Lower East Side Prep HS

2008-09 Partner Site Profile

Number of Pairs: 74

Length of Matches: 1 year match

iMentor Partner Since: 2003

Location: Lower East Side, Manhattan

iMentor Program Coordinator: Katherine Plotnick

Brooklyn International HS Teachers: Min Zhao

About the iMentor Partnership

iMentor’s partnership with Lower East Side Preparatory School began in 2003 with 17 pairs. Now in our sixth year with LESP, we have grown our partnership to serve hundreds of students! LESP is a second chance alternative high school serving a student population where over 90% of the students are recent Asian immigrants and are between the ages of 17-21. Many mentees at LESP look forward to participating in iMentor because it offers them a practical and enjoyable way to practice their English writing skills, and many students have told us that their mentors are their “first American friends!” In addition to engaging in a rigorous college-focused academic curriculum, mentees at LESP are actively learning English. Mentors matched here can look forward to watching students’ language and college-readiness skills improve through their regular correspondence.

Travel Directions

Address: 145 Stanton Street New York, NY 10002 By Subway: J,M,Z to Essex; or F to Delancey Walk two blocks North on Essex Street. Make a right on Stanton Street. Walk one block east, crossing Norfolk Street.  LESP is Between Norfolk and Suffolk. Use the entrance on the corner of Stanton and Norfolk Streets.   For subway, bus, and car directions, click HERE.

About Lower East Side Prep (LESP)

LESP Fun Facts

• Most LESP students have lived in the United States for two years or less.
• LESP students have the option to take a wide range of after-school activities, including documentary video production, ping pong, SAT prep, ballroom dance, and origami.
• The past two LESP senior class presidents have been iMentor mentees!

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iMentor's 2008-09 Partner Sites