28 May 2017 Students recently finished a thematic unit, focusing on the practices, perspectives, and products of French people living in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Our studies culminated in a special field trip to the Met Cloisters: a unique museum overlooking the Hudson River in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. We spent a lovely afternoon exploring the various gardens, open arcades, quadrangles, and walkways that originated in southern France. In parti

10 February 2016 Last night, we attended Gad Elmaleh's stand-up comedy show in Lower Manhattan. He was hilarious! We especially enjoyed listening to his highly perceptive comparisons between life in France and the USA. For more information, go to: http://www.gadelmaleh.com/

8 November 2015 Students were delighted to attend Festival Albertine hosted by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy located on Fifth Avenue in New York City. The highlight of the evening was a discussion about feminism, entitled, "Still the Second Sex?" in which panelists reflected on the progress that has been made to promote women's rights since the publication of Simone de Beauvoir's groundbreaking book, "Le deuxième sexe" (1949). This discussion prompted students t