The Lycée Français de New York (LFNY) will hold its annual Gala on Saturday, March 16, 2013 on the theme #LFNY – Advancing Minds into a Digital Future. Acclaimed American journalist and francophile Charlie Rose will be the guest of honor. A crucial event for fundraising, the Gala would not
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Ballet dancer Kate Lydon of the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) will be the second artist-in-residence at the Lycee for the school year 2012-2013. She will spend from February 4 to February 8, 2013 with the entire fifth grade in coordination with their teachers. Kate Lydon is the Artistic Coordinator for
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Two 10th graders read Dr. Seuss to the children of Little Tots Red Wagon preschool. How did the project originate? Our class of 10th-grade students chose tree planting as their annual group community service project, but the plan was swept away with Hurricane Sandy. The most overwhelming feeling during the hurricane,
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Monday: Upcoming Lycée’s artist-in-residence Kate Lydon works with the students of the American Ballet Theatre. Tuesday: The Varsity Girls team wins the swim meet against Friends Seminary and the Birch Wathen Lenox School. Tuesday: The choice among the very talented contestants was hard during the annual Shakespeare competition. Wednesday: As
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Alexandre Oppecini répète avec les élèves du LFNY en préparation du Festival Première Scène. Les 1er et 2 février prochains, le Lycée Français accueille comme chaque année le Festival Première Scène. Ce festival de théâtre en français, qui en est à sa 14ème édition, rassemble pour la première fois plus
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The Lycée was host to a roundtable on Thursday, January 31st entitled « Why We Should Develop our Creative Minds?». After exploring the future of the press with Arthur Sulzberger, this next Global Citizenship Conference focuses on creativity for all ages. Participants to this round table are all citizens of a global world and,
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The ballet The Red Detachment of Women Language occupies a province in the realm of culture; therefore, language instruction can be successfully facilitated through cultural vehicles. One avenue for language learning is traced by the arts, and opera in particular. As a historian and head of the arts department, I
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It is not the first time I have overheard a conversation among students in which they are scouring a magazine for cheerful news, lamenting the fact that they cannot seem to find any and concluding that the world is a very tough place. Nor is it the first time I
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Lundi 7 janvier 2013, 7h45 du matin : revenue de France la veille, je me retrouve devant un grand bus bleu avec mes collègues et mes élèves dans l’effervescence caractéristique du départ à Frost Valley, la classe de neige des CM2. Cela fait maintenant cinq ans que j’y vais. La vieille
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LFNY loves the Bard. This year’s qualifying round of the English Speaking Union Annual Shakespeare Competition involved twenty-four students from 3eme to Terminale, from level 1 English to OIB. For this rigorous tourney, students memorize and perform speeches from Shakespeare’s plays. Awards are given to the top four contestants, and the winner
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