Sauvons la grenouille!

Over the last several days, it has been hard to stop thinking about the dramatic imperative one of our secondary students shared with me this week: we have to save the frog! He had conveyed this message one lunch period, as I wandered our cafeteria encouraging middle and high schoolers

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Week in Pictures November 18-26

Tuesday: Some veggies for lunch? A moment at the cafeteria of the LFNY. Monday: The Terminales were in a cheering mood during their class picture. Thursday: Time Magazine Editor Jeffrey Kluger moderates a panel about climate change with Peter deMenocal, Geoff Green and David O’Connor. Thursday: Former Headmaster of Lycée

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Mandarin, Espagnol, Python!

“Bonjour les amis.” “Wie sagt man “mairie” in Deutsch?” “Did you do your math homework last night.” “Hace frio!” Take but a single step inside the Lycee Francais de New York, particularly in the early morning when our students are just arriving for class, and you will hear a veritable

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Être heureux favorise l’apprentissage (et non l’inverse)

Neuf joueuses de la toute nouvelle équipe de football filles niveau 6èmes du Lycée Français. En tant qu’éducateurs, la question essentielle à laquelle nous devons répondre est : Comment permettre aux enfants d’atteindre leur plein potentiel? Comment les aider à devenir des adultes responsables, épanouis et accomplis? Il y a deux

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Can fish grow plants? Yes!

The Seasonal Seven whose mission is to learn about seasonal and locally grown foods while promoting their impact on the environment and to our nutrition hosted their first visitor in October. His name is Emmanuel Pratt, and he is the executive director of The Sweet Water Foundation, which seeks to integrate

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