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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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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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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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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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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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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Every year the French Consulate awards World War II veterans with the French Legion of Honor. The ceremony takes place at the Lycée Francais de New York, with the participation of Y9 students, who study this time period on their history class. Tune in from 3pm EST to watch the ceremony
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At 11:11 on 11/11 (November 11) 1918, in a rail car in Compiègne, France and Germany signed the armistice that would end “the Great War,” or as we more commonly know it, World War I. In Europe, signs of World War I are more abundant than in the United States:
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Exemples de questions : Pourquoi avoir choisi d’écrire ce livre en français? Je parle bien hébreu et je le traduis mais ce ne peut pas être ma langue d’écriture. Ce n’est pas la langue dans laquelle je pense et j’imagine. Contrairement à d’autres qui peuvent écrire en deux langues différentes
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On Friday the 28th of September, the Lycée held its second annual “James Baldwin Day” for students from 10th to 12th grade. This event was created last year in honor of James Baldwin, an American-born writer who spent much of his career in France. According to Mrs. Aufses, who heads
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