Lycée Magazine

April 25, 2019 Community

Spring Fair: There is Magic in the Air!

The Lycée’s annual Spring Fair will be held on Saturday, May 11, 2019. This year’s theme is Harry Potter! Led by Co-Chairs Stephanie Bismuth and Houda Ghadouani, the committee of parent volunteers has been working hard to plan a magical event. At the Lycée on Saturday you will find Harry,

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April 19, 2019 Community / Global Citizenship

Honoring Notre Dame

Many members of our community this past week have expressed a powerful surge of emotion attached to the beautiful Notre-Dame de Paris. Along with all of you, I was glued to the news on Monday as reports came in that the cathedral was on fire. I was 16 the first

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April 19, 2019 Bilingualism / Secondary

The Math Hatter Chronicle #13

So, you want to change the ceramic tiles in your kitchen. They’ve been in front of you for years and the other day you just decided you had enough of these small beige squares. The problem is not the color, what bothers you now is the shape. You find squares

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April 11, 2019 Cultural Center / Equity and Inclusion / Featured

Novelty Book Club Presents: Our Voices, Bringing Diverse Stories to Young Readers

Reserve your seats here! Lycée Français de New York senior Alice Dauchez likes books. She likes books so much, she started a reading club at the school last year. Today, the Novelty Book Club claims several active members from the Lycée student body, and, this May 8th, the club will

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April 11, 2019 Bilingualism / Linguistic Exchanges

Hello from Shanghai: Students Report on Their Cultural Voyage

Dear Parents, Ce matin nous nous sommes retrouvés à 7h30 à l’école comme d’habitude. Après avoir dit au revoir à nos correspondants, nous sommes montés dans le bus pour un long trajet. Nous nous dirigions vers une école affiliée à Fudan University ( another campus of this school). Une fois

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March 21, 2019 Bilingualism / Equity and Inclusion

Arabic Language Classes Will Be Offered in the Fall

The Lycée’s World Languages Department is thrilled to announce that starting this fall, we will be offering Arabic as a second language—alongside Spanish, German, Chinese and Italian. Arabic is a language of amazing cultural and strategic importance. It is one of the UN’s six official languages, with 350 million speakers

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March 12, 2019 Co-Curricular Activities / Primary / Well-Being

Cross-Grade Collaboration Benefits Students of All Ages

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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March 12, 2019 Featured / Global Citizenship / Secondary

Place aux Maths: Why Math Matters

The Lycée math curriculum is bilingual. How does this benefit students? Bilingualism and biculturalism are two of our biggest assets, as math educators. On the one hand, the French math tradition is very strong, and even world-renowned. It is well-designed to lay groundwork for understanding theoretical concepts, pure math, and

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March 8, 2019 Cultural Center / Featured / Green Initiatives

Jeffrey Sachs, Indefatigable Steward of Our Planet

The history of the Cultural Center of the Lycée Français de New York has been marked by some unforgettable conferences. Many diverse examples come to mind: the physicist Etienne Klein, economists Esther Duflo and Joseph E. Stiglitz, filmmaker Raoul Peck, and even the writer Gaël Faye. And, this past February

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March 3, 2019 Community / Equity and Inclusion

Lycée Honors Hamdi Ulukaya at 2019 Gala

On February 9th, Lycée parents, donors and guests gathered at the Skylight on Vesey, in view of New York City’s Statue of Liberty, for our annual gala. This year’s theme was “La Vie Devant Soi : The Journey is Everything,” and our keynote speaker was the entrepreneur and philanthropist Hamdi

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LYCÉE MAGAZINE

Gala 2025 Celebrates the Lycée at 90

The Key to Balanced Bilingualism

Cultivating Empathy and Kindness from an Early Age

Guide for a Fulfilling School Year – Part 2

Guide to a Fulfilling School Year – Part 1

Da Vinci Inspires a Fascinating Cross-Curricular Project

Teaching AI and the Blockchain with Refik Anadol

Concert of Francophone Voices

Spring Fair: There is Magic in the Air!

Honoring Notre Dame

The Math Hatter Chronicle #13

Novelty Book Club Presents: Our Voices, Bringing Diverse Stories to Young Readers

Hello from Shanghai: Students Report on Their Cultural Voyage

Arabic Language Classes Will Be Offered in the Fall

Cross-Grade Collaboration Benefits Students of All Ages

Place aux Maths: Why Math Matters

Jeffrey Sachs, Indefatigable Steward of Our Planet

Lycée Honors Hamdi Ulukaya at 2019 Gala