Lycée Magazine

Toward a New Baccalauréat

For the past year, the French government of President Emmanuel Macron, under the guidance of French Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, has been working to overhaul the French Baccalaureate exam. The Bac changes will take effect for students across the French educational system beginning with the Class of 2021 (our

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March 10, 2018 Artist in Residence / Arts / Cultural Center / Primary / Project-Based Learning

An Artist in Residence with Students in the Lead

As part of its artist-in-residence program, the Lycée Français de New York invited youth author Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod to spend a week with the fifth-grade students from March 12 to March 16. What an honor! The author of A Fine Collection of Bananas, Middle School Investigation, and the Story of the Jean-Somethings

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March 3, 2018 Co-Curricular Activities / Featured / Secondary

Find Your Fire – TEDx 2018 at the Lycée Français de New York

On Friday, March 9th at 4:30pm in our auditorium the TED Club will put on their third annual TEDx@LFNY conference. The theme this year is “Find Your Fire.” Speakers from in and outside the Lycée Français de New York will discuss the different projects and ideas that fascinate them. Come

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January 26, 2018 Community / Featured / Service Learning

Thank YOU, Lycée International de Houston!

As a result of Hurricane Harvey, the Lycée Français de New York and the Lycée International de Houston (LIH) have forged a bond that will only get stronger as the years go one. After Harvey hit, the Lycée reached out to several francophone educational institutions in Texas and was gratified when

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January 19, 2018 Digital Learning / Featured / Project-Based Learning / Secondary

PBL: l’Espagne vous est contée

Students then had to create, edit video advertisements for those products, either inventing or picking one that already exists. the idea was really for them to identify the characteristics and specificities -geographical, natural and cultural- of the regions they were working on. On the day of the exhibition, Mrs. Kaminska

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January 5, 2018 Cultural Center / Equity and Inclusion / Service Learning

Educate Girls, Change the World

The year-end holidays are probably the most anticipated vacation of the year (second to summer, of course). It is a two-week break from school and work that is meant to be shared with friends and family. As we return to the Lycée Francais de New York this week, I am

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December 15, 2017 Community / Service Learning / Well-Being

S’accomplir et contribuer au plus grand bien

Plus besoin de réveil, j’ai pris l’habitude de me lever tous les samedis matin comme si c’était un jour de semaine. J’ai hâte d’aller à la New York French American Charter School (NYFACS), située à Harlem, dans un micro quartier appelé “little Senegal”, sur la 120ème rue. Le Lycée a

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December 1, 2017 Panels / Secondary

A Life of Purpose

On Wednesday, November 15, law professor (University of San Francisco School of Law) and social entrepreneur Tom Nazario (Watch his bio.) visited the Lycée français to speak to our students and the wider community. He shared the inspirational work he has been able to accomplish as the founder of The

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November 17, 2017 Cultural Center / Featured / Secondary

Entretien avec Dany Laferrière

A l’occasion de la visite de l’écrivain Dany Laferrière, les classes de 1ère ont eu la chance de lui poser dans l’auditorium maintes questions sur sa vie en tant qu’écrivain, mais également en tant que personne. Cinq élèves sur scène lui ont posé tour à tour des questions plus ou

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November 10, 2017 Featured / Secondary

De la moyenne avant toute chose

In fact, at every “Conseil de classe”, we observe the symbolic and at times distressing significance that la moyenne has gained over time. Who hasn’t ever heard a student set a goal for himself or herself of achieving a moyenne of X for the trimester? Who hasn’t heard a conseil

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Cultivating Empathy and Kindness from an Early Age

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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

Toward a New Baccalauréat

An Artist in Residence with Students in the Lead

Find Your Fire – TEDx 2018 at the Lycée Français de New York

Thank YOU, Lycée International de Houston!

PBL: l’Espagne vous est contée

Educate Girls, Change the World

S’accomplir et contribuer au plus grand bien

A Life of Purpose

Entretien avec Dany Laferrière

De la moyenne avant toute chose