Community / Featured / Primary

Aux origines de L’Hermione

Dans le cadre des bourses de voyage du LFNY, je me suis rendu en décembre dernier à Rochefort, lieu de naissance de l’Hermione (aussi appelé Frégate de la liberté). L’occasion de partir à la rencontre des marins volontaires et professionnels mais aussi de l’association Hermione-Lafayette, à l’origine de la renaissance

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Arts / Featured

Première Scène: en français sur les planches!

Pour la 16ème année, les professeurs du LFNY Nathalie Roussel (français) et Frédéric Yvelin (physique-chimie), organisent le festival de théâtre en langue française Première Scène dans l’auditorium de l’établissement. Près de 400 élèves d’écoles à travers les Etats-Unis et le Canada s’y retrouvent pour servir la même cause: la francophonie.

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Featured / Innovation / Secondary

Shakespeare and Pirates

TED-Ed is the Education division of TED – a global set of conferences run by a non-profit organization that aims to connect people all over the world with the work and ideas of their peers. The company’s acronym stands for “Technology, Education, Design” and its slogan is “Ideas Worth Spreading.”

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Featured / Week in Pictures

Week in Pictures: February 2-6

Friday: It’s time for arts and crafts in garderie! Young students make Valentine’s Day cards for their parents filled with hearts and drawings of their families (photo: Maria Betances). Thursday: Y11 student Tanzil  wins 3rd prize for his interpretation of Henry V during the annual Shakespeare Competition for students in Y9 to

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Featured / Head of School

Rendez-Vous With Art*

For many, and I would agree with  this perspective too, the most important dimension of art education is always the opportunity students have actually to be artists themselves, which means drawing, painting, sculpting, assembling, creating in their own right. That said, learning about art from more distance also has value. “I

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