Starting with this year’s sixth graders, the Middle School of the Lycée Français de New York is gradually adapting a skills-based assessment model in place of traditional grades. Inspired from the French system, four teachers share insight on why the school is taking this approach.
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The Lycée restructured its Secondary School this fall, creating two distinct divisions with a clear developmental approach for each one. Our middle school (collège) now comprises sixth to eighth grade (6ème to 4ème in French). Ninth graders or 3èmes, who were previously considered part of collège, are now part of
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In the Secondary School Computer Lab. The world seems to be increasingly complicated. The only constant is rapidly accelerating technological change. How do we teach our children to act appropriately in this changing world? How do we ensure that they have the tools they need to make the right choices? Let’s
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Each trimester this year, the Head of School is organizing a breakfast with the APL in which he, the executive team and faculty members are addressing an important theme regarding the school’s program and answering any related questions parents may have. On Thursday, January 16, the subject of the conversation
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Children are some of the most active consumers of interactive media, especially through the increased use of mobile devices. However, despite the influx in consumption by children, schools rarely focus on providing students with the opportunity to produce technology. In fact, only 1 out of 10 schools offers computer programming
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“And that’s how you can automate your Google chat to translate back and forth between English and Mandarin instantly!” We were only one hour into the academy, and already I was typing notes as fast as my fingers would allow. Tech-savvy educators were taking turns presenting two-minute tutorials on incredible
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