Now that spring has arrived, it is time to speak of love, no? I am not certain that such was the intention of New York Times columnist David Brooks last week when he penned his wonderful article about a 1945 encounter between the British intellectual Isaiah Berlin and the Russian poet
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There is some debate as to who coined the terms “digital native”, but I can recall where I myself first came across them. It was some ten years ago, in an article by educational technology thinker Marc Prensky, entitled “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants.” “Today’s students”, affirmed the author, “have not just
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There are many ways to celebrate Earth Day, beginning with the manner in which our student-run Environmental Task Force (ETF) did so this past Tuesday, April 22. With tireless support from Director of Facilities Terrence Kennedy, the Lycée Français de New York ETF chose this date to launch a brilliantly
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Over the last couple of months, the entire Lycée Français de New York (LFNY) community has just been buzzing about the Print-Less movement! Indeed, over a five-week period Secondary students were competing to see which grade could reduce their paper consumption the most. The school-wide faculty got involved just this past
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“Why study history?” is a question students ask, not because they lack passion for the subject, but because they seem to be naturally more focused on the present than on the past. The answers I myself would give are myriad, ranging from the importance of building collective memory to that
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Most often, I think back on growing up in Vienna as an extraordinarily happy period. For three years, between the ages of six and nine, my three siblings and I had the pleasure of playing for hours in the gardens around Schönbrunn Palace, taking the tramway, going to the opera, among
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The Lycée Français de New York honored World Cup champion and New York Red Bulls captain, Thierry Henry, during its annual gala on Sunday, March 2. This year’s gala, “L’esprit d’équipe – For the Love of the Game,” celebrated the spirit of excellence, commitment and joy that participation in sports
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Du lundi 24 au jeudi 27 février, le LFNY a eu le plaisir d’accueillir en ses murs deux enseignantes de l’école Lycée Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable (LJBPS), localisée à Saint Marc en Haïti. Depuis le début de l’année dernière, nos deux écoles sont en partenariat et organisent des échanges
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Two thoughts kept coming to mind this past Thursday evening, as I listened to the remarkable discussion on social entrepreneurship taking place in the Lycée Français de New York Cultural Center. The first was one of gratitude to Pascale Richard for organizing such a brilliant event, which from the large
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Each year, the Cultural Center of the Lycée Français de New York is proud to organize three “21st Century Citizenship Panel Discussions.” These evening events are intended for Lycee Francais de New York students and other members of the school community, but are also open to the public at large. After
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