There is little doubt that any educator would have responded in the same way. Upon reading the following sentence in a New York Times book review, one’s curiosity is piqued and one wants to know more: “In the wrong hands, A Path Appears is a dangerous book: you wouldn’t want
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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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One would be hard-pressed to find a place more full of cajoling than the entrance to the Lycée Français de New York this past Wednesday morning, particularly on the primary side of campus. Student after student had but one feeling to express: dissatisfaction, good-natured dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction nonetheless! No matter
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Pardonnez-moi d’avance si vous m’avez déjà entendu évoquer ce concept de «growth mindset», concept que je traduirais en français comme suit: «état d’esprit de développement de soi.» Nous devons cette notion passionnante à la célèbre psychologue Carol Dweck, dont le livre, Changer d’état d’esprit: Une nouvelle psychologie de la réussite, est l’un
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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
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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
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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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The Lycée was host to a roundtable on Thursday, January 31st entitled « Why We Should Develop our Creative Minds?». After exploring the future of the press with Arthur Sulzberger, this next Global Citizenship Conference focuses on creativity for all ages. Participants to this round table are all citizens of a global world and,
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“Bonjour les amis.” “Wie sagt man “mairie” in Deutsch?” “Did you do your math homework last night.” “Hace frio!” Take but a single step inside the Lycee Francais de New York, particularly in the early morning when our students are just arriving for class, and you will hear a veritable
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Chinese character for Love. In any given year, the Lycée Français has some 400 students studying Mandarin, starting in CE2 when all of our third-graders are introduced to the Chinese language and continuing through twelfth grade when a quarter of our graduating class elects to sit the French Baccalaureate examinations
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