Friday: Last day at Camp Pontiac. Students enjoy their last game in the beautiful countryside setting before heading back to Manhattan. About 250 students participate to the camp every year. Thursday: Primary English teacher Carolyn O’Brien presented the results of her summer research grant on meta-cognition and biliteracy, a strategy that encourages
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Like me, you may have read about last month’s entrance examination at one of the most prestigious and renowned universities in France, where such extraordinary thinkers as Assia Djebar, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Jean-Paul Sartre, Aimé Césaire and Michel Foucault once studied: the École Normale Supérieure, the most famous location of which lies
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Language is at the heart of learning in primary school, and as the director of a French school abroad, I am often asked a fundamental question: what are the essential factors that support the solid development of both languages in bilingual children? Though it may seem obvious, one of the key
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It wasn’t all about the food. Even though I have to say the sandwiches were pretty great. Translation Club was really about the words. The author’s words, our words, and the connotations that went with them. Translate a feeling, not a meaning On my first Translation Tuesday, I was excited (especially
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Traduction: “Action de transposer dans une autre langue ce qui a été énoncé dans une autre, tout en conservant les équivalences sémantiques et stylistiques.” Mais aussi, Traduction: “Manière d’exprimer, de manifester quelque chose.” Au club de traduction du Lycée, nous ne faisons pas que de la simple transposition, nous nous
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Friday: Teachers and staff mingle during the last day of school wishing each other a happy summer and farewell to those heading to new adventures. See you in September! Thursday: Fifth graders graduated wearing a beautiful light blue cap and gown. They received a certificate and an educational book on science experiments.
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Atticus Finch said, You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view; until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. On Monday, June 8, eighth-grade students at the LFNY attempted to do just that. The focus of the LFNY class delegates this
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Thursday: The Senior graduation ceremony took place at the 92nd Street Y. Congratulations to the class of 2015! Click here see more photos. (Credit: D. Ping Luo) Thursday: Fifth graders visited Washington’s home, Mount Vernon, in Virginia, as part of a trip to L’Hermione. The entire level studied the history of the famous frigate in class this year.
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Lorsque nous avons rencontré Céline Barel par l’entremise de Veronica Bulgari, parent au Lycée et membre active du comité d’artistes en résidence, nous avons naturellement proposé à cette parfumeuse ou “nez” chez International Flavors & Fragrances, de travailler avec les Secondes. Le parfum n’est-il pas une affaire de « grands » ? Ne
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Jury du Prix Littéraire. Synonyme pour certains des mots abominables tels que “travail”, “français”, “série L”, ou pire encore, “lire.” Et puis, non ! Ce club n’est pas que pour les personnes qui souhaitent faire une fillière L: la preuve, nous passons toutes les deux en fillière scientifique et pourtant
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