Lycée Magazine

Real-World Learning

My job as a chronicler of the special life our students lead at the Lycée Français de New York has been both unusually complicated and unusually simple this week; complicated because the list of inspirational happenings from which I might draw for this weekly blog is longer than ever, but

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November 12, 2016 Alumni / College Counseling / Featured / Secondary

Matriculations for the Class of 2016

Whether pursuing studies in the US, France, the UK, Canada or other parts of Europe, students in the Class of 2016 chose with great care and achieved impressive results. I am cheered by these outcomes, and not only because there are some recognizable, international names on the list of their

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November 5, 2016 Artist in Residence / Arts / Featured / Global Citizenship / Head of School / Innovation / Project-Based Learning / Secondary

Manus et Machina

If you were in New York City this past summer, you may have had the privilege of seeing a memorable exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art entitled Manus x Machine: Fashion in the Age of Technology. This show was unusually captivating because it gave the assembled thousands who visited it

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November 4, 2016 Community / Featured / Green Initiatives

LFNY Going Green!

You’ve surely noticed the environmental movement happening in NYC. Whether it’s in the news, fashion, food or technology industries, we keep hearing these two words: “going green.” They lead us to change the way we think about how our buildings are conceived and maintained. We start to ask ourselves: How much

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October 29, 2016 Arts / Concerts / Global Citizenship / Head of School

Sous le ciel de Paris

A key priority for the Lycée Français de New York has long been what educators call “place-based education,” meaning learning that extends far beyond the literal and figurative walls of any given classroom and embraces the immediate surroundings in which a school finds itself. “Place-based education,” affirms the Center for

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October 28, 2016 Community / Featured

A day to celebrate, see friends and create!

What is York Wing Community Day? The opening of the York Wing is a significant milestone in the history of the Lycée Français de New York, so it’s a day for the entire community to celebrate the school and our new spaces. It’s a time for children, parents, teachers, staff and

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October 21, 2016 Featured / Global Citizenship / Head of School / Innovation / Project-Based Learning

Once Upon a Time…

After a break like the one our students have just enjoyed, something like the following exchange will often take place. “How was vacation?” I will ask. “Great,” will hopefully come the answer, on which I will build with a lighthearted plea for detail: “How about a story? Just one story, [name],

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October 7, 2016 Community / Innovation

The Math Hatter Chronicle #11

Upon arriving at the Lycée, there are a few things a French teacher needs to adapt to, and I’m not talking about the seven-day schedule because that novelty is not exclusive to French teachers, nor new teachers for that matter. No, what I’m thinking about are these small details which

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September 23, 2016 Community / Featured / Secondary

Past, Present and Memory

In 2016, we commemorated the 15th anniversary of the attacks on September 11. These most lethal attacks on U.S. soil left scars in New York City, Arlington, Va., Shanksville, Pa. and in the hearts of all Americans. Lea, an 11th-grade student, became a student ambassador at the 9/11 Memorial Museum

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September 9, 2016 Cultural Center / Featured / Panels

Of Refugees and Migrants

It happens far from us, it seems…in Europe. Seen from America, the ordeals of the refugees, the abomination of their makeshift camps are blurred. It takes a stark image of a corpse floating on the sea to remind us we are all humans. And yet, at the Lycée Français de

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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

Real-World Learning

Matriculations for the Class of 2016

Manus et Machina

LFNY Going Green!

Sous le ciel de Paris

A day to celebrate, see friends and create!

Once Upon a Time…

The Math Hatter Chronicle #11

Past, Present and Memory

Of Refugees and Migrants