IDD (itinéraire de découverte) is an interdisciplinary discovery project that helps teachers diversify learning strategies, connect disciplines, and teach students how to nurture their intellectual curiosity through research. Ms. Emilie Lauzy, history-geography teacher, and Mr. Sory Koité, science teacher, guided their eight-grade students through the IDD process of researching and presenting topics on
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Sundance, Tribeca, Cannes, FESTIMAJ!
The international student film festival Festimaj was introduced to the LFNY community in the fall by Primary computer teacher Sébastien Freland. M. Freland who also worked with Emmanuel Rouy, Sébastien Tomasini et Mireille Miller and the fourth- and fifth-grade students in the extracurricular Primary club “C’est pas magique, c’est scientifique“ to
Read More!Week in Pictures May 19 – May 30
Friday: Ms. Lana Katrangi’s CM1 A Class is all smiles after rehearsing for their End-of-the-Year Show entitled “Couleurs et Humeurs” that will feature pianist and Cycle 3 music teacher, Sébastien Tomasini. Their show is on Friday, June 13, 2014. Mercredi: Tamara Gombert, une mère d’élève au Lycée, est spécialiste de la
Read More!Week in Pictures April 21-27
Vendredi: During the yearly GS Spring parade, students were dressed as flowers, trees, birds, and ladybugs to welcome the changing of the seasons with songs and smiles. Jeudi: Middle school students celebrated Poem in Your Pocket day by visiting upper school classrooms in “brigades” to recite poems that they memorized for the
Read More!Sweat and fun during Sports Week 2014
L’épreuve de la poutre pendant Sports Week. Nearly breathless voices chattering excitedly in French and little feet running on the hardwood floor were the sounds in the gym at LFNY this week. From March 14 to the 21st, elementary school students participated in Sports Week to promote teamwork and team
Read More!Building an Identity when Growing up with Different Cultures
The co-author of Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, Ruth Van Reken talks about what it means to grow up between cultures and languages.
Read More!Week in Pictures March 17-23
Jeudi: Inspiré par Le Concours Kangourou, Christophe Michot, le chef de département des mathématiques, s’est mis en costume pour les examens que passent plusieurs centaines d’élèves de l’établissement. Mercredi: Francis Cabrel et les élèves de LFNY ont chanté sa chanson “Il faudra leur dire” ensemble au concert mercredi soir au théâtre
Read More!Learning about endangered species
A golden toad, one of the many species in danger of extinction (photo credit: Charles H. Smith) A native of Biloxi, Mississippi, Rachel Nuwer grew up exploring the bayous and beaches of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She pursued her interest in science and nature as an undergraduate student of Biology
Read More!Week in Pictures March 3 to 9
Vendredi: C’est déjà le spectacle de fin d’année des CM2! (Crédits : E. Loewe) Jeudi: Deux élèves de CE1 présentent un exposé sur l’artiste-peintre impressionniste Mary Cassatt, que la classe a étudiée en arts plastiques. Mercredi: Un élève de 6ème fait ses devoirs dans la salle d’informatique du CDI. Aujourd’hui
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