Thursday: The Senior graduation ceremony took place at the 92nd Street Y. Congratulations to the class of 2015! Click here see more photos. (Credit: D. Ping Luo)
Thursday: Fifth graders visited Washington’s home, Mount Vernon, in Virginia, as part of a trip to L’Hermione. The entire level studied the history of the famous frigate in class this year. Exploring the boat, as it crossed the Atlantic and is making its way up the east coast, is a great accomplishment for the students who know all about it! To view more photos and a video, go here. (Credit: Y. Kim)
Wednesday: Kindergarten students visit their peers in first grade. Each student in first grade was paired with a younger one (here with the blue smock), and shows a project they worked on that year. “It helps facilitate the transition for kindergartners to first grade,” explains Cycle 1 coordinator Florence Germain.
Wednesday: International School of Boston’s teachers are evaluating students during the oral exams of the “Option international du baccalauréat” in history. The exams take place at the LFNY, which is one the designated baccalaureate locations for students in the north-eastern United States.
Tuesday: The school cafeteria has it all: chance encounters, laughs, anxiety… LFNY middle schoolers presented their final theater play “Reflection” by David Lescot, which brought this microcosm to the stage to give us a glimpse into the lives of adolescents. (Credit: M-O Couture)
Tuesday: In a workshop with David Freeman’s eighth-grade English class, LFNY parent Alejandra Lopez Kluger, who has directed and instructed Shakespeare, takes student Emily (and teacher Mr. Freeman ) through a scene with Count Paris and Juliet in Romeo & Juliet. (Credit: E. King)
Monday: A student holds the discarded red and green bracelets that 8th graders wore all day as part of the Day Against Racism (following the “Class Divided” experiment). Green bracelet holders had privileges that red bracelet holders didn’t and received better treatment by their teachers and staff in the school. At the end of the day, students debriefed on their experience with the Student Diversity Committee. Read more about it in this post.
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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.