Lycée Magazine

January 25, 2019 Co-Curricular Activities / Cultural Center

Q&A with Première Scène Founders: Nathalie Roussel and Frédéric Yvelin

The Lycée’s Première Scène – French Theater Festival was launched 20 years ago this February 1st and has become an annual event for thespians at French Lycées in the U.S. and Canada, and even France, as well as for students of French at New York City-area public and private schools.

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January 15, 2019 Linguistic Exchanges / Service Learning

Why We Did Not Instagram Our Service Learning Trip: Reflections on Vietnam

In 2013, Lycée students embarked on their first Service Learning trip to Vietnam. In partnership with Aide Dentaire Viet-Nâm (an NGO that brings dental care to underserved populations), a small retinue of ambassador students and teachers arrived at the front door of an orphanage in Da Nang. Together with the

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January 10, 2019 Alumni / College Counseling

College Applications: Tips from Recent Grads on Where and When to Apply

In preparation for the upcoming field trips to NYU, Marist and Vassar (for students who are thinking of applying to university), our College Counseling office recently invited five recent alumni to talk about their own experiences with the college admissions process. In the auditorium this past December, Lycée graduates from

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December 14, 2018 Bilingualism / Global Citizenship

Fostering a Love of Reading in Children

On Saturday, December 8, the Cultural Center of Lycée Français de New York invited our community, as well as educators and parents from across the city, for a daylong discussion on the future of reading, “La Lecture, Oui, but Why?“. The first panel included a lively discussion about inspiring children

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December 7, 2018 Bilingualism / Secondary

The Math Hatter Chronicle #12

Chances are you never bothered to ask your math teacher where the words “sine” and “cosine” came from or why we use that ridiculous symbol for the square root of a number. You probably accepted these new notations – to be added to the already long list of arcane words

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November 30, 2018 Bilingualism / Equity and Inclusion

More Diversity in Children’s Literature: Yes, but Why?

Children’s literature might sound like child’s play in comparison to literature for adults, but it’s not! The genre comes with questions and relationships that are at least as complex as books for grown-ups—if not more. Children’s literature must work to set itself apart from general reading culture and maintain autonomy.

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November 23, 2018 Community / Well-Being

Let’s Have a Healthy Relationship with Food

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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November 16, 2018 Community / Service Learning

Feeding Hungry New Yorkers

The Lycée Français de New York is excited to host the second annual Lycée Cares event next week. In partnership with City Harvest, the New York-area nonprofit dedicated to feeding New Yorkers in need, the whole school community will be coming together to collect food during a food drive the

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November 16, 2018 Co-Curricular Activities / Community

Lycée Launches Mentorship Exchange Program with NYU’s Institute of French Studies

We are thrilled to announce that the Lycée will be facilitating an International Education Exchange Program this year in collaboration with NYU’s Institute of French Studies. Lycée students will obtain college-level training in history and sociology, and NYU graduate students will gain mentors among the Lycée’s vibrant faculty. NYU visiting

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November 16, 2018 Cultural Center / Featured / Secondary

Lycée Welcomes Writer and Musician Gaël Faye

High school students had the privilege to meet the author Gaël Faye, recent winner of the Prix Littéraire du Lycée (2017) and the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens (2016), on Friday, October 26 thanks to the Cultural Center. Before Faye’s visit, French students (in the classes of myself, Mr. Morival, Ms. Roussel,

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LYCÉE MAGAZINE

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

Teaching Hard History with Intention and Care

Q&A with Première Scène Founders: Nathalie Roussel and Frédéric Yvelin

Why We Did Not Instagram Our Service Learning Trip: Reflections on Vietnam

College Applications: Tips from Recent Grads on Where and When to Apply

Fostering a Love of Reading in Children

The Math Hatter Chronicle #12

More Diversity in Children’s Literature: Yes, but Why?

Let’s Have a Healthy Relationship with Food

Feeding Hungry New Yorkers

Lycée Launches Mentorship Exchange Program with NYU’s Institute of French Studies

Lycée Welcomes Writer and Musician Gaël Faye