IDD, a Collaborative Approach to Learning

IDD (itinéraire de découverte) is an interdisciplinary discovery project that helps teachers diversify learning strategies, connect disciplines, and teach students how to nurture their intellectual curiosity through research. Ms. Emilie Lauzy, history-geography teacher, and Mr. Sory Koité, science teacher, guided their eight-grade students through the IDD process of researching and presenting topics on

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Sundance, Tribeca, Cannes, FESTIMAJ!

The international student film festival Festimaj was introduced to the LFNY community in the fall by Primary computer teacher Sébastien Freland. M. Freland who also worked with Emmanuel Rouy, Sébastien Tomasini et Mireille Miller and the fourth- and fifth-grade students in the extracurricular Primary club “C’est pas magique, c’est scientifique“ to

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Week in Pictures May 19 – May 30

Friday: Ms. Lana Katrangi’s CM1 A Class is all smiles after rehearsing for their End-of-the-Year Show entitled “Couleurs et Humeurs” that will feature pianist and Cycle 3 music teacher, Sébastien Tomasini. Their show is on Friday, June 13, 2014. Mercredi: Tamara Gombert, une mère d’élève au Lycée, est spécialiste de la

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Week in Pictures April 21-27

Vendredi: During the yearly GS Spring parade, students were dressed as flowers, trees, birds, and ladybugs to welcome the changing of the seasons with songs and smiles. Jeudi: Middle school students celebrated Poem in Your Pocket day by visiting upper school classrooms in “brigades” to recite poems that they memorized for the

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Week in Pictures March 17-23

Jeudi: Inspiré par Le Concours Kangourou, Christophe Michot, le chef de département des mathématiques, s’est mis en costume pour les examens que passent plusieurs centaines d’élèves de l’établissement. Mercredi: Francis Cabrel et les élèves de LFNY ont chanté sa chanson “Il faudra leur dire” ensemble au concert mercredi soir au théâtre

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Week in Pictures March 3 to 9

Vendredi: C’est déjà le spectacle de fin d’année des CM2! (Crédits : E. Loewe) Jeudi: Deux élèves de CE1 présentent un exposé sur l’artiste-peintre impressionniste Mary Cassatt, que la classe a étudiée en arts plastiques. Mercredi: Un élève de 6ème fait ses devoirs dans la salle d’informatique du CDI. Aujourd’hui

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