Lycée Magazine

Build, Assemble, Program at the New Robotics Club!

The Robotics Club is a new club for secondary students at the Lycée Francais. Created and taught by the Secondary Technology Integrator, Adena Dershowitz, the club gathers about 15 students from all middle school grades, boys and girls alike. “The goal of the robotics club is to foster the interest

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December 18, 2012 Featured / Panels / Secondary

Esther Duflo sur “Comment combattre la pauvreté dans le monde?”

L’économiste de renom Esther Duflo a passé une heure et demi en compagnie des élèves de seconde, première et terminale du Lycée le 10 décembre dernier afin de parler de son approche innovante pour réduire la pauvreté dans le monde. Note : le son ne démarre qu’à partir de 22

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December 15, 2012 Featured / Head of School

The Top Ten Things Worth Knowing About Sal Khan

10. Born in New Orleans in 1976, Salman “Sal” Khan holds four university degrees, three from MIT (a BS in mathematics, a BS in electrical engineering and computer science, and an MS in electrical engineering and computer science) and one from Harvard (an MBA). 9. Khan became interested in education

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December 14, 2012 Athletics / Featured

Swimming season: watch the video!

La saison de natation vient de commencer, et non sans difficulté après la fermeture de la piscine de Roosevelt en raison de l’ouragan Sandy. Pour la première fois, les équipes participeront à des championnats compétitifs et non plus à des rencontres amicales. Regardez la vidéo suivante pour une présentation du

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December 14, 2012 Alumni

Watch pictures from the reunions of the Class of 2002 and Alumni Captains

Happy Holidays! And speaking of happy, I am quite pleased to report on two more successful alumni events that recently took place: On November 26, 2012, alumni gathered at 60 Thompson to further develop the Class Captain Program for the LFNY. This is an exciting time was we advance the

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December 14, 2012 Athletics / Cultural Center / Featured / Primary / Secondary

The Week in Pictures

Two Y12 students quizzed 5th graders about recycling on Friday, December 7th. The Terminales students are part of the Environmental Task Force whose goal is to educate Lycée students about the environment. The secondary chorus performed at the French Consulate on Monday, December 10th. New York Times publisher Arthur O.

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December 14, 2012 Featured / Secondary

The Math Hatter Chronicle #1

Every morning I get off the A train at Columbus Circle and walk north to catch the crosstown bus at the corner of 65th street and Central Park West. That’s six blocks, easily covered in less than five minutes. To arrive at work between 8:00 and 8:10 am, I need

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December 7, 2012 Featured / Head of School

«I Do and I Understand»

Chinese character for Love. In any given year, the Lycée Français has some 400 students studying Mandarin, starting in CE2 when all of our third-graders are introduced to the Chinese language and continuing through twelfth grade when a quarter of our graduating class elects to sit the French Baccalaureate examinations

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December 7, 2012 Community / Featured / Service Learning

A Far Rockaway, un repas pour réchauffer les coeurs

Le 15 novembre dernier, le flot de camions de la FEMA, de l’armée ou de la police est continu sur l’artère principale de la péninsule des Rockaways, une enclave fortement touchée par l’ouragan Sandy. Bernon Rice travaille au sein de l’église baptiste Mount Carmel de Far Rockaway. Pour lui, la

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November 30, 2012 Digital Learning / Featured / Head of School

Apps ou Lacets?

“More children ages 1-5 know how to use a smartphone application than can tie their own shoe laces” is a something about which you may have heard this week if you were able to listen to “New Tech City” on WNYC public radio last Tuesday. This statement, made in the

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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

Build, Assemble, Program at the New Robotics Club!

Esther Duflo sur “Comment combattre la pauvreté dans le monde?”

The Top Ten Things Worth Knowing About Sal Khan

Swimming season: watch the video!

Watch pictures from the reunions of the Class of 2002 and Alumni Captains

The Week in Pictures

The Math Hatter Chronicle #1

«I Do and I Understand»

A Far Rockaway, un repas pour réchauffer les coeurs

Apps ou Lacets?