Primary students got familiar with the election process on November 6 and 7, 2013. Every year Primary students from first to fifth grade participate in an election. Students vote in the library resource room, where you might have noticed the red, white and blue voting booths that the Lycée borrows
Read More!Month: November 2013
Sauvons la grenouille!
Over the last several days, it has been hard to stop thinking about the dramatic imperative one of our secondary students shared with me this week: we have to save the frog! He had conveyed this message one lunch period, as I wandered our cafeteria encouraging middle and high schoolers
Read More!Service Learning au Vietnam
Fin du voyage, Baie d’Ha Long 6h34 Le réveil sonne. Une fois, deux fois, trois fois… On ne répond toujours pas. Un dilemme nous perturbe alors l’esprit: se lever et devoir faire face à la réalité ou rester dans nos lits à naviguer dans nos rêves. On entend alors un
Read More!Ils ont brulé les planches!
The first artist in residence this year at the Lycée Français de New York was actor and director Marcel Bozonnet with the 11th graders. You may not be familiar with this name but in the theater industry in France it is a big name. Marcel Bozonnet has been a “sociétaire”,
Read More!Week in Pictures November 18-26
Tuesday: Some veggies for lunch? A moment at the cafeteria of the LFNY. Monday: The Terminales were in a cheering mood during their class picture. Thursday: Time Magazine Editor Jeffrey Kluger moderates a panel about climate change with Peter deMenocal, Geoff Green and David O’Connor. Thursday: Former Headmaster of Lycée
Read More!Mandarin, Espagnol, Python!
“Bonjour les amis.” “Wie sagt man “mairie” in Deutsch?” “Did you do your math homework last night.” “Hace frio!” Take but a single step inside the Lycee Francais de New York, particularly in the early morning when our students are just arriving for class, and you will hear a veritable
Read More!Le LFNY défile en fanfare à la Veterans Parade
Lundi 11 novembre, une vingtaine de passionnés – une majorité d’élèves, quelques parents et deux anciens combattants – se sont donnés rendez-vous sur la Cinquième Avenue à Manhattan pour défiler au sein de la célèbre Veterans Parade de New York. Une première pour tous les jeunes participants, de vieux souvenirs
Read More!The Revolution of Social Business
On Monday November 11th, three remarkable entrepreneurs came to speak to Première and Terminale students about the impact they have had on the world. David Jones has an unparalleled record. He is the CEO of Havas Worldwide, a global company in advertising and communications, and the author of a book
Read More!Être heureux favorise l’apprentissage (et non l’inverse)
Neuf joueuses de la toute nouvelle équipe de football filles niveau 6èmes du Lycée Français. En tant qu’éducateurs, la question essentielle à laquelle nous devons répondre est : Comment permettre aux enfants d’atteindre leur plein potentiel? Comment les aider à devenir des adultes responsables, épanouis et accomplis? Il y a deux
Read More!Can fish grow plants? Yes!
The Seasonal Seven whose mission is to learn about seasonal and locally grown foods while promoting their impact on the environment and to our nutrition hosted their first visitor in October. His name is Emmanuel Pratt, and he is the executive director of The Sweet Water Foundation, which seeks to integrate
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