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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Week in Pictures May 19 – May 30
Friday: Ms. Lana Katrangi’s CM1 A Class is all smiles after rehearsing for their End-of-the-Year Show entitled “Couleurs et Humeurs” that will feature pianist and Cycle 3 music teacher, Sébastien Tomasini. Their show is on Friday, June 13, 2014. Mercredi: Tamara Gombert, une mère d’élève au Lycée, est spécialiste de la
Read More!Un nouveau sport de raquettes au Lycée
L’équipe de squash 2013-2014 du Lycée Français de New York. Depuis le début de l’année scolaire, un nouveau sport fait partie de la palette des clubs proposés au Lycée: le squash. Peu pratiqué au niveau scolaire en France, le squash est très répandu dans les universités et high schools américaines.
Read More!2013-14 Athletics Teams Put Focus on Commitment
Commitment was the official theme for the LFNY Athletics program in 2013-14. A spirit of pride was certainly palpable in the auditorium during Athletics Awards Night on Thursday night, as the community came together to celebrate the great season with the 231 athletes (a record for the Lycée) and 60
Read More!Week in Pictures May 12 – May 18
Friday: Today is the Senior’s last day and they are letting the entire school know about it! As a tradition, graduating 12th graders are allowed to tag students and staff, dress up and regularly shout “Terminales!” in the hallways. Thursday: Teachers of a 12th grade class and a kindergarden class
Read More!Par amour des lettres
Now that spring has arrived, it is time to speak of love, no? I am not certain that such was the intention of New York Times columnist David Brooks last week when he penned his wonderful article about a 1945 encounter between the British intellectual Isaiah Berlin and the Russian poet
Read More!Benjamin Chaud alias Pomelo ou La Grande Aventure de la vie
Lorsque l’on invite un artiste à venir en résidence au Lycée, c’est parfois la surprise. Bien sûr, on a eu l’occasion – le devoir – de lui parler, d’étudier son travail, notamment au sein du comité d’artiste en résidence, composé de parents, de professeurs et d’élèves, de consulter les professeurs.
Read More!Week in Pictures May 5 – May 11
Vendredi: Les quatre classes de moyenne section ont honoré les mamans à l’occasion du traditionnel petit-déjeuner de la fête des mères. Au programme: chants, croissants et roses! (Photo: Martica Uribe-Bouvet) Jeudi: Le fondateur de l’agence de webdesign H2O, Jason Dodd, explique aux élèves de 5ème comment créer un site internet.
Read More!It’s Complicated Indeed!
There is some debate as to who coined the terms “digital native”, but I can recall where I myself first came across them. It was some ten years ago, in an article by educational technology thinker Marc Prensky, entitled “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants.” “Today’s students”, affirmed the author, “have not just
Read More!Take Me Out to the Ball Game!
The 2014 MS Co-ed Baseball Team. If you walk by the gym on any given afternoon this spring, you might see a sport being played that is brand new to the LFNY: baseball! Starting this spring, the school created a middle school co-ed baseball team, made up of students in
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