Lycée Magazine

November 11, 2013 Featured / Week in Pictures

The Week in Pictures – November 11-17

Vendredi: Classe de mathématique avec Emmanuel Rey qui fait passer à ses élèves un concours de mathématique ludique en ligne appelé le Concours Castor. Jeudi: Le comédien français Jean-Paul Schintu interprète Le Premier Homme, d’Albert Camus, sous le regard des élèves de Seconde du Lycée. 2014 est l’année du 100ème anniversaire

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November 11, 2013 Featured / Secondary

LFNY hosts Veterans Day Ceremony

On November 8, the Lycée Français de New York hosted a ceremony honoring 35 American veterans of World War 2 who were promoted to the French Legion of Honor for their service to France. The award has a prestigious history since its creation by Napoleon Bonaparte. Among its distinguished recipients

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November 10, 2013 Featured / Head of School

Curiosity IS the cat

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the enigma I had shared with one of our secondary students, the so-called “Case of the Missing Euro”. I mentioned it not so much because I love puzzles, which I do, but because I wanted to highlight this young man’s admirable perseverance in

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November 7, 2013 Community / Featured

Le Festival d’automne célèbre les sixties!

Watch a slideshow of the Fall Festival by clicking here. Mariu Tovar, co-présidente du Festival d’automne 2013. Nous avons beaucoup de nouvelles activités cette année. J’invite les parents, élèves et le public intéressé à aller sur le site pour voir et s’inscrire aux activités qui les intéressent. Voici quelques-uns de

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November 7, 2013 Featured / Secondary

Découvrir l’histoire de l’Egypte, autrement

En lançant ce projet sur le Metropolitan Museum of Art, nous cherchions à travailler sur les compétences historiques évidemment puisque tout a commencé en classe avec l’étude de la civilisation égyptienne à partir de l’analyse de la pyramide du roi Djoser. Il s’agissait à la fois d’arriver à la conclusion que

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November 4, 2013 Featured / Week in Pictures

The Week in Pictures – November 4-10

Friday: 33 US veterans received the French Legion of Honor for liberating France during World War 2. Y9 students were particularly involved in this moving ceremony by introducing the veterans one by one and singing the French and US national anthems. Thursday: LFNY students welcome parents for the Parent-Teacher meetings

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November 4, 2013 Featured / Head of School

Knowing Oneself and Being Known

It dawned on me the other day, and not for the first time I happily admit, that I must on occasion sound like quite the broken record! In the course of just a few weeks, when talking with one member of our community, I was surprised to hear my interlocutor

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November 1, 2013 Athletics / Featured

Great season for the Varsity Soccer teams!

For the first time, the varsity boys’ soccer team participated in the NYCAL league this fall when they competed in the ISAL league before. This year, the LFNY team took on many new schools in their league, including: Loyola, Trevor Day, Calhoun, Columbia Prep, and Browning. The team played an exceptional

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November 1, 2013 Athletics / Featured / Primary / Secondary / Week in Pictures

The Week in Pictures – October 28-November 3

Vendredi : Les 1ères présentent leur production finale “Plumes”, fruit de la résidence de l’artiste Marcel Bozonnet au Lycée Français pendant toute la semaine. Jeudi : Lors du Volleyball festival, élèves, parents, anciens élèves, professeurs et employés du Lycée étaient invités à jouer les uns contre les autres dans le

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November 1, 2013 Featured / Green Initiatives

LFNY makes NYC greener

Saturday, October 19, 2013, a dozen of LFNY faculty members and students participated in the Million Trees NYC Volunteer Planting Event in Rockaway Community Park, Queens. The Million Trees NYC initiative was started by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Parks Commissioner Veronica M. White in 2007. This city-wide environmental program has

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Concert of Francophone Voices

Visit to United Nations Sparks Reflections on Peace

Imagining with Author Marc Lévy

The Week in Pictures – November 11-17

LFNY hosts Veterans Day Ceremony

Curiosity IS the cat

Le Festival d’automne célèbre les sixties!

Découvrir l’histoire de l’Egypte, autrement

The Week in Pictures – November 4-10

Knowing Oneself and Being Known

Great season for the Varsity Soccer teams!

The Week in Pictures – October 28-November 3

LFNY makes NYC greener