Evelyne Estey was awarded the insignia of Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur by M. Philippe Etienne, Ambassador of France in the United States, at the Lycée Français de New York on Monday, March 15.
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Category: Community
Students Reflect on the Future of our Planet
The Lycée’s Science Department is guiding students in ninth to twelfth grade through a “Convention Lycéenne pour le Climat,” a high-school wide project designed to help them engage in issues of climate change and work towards a more sustainable future.
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Going Deeper to Develop a True Intercultural Mindset
Actively engaged in student equity and inclusion activities at the Lycée since 2018, Portia Morrell, computer science teacher in the Secondary, saw a need to build stronger links between her work with students and deepening DEI efforts among our faculty and staff, and also parents. For the 2020-21 school year
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Lycée Community Unites to Support City Harvest
In late October, our community came together, albeit virtually, to support the fourth annual Lycée Cares food drive for City Harvest, New York City’s largest food rescue organization. Our partnership with City Harvest began four years ago, when an enthusiastic group of Lycée students, faculty, staff and parent volunteers came
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Lycée Joins National Tributes to Samuel Paty
In a letter to the Lycée community on October 18, Evelyne Estey, the Lycée’s head of school, paid tribute to Samuel Paty, the French history-geography teacher who was killed outside his school, and teachers everywhere. Mr. Paty had been guiding his students in a discussion of freedom of expression around
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College Matriculations: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
It’s fall. How do I know? I know because the pace of the College Counseling staff has quickened as college and university deadlines loom. Students are finalizing their lists, drafting and redrafting their essays, and trying to stay focused on what is most important: their classroom work and performance. But
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Democracy at Work – Election Season in the Secondary School
Fostering student engagement, the Secondary School holds yearly elections for three forums – the Conseil Pédagogique d’Établissement (CPET), a school advisory committee of students, parents, teachers and staff; the Conseil des Élèves (CDE), the student council; and the Délégués, who represent each advisory class. Each of them serves a distinct
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College Admissions in Zoom Times
When Covid-19 arrived last spring, could we have imagined how it would disrupt our lives so completely? While education writ large has been affected, the impact on students applying to college has been magnified. Suddenly, the college planning process is hosted online. Annual rituals like college visits, campus interviews, and
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What’s Next for the Lycée’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts?
“True community is based upon equality, mutuality, and reciprocity. It affirms the richness of individual diversity as well as the common human ties that bind us together.” — Pauli Murray, Civil Rights Activist The work of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is one that requires community, builds community and strengthens community.
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Summer of…Possibilities?
A Note to Students for Whom 2020 Feels Canceled The summer ahead of you probably doesn’t look much like what you had planned. We have all seen deadlines vanish, plans evaporate, and routines replaced. We have had to give up, change, and let go of many things, and it has
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