Lycée Magazine

October 13, 2020 College Counseling / Community

College Matriculations: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

It’s fall. How do I know? I know because the pace of the College Counseling staff has quickened as college and university deadlines loom. Students are finalizing their lists, drafting and redrafting their essays, and trying to stay focused on what is most important: their classroom work and performance. But

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October 3, 2020 Community / Global Citizenship

Democracy at Work – Election Season in the Secondary School

Fostering student engagement, the Secondary School holds yearly elections for three forums – the Conseil Pédagogique d’Établissement (CPET), a school advisory committee of students, parents, teachers and staff; the Conseil des Élèves (CDE), the student council; and the Délégués, who represent each advisory class. Each of them serves a distinct

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September 25, 2020 Alumni / Community / Well-Being

College Admissions in Zoom Times

When Covid-19 arrived last spring, could we have imagined how it would disrupt our lives so completely? While education writ large has been affected, the impact on students applying to college has been magnified. Suddenly, the college planning process is hosted online. Annual rituals like college visits, campus interviews, and

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September 18, 2020 Community / Equity and Inclusion / Global Citizenship

What’s Next for the Lycée’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts?

“True community is based upon equality, mutuality, and reciprocity. It affirms the richness of individual diversity as well as the common human ties that bind us together.” — Pauli Murray, Civil Rights Activist The work of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is one that requires community, builds community and strengthens community.

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August 18, 2020 Featured / Global Citizenship / Innovation

Celebrating a Centennial of Suffrage – Women Leading the Way

“Who was the first woman in your family to vote?” This is the question that Women Leading the Way, an art, history, and storytelling project, asked over 300 high school students from across America, challenging them to delve into the history of the fight for suffrage while connecting it to

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June 20, 2020 Community / Well-Being

Summer of…Possibilities?

A Note to Students for Whom 2020 Feels Canceled The summer ahead of you probably doesn’t look much like what you had planned. We have all seen deadlines vanish, plans evaporate, and routines replaced. We have had to give up, change, and let go of many things, and it has

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June 19, 2020 Alumni / Cultural Center / Equity and Inclusion / Global Citizenship

Systemic Racism: Looking for Solutions

On Friday, June 12, the Lycée Français de New York held a panel on systemic racism, in the wake of the protests across the country following the brutal death of George Floyd. At the Lycée, our work on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) started several years ago, with, most recently,

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June 12, 2020 Cultural Center

Rethinking Culture: MoMA as an example

On June 4, 2020, the Cultural Center hosted a webinar with special guest Christophe Cherix, Chief Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art of New York. He shared some of the developments taking place at the museum and in the world of art, following the Covid-19

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June 7, 2020 Community / Equity and Inclusion / Global Citizenship

Students Lead Peaceful March for Justice

On Sunday, student leaders in the Lycée Français de New York’s Black Student Union led a peaceful protest march against racial injustice and violence for their fellow students in ninth to 12th grade, along with faculty, staff and parents. Over 100 people took part in the march, which began at

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May 23, 2020 Innovation

The Math Hatter Chronicle #14

In his latest installment, the Math Hatter stays current with a look at a formula for classroom arrangements in the era of social distancing, false positives in Covid-19 testing, and the late, great British mathematician John Conway. The unusually high number of calls received by the 1-800-MATHATTER hotline over the

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LYCÉE MAGAZINE

Cultivating Empathy and Kindness from an Early Age

Guide for a Fulfilling School Year – Part 2

Guide to a Fulfilling School Year – Part 1

Da Vinci Inspires a Fascinating Cross-Curricular Project

Teaching AI and the Blockchain with Refik Anadol

Concert of Francophone Voices

Teaching Hard History with Intention and Care

Imagining with Author Marc Lévy

College Matriculations: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Democracy at Work – Election Season in the Secondary School

College Admissions in Zoom Times

What’s Next for the Lycée’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts?

Celebrating a Centennial of Suffrage – Women Leading the Way

Summer of…Possibilities?

Systemic Racism: Looking for Solutions

Rethinking Culture: MoMA as an example

Students Lead Peaceful March for Justice

The Math Hatter Chronicle #14