“I’d be happy to take one, if you still have enough”, I said to our student. “Please do, Monsieur,” he replied, handing me something which resembled a business card and which he had been distributing to passersby. “The Black Count?” I asked. “He looks like a dashing person.” Yes, continued
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Our ninth grade students and secondary school choir had the unique privilege today of taking part in a deeply moving ceremony organized at the Lycée Français de New York by the French Consulate and the American Society for the French Legion of Honor. In connection with the Veterans’ Day commemorations
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It is hard in the face of others’ distress and sorrow and suffering, as has been the case this past week with a hurricane wreaking havoc from Port-au-Prince to the Rockaways, to know just what to say. And perhaps it is best not to talk at all, except to express
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“Wow!” “When can we start?” “That slanted part looks neat.” The wall has only been in place for a few days, since the end of break, but I myself have already been to see it several times, twice to marvel on my own and thrice to show others how just
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Graduates from class of ’12. Thursday, October 11. 8:17 AM. Lycée Louis le Grand. 5th arrondissement, Paris. I have arrived early for today’s meeting so that I can bask in the atmosphere of this room called the “grand parloir”, located off one of the many marble staircases in a school
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I had every intention of writing about technology this week, dear members of the Lycée Français de New York community, but the point of this blog is to remain open to the wonders which we who have the privilege of working at our school are fortunate to witness each and
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48 is a figure which many of us at the Lycée Français de New York have proudly mentioned during the past month. It corresponds to the number of nationalities which our 1330 students hold this year. We are honored that our school is able to attract families from so many
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There is nothing quite like a room full of students laughing in unison, which is what I often have the joy of hearing at the Lycée Français, just like I did a few days ago while visiting the cafeteria. As I am fortunate to be able to do most lunchtimes,
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“Whole new minds.” I have been thinking about these words for ages. They hold a great deal of meaning in English, the language in which they happen to have come to me. However, this phrase is difficult to translate into any other language I know, beginning with French. In English,
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“An instant of happiness is worth a thousand years of history” once penned the great French philosopher Voltaire and I could not agree more! It is with such a sense of delight that I am writing today, dear members of the Lycée Français de New York community, on the eve
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