Despite our very international flair, many of our students have grown up in sunny California. The concept of real cold is a very foreign thing for a kid who technically could go bogie boarding ...
Campus director Philippe Detzen shared this article from Le Monde blog section (click picture to go to article) with me yesterday. It is a beautiful blog entry about hindsight… about being older ...
I received a note from one of the chaperons in Paris and I thought I'd share it with the rest of you. Enjoy! Hi Elizabeth, I just wanted to share a little story from our second day out and about ...
We checked in our crew of Parisian travelers last night. This year our group of 5th graders is 66 students strong and they are all in great spirits. We arrived at the center in the evening and the ...
A couple weeks ago I was chased down and enthusiastically handed this (adorable) invitation. Sadly, I was out of town at the time of the event, and was unable to attend, but the feedback I ...
I'm always proud to report a success of one of our students, staff and/or families... this last weekend Los Feliz's art teacher Francois Paire was included in the Billboard Art Project. The ...
Last week's winds took out the city of Pasadena and our little campus got hit pretty hard. You drive down the streets of Pasadena now and it still looks like a disaster... yet it only took OUR ...
Yesterday Orange County kicked off the latest Writing to Share! Because of the wind, it was held inside... but being confined to a smaller space really brought out how far the program has come. ...
Los Angeles was taken by surprise this week by a massive windstorm that semeed to take out powerlines all over the city and pieces of our Pasadena campus in the process. We had two campuses that ...
As you all know, I am serving as the Interim Campus Director for Los Feliz on top of my Head of School duties for the duration of this school year. I am happy to report that we had several ...
The 2011 Joshua Tree Field Trip was, for 3 days, a community of 201 persons. A community designed for children, parents, and teachers to integrate into all life and not the narrow bandwidth that ...
I am a visual learner. I retain images, remember things that caught my eye in some way, shape, or form… I guess that is why I am so big on videos or pictures for the blog... but this time it is ...
I was finally able to check in with BluePalm, the group responsible for the PARTICIPEZ! workshop we had a couple weeks back. They were excited how willing parents were to get involved and ...
I’m thrilled to report another great LILA party … we sure do know how to have a good time! This year, our Orange County community tried something new, their first mixer/ welcome party for new ...
One of the many things I love about our community is that we rally. It’s not so much about scratching each other’s backs as it is about supporting our community’s various efforts. Whether we are ...
I think it’s safe to say that there’s little, if anything at all, that I won’t do for this school. Yes, that’s me below… 14 seconds… it is worth the investment Both pre and post dunking I had a ...
Here’s an idea – LILA parents talk with LILA parents about how to best support their child(ren)’s education and success at LILA… I love it! Former LILA parents and founders of professional ...
Whenever I introduce LILA to a group of prospective parents, I try to remind them that LILA is not only about bilingual education. LILA always aims to offer a rich, well-rounded curriculum for all ...
Last January our kids spent a wonderful week working with artist Hervé Tullet, a French children’s author/illustrator, who has since signed with an English-language publisher and is now in stores ...
Every year we campaign… we request, we explain, we advocate, we may even plead just a little… Each year more and more members of our community see the difference their donations make and more and ...
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 ...
Every year, the last exam results to come in are the International Baccalaureate results.... well they are in! They close up a round of exam results that are quite impressive... So just the facts: ...
Just the facts for today... a class of 34 students... All successfully passed their French Brevet... (National exam given to students in France) 2 received a "mention tres bien" (summa cum laude) ...
Just the facts for today... a class of 9 students... All successfully passed their baccalaureat... 4 received a "mention tres bien" (summa cum laude) 3 received a "mention bien" (magna cum laude) ...
Lycée Français New York will host the 2011 Lycées Français Games, an athletic competition between numerous French schools in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Previous games were held in ...
Last year I had a blog article about the student-driven mentorship program in Los Feliz known as Lil' Me. The program, launched by a group of students led by then 11th grader Madeleine ...
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