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  • Three Elementary school students sit at a table and read a French children's book
    October 5, 2024 Vannina Boussouf, Assistant Head of School-Director of Primary

    The Key to Balanced Bilingualism

    In a country where the main language is different from the one taught in school, it’s important to make sure there’s enough exposure to the second language, and that it’s high quality.

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  • A group 9 students link arms for a photo on the first day of school
    December 9, 2023 Vannina Boussouf, Assistant Head of School-Director of Primary

    Cultivating Empathy and Kindness from an Early Age

    The goal of education should go beyond lessons on the fundamentals of reading, writing and math. Schools play a key role in shaping students into empathetic members of society who seek to make a positive difference in the lives of others

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  • Mother and son walk up a staircase of a school to head to a classroom.
    September 9, 2023 Vannina Boussouf, Assistant Head of School-Director of Primary

    Guide for a Fulfilling School Year – Part 2

    The academic development of a child depends on a number of factors. Here are three strategies to foster a love of learning from a child’s earliest years.

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  • August 26, 2023 Vannina Boussouf, Assistant Head of School-Director of Primary

    Guide to a Fulfilling School Year – Part 1

    As the school year begins, this article focuses on the power of nurturing positive relationships at school to support student learning, growth and development.

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  • Fourth graders work at an art table to rebuild on of Leonardo Da Vinci's inventions.
    June 3, 2023 Vannina Boussouf, Assistant Head of School-Director of Primary

    Léonard de Vinci inspire un extraordinaire projet de classe transdisciplinaire

    Ce projet interdisciplinaire a non seulement favorisé la pensée critique et la créativité mais il a également permis aux élèves de développer un amour pour l’apprentissage en général.

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  • Hervé Coeur and Natu Camara singing in Voix Francophones
    February 21, 2023 Pascale Richard, Director of Cultural Events

    Concert of Francophone Voices

    New York-based Haitian singer Hervé Coeur takes the stage with Natu Camara, Guinean singer and percussionist, in this celebration of Francophone music on Monday, March 20th at 6:15pm.

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  • Fifth graders at Lycée Français de New York visited the United Nations during the Day for the Eradication of Extreme Poverty.
    December 30, 2022 Vannina Boussouf, Assistant Head of School-Director of Primary

    Visit to United Nations Sparks Reflections on Peace

    In late October, fifth graders visited the UN for the Day for the Eradication of Extreme Poverty. The visit became the starting point for fall projects on peace and human rights in two fifth-grade classes.

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  • May 7, 2022 Evelyne Estey, Head of School

    Imagining with Author Marc Lévy

    French author Marc Lévy gives a master class in the art of writing to Lycée eighth graders called, “The Power of Your Imagination”.

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February 16, 2013 Bilingualism / Featured / Head of School

Our Call to Plurilingualism

It seems like days ago, but in fact it has been less than 12 hours since I left New York for Paris, where Vannina Boussouf and I are spending the week recruiting new faculty for the Lycée Français. I say it seems like days because while my plane departed at

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February 16, 2013 Alumni / Community / Featured / Fundraising

Inside Gala 2013 – What’s in Store at #LFNY’s Digital Celebration

Brooke Bates, Marysella Castillo and Merav Davis, the organizing team of the Gala 2013 at the Lycée Français de New York. Q: The school chose to go “digital” for this year’s Gala. Why? Marysella C, Merav D, Brooke B: Yes, we did! The theme this year is #LFNY – Advancing Minds into

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February 14, 2013 Featured / Global Citizenship / Secondary

Double identité et les emplois du temps au Lycée

A Lycée student looks at class schedules for the Middle School. Double Identity and Scheduling Challenges at the Lycée Français The Lycée Français de New York has a dual identity. We are French school in an American city with a program accredited by both the Agence pour l’Enseignement Français à l’Étranger

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January 24, 2013 Cultural Center / Featured / Head of School

Roundtable: Why We Should Develop our Creative Minds

The Lycée was host to a roundtable on Thursday, January 31st entitled « Why We Should Develop our Creative Minds?». After exploring the future of the press with Arthur Sulzberger, this next Global Citizenship Conference focuses on creativity for all ages. Participants to this round table are all citizens of a global world and,

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January 18, 2013 Featured / Head of School

The Case for Optimism

It is not the first time I have overheard a conversation among students in which they are scouring a magazine for cheerful news, lamenting the fact that they cannot seem to find any and concluding that the world is a very tough place. Nor is it the first time I

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January 17, 2013 Featured / Linguistic Exchanges / Primary / Secondary

The challenge of learning chinese

A 7th-grade Mandarin class on December 14th 2012. I was excited to read Sean’s post “I do I understand”. I was impressed by Sean’s depth of knowledge of Chinese language and Chinese culture. I think it is thoughtful and inspiring. Learning Chinese does pose a particular challenge for our students. “In

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January 15, 2013 Alumni / College Counseling / Featured

Doubts, fun and memorable – LFNY alumni talk about their time in college

Ann-Sophie Kaemmerle, class of ’11, University of Virginia.   “The biggest surprise is the people you’ll meet”                   Hakan Karabey, class of ’11 – Cornell University   “I initially thought I made the biggest mistake of my life.”        

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January 14, 2013 Athletics / Secondary

Varsity boys basketball in nail-biter against FASNY

In unison, the crowd chanted “Gaëtan” after the man himself scored what would prove to be the winning basket in a thrilling showdown between LFNY and FASNY. The highly-anticipated game lived up to expectations as the capacity crowd in the gym witnessed a heroic performance by every member of the

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January 14, 2013 Athletics / Secondary

LFNY Varsity Girls cruised to an easy victory over FASNY

“Don’t be scared; slide better n defense. Pace yourselves and finish on the mismatch,” said Coach Brown during . the Lycée Français de New York Girls varsity basketball team’s rival match-up against French American School of New York. The Lynx responded with  an amazing lead during all four quarters. The

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January 11, 2013 Featured / Primary

L’apprentissage de la cursive est indispensable

In my early years as the director of a primary school in North America, I witnessed firsthand how the topic of teaching cursive writing actually drove some teaching teams apart. I remember an email message from one of the French directors of a bilingual school, who was asking: should he

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