “growing pains,” but as we see students achieve academic success, we will feel rewarded. The cafeteria looks terrific and the food is quite good. Over the passed few weeks there has been an increase in the number of students eating lunch in school. Our first two fire drills were the best fire drills we had in the past year, This is particularly meaningful since we do not have the lobby entrance available as an egress. Recently, we received our preliminary Progress Repost. We made modest gains in the .gradvation rate, but increased credit accumulation for first-year, second-year, and thiré- yoar students by 8-10%, Congratulations to all of you for making this happen! 1 am looking forward (o working collaboratively with you throughout the year. Thank you.