As part of its artist-in-residence program, the Lycée Français de New York invited youth author Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod to spend a week with the fifth-grade students from March 12 to March 16. What an honor! The author of A Fine Collection of Bananas, Middle School Investigation, and the Story of the Jean-Somethings
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Jamie, your primary role is as an English Teacher, but you also have been developing and implementing mindfulness at the Lycée for three years now, offering students brief sessions with their peers during the school day. I would like to ask you five simple questions, for those who still might
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The necessity of an education rooted in tolerance and understanding is undeniable. For this school and all schools, the challenge is not only to teach humanist principles but also to make them a way of life for our students. But how do we do this? The tragic events of this
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It’s back to school! For every adult, both parent and caregiver, whose life is connected to a child in school, a new school year means a fresh start. We create resolutions: “Without a doubt this school year will mean homework done on time with all that newfound knowledge at my
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Lorsque le premier jour, je pénètre dans une classe de CE2, Antoine Guilloppé explique aux enfants son passionnant métier auquel il est parvenu après de longues années de travail. Les enfants sont attentifs et certains d’entre eux sont déjà plongés dans des rêveries de futures vocations. Les enfants admirent ensuite
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Vannina lives and breathes multiculturalism. Her name reflects her origins: an Algerian grandfather (Kabyle), a Turkish great-grandmother and Corsican roots. Growing up in Corsica, where bilingualism is integrated into the local culture, Vannina was fascinated by foreign languages. She chose to pursue studies in English and Spanish at the University of Corsica, followed
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Le Lycée participe depuis de nombreuses années à une fête d’origine catalane, la journée mondiale du livre et la fête de la rose. Du 1er au 5 mai, pour cette édition 2017, nous proposons à l’ensemble de la communauté de participer à un mur d’expression en lien avec l’univers du livre.
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Qui a dit que les maths ne sont pas amusantes? Tenez, à la mi-mars, avait lieu au Lycée Français de New York la sixième édition de la semaine des mathématiques. Pour être tout à fait exact, c’était la semaine du 14 mars du 3/14 donc. Il fallait y penser.
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In a school like ours, where something extraordinary is always happening, finding the time to reflect on the beauty, dare I say the exquisiteness of what our students are achieving is not necessarily easy, which reminds me of a story I once heard about the great violinist, Joshua Bell. Out
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1/ Some factors leading to reduced sleep time for teenagers Students fall asleep later as they enter adolescence, shifting on average from 10pm to midnight. This shift occurs because the overall body temperature of children at this age begins to lower, thus “favoring the arrival of sleep at a later
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