How many activities can you pack into five days? Turns out, a lot if you start Day 1 at 3:45am. That’s what time the group of 14 sixth and seventh graders met math teacher Mme Banchet and me, so we could catch our 7am flight to New Orleans for our annual
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At Etzer Vilaire, we worked with students ranging from four to fifteen years old to decorate the grey cinderblock classroom walls. Projects included an abcdaire of the alphabet in Creole, painting a map of Haiti, drawing flowers and fauna around Haiti’s flag and creating educational posters about colors and shapes.
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As a result of Hurricane Harvey, the Lycée Français de New York and the Lycée International de Houston (LIH) have forged a bond that will only get stronger as the years go one. After Harvey hit, the Lycée reached out to several francophone educational institutions in Texas and was gratified when
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Plus besoin de réveil, j’ai pris l’habitude de me lever tous les samedis matin comme si c’était un jour de semaine. J’ai hâte d’aller à la New York French American Charter School (NYFACS), située à Harlem, dans un micro quartier appelé “little Senegal”, sur la 120ème rue. Le Lycée a
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In October, Lycée staff visited LJBPS for the eighth time, with many “firsts,” both in terms of content and travelers.The Lycée team was composed of 5 people, three of whom were discovering Haiti and the LJBPS for the first time. Here is what they did over two days in their
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Since the Lycée Jean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable (LJBPS) in St. Marc, Haiti opened its doors in 2011, the Lycée Français de New York has been sending delegations of teachers and staff to assist and support its faculty as the school grows. Each year the school adds an additional grade of
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Inside Little Tots Red Wagon, right after Hurricane Sandy, in November 2012. Just before Halloween 2012, Hurricane Sandy made landfall, destroying countless areas along the eastern seaboard from Florida to Maine. It did severe damage in New Jersey and New York. Breezy Point, located on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens,
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The New York Common Pantry in Manhattan. This November, the class of 5e2, under the guidance of advisors Ms. Jan and Mrs. Kurzweil, did a service learning project around the school’s annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. We did everything from sorting the food, to using a formula to calculate how much
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From April 28th to May 1st, five members of the LFNY staff traveled to Haiti to continue the school’s pedagogical exchange program with the Lycee Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable (LJBPS) located in Saint Marc. Included on the trip were: Aurore Papazian and Alexandre Sivera, both Kindergarten teachers; Marie-Odile Couture,
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On May 20, 2012 a sea of people converged on Central Park for the annual AIDS Walk. Among the 45,000 participants were 165 students from the Lycée as well as tens of faculty, staff and parents. Margaux Carré was one of them and she would not have missed this event
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