Three elementary teachers tapped the inventions of Da Vinci in a yearlong project connecting engineering, design, science, math, music and history.
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Category: Project-Based Learning
Visit to United Nations Sparks Reflections on Peace
In late October, fifth graders visited the UN for the Day for the Eradication of Extreme Poverty. The visit became the starting point for fall projects on peace and human rights in two fifth-grade classes.
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Learning a Language, Learning a Culture
In a world that is more connected than ever, learning a language opens many doors. It is a tool for communication, and as linguist Claude Hagège points out, it also accounts for “ways of thinking, perspectives of the world, and culture.”
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Chat perlipopette ! Fourth Graders Learn the Art of the Novel
One of the roles of librarians is to encourage reading and to promote exchanges around literature. But this year, to allow for social distancing, all of our libraries serve a dual purpose as classrooms. This makes it exceptionally difficult to find a project that can be integrated into the school
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Exploring Links Between the French, American and Haitian Revolutions
In commemoration of the National Remembrance Day of Slave Trade, Slavery and Abolition in France, students in 11th-grade AP European History completed a series of projects to show the connections between the American, French and Haitian Revolutions. Dr. Arthur Plaza, who is helping to shape a new Y11 and Y12
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A Game to Build Mandarin Language Skills
January 24 was the start of the Chinese New Year. Eighth and sixth-grade Mandarin students helped mark the occasion through an escape game. Mandarin teacher, Mr. Venturin, and librarians, Ms. Stouff and Ms. Leger, adapted the premise of this life-size escape game to an educational setting. The goal of an
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10th-Grade Students Take a Hard Look at Nonrenewable Resources and Changing Demographics in this Sustainable Development Class
Earlier this year, 10th-grade students in Ms. Gibert’s Sustainable Development class turned their attentions to the Amazon rainforest, where an alarming surge in wildfires was causing international concern. The students’ task was to analyze the situation from social, economic and environmental perspectives: What changes were happening to natural resources in
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When the Wall Came Down
Lycée students in ninth and fifth grade built a replica of the Berlin Wall to commemorate the 30th anniversary of its fall this week. German teacher Laurine Kleitz saw the anniversary as a rich learning opportunity for her ninth-grade students of German. She was looking for an engaging way to
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Start-Up Lycée New York: The Future We Want
This Friday and Saturday at the Lycée Français de New York, ninth graders in the “Be the Change” Parcours took part in the finals of Lycée Start-Up Weekend. It was intense. The adrenaline was high. The competition was fierce, and the projects that distinguished themselves were impressive. Developed in partnership
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Racines and Microhistory
Can a collection of individual stories tell us as much about society, as a sweeping retrospective written by a historian or a journalist? Rachelle Friedman and Nathalie Roussel, Secondary teachers at the Lycée, would argue, yes, and they ventured to explore this idea in their parcours for seventh graders this
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