Lycée Magazine

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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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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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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June 3, 2023 Vannina Boussouf, Assistant Head of School-Director of Primary

Da Vinci Inspires a Fascinating Cross-Curricular Project

Three elementary teachers tapped the inventions of Da Vinci in a yearlong project connecting engineering, design, science, math, music and history.
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March 4, 2023 James Charrel

Teaching AI and the Blockchain with Refik Anadol

Refik Anadol’s art at MoMA serves as an educational tool to teach students about artificial intelligence (AI), its applications, and the concept of the blockchain.
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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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June 11, 2022 Carolyn O'Brien

Teaching Hard History with Intention and Care

For fifth-grade students, the history of sugar provides a seamless narrative that connects France and America and the history of slavery across the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
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August 29, 2012 Global Citizenship / Head of School

Bienvenue / Welcome back, LFNY community

“An instant of happiness is worth a thousand years of history” once penned the great French philosopher Voltaire and I could not agree more! It is with such a sense of delight that I am writing today, dear members of the Lycée Français de New York community, on the eve

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Alumni Art Exhibit

The Alumni Program is opening the 2012 -2013 school year with the LFNY Alumni Art Exhibition – Art.Design.Photography. The exhibition will run through the month of September, with an opening reception on September 5th at 6:30 p.m. in the gallery outside the Lycée auditorium. The exhibition, which is open to the

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August 10, 2012 Artist in Residence / Cultural Center

Un designer qui se joue des clichés

Le designer graphique français Vahram Muratyan était l’invité du programme pilote d’Artiste en Résidence au Lycée Français de New York les 18, 19 et 20 avril derniers. Ce jeune artiste, dont le livre « Paris versus New York » (Penguin) connait un grand succès en France et aux Etats-Unis, a

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August 1, 2012 Community / Secondary / Service Learning

Record set for the 2012 AIDS Walk

On May 20, 2012 a sea of people converged on Central Park for the annual AIDS Walk. Among the 45,000 participants were 165 students from the Lycée as well as tens of faculty, staff and parents. Margaux Carré was one of them and she would not have missed this event

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July 16, 2012 Artist in Residence / Community / Cultural Center / Primary

Un héritier du mime Marceau au Lycée Français

C’est avec un mélange d’admiration et d’engouement que les élèves de la classe de CE1 observent les contorsions de Bill Bowers. Depuis l’année dernière, ce mime qui étudié avec le maître en la matière – Marcel Marceau – travaille avec trois classes de CE1 du Lycée Français. “L’art du mime

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