Perhaps you had a chance to attend the June Kermesse hosted by the Pasadena campus, it was a blast! The campus staff and parents put a lot of work into this event for the kids: Carnival games were ...
Please forgive me while I gloat … this year, we proudly congratulated 80 Kindergarteners, 49 fifth graders, 30 8th graders and 18 high school seniors/terminals as they matriculated into ...
If there’s one way in which our parents never cease to amaze me it’s in their generosity … and ability to have a good time! Our Galas have always been a great success and this year was no ...
I love it when I get not so subtle affirmations, that we’ve made good choices, we have great teachers, a great curriculum, a fantastic pedagogical team… this blog is about one of those ...
You may or may not know this, but every year our Pedagogical trainers, campus directors and teachers leave to attend a full faculty retreat for several days before school to be sure that we're all ...
Every summer LILA welcomes students, returning campers and new families for several weeks of activities, friends and French. This year we had one of or biggest camps ever with roughly 200 students ...
Our students never cease to amaze me, and I know this, so I wasn’t surprised but most definitely pleased when I first heard Daniella Rasho sing at this year’s graduation. She has a beautiful ...
Have you ever noticed a typo in a book? A menu? A Brochure? If you’ve ever picked up the info (in French) at the ranger station in The Valley of Fire National park, you may have noticed more than ...
It is always pleasant to receive validation for our parental choices… In late May an article appeared in the New York Times (pdf below) which was an interview with researcher Ellen Bialystok. ...
2011-2012 will be my 6th year as LILA Head of School… and when I take a look back at who we were and just how far we have come, it is a little overwhelming. LILA will hit the 900-student mark this ...
LILA’s Spanish teacher, Soraya Hassaine, worked very hard to set up an exchange opportunity for our secondary students to be able to live a real linguistic exchange to use the Spanish they were ...
IB STUDENTS MATRICULATED AT: MCGILL UNIVERSITY NYU UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CSUN PCC FB STUDENTS MATRICULATED AT: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY MCGILL ...
Every year LILA celebrates Francophonie which is the world celebration of the French language. Usually our format is pretty standard: each class on each campus studies a specific French-speaking ...
As part of a partnership with our local French consulate, we had the great opportunity to bring in a second artist in residence for our secondary students. As part of a tour to promote the ...
Over the last few years, the last week of school has changed dramatically for our elementary students. What was traditionally the wind down at the end has become an eventful science week in which ...
Profil
Elizabeth Chaponot, Ph.D.: LFSF CAO (2013 - ) LILA HOS (2006 to 2013), Chevalier des Palmes Academiques, Ph.D. in International/Intercultural Education minor in applied linguistics, Masters in Education, Bachelors in English, French Bac