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　　To Lauder Exchange Program：

　　Gaia Filicori was a student in my Humanities class for the 2002-2003 year．From the first week of classes it was obvious that Gaia was an excellent student and a very sociable young lady．She was always eager to join in class discussion．Gaia's ability to communicate her own ideas is a skill that many of us work for a very long time to achieve．

　　Gaia also has a deep curiosity about the world around her．The simple fact that she desires to spend a year in another country is proof enough．I have also seen her show this curiosity in class．She asked some of the most interesting and thoughtful questions of any of the students in her class．When others were content to accept a point, Gaia would see from a new angle(角度)that none of us had tried．

　　As a student in Humanities, Gaia was required to complete a group project．The project was to write a page for a Humanities textbook using text and multi-midia．It was a chanllenging task and Gaia's group was experiencing some difficulties．Yet, they had an easier time of it because they did not hesitate to come to me with their problems and try to work them out．As a result Gaia and her group had one of the more successful projects．The ability needed to recognize a problem and ask for help to solve it will be of great value if she is selected to be a Lauder Exchange student．

　　Gaia's interest in the world around her will serve her well as a Lauder Exchange student．The ease with which she get along with others and the ease with which she makes new friends will also help her as she tries to learn in a foreign setting．I have no doubt that Gaia would be a wonderful representative of the Lauder Program, Stuyvesant High School, and the United States．

　　Perry Jones

　　Social Studies

　　Stuyvesant High School

　　**If you have any other questions please feel free to contact me．

　　212-312-4800; pjones @stuy.edu

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