Have you ever heard the joke about the two friends, one an engineer and the other a philosopher, talking one day over lunch? The engineer was presenting a design for a new machine he had just invented, demonstrating with one example after another how his creation would revolutionize the world.
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« Growing Connections », un projet écologique et ludique
Depuis octobre, des élèves du LFNY se sont investis toutes les semaines dans un projet à l’initiative de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) appelé « Growing Connections ». Interdisciplinaire, « Growing Connections » fait appel à diverses matières étudiées par les élèves, telles que la biologie, les mathématiques mais aussi
Read More!Le monde entier est un théâtre
The seats in the auditorium were empty. It must have been around 8:30 pm, the evening before opening night. All 17 members of the cast were on stage, some cross-legged on the floor, others sitting on chairs, each attentive to the performance notes being given. Charlotte and Emmett, the two
Read More!Les multiples facettes de la levée de fonds au Lycée
Director of Development Scott Hunt is on the Lycée’s 6th floor terrace, a project from the Senior Class Gift, which is one of the program of the Annual Fund. Three questions to Scott Hunt, Director of Development at the Lycée Français de New York. What is Development? Development is a
Read More!A rewarding trip to Haiti
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,
Read More!Of the Oval Ball and More
The LFNY Rugby Boys Varsity team won against the French American School of New York (FASNY) on May, 8 2013. From a distance, I thought I was glimpsing a scene from the Six Nations Championship, the world’s oldest and most enthralling rugby tournament. As I approached the field on Roosevelt
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!Le Printemps des Poètes
Yesterday, it felt like spring at the Lycée Français, and not just because the sun finally won out over the clouds, the rain and the wind for the first time in months. As you might imagine, we have our wonderful students to thank for this change in seasons, for it
Read More!Eureka!
One of the most frequently discussed topics in education today is what US educators and educational policy-makers call “STEM”, an acronym which stands for “Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics”. And while the definition of STEM varies from one person to the next, most would agree that this term suggests at
Read More!Protéger la nature grâce à l’art
Dessin de Theo. Alors qu’approche la Journée de la Terre (le 20 avril), les élèves d’une des classes de CM1 du Lycée Français se mobilisent. Lors de la classe d’arts plastiques, ils ont travaillé avec leur professeur et créé des planches illustrant la nécessité de protéger la nature. “Pour protéger
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