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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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
Read More!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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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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This article is from the 2015 issue of the LFNY Magazine. Every year in the fall, first and second graders learn how to perform circus-themed activities in the school’s phys-ed (PE) program. “It’s a workshop I especially like because it combines physical exercise with artistic elements and play acting,”
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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a unique kind of student on campus about whom you will be hearing a great deal more in the future, as we intensify our efforts to provide her with everything she needs to accomplish her work. Who exactly? A person some would call a “citizen
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There’s a place in your brain where the letter R lives. Everyone’s R-spot is pretty much the same, but they all operate in more than one way. That makes sense, because R is more than one letter. The French prefer their R on the back of the tongue, for example.
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Vendredi: L’ancienne membre du conseil d’administration, Alexandra Piol (’76), décerne le “Prix du Board” à trois élèves dont Tara (à droite) et Maël à l’occasion de la cérémonie de fin d’année des 1ères. Vendredi: Ces élèves de moyenne section s’apprêtent à chanter avec leurs maitresses à l’occasion du Father’s Day
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L’option théâtre a été ouverte au LFNY sur l’initiative de l’enseignante de lettres modernes, Nathalie Roussel, et du professeur de sciences physiques, Frédéric Yvelin, en 2008. C’est une option facultative inscrite dans le programme scolaire qui se fait sur un créneau de deux périodes hebdomadaires en Seconde, Première et Terminale avec une
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Friday: Y12 students passed their written Baccalauréat examinations in SVT (Science et vie de la terre) for option S students and in literature for option L students. Thursday: Students and parents came by the Secondary library for the Technology Showcase. They were able to ask questions and learn about after-school programs
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