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Building Strong Teachers Bilingual Education Programs at Hunter College

Hunter College School of Education plans to add a French track to its Bilingual Education programs.…

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Added by Fabrice Jaumont on April 4, 2011 at 8:26pm — No Comments

Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity by Jyoti

Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity

by Jyoti (2nd Grade)

Finalist in the Concours 2010

A long time ago

In France

People were hungry

People needed help

King did not help

People turned against the King

People demanded and fought for change

They wanted

Liberty

Equality

Fraternity

No more suffering

No more King

We are free at…

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Added by Fabrice Jaumont on December 18, 2010 at 11:21am — 1 Comment

Simple Histoire d'Amour by Allegra

Simple Histoire d'Amour

by Allegra (7th Grade student)

Finalist in the Concours 2010

C’était un beau matin de printemps,

M. Egalité se baladait dans le parc

On voyait les autonomes petits enfants

Mais sur le lac, pas d’amoureux sur les barques.

M. Egalité s’assit sur un banc

Et contempla les roses, les hibiscus et les pissenlits.

Il était tout seul et n’était pas très…

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Added by Fabrice Jaumont on December 18, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Liberte, Egalite et Fraternite by Paolo

Liberté, Egalité et Fraternité

by Paolo (8th Grade)

Finalist in the Concours 2010

A soft-spoken vein of unveiled trust

Encompasses France's green mountained land

Sights of Liberte, Egalite, et Fraternite

Fights for Normandy's blood-splattered…

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Added by Fabrice Jaumont on December 18, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

La Mort d'Eden by Bailey

La Mort d'Eden

by Bailey (Grade 11)

Finalist in the Concours 2010

The people are marching, their will is strong

like waves they crash and drown the monarchy

while Lady…

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Added by Fabrice Jaumont on December 18, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

French School Festival of Arts

The French School Festival of Arts is a project that aims at opening the

school on its environment, and bringing a new audience to the arts. It

seeks to strengthen exchanges between French and American cultures,

develop creativity, and encourage cross-disciplinary work among primary

schools which have an interest in the French language and culture.…

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Added by Fabrice Jaumont on November 9, 2010 at 11:00am — 6 Comments

5 Reasons to Take French

It is always useful to reinstate some facts about the French language, particularly in times like these:

1 - The global economy is here! Speaking multiple languages makes you more competitive...and will soon be a matter of survival.

2 - Communicate with 200 million people (500 million by 2050). French is the official language of 55 countries, as well as an official language at the United Nations, NATO,…

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Added by Fabrice Jaumont on October 20, 2010 at 6:12pm — 14 Comments

School Contest 2010: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité

NEW DEADLINE: December 3, 2010

National French Week Contest 2010

In celebration of National French Week (November 4-10, 2010), the Cultural Services of the French Embassy is hosting a Tri-State contest for students in grades pre-K to 12.

This year’s theme will be the French motto: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité.

Contest Website:… Continue

Added by Fabrice Jaumont on August 20, 2010 at 3:30pm — 9 Comments

Celebrating 4000+ Members and a First Anniversary

New York in French is celebrating 4000+ members and its first Anniversary on May 17

with a blog post contest. The best post will win a bottle of champagne

courtesy of the Bubble Lounge and Deutz champagne.

Just hit "Add a blog post" and post an interesting story about you and your experience with New York.

Deadline is May 17

Happy Anniversary…

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Added by Fabrice Jaumont on April 14, 2010 at 4:30pm — 4 Comments

Yannick Noah, Emeline Michel, BélO, and Mino Cinelu to Perform in NY for Haiti Fund-Raising

Haiti Benefit Concert at FIAF on March 15 at 8pm

French superstar… Continue

Added by Fabrice Jaumont on March 1, 2010 at 7:30pm — 6 Comments

NYC Principals Invited to France to Celebrate Model Exchange Program

NYC Principals Invited to France to Celebrate Model Exchange Program (Follow their trip here - daily photo/video report)

New York, January 12—Teach French, will travel! For the first time ever, an official delegation of New York public school principals will travel to France, from February 7 to 13, to discuss how to consolidate French language classes in innovative American public schools and how to deepen bilateral educational ties through school pairings and exchanges. The… Continue

Added by Fabrice Jaumont on February 4, 2010 at 1:00pm — 13 Comments

Kids master French and English in New York's primary schools.

