For many Lycée students and parents, the 2015-2016 school year is their first experience in a bilingual school. Choosing a bilingual school is a tremendous opportunity for monolingual families, but it also raises questions about how being in a bilingual school impacts language development in children. The most important element
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Vendredi: Cette élève du Diversity Club raconte aux autres membres son expérience à la conférence Student Diversity Leadership Conference, à laquelle elle a participé avec 5 autres élèves et qui a eu lieu du 2 au 5 décembre à Tampa, en Floride. Vendredi: Cette élève du club extrascolaire “Arabic Intermediate” compte en
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“Although thinking is innate, skillful thinking must be cultivated.” (Art Costa, 2008). Effective 21st century instruction teaches students how to think, not what to think. In 2013, The Huffington Post published an article arguing that many K-to-12 schools are not preparing students to be ready for the demands of today.
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L’une des missions du Lycée Français de New York est de préparer ses élèves à être les citoyens responsables de demain. Pour l’établissement, cet apprentissage passe, depuis maintenant plus de 13 ans, par les activités de service communautaire (Community Service), et depuis 4 ans pour l’apprentissage par le service (Service
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When talking about ethics, especially the topics of how to live a virtuous life, how to build a just society and how to create a peaceful world, discussion can very quickly become complicated. Enter “what is the right thing to do” into any search engine and the leading source of
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Friday: The World Languages (langues vivantes) Team meets to discuss ongoing projects during their weekly meeting. The team is made up of German, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin teachers working in the primary and secondary schools. Thursday: Halloween lingers at the Lycée Français…Pastel drawings on the theme are on display in the
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We are careful at the LFNY not to allow digital devices to displace, let alone replace human interaction. Yet access to the internet can be a great support for intelligent conversation, as I experienced laptop in hand a few mornings ago in our 75th Street Lobby. My purpose: to ask
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What an exciting fall season in sports. It’s great to see our competitive sports program booming. To kick-off the fall season, 255 students from sixth-to-twelfth grade along with their coaches headed to Camp Pontiac (see photo slideshow above) in upstate New York for a week of pre-season practice and team-building.
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Tell us a little about how you decided to become a photojournalist… After the Lycée, I went to the University of Chicago to major in Medieval History and started my photography career by working for local newspapers. I quickly got bored and decided to take a year off in
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Aurélien Kairo et Karla Pollux, deux danseurs de hip-hop qui tournent en ce moment dans toute la France avec la compagnie De Fakto, mais aussi occasionnellement à l’étranger, sont venus au Lycée Français du 26 au 30 octobre 2015 dans le cadre du programme “artiste-en-résidence”. Ils ont travaillé pendant une
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