My wife,
Melissa, and I are strong believers in public school. We believe that social
and ethnic diversity is at the top of the list of characteristics that make a
school system a quality learning environment. That’s why we both chose to live
in the Bay Area. So, as programs in schools were cut, we’d supplement our kids’
education as well as we could.
I don’t
think I was convinced that ILC actually existed even after Lenny was accepted
and I started reading emails from Don Gosney. I still wondered how such a
program as ILC could actually exist for our students?
I now know
it’s thanks to the awesome, tireless efforts of Charles Ramsey and Madeline
Kronenberg and the sponsors that they have been able to enlist in this terrific
program. I also want to express my deepest gratitude to Don Gosney and Cheryl
Lilhanand. If it weren’t for Don and Cheryl, I might have had concerns about
sending Lenny to New York City, without us, for a month. I grew up and went to
college in New York City. I even drove a cab there. I know how easy it is to
get into serious trouble in New York. I’m a pretty strict and very observant
parent. I felt totally at ease all month because Cheryl was Lenny’s chaperone.
The Ivy
League Connection is the most amazing program. Imagine flying to New York on
Monday, touring and meeting with admissions officials and alumni at the
University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, then visiting Sarah Lawrence College on
Wednesday, Vassar College on Thursday, Yale on Friday, touring New York City as
a group on Saturday, and then moving into the dorms on Sunday at Columbia
University for three weeks of classes in Constitutional Law!
And, of
course, there were all the cultural, culinary and entertainment extras! And all
of this paid in full by the very generous sponsors!!!
Lenny, Melissa
and I are forever grateful to the Ivy League Connection and it’s wonderful
sponsors, who made this life-changing experience possible. Thank you!!!
Wayne Eisen
