LFNY loves the Bard. This year’s qualifying round of the English Speaking Union Annual Shakespeare Competition involved twenty-four students from 3eme to Terminale, from level 1 English to OIB. For this rigorous tourney, students memorize and perform speeches from Shakespeare’s plays. Awards are given to the top four contestants, and the winner
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A 7th-grade Mandarin class on December 14th 2012. I was excited to read Sean’s post “I do I understand”. I was impressed by Sean’s depth of knowledge of Chinese language and Chinese culture. I think it is thoughtful and inspiring. Learning Chinese does pose a particular challenge for our students. “In
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Ann-Sophie Kaemmerle, class of ’11, University of Virginia. “The biggest surprise is the people you’ll meet” Hakan Karabey, class of ’11 – Cornell University “I initially thought I made the biggest mistake of my life.”
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1ère journée des CM2 à Frost Valley. La neige est au rendez-vous. Voir plus de photos et des vidéos du séjour sur le blog du primaire. Le saxophoniste Guillaume Laurent intervient en classe de moyenne section immersion mardi 8 janvier. Répétition du club de théâtre des collégiens avec Marie-Hélène Brabant
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In my early years as the director of a primary school in North America, I witnessed firsthand how the topic of teaching cursive writing actually drove some teaching teams apart. I remember an email message from one of the French directors of a bilingual school, who was asking: should he
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Three questions to Maggie Howell, managing director at the Wolf Conservation Center. 1. Who are you? My name is Maggie Howell, I am an educator and a wolf handler at the Wolf Conservation Center, an organization founded by famous French pianist Hélène Grimaud and based in Westchester, New York. I have
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Le CDI vient de recevoir les derniers Prix littéraires, ainsi que de nombreux titres de l’actualité littéraire. Découvrez ou redécouvrez les grands auteurs tels Jonathan Dee, McCarthy, Patrick Modiano, Peter Handke, Russel Banks, Salman Rushdie ou encore le dernier T.M. Coetzee. Le prêt est ouvert à l’ensemble de la communauté
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The Robotics Club is a new club for secondary students at the Lycée Francais. Created and taught by the Secondary Technology Integrator, Adena Dershowitz, the club gathers about 15 students from all middle school grades, boys and girls alike. “The goal of the robotics club is to foster the interest
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L’économiste de renom Esther Duflo a passé une heure et demi en compagnie des élèves de seconde, première et terminale du Lycée le 10 décembre dernier afin de parler de son approche innovante pour réduire la pauvreté dans le monde. Note : le son ne démarre qu’à partir de 22
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