Les élèves allemands avec leurs correspondants lors d’une excursion à Central Park (crédit: A. Azria) “The people, the city, the buildings, everything is so different!”, s’exclame Franka, une jeune allemande de 14 ans qui a participé à l’échange avec le LFNY pendant deux semaines. Comme Franka, les 11 élèves berlinois
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“I’m not gifted for math!” We often hear this phrase, and it strikes me as filled with lasting consequences. The phrase implies that there are certain people who have a gift for math, which means they will naturally be able to understand some concepts better than others. It also tells us
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Students throw their graduation caps in the air following their graduation ceremony in June 2014. The Class of 2014 was bold. They had the audacity to apply to some of the oldest, most selective universities in the world, as well as the newest and most innovative programs in international higher
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Mercredi 3 septembre, l’ensemble des élèves de la 6ème à la terminale ont participé à la Journée des Sports avec leurs professeurs-référents (advisors). Pour la première fois, cette journée annuelle a eu lieu dans le state park de Bear Mountain en pleine nature, à 70 km de Manhattan. Le lieu
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Qu’est-ce que le Prix Littéraire du LFNY et comment est-il choisi? Le Prix littéraire du LFNY est un prix décerné à un roman français ou francophone paru dans les cinq dernières années. Isabelle Milkoff, coordinatrice du club littéraire du LFNY. Son but est de promouvoir la littérature romanesque française/francophone au sein
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Le tableau de Peter Bruegel, Les Jeux d’enfants (1560). Bruegel’s painting Children’s Games may be 500 years old, but it’s very current in the eyes of our CE2 D students. For six months this past spring, the third-grade students studied and then created their own giant painting inspired by
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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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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
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I don’t know about you but I’ve always had a thing for bathtub problems. I know they are a bit out of fashion and may be responsible for a lot of despair among students of past generations but I always liked them for their ingenuity. Of course, these problems can
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Équipe Middle School. (A. Brevet) Sport olympique et exigeant, la gymnastique est aussi et avant tout une passion: connaître la satisfaction d’avoir réussi un nouvel élément, l’indescriptible sensation dans les airs ou encore la fierté de maîtriser son enchaînement devant la juge! À la poutre. (E. Dunand) La gymnastique demande
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