Featured / Head of School

The Genie(us) Within

Like me, you may have read about last month’s entrance examination at one of the most prestigious and renowned universities in France, where such extraordinary thinkers as Assia Djebar, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Jean-Paul Sartre, Aimé Césaire and Michel Foucault once studied: the École Normale Supérieure, the most famous location of which lies

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Featured / Week in Pictures

Week in Pictures, June 15 – 19

Friday: Teachers and staff mingle during the last day of school wishing each other a happy summer and farewell to those heading to new adventures. See you in September! Thursday: Fifth graders graduated wearing a beautiful light blue cap and gown. They received a certificate and an educational book on science experiments.

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Primary

Exploring Life in the 13 Original Colonies

In Ms. Gamble’s class, students studied famous US colonists and learned a lot about what life was like for men and also for women in those early years of American history. Her students created posters about early American colonists and were asked to present them to the class. Fourth-grader Alexander

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Community / Featured

Confronting Discrimination

Atticus Finch said, You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view; until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. On Monday, June 8, eighth-grade students at the LFNY attempted to do just that. The focus of the LFNY class delegates this

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Featured / Week in Pictures

Week in Pictures June 8 – 12

Thursday: The Senior graduation ceremony took place at the 92nd Street Y. Congratulations to the class of 2015! Click here see more photos. (Credit: D. Ping Luo) Thursday: Fifth graders visited Washington’s home, Mount Vernon, in Virginia, as part of a trip to L’Hermione. The entire level studied the history of the famous frigate in class this year.

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