Register now to one of the twenty-five dual‐language classes in New York!

Next Fall, several New York public schools will open their doors to more and more French-English dual-language classes.

The schools are PS125 (Harlem), PS58 (Caroll Gardens ‐ Brooklyn), PS73 (Bronx), CIS22 (Bronx),

PS84 (Upper West Side), and PS151 in Woodside (Queens). PS84 (… Continue

Added by Fabrice Jaumont on January 24, 2010 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments

Sondage : Quelle est votre nouvelle resolution pour 2010 ?

La nouvelle résolution de New York in French pour 2010 est de proposer à ses membres de nouvelles activités en-ligne et hors ligne. Et vous, quelle est votre nouvelle résolution pour 2010? Voter ici

Added by Fabrice Jaumont on December 29, 2009 at 8:30am — 18 Comments

Triste nouvelle : décès de Serge Bellanger

Je viens d'apprendre par la presse la triste nouvelle du décès de Serge Bellanger. Serge Bellanger était un pilier de la communauté française de New York. J'ai eu la chance de le rencontrer plusieurs fois et je l'appréciais beaucoup. Il va me manquer. Toutes mes condoléances à sa famille et ses proches.

Lire… Continue

Added by Fabrice Jaumont on December 28, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Season's Greetings - Bonnes Fêtes

Chers membres de New York in French,

Season's Greetings! Bonnes Fêtes à tous !

Paix, Bonheur, Santé, Amour et Prospérité pour les fêtes et la nouvelle année

Peace, Happiness, Good Health, Love and Prosperity for the Holidays and the New Year

Added by Fabrice Jaumont on December 23, 2009 at 4:30pm — 14 Comments

French Goes Public and New York in French

Dear New York in French Members,

If you enjoy this ad-free, spam-free, social network please

consider supporting this charitable initiative: French Goes Public

French Goes Public is a joint initiative of the French-American Cultural Exchange Council and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.…

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Added by Fabrice Jaumont on December 9, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

4,000 French in one place on Sept 23

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On Wednesday, September 23rd, President Nicolas Sarkozy, and First Lady Carla Bruni, will address close to 4,000 French nationals in New York. This will be the largest gathering of French speakers in the city. Read this article posted on French Morning. The event will be at the Manhattan Center Studio. Security is tight and not everyone will be able to get in. If you are planning on… Continue

Added by Fabrice Jaumont on September 16, 2009 at 8:30am — 13 Comments

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A la nage (Swimmingly)

by Julia Frey

Do you swim like a monkey wrench?

Le mois d’août ! In France it’s synonymous with holidays, for August is vacation month, and gives us words for the two pests of the season, aoûtats (chiggers) and aoûtiens (August vacationers). When it’s 36ºC (97 in the… Continue

Added by Fabrice Jaumont on September 1, 2009 at 8:23am — No Comments

Francophones de New York: Ode collective (par les membres et pour les membres)

Boutiquiers chics, patrons de bouis-bouis, chefs étoilés, chauffeurs de taxis aux accents multicolores, fidèles des églises, temples, mosquées ou de la cathédrale onusienne, cinéphiles de la 59ème, grands lettrés de l'Académie ou petits écoliers, gourous du commerce ou adeptes du Ning, du tchating, du blogging qui swinguent en-ligne chaque jour au rythme des néologismes, de Little Senegal au Little Paris de Carroll Gardens, de l’Upper East, aux hauteurs de Cambria, du square de Washington aux… Continue

Added by Fabrice Jaumont on August 17, 2009 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment