What is York Wing Community Day?
The opening of the York Wing is a significant milestone in the history of the Lycée Français de New York, so it’s a day for the entire community to celebrate the school and our new spaces. It’s a time for children, parents, teachers, staff and friends of the school to come together to create, have fun and learn hands-on about all the spectacular things the York Wing is making possible for teaching and learning at the Lycée.
What’s on the agenda?
Families can come for an hour to visit the new spaces, or stay for several and enjoy the many activities available for students of all ages.
First and foremost, we invite our families to sign up for guided tours, including visits to the new classrooms, our media lab and maker space, and new motricity room.
You’ll learn from our media integrator, Jeff Rogers, and new maker integrator, Adam Romary, just how these two spaces are being incorporated into the curriculum in Primary and in Secondary. Jeff and Adam have put together a special project that links both spaces. Take the tour to find out more!
We’re excited also to share information about our partnership with Noveda, an energy-monitoring service, that is helping the school and students keep track of our energy efficiency in an online tool. Visitors we’ll be able to see, for example, the impact on our energy use of our solar panels and also our new wind turbine (Gift of the Class of 2014) on top of the York Wing!
What activities will you have for children?
We have activities all day long for students of all ages, including hands-on opportunities to create and build with special arts and crafts, STEAM projects, and 3-D activities, including lego robotics. Children and families in maternelle can sign up for a special screening of Petite Neige and pizza at 11am in Room S205.
We’re excited to bring back our French- and English-language book fair, with the support of several vendors: The Little Book Room, High Valley Books, Bayard, New York Review Books, and Albertine. You’ll be able to choose from children’s picture books, young-adult fiction, as well as travel, cooking and more…
What is LFNY Voices?
Storytelling, our ability to tell stories about ourselves, our work and others, is such an important skill for 21st Century learners. On Community Day, we wanted to make a point of this and give our students and our adult community members, the opportunity to come and tell their story on camera.
We encourage anyone of any age who has a great story about a journey they’ve taken in life – a significant move, a walk, a book discovered, or even deciding to join the Lycée community, to sign up for time in the LFNY Voices booth in the CDI. It’s your opportunity to be interviewed by three renowned journalists from our parent community, Magalie Laguerre Wilkinson of 60 Minutes, Jeffrey Kluger of Time Magazine, and Pascale Richard, who has written for Le Monde, Le Figaro the HuffPost, among many publications.
If you don’t want to sit for an interview, please bring your family to the new Motricity Room in the York Wing to participate in the 2016-17 LFNY Video Holiday Card. All you need to do is come to the room and be ready to smile and dance! No sign-ups required!
How do I pay for activities?
Except for the purchase of books, every activity taking place during the event is free! This is a moment of true celebration for the community. Be sure to have cash or check with you, if you plan on purchasing books from the Book Fair, as most of the vendors do not take credit cards.
Anything else?
Food! Always important in our community. We will be providing a free light breakfast, lunch and snacks, courtesy of Flik, Moulin à Café, International Delights, Overseas Trading and Salvo’s Pizza to include snacks like chicken fingers, mac & cheese, as well as nice sandwiches. The new Staff Café on the York Wing’s 2nd floor has been converted into a Nespresso espresso bar, so you can stop by for a little caffeine before you take on your creating activity.
LFNY York Wing Community Day
Hours 10am to 3pm
Sign-up for key events in advance
Volunteers still needed: click here.
See you soon!
About the Author :
Kate Lubinger leads all community events for the school including the Gala, Fall Fete Foraine, Skating Party and the Spring Fair. In her spare time, Kate loves baseball, playing tennis, running and trying out new recipes.