This Tuesday morning, from 8:25 to 10:15, the annual Shakespeare Competition takes place in the auditorium. You can watch it live here…
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Our Day of Understanding
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept and celebrate those differences,” said poet Audre Lorde. Her quote highlights the importance of teaching students from the youngest age about the importance of understanding and embracing our differences. On Monday, December 19th, the
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Day of Understanding : les CM2 exposent leurs créations
Cette année, le 19 décembre, le Lycée célèbre pour la première fois la journée de l’entente. Cette journée est l’occasion de mettre en avant la diversité au sein de la communauté du Lycée Français de New York. C’est aussi une formidable occasion de promouvoir les valeurs fondamentales que nous partageons,
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The Brain: Part One
If like me you laugh(ed), but somewhat quizzically, upon first hearing the following joke, you may want to read further. What did the hippocampus say in its retirement speech? Thanks a lot for the memories! Get it? Most of us would probably chuckle at this humor, though perhaps more by
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Béatrice Coron: une fenêtre ouverte sur la créativité
Il suffit d’écouter les élèves pour évaluer le succès de la résidence de l’artiste Béatrice Coron qui a travaillé avec les Secondes réunis pendant pendant une semaine, du 31 octobre au 4 novembre dernier, dans le makerspace dans le cadre du programme AIR (Artiste en Résidence du LFNY). Issue de
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Manus et Machina
If you were in New York City this past summer, you may have had the privilege of seeing a memorable exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art entitled Manus x Machine: Fashion in the Age of Technology. This show was unusually captivating because it gave the assembled thousands who visited it
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Sous le ciel de Paris
A key priority for the Lycée Français de New York has long been what educators call “place-based education,” meaning learning that extends far beyond the literal and figurative walls of any given classroom and embraces the immediate surroundings in which a school finds itself. “Place-based education,” affirms the Center for
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Once Upon a Time…
After a break like the one our students have just enjoyed, something like the following exchange will often take place. “How was vacation?” I will ask. “Great,” will hopefully come the answer, on which I will build with a lighthearted plea for detail: “How about a story? Just one story, [name],
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The Math Hatter Chronicle #11
Upon arriving at the Lycée, there are a few things a French teacher needs to adapt to, and I’m not talking about the seven-day schedule because that novelty is not exclusive to French teachers, nor new teachers for that matter. No, what I’m thinking about are these small details which
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La place du numérique dans l’école primaire
This article is from the 2015 issue of the LFNY Magazine. Every year in the fall, first and second graders learn how to perform circus-themed activities in the school’s phys-ed (PE) program. “It’s a workshop I especially like because it combines physical exercise with artistic elements and play acting,”
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