Sawasdee krab, my fellow feline friends! Or should I say Balao or Yassou, or E kaa ro. Or just plain Ola? If you were with me at Spring Fair, you too learned to say hello – in 20 different languages! And even more than language lessons, I was wowed by
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Depuis octobre, des élèves du LFNY se sont investis toutes les semaines dans un projet à l’initiative de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) appelé « Growing Connections ». Interdisciplinaire, « Growing Connections » fait appel à diverses matières étudiées par les élèves, telles que la biologie, les mathématiques mais aussi
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The seats in the auditorium were empty. It must have been around 8:30 pm, the evening before opening night. All 17 members of the cast were on stage, some cross-legged on the floor, others sitting on chairs, each attentive to the performance notes being given. Charlotte and Emmett, the two
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Saturday: A boy tosses a horseshoe during the 2013 Spring Fair at the Lycée Français de New York. Friday: Baccalaureate French-American (BFA) students spent the day at the Princeton University Art Museum where they were treated to private tours of two temporary exhibitions: “Portraying Africans in Renaissance Art” and “1913:
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Watch a slideshow of the 2013 edition of the Lycée Francais de New York’s musical. It is the 30th anniversary of musical theater at the LFNY this year, a tradition which has grown to include students of all ages, as well as teachers, staff and members of the administration. This
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Director of Development Scott Hunt is on the Lycée’s 6th floor terrace, a project from the Senior Class Gift, which is one of the program of the Annual Fund. Three questions to Scott Hunt, Director of Development at the Lycée Français de New York. What is Development? Development is a
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From April 28th to May 1st, five members of the LFNY staff traveled to Haiti to continue the school’s pedagogical exchange program with the Lycee Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable (LJBPS) located in Saint Marc. Included on the trip were: Aurore Papazian and Alexandre Sivera, both Kindergarten teachers; Marie-Odile Couture,
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The LFNY Rugby Boys Varsity team won against the French American School of New York (FASNY) on May, 8 2013. From a distance, I thought I was glimpsing a scene from the Six Nations Championship, the world’s oldest and most enthralling rugby tournament. As I approached the field on Roosevelt
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It has been said that, “Without risk, there is no art.” We had a Springtime visitor this year who flew in from afar, to help LFNY students stretch their risk-taking muscles. Despite the fact that days earlier, the renowned French Sculptor Brigitte Nahon, had hyperextended a torso muscle of her
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In the Primary School of the LFNY, Social and Emotional Learning are being implemented using the RULER approach, where children are taught to identify emotions. How would you define Social and Emotional Learning and Positive School Climate? Social and emotional learning in schools (SEL) teaches the skills we all need
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