The Music Lesson, by Charles West Cope (1869). Every so often, I will have a hallway conversation like the one I had this past week. Someone will mention that his or her daughter or son, typically in the upper grades of primary school or the lower grades of middle school, has been
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This November the Lycée Français de New York had the pleasure to welcome celebrated photographer Martine Fougeron to our Secondary school for the LFNY Artist-in-Residence program. Martine was the ideal candidate based on her impressive photography portfolio, her teaching experience at the renowned International Center of Photography and the relevance of
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Vendredi: Entre deux cours, un élève du secondaire cherche une bande-dessinée parmi la sélection disponible à la bibliothèque de l’école. Jeudi: Deux élèves de seconde font réagir de l’hydroxyde de cuivre II avec de l’acide pour obtenir des ions Cuivre II en classe de physique-chimie. (crédits: L. Soulié) Mercredi: Les élèves
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Pythagoras was the Tom Thumb of Ancient Greece. Wherever he was going, the mathematician was carrying pebbles in his pockets, small stones. The reason is that Pythagoras liked to do calculations, a word that comes from the Latin calculus and literally means “stone”. A kidney stone is called a “calcul”
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“Selfie” is a word from the 21st century which leaves few people indifferent. For some, including a few of the sharpest social commentators on either side of the Atlantic, it encapsulates what they consider to be the particular individualism, not to say selfishness of young people born circa or since the
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Friday: It’s pick up time and some students are playing tag right outside the school. Thursday: Chocolate muffins anyone? Students (girls and boys!) are learning to bake delicious pastries during this afterschool cooking club. Tuesday: All the First-graders are taking part in a race against hunger, in partnership with the NGO
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Last June, several educators from the Lycée Français de New York, including myself, attended the annual conference of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). In addition to participating in many sessions related to ISTE’s mission of “advancing excellence in learning and teaching through the innovative and effective uses of
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Since you graduated in 2002, you have found your passion in teaching art here in New York. Tell us more. Everything I have done since 2002 has culminated into the creation of a bilingual picture book series for children called “Voltaire: The Franco-American Hipster dog” (www.voltairelivi.com). Even though I spent
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La popularité des célèbres TED talks gagne le terrain éducatif. Depuis le début de l’année 2014, TED a lancé une branche spéciale pour les écoles appelée TED Ed Clubs. “Il s’agit de ressources en libre accès pour les enseignants qui souhaitent lancer un club périscolaire sur le modèle des TED
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Vendredi: Les élèves du groupe d’advisory de Mr. Normandon participent à un projet de service communautaire. Leur mission : ramasser les feuilles mortes de ce parc situé à deux pas du Lycée. Jeudi: Les élections sont dans l’air… Et dans l’école primaire du Lycée Français, les élèves du CE2 au
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