From April 28th to May 1st, five members of the LFNY staff traveled to Haiti to continue the school’s pedagogical exchange program with the Lycee Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable (LJBPS) located in Saint Marc. Included on the trip were: Aurore Papazian and Alexandre Sivera, both Kindergarten teachers; Marie-Odile Couture,
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Brigitte Nahon, a Master at Links & Balance
It has been said that, “Without risk, there is no art.” We had a Springtime visitor this year who flew in from afar, to help LFNY students stretch their risk-taking muscles. Despite the fact that days earlier, the renowned French Sculptor Brigitte Nahon, had hyperextended a torso muscle of her
Read More!A Conversation about Social & Emotional Learning
In the Primary School of the LFNY, Social and Emotional Learning are being implemented using the RULER approach, where children are taught to identify emotions. How would you define Social and Emotional Learning and Positive School Climate? Social and emotional learning in schools (SEL) teaches the skills we all need
Read More!The Week in Picture: May 6 – 10
Vendredi: Toutes les classes de CE2 se sont rendues dans l’usine électrique Con Edison, située en face du Lycée. La visite a consisté en une présentation du rôle de l’usine dans l’approvisionnement en électricité de Manhattan et un tour des générateurs de vapeurs. Ici, les CE2C écoutent une explication d’un
Read More!Come celebrate diversity at the 2013 Spring Fair!
The 2012 Spring Fair. The Lycée Spring Fair is part street fair, part international food festival, part Science Fair, part class sampler, part sports day – and altogether a whole lot of fun. You see kids running around “visiting” numerous countries, older children helping with arts and crafts, parents getting/receiving
Read More!Le Prix Nord-Américain de littérature francophone
Des élèves de 1ère L discutent de leurs lectures lors du club littéraire le 23 avril 2013. A l’initiative des professeurs de français du lycée Rochambeau à Washington, s’est mis en place cette année un Prix des Lycées français d’Amérique du Nord visant à diffuser la littérature francophone auprès des élèves de
Read More!The Week in Picture: April 29 – May 3
Friday: Secondary students share their talent in support of Little Tots Red Wagon school during Open Mic Night. Thursday: The Varsity Boys Volleyball lost (3 to 1) against Greater New York Academy. Thursday: 11th-graders Sarah and Hella work on a Spanish homework one morning in the cafeteria. Wednesday: Clovis Nicolas, Konrad
Read More!Lean In
Never does a day go by at the Lycée Français when we who have the privilege of working here do not learn something extraordinary from our students. In my own case, that learning happens more often in the context of stairwell, hallway and lunchroom conversations than it does in the
Read More!Partez à l’aventure grâce à la CCTAF
Nos explorateurs ont découvert de nouvelles destinations ; ici, la photo d’un igloo de Babyshoe prise par un employé de la ligne Mini World Express. Partez à l’aventure grâce à la Compagnie Cosmique des Transports Aériens et Ferroviaires ! Le lundi 6 mai, joignez-vous à nous pour le lancement de nos 5 lignes de
Read More!’85 LFNY Alumna receives Academy Award
Producers Albie Hecht, Yael Melamede and director Sean Fine with their Oscar for the documentary Inocente. What led you to film and co-founding the production company Salty Features? And why the name Salty Features? I fell in love with Photography at Yale and worked in a photo studio after college. I
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