November 13th was set on the calendar as the great shake out. LILA campuses participated in full force in this very important preparation. Here is a little taste of what happened at each site…. ...
The French text that follows was submitted by Liza Cureghian and Sandrine Viguier, Los Feliz Pre-K teachers who tell us a little bit about a class project that led to their students spending the ...
In October of this year, LILA collaborated with the scientific department of the French Consulat to bring a very special exhibit and lecture series to LILA’s secondary students. The project called ...
This past weekend was the Orange County campus’ long awaited Gala. The evening was an amazing success. Gala committee volunteers estimate the evening raised over $45,000 which is truly an ...
Congratulations to Chloe Grison for getting a poem published in the America Library of Poetry’s 2008 poetry collection book entitled “Brilliance.” She submitted her poem “Invisible” after her ...
At the last Los Feliz gala, the special project that parents contributed to during our paddle session was for the purchase of a LILA van. The goal was to provide transportation possibilities for ...
It would appear that the blog craze is catching on... Simon Toselli, our athletic director, and Lyesse Tsamen, our extracurricular activities coordinator teamed up recently to create a blog to ...
You got a snapshot of the closed campus for Los Feliz on Halloween. But the fact is that all campuses celebrated this big day and the Orange County campus wanted to share their success with the ...
We are very excited to announce that on the week of December 1st, elementary students from LILA’s three northern campuses (Los Feliz, Pasadena, West Valley) will participate in the 1st ...
Parents frequently ask which schools our graduates get into after LILA. We publish lists, but a list does not seem to say much. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, I thought I would put ...
This has been a very exciting year so far. The new pedagogical initiatives have taken hold and it is amazing to see teachers working together on projects, and kids actually connecting the ...
I guess it is pretty customary for schools to sponsor events and particpate in community activities. So in that sense LILA is just following an American tradition... however it just feels somewhat ...
LILA is known to be a very academic world... secondary school is a serious place, one in which students study hard, keep their eyes on the prize and work towards a French or International ...
Book Fairs are not an uncommon occurrence in schools and LILA’s Orange County campus has a good track record with its book fairs. This year was no exception. Despite the Santa Ana winds and the ...
The clouds parted, the stage was set, and what a wonderful stage it was, probably our most lovely venue yet. People came from all three northern campuses - over 550 tickets were sold. The evening ...
Last Friday was Halloween. The pedagogical crew teamed up with the Los Feliz faculty and staff and decided to restructure Halloween somewhat to try and make it fun, pedagogical, and satisfy ...
Well the forecast says that things should clear up by this afternoon... Looks like it is a go for us today for spaghetti dinner... so I will see you there. We kick off at 1PM and will do the ...
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Elizabeth Chaponot, Ph.D.: Head of School (2006 to present), Ph.D. in International/Intercultural Education minor in applied lingusitics, Masters in Education, Bachelors in English, French Bac A1