What the Fifth Grade Taught Us

As LFNY families waited for their graduating fifth-graders to enter the school auditorium on Thursday, June 20, the atmosphere backstage was tense. “I am so nervous,” said one student, adjusting her blue cap and gown. “I hope I will sing okay,” said another. “I just need to get through this

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In Homage to the Class of 2013

Last Tuesday afternoon, some 400 members of our community came together to celebrate the High School Graduation of our 92 Terminale students, the Class of 2013. And what a memorable occasion it was, not just because such moments are by their very nature moving, but because the wonderful ceremony we

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What To Do About Homework

If you were to ask me what is the most controversial and varied pedagogical practice, I would respond without a doubt: homework! Whether you completely oppose or totally support it, there is not one parent, one teacher, or one student who is indifferent to the topic. It’s a complicated, and

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Uctabea, une cité romaine

La vie sous l’Empire romain, les esclaves, les arènes, les amphithéâtres… Les élèves de CE2D ont dû faire des recherches sur tous ces sujets et bien d’autres encore pour pouvoir fabriquer cette maquette. Ils ont appris à faire du plâtre (pour créer le Sénat, le temple, les arènes et le

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Our Growth Mindset

Please forgive me if you have already heard me refer to the concept of “growth mindset,” a notion we owe to the renowned Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck, whose book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, is one of the most thought-provoking texts about human psychology to have been published in a

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