Each year, the Cultural Center of the Lycée Français de New York is proud to organize three “21st Century Citizenship Panel Discussions.” These evening events are intended for Lycee Francais de New York students and other members of the school community, but are also open to the public at large. After
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The early morning at the the Lycée Français de New York is a wonderful time because it is then that we welcome our students to school. It is also when we have the opportunity to engage in many a thought-provoking conversation about education. “Mr. Lynch, by any chance have you
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English-speakers will have heard the expression, “lost in translation.” In all humility, I would like to propose a complementary saying, that of “found in non-translation”. This thought occurred to me last weekend when a friend and I were discussing an article we had both read on huffingtonpost.com, entitled “Eleven Untranslatable
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One would be hard-pressed to find a place more full of cajoling than the entrance to the Lycée Français de New York this past Wednesday morning, particularly on the primary side of campus. Student after student had but one feeling to express: dissatisfaction, good-natured dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction nonetheless! No matter
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One of the most exciting concepts being explored by educators today is known as design thinking. The education departments of leading universities like Harvard and Stanford are conducting research into it; professional development conferences for faculty and administrators are providing workshops in this field. Following a conversation I had about
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This past Tuesday morning, we celebrated the life of Nelson Mandela by observing a minute of silence in all of our classes from CE2* through Terminale, just as leaders from around the world gathered in Johannesburg to attend the official memorial service for this extraordinary human being, universally considered to
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Many will know the celebrated words of French philosopher René Descartes, “je pense, donc je suis”. I am borrowing them because they convey the critical importance of reflection in life. Yet I am also taking the liberty of changing the pronouns employed, out of a deep conviction that the best
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Over the last several days, it has been hard to stop thinking about the dramatic imperative one of our secondary students shared with me this week: we have to save the frog! He had conveyed this message one lunch period, as I wandered our cafeteria encouraging middle and high schoolers
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“Bonjour les amis.” “Wie sagt man “mairie” in Deutsch?” “Did you do your math homework last night.” “Hace frio!” Take but a single step inside the Lycee Francais de New York, particularly in the early morning when our students are just arriving for class, and you will hear a veritable
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about the enigma I had shared with one of our secondary students, the so-called “Case of the Missing Euro”. I mentioned it not so much because I love puzzles, which I do, but because I wanted to highlight this young man’s admirable perseverance in
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