Friday: Artist in residence Benjamin Chaud shows First-graders the importance of framing a character when creating a story for a book. Today, the assignment is to draw Pomelo, a pink elephant, in New York City.
Thursday: Gilles Soulié’s class of 3rd graders as well as a 12th-graders attend a presentation about magnetic levitation in one of the lab classes. Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) is a method of propulsion that uses magnetic levitation to propel vehicles with magnets rather than with wheels, axles and bearings. With maglev, a vehicle is levitated a short distance away from a guide way using magnets to create both lift and thrust. Such trains are used to transport passengers in Japan or in South Korea.
Wednesday: 60 young musicians aged 12 to 18 from a French youth orchestra, the Lycée David d’Angers, performed a program of classical and light music for 7 and 8 graders.
Tuesday: 4th graders enjoy the outdoors during a weeklong nature’s trip upstate New York. See more photos and videos on the Primary Blog (Photo: S. Freland).
Monday: 2nd graders are learning to act on stage with clown, performance artist and dancer Barbara Ann Michaels.
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.