10. Born in New Orleans in 1976, Salman “Sal” Khan holds four university degrees, three from MIT (a BS in mathematics, a BS in electrical engineering and computer science, and an MS in electrical engineering and computer science) and one from Harvard (an MBA). 9. Khan became interested in education
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La saison de natation vient de commencer, et non sans difficulté après la fermeture de la piscine de Roosevelt en raison de l’ouragan Sandy. Pour la première fois, les équipes participeront à des championnats compétitifs et non plus à des rencontres amicales. Regardez la vidéo suivante pour une présentation du
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Two Y12 students quizzed 5th graders about recycling on Friday, December 7th. The Terminales students are part of the Environmental Task Force whose goal is to educate Lycée students about the environment. The secondary chorus performed at the French Consulate on Monday, December 10th. New York Times publisher Arthur O.
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Every morning I get off the A train at Columbus Circle and walk north to catch the crosstown bus at the corner of 65th street and Central Park West. That’s six blocks, easily covered in less than five minutes. To arrive at work between 8:00 and 8:10 am, I need
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Chinese character for Love. In any given year, the Lycée Français has some 400 students studying Mandarin, starting in CE2 when all of our third-graders are introduced to the Chinese language and continuing through twelfth grade when a quarter of our graduating class elects to sit the French Baccalaureate examinations
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Le 15 novembre dernier, le flot de camions de la FEMA, de l’armée ou de la police est continu sur l’artère principale de la péninsule des Rockaways, une enclave fortement touchée par l’ouragan Sandy. Bernon Rice travaille au sein de l’église baptiste Mount Carmel de Far Rockaway. Pour lui, la
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“More children ages 1-5 know how to use a smartphone application than can tie their own shoe laces” is a something about which you may have heard this week if you were able to listen to “New Tech City” on WNYC public radio last Tuesday. This statement, made in the
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Depuis plusieurs années maintenant, l’acrosport est enseigné en Education Physique et Sportive en 4ème et en 3ème au Lycée Français et évalué au brevet. L’acrosport – mot valise pour acrobatie et sport – fait partie de la famille des activités à visée esthétique, artistique et expressive. C’est une activité qui mélange de la
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“I’d be happy to take one, if you still have enough”, I said to our student. “Please do, Monsieur,” he replied, handing me something which resembled a business card and which he had been distributing to passersby. “The Black Count?” I asked. “He looks like a dashing person.” Yes, continued
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L’historien français Olivier Wieviorka était au LFNY le 7 novembre dernier. Devant les élèves de Troisième qui étudient au programme de leur année la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il a évoqué le Débarquement. Son intervention interactive a eu un certain succès auprès de élèves qui, le surlendemain, assistaient à la cérémonie
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