All the pictures are on the wall, the tables are served, and everything is in it’s place; on the evening of the Wednesday June 17th, the French Embassy welcomed the 42 bilingual children from MS256 and PS84 who took part to the project Through My Eyes in collaboration with Magic Box Productions. The latter non-profit has worked over the years with more than 10,000 students, teachers, and parents giving them opportunities for creative expression, community and cultural connections, and access to new technologies.

The goal of this project was to have these students reflect on the different pictures taken by Magic Box and develop their taste and capacity both in art and French .The guests who came to see the exhibition had a chance to read the comments written by the students under the photographs that inspired them.

After the speeches made by Benedicte de Montlaur, Fabrice Jaumont, Nelle Stokes from Magic Box and the two principles of both schools, Robin Sundick from PS84 and Brian Zager from MS256, the students had the honor to receive their certificates and their gift bags from Albertine, the French bookshop of the Embassy, as well as take pictures to immortalize the solemn moment.