Lycée Magazine

The Joy of Service

Two 10th graders read Dr. Seuss to the children of Little Tots Red Wagon preschool. How did the project originate? Our class of 10th-grade students chose tree planting as their annual group community service project, but the plan was swept away with Hurricane Sandy. The most overwhelming feeling during the hurricane,

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January 24, 2013 Alumni / Athletics / Community / Cultural Center / Featured / Primary / Secondary

The Week in Pictures

Monday: Upcoming Lycée’s artist-in-residence Kate Lydon works with the students of the American Ballet Theatre. Tuesday: The Varsity Girls team wins the swim meet against Friends Seminary and the Birch Wathen Lenox School. Tuesday: The choice among the very talented contestants was hard during the annual Shakespeare competition. Wednesday: As

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January 24, 2013 Arts / Cultural Center / Featured / Secondary

“Il y a de vrais graines de talents ici”

Alexandre Oppecini répète avec les élèves du LFNY en préparation du Festival Première Scène. Les 1er et 2 février prochains, le Lycée Français accueille comme chaque année le Festival Première Scène. Ce festival de théâtre en français, qui en est à sa 14ème édition, rassemble pour la première fois plus

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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 18, 2013 Co-Curricular Activities / Primary

Des activités en cascade à Frost Valley 2013!

Lundi 7 janvier 2013, 7h45 du matin : revenue de France la veille, je me retrouve devant un grand bus bleu avec mes collègues et mes élèves dans l’effervescence caractéristique du départ à Frost Valley, la classe de neige des CM2. Cela fait maintenant cinq ans que j’y vais. La vieille

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January 18, 2013 Arts / Cultural Center / Featured / Secondary

The Bard et Nous

LFNY loves the Bard. This year’s qualifying round of the English Speaking Union Annual Shakespeare Competition involved twenty-four students from 3eme to Terminale, from level 1 English to OIB. For this rigorous tourney, students memorize and perform speeches from Shakespeare’s plays. Awards are given to the top four contestants, and the winner

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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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Concert of Francophone Voices

The Joy of Service

The Week in Pictures

“Il y a de vrais graines de talents ici”

Roundtable: Why We Should Develop our Creative Minds

The Case for Optimism

Des activités en cascade à Frost Valley 2013!

The Bard et Nous

The challenge of learning chinese

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

Varsity boys basketball in nail-biter against FASNY