At the Lycée Français de New York, we are lucky to have fourteen grade levels (soon-to-be Nursery to Y12) contained in one school. Our students range from age three to age eighteen. They come in so small, with bright eyes and awareness mainly focused on themselves and their family, and
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I had the pleasure to meet students from Y7 and Y11 during October’s nutrition cycle. We talked about healthy and balanced meals, the importance of eating breakfast and drinking water, and also: the link between food and pleasure. We analyzed food packaging and ingredients, and we talked about the omnipresence
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Five Steps to Foster a Love of Learning Parents often hope for their child to be curious and motivated, to love knowledge and wake up excited to go to school each morning. A new school year is upon us, and with it, an inevitable resurfacing of parental anxiety about school
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All year long in the fourth- and fifth-grade classes of Daphnée Marchini-Block and Patrick Charles this year, students were engaged in a special partnership with a school in a camp for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. The project was the the catalyst of Amira and Dean Amro (parents of Zayd in
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Plus besoin de réveil, j’ai pris l’habitude de me lever tous les samedis matin comme si c’était un jour de semaine. J’ai hâte d’aller à la New York French American Charter School (NYFACS), située à Harlem, dans un micro quartier appelé “little Senegal”, sur la 120ème rue. Le Lycée a
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Jamie, your primary role is as an English Teacher, but you also have been developing and implementing mindfulness at the Lycée for three years now, offering students brief sessions with their peers during the school day. I would like to ask you five simple questions, for those who still might
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It’s back to school! For every adult, both parent and caregiver, whose life is connected to a child in school, a new school year means a fresh start. We create resolutions: “Without a doubt this school year will mean homework done on time with all that newfound knowledge at my
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1/ Some factors leading to reduced sleep time for teenagers Students fall asleep later as they enter adolescence, shifting on average from 10pm to midnight. This shift occurs because the overall body temperature of children at this age begins to lower, thus “favoring the arrival of sleep at a later
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This year’s gala, “Toi + Moi = Beyond the Self“, is a celebration of community spirit and service to others. The school will honor Christy Turlington Burns, advocate, social entrepreneur and founder of the nonprofit, Every Mother Counts. We sat down with this year’s co-chairs, Jordan Phillips, Orla Coleman, Claudia Fleming
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Le sommeil constitue une composante essentielle du bon développement physique et psychologique des élèves. Pourtant, chaque jour, entre 5 et 10 élèves viennent à l’infirmerie car ils sont en manque de sommeil. Une élève se repose quelques instants à l’infirmerie de l’école. Pourquoi les adolescents sont-ils régulièrement fatigués et comment
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