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New York, NY
Lycee Francais de New York

Parents at this school would recommend this school to other parents.

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neighborhood: 70's ·  Telephone: (212) 369-1400  · Website: www.lfny.org

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  & Day-in-the-Life
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  Teaching Approach
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Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (5.0)
This school has increased my child's:
Ability to listen and follow directions
Ability to sit still for longer periods of time
Ability to be a part of a group of children
Self-sufficiency and independence
Awareness of others’ feelings
Cooperation with other children

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Curriculum and Teaching Approach

	PLAY-BASED	PLAY-BASED WITH SOME STRUCTURE	MOSTLY TEACHER LED	NOT FORMALLY IN CURRICULUM	CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT
Language					-
Oral language	-	-	-	-	n/a
Nursery rhymes, poems, songs	-	-	-	-	n/a
Storybook reading	-	-	-	-	n/a
Emerging literacy skills	-	-	-	-	n/a
Cognitive Development					n/a
Math and number sense	-	-		-	-
Time & space	-	-	-	-	-
Sci. reasoning/physical world	-	-	-	-	-
Music	-	-	-	-	-
Visual arts	-	-	-	-	-
Physical activity	-	-	-	-	-
Other subjects taught					n/a

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Savvy Source's Comments

"It awards the New York State High School Diploma and prepares its students to pass the French baccalaureate. Throughout its history, the LFNY has remained true to its original charter 'to operate as a School and to give instruction similar to that given in a French Lycee, yet so arranged that persons completing the course of study may continue higher education either in French or American educational institutions.' (website) In the Early Childhood Program ('ecole maternelle'), which includes nursery, pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten levels, half of all instruction is in English, half in French. Teams of French and American teachers do more than prepare the students for the work they will do in elementary school - they also help them with socialization skills, learning to express themselves in a manner appropriate to the time and place, learning to understand the consequences of their actions. From first grade onward ('ecole elementaire'), students are familiar enough with the language to receive their primary instruction in French. When the 1st graders learn reading skills, for example, they are taught first in French and then in English. As students progress through the Lower School, they build on their basic language and math skills and add studies in computers, astronomy, earth and life sciences, U.S. and French history and geography, civics, music, art and physical education." (SOURCE: www.lfny.org)

Parents' Comments

Parent #1
There is teacher led music, gym, and science, but they also have the chance for free play. They have introduced small science projects to do at home regarding what they learned in class and they seem to enjoy it. The teachers read stories to them, but they also have the chance to look at books themselves.