Last Monday, a fellow parent and I had one of those brief, thought-provoking conversations which often punctuate the early-morning drop-off period at the Lycée Français. For this father, and I could not agree more, a demanding challenge of raising children in an urban setting like New York City is exposing
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Alexandra René visits a kindergarden class at the Lycée Francais de New York, March 21 2013. Q: What is the goal of your visit to our school this week? A: We are teachers from a school in Haiti that has a partnership with the LFNY and we are trying to
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One of my many delightful roles as Head of School involves introducing our students to people who do not yet know them. Such was the case last year when we were fortunate to receive a visit from the French writer Daniel Pennac. I was lucky to share a short breakfast
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Ces derniers temps, il n’est pas rare d’ouvrir un magazine ou un journal et de tomber sur un article à propos du bilinguisme. Récemment, en ouvrant le New York Times, je découvre que le bilinguisme est un facteur d’enrichissement de la carrière de nombreux acteurs anglophones qui parlent couramment une
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Following a recent visit to the school robotics club, I have been thinking a lot about the concept of invention, particularly in the realm of technology. And whenever I have had a chance, I have been asking students questions like, “how do you think someone came up with the idea
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Mariette Monpierre, director of the movie “Elza” shown on Wednesday, March 6th at the Lycée. As part of the monthly movie series organized by Pascale Richard, the Director of our Cultural Center, we had the immense good fortune this past Wednesday of being able to show the film “Elza” by
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When I first began sharing my personal volunteer experiences with my CM2 students, it became abundantly clear that they wanted to become involved in Hurricane Sandy relief themselves. Several students brought in baby wipes, toys and other assorted items, which I delivered to those in need on my weekend trips
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This past vacation, some 140 students and 15 members of staff from the Lycée Français de New York participated in our first-ever school-organized, week-long ski trip, thanks to the vision and efforts of three teachers in particular, Sébastien Freland, Zohair Ghenania and Emmanuel Rouy. The experience was an extraordinary success,
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“You seem like someone people in New York would call a maker,” I remarked. “Do you mean a doer, sir?” our student replied. “No,” I said, adding something like, “Doers are great too, but I am thinking about a maker. Someone who is passionate about making things, by which I
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It seems like days ago, but in fact it has been less than 12 hours since I left New York for Paris, where Vannina Boussouf and I are spending the week recruiting new faculty for the Lycée Français. I say it seems like days because while my plane departed at
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