Friday: It’s time for arts and crafts in garderie! Young students make Valentine’s Day cards for their parents filled with hearts and drawings of their families (photo: Maria Betances).
Thursday: Y11 student Tanzil wins 3rd prize for his interpretation of Henry V during the annual Shakespeare Competition for students in Y9 to Y12. 18 LFNYers delivered monologues from various Shakespeare plays to their peers and a panel of judges. The winner, Y11 student Marrec, will move on to the city-wide semi-final competition later this month.
Wednesday: An LFNY varsity gymnast student competes on the beam during a meet against Brearley and STA schools.
Wednesday: An exchange student from Fudan University writes her name on the board in Chinese characters during a class with fourth graders. LFNY students start Mandarin in third grade (photo: Pascal Kerbel).
Tuesday: Marieke van Woerkom, curriculum development consultant at Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility, is working with tenth-grade advisors on social and emotional skills building. Here, they are examining teenage brain development and how developing strong social and emotional skills can help students calm down, think more clearly, problem solve and make better choices in life.
Monday: For Black History Month, Secondary students attended a performance on the theme “Women of Courage,” which looks into the lives of two women whose contributions and accomplishments are relevant to the tapestry of African-American history, Women’s Suffrage and the Civil Rights Movement. The woman in the picture plays Ida B. Wells, born a slave in Mississippi in 1862 and who fought to become an educated woman, first becoming a teacher and later a journalist, newspaper editor, woman’s suffragist and early leader in the civil rights movement.
About the Author :
Former journalist, Cecile is passionate about multimedia storytelling. With her camera, notepad and microphone, she enjoys telling the great stories that are happening at the Lycée. Cecile was formerly senior communications manager at the school.