Lycée Honored with the Palmes Académiques
The Lycée extends a big congratulations to Vannina Boussouf and Nicolas L’Hotellier, who lead our Primary and Secondary schools, respectively, for being honored with the Ordre des Palmes Académiques....
View ArticleStudents Explore New York City’s Immigrant Heritage on the European Day of...
According to the United States Census Bureau, only 20% of Americans are able speak a language other than English—far fewer than the 56% of EU citizens who report speaking more than one language at...
View ArticleHow to Make Homework a Healthy Habit (not a Chore)
The school year is well underway and with it comes the ritual of homework. For many Elementary School parents, homework provides an essential link between school and home. It is a way to be present in...
View ArticleInternational Conference on Mobile Language Learning
People around the world will only be more connected as time goes by, and having a second, third, even fourth language will be in demand. Technology has revolutionized language learning, offering...
View ArticleCome Explore at Fête Foraine 2018
Everyone in the Lycée community is invited to our first community event of the year, Fête Foraine, on Saturday, November 3 from 10am – 4pm. The theme of this year’s event is EXPLORE. Attendees will be...
View ArticleLive from the Lynx! Student Journalists Report on James Baldwin Day
James Baldwin. Credit: Allan warren, from Wikimedia Commons On Friday the 28th of September, the Lycée held its second annual “James Baldwin Day” for students from 10th to 12th grade. This event was...
View ArticleStudents reflect on their conversation with writer Valérie Zenatti
Exemples de questions : Pourquoi avoir choisi d’écrire ce livre en français? Je parle bien hébreu et je le traduis mais ce ne peut pas être ma langue d’écriture. Ce n’est pas la langue dans laquelle je...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence and Education for Today
In mid-October at the Lycée Français de New York, we were fortunate to be in the presence of a real “live” ROBOT—a humanoid machine with memory and language functions—as well as a panel of highly...
View ArticleReflections on the centennial of the end of World War I
At 11:11 on 11/11 (November 11) 1918, in a rail car in Compiègne, France and Germany signed the armistice that would end “the Great War,” or as we more commonly know it, World War I. In Europe, signs...
View ArticleLycée Welcomes Writer and Musician Gaël Faye
High school students had the privilege to meet the author Gaël Faye, recent winner of the Prix Littéraire du Lycée LFNY (2017) and the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens (2016), this Friday October 26 in the...
View ArticleLycée Launches Mentorship Exchange Program with NYU’s Institute of French...
We are thrilled to announce that the Lycée will be facilitating an International Education Exchange Program this year in collaboration with NYU’s Institute of French Studies. Lycée students will obtain...
View ArticleLycée Cares: Please Join Us on Saturday, December 1
The Lycée Françias de New York is excited to host the second annual Lycée Cares event next week. The whole school community will be coming together to collect food during a food drive the week of...
View ArticleLet’s have a healthy relationship with food
I had the pleasure to meet students from Y7 and Y11 during October’s nutrition cycle. We talked about healthy and balanced meals, the importance of eating breakfast and drinking water, and also: the...
View ArticleMore Diversity in Children’s Literature: Yes, but Why?
Children’s literature might sound like child’s play in comparison to literature for adults, but it’s not! The genre comes with questions and relationships that are at least as complex as books for...
View ArticleThe Math Hatter Chronicle #12
Chances are you never bothered to ask your math teacher where the words “sine” and “cosine” came from or why we use that ridiculous symbol for the square root of a number. You probably accepted these...
View ArticleProtected: PreK – Moyenne Section Winter Concert : Watch Live
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View ArticleFostering a Love of Reading in Children
On Saturday, December 8, the Cultural Center of Lycée Français de New York invited our community, as well as educators and parents from across the city, for a daylong discussion on the future of...
View ArticleStudents reflect on their conversation with writer Valérie Zenatti
Exemples de questions : Pourquoi avoir choisi d’écrire ce livre en français? Je parle bien hébreu et je le traduis mais ce ne peut pas être ma langue d’écriture. Ce n’est pas la langue dans laquelle je...
View ArticleCollege Applications: Tips from Recent Grads on Where and When to Apply
In preparation for the upcoming field trips to NYU, Marist and Vassar (for students who are thinking of applying to university), our College Counseling office recently invited five recent alumni to...
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