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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Sur les plages du débarquement, avec Olivier Wieviorka
L’historien français Olivier Wieviorka était au LFNY le 7 novembre dernier. Devant les élèves de Troisième qui étudient au programme de leur année la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il a évoqué le Débarquement. Son intervention interactive a eu un certain succès auprès de élèves qui, le surlendemain, assistaient à la cérémonie
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Après l’ouragan Sandy, le Lycée Français se mobilise
La communauté du Lycée Français peut se féliciter de ne pas être restée passive face aux dégâts majeurs causés par l’ouragan Sandy le 29 octobre dernier. Le service communautaire du Lycée et l’association des parents d’élèves (APL) ont coordonné leurs efforts afin de venir en aide aux résidents qui ont
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Devoir de mémoire
Our ninth grade students and secondary school choir had the unique privilege today of taking part in a deeply moving ceremony organized at the Lycée Français de New York by the French Consulate and the American Society for the French Legion of Honor. In connection with the Veterans’ Day commemorations
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Halloween at the Lycée
Holding out for a hero? You would have found many at the Lycée Francais pre-K and Kindergarten Halloween parades on Wednesday, November 7. A quick scan of our fearless four and five year olds revealed no fewer than six Spidermen, three Knights of the Roundtable, two Ninja Turtles, one Superman,
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Venez vous régaler au Festival d’Automne 2012!
Everybody is welcome to the 2012 Fall Festival at the Lycée Francais. Spread between Friday evening, November 9th and Saturday, November 10th, participants will enjoy various tastings of cocktails, high end chefs, a book fair, a vendors’ fair as well as many fun activities for children. Here is the program: Tasting
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Les origines de l’homme, par l’anthropologue Pascal Picq
Pascal Picq a régalé les élèves de Premières et de Terminales Scientifiques et les élèves de Terminale L venus avec leur professeur de Philosophie, lors de sa conférence sur « L’homme et la question des origines » qui a eu lieu le 22 octobre dernier de 10h10 à 11h45 dans l’auditorium.
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Film Series : Malabar Princess on Wednesday, November 7th at the Lycée
Come watch Malabar Princess, a moving film by LFNY parent Gilles Legrand: Malabar Princess is a 2004 French film directed by Gilles Legrand. The film is about a young boy called Tom, who is sent to live with his grandfather in the French Alps after his mother disappeared during an
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Big Bird’s Nest
It is hard in the face of others’ distress and sorrow and suffering, as has been the case this past week with a hurricane wreaking havoc from Port-au-Prince to the Rockaways, to know just what to say. And perhaps it is best not to talk at all, except to express
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Andy Warhol inspires the Lycée
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition, Regarding Warhol: Fifty Years, Sixty Artists, from September-December 2012. In conjunction with the exhibition, we learned about Andy Warhol’s life and his work. Andy Warhol was one of the founders of American pop art, an art movement that challenged the traditions
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