Lycée Magazine

November 1, 2014 Featured / Head of School / Service Learning

Ants We Are Not

There is little doubt that any educator would have responded in the same way. Upon reading the following sentence in a New York Times book review, one’s curiosity is piqued and one wants to know more: “In the wrong hands, A Path Appears is a dangerous book: you wouldn’t want

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October 31, 2014 Community / Featured

UN Day – United by Difference

A show by Primary students during UN Day 2014 at the LFNY. Every October, LFNY primary students celebrate United Nations Day, in honor of the founding of the UN on October 24, 1945. According to the United Nations, UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force of the

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October 31, 2014 Arts / Secondary

Students Paint with a New Palette: Sound

Leese Walker with LFNY students on Thursday, October 9 2014. Option Théâtre thrives when we give students the opportunity to meet performers and professionals. It introduces them to new ways of working, and because there are no grades associated with these projects, students seem to experience a kind of

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October 31, 2014 Secondary

Avec Hervé This, les sciences ont bon goût!

Hervé This, sur la scène de l’auditorium du Lycée le 30 octobre 2014, en train de préparer un dessert à l’ananas un peu particulier… Jeudi, nous avons eu le plaisir de rencontrer Hervé This, l’inventeur du concept de la gastronomie moléculaire. Quand on recherche la définition de gastronomie moléculaire, on

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October 28, 2014 Featured / Week in Pictures

Week in Pictures October 27 – October 31

Friday: Grrrrrrrrh! Monsters, princesses and superheroes showed off during the annual preschool Halloween parade! (credits: John Visconti) Thursday: 7th and 10th graders had the opportunity to attend a presentation by Hervé This about molecular gastronomy. In this photo, 7th grade students discuss their chemistry projects with the French chemist, who works

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October 25, 2014 Featured / Head of School

Hands in the Dough

Elementary students trying to figure out how a salad spinner works. It is not every day that one encounters three aspiring scientists sitting side by side in the school cafeteria, but that is exactly what happened to me the week before vacation. Overhearing a group of sixth graders talking about “sciences de

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October 24, 2014 Digital Learning / Featured / Primary / Secondary

Taking Meta-Moments in a Digital World

In the Secondary School Computer Lab. The world seems to be increasingly complicated. The only constant is rapidly accelerating technological change. How do we teach our children to act appropriately in this changing world? How do we ensure that they have the tools they need to make the right choices? Let’s

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October 22, 2014 Featured / Week in Pictures

Week in Pictures October 18 – October 24

Vendredi: Cours sur Descartes pour ces élèves de terminale ES avec le professeur de philosophie du Lycée, Elfège Leylavergne. Jeudi: Ryan Head, de l’ONG Action contre la Faim, explique à une classe de CP qu’à certains endroits de la planète, les gens doivent aller récupérer leur eau potable dans des

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October 17, 2014 Cultural Center / Featured / Head of School / Panels

Culture: Ours to Conquer

Anyone who has ever lived in France will probably have encountered an avenue, a school, a square or some other municipal space that has been named after one of the great French writers of the twentieth century, someone who also served for ten years as the most influential Minister of

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October 7, 2014 Featured / Week in Pictures

Week in Pictures October 6 – October 10

Friday: Kindergartners all the way to 5th graders celebrated UN Day at the Lycée, an important day to celebrate our diversity – with over 50 nationalities represented in our school. Happy UN Day! Thursday: Two 10th graders are comparing the cellular structures of vegetal, animal and bacterial cells in biology

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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

Léonard de Vinci inspire un extraordinaire projet de classe transdisciplinaire

Concert of Francophone Voices

Visit to United Nations Sparks Reflections on Peace

Imagining with Author Marc Lévy

Ants We Are Not

UN Day – United by Difference

Students Paint with a New Palette: Sound

Avec Hervé This, les sciences ont bon goût!

Week in Pictures October 27 – October 31

Hands in the Dough

Taking Meta-Moments in a Digital World

Week in Pictures October 18 – October 24

Culture: Ours to Conquer

Week in Pictures October 6 – October 10