LILA-TOPLINE 2009-10 Put on my things-to-do list... and unfortunately forgotten was to publish the results of the survey taken this fall by parents... The survey is a useful tool for us to guide ...
“I don’t understand what in the world the teachers want me to buy!” “I can’t imagine why my child’s supplies seem to disappear ‘overnight’ from the backpack!” “I’m tired of last minute requests ...
As most of you know, my passion is education... begging people for money, not so much my thing... and yet as we launched into this annual drive campaign this year, I have to say that I took it on ...
‘No Exit’, ‘The Chairs’, to each his own hell…perhaps the ultimate torture is the one that repeats itself eternally, no matter the language or the season. ‘Huis Clos’, ‘Les Chaises’, à chacun son ...
On Wednesday, March 3rd, our LILA Lions High School Boys' Basketball team will participate in what is fast becoming a LILA tradition: they will play in a match at the Staples Center, preceding a ...
I wanted to keep you posted about a couple of informational meetings happening at LILA to give parents a view of LILA's secondary programs. Although all 5th and 8th grade parents are directly ...
Our Orange County campus does not have a secondary program. Last June, one family who had reached the end of the LILA-Orange County road decided to do something very courageous. They picked up and ...
‘Huis Clos’, ‘Les Chaises’, à chacun son enfer…le supplice ultime n’est-il pas celui qui se répète éternellement, quelque soit la langue ou la saison? Five siblings arrange and rearrange chairs ...
Over winter break I got a certain "blog guilt" seeing all the wonderful things that had happened in the fall that I had NOT blogged about. One of my resolutions was to catch up and post articles ...
In the spring of 2006, we got together with Lyesse and teachers and came up with our very own LILA tradition. Something to help bond students 6 through 12 together, and create campus unity. We ...
West Valley Director Stephane Plancke wanted to hold a little playground experiment. About a month ago, he took random pieces of PVC pipe, sanded down the edges to make sure they were not rough ...
For the past two years, John Fleck and I have gone to speak at all campuses and meet with parents. We call our circuit the “tuition tour” as the catalyst for the tour was a desire to explain the ...
LILA Los Feliz went red on December 4th to commemorate World AIDS Day. Parents, students, and teachers alike all wore red outfits as well as red ribbons as our 6th-12th-grade students engaged in ...
In mid-November, the Los Feliz campus was pleased to welcome Mrs. Claudie Pion, a College counselor employed by the French government to work with French Schools abroad. Mrs. Pion held a ...
I think my favorite blog entries are the ones that celebrate our students’ success stories… today’s story is particularly inspiring as I feel it embodies everything that LILA is. LIL(A) Me(ntors) ...
7th grader Lauren Hunter won a ribbon for LILA at the Interscholastic Equestrian League show in October. This is a first for the school! Lauren represented LILA and received a 4th place ribbon in ...
If you are looking for an alternative to paying for your child(ren)’s fees without having to come to the Main Office with a checkbook, our new online fee payment service is for you! All parents ...
On November 8, 2007, Tristan Lascoumes passed away from complications related to a rare blood disease. As one unified community, together with his family, we mourned his passing and celebrated his ...
Le Jazz Hot! If these three words conjure up images of musicians grooving in a smoky 1920s Parisian nightclub, with dancing flappers, and maybe a banana skirt here and there, you’ve got the right ...
Last June, we asked our alumni to 'stay in touch'... something we heartfelt do every year. At the time, Dimitri, who you may recall from a previous blog article regarding his creation of a ...
LILA is very proud to have another one of France’s great educational minds come spend time with our teachers. LILA volunteered to host the annual MLF (Mission Laïque Française) training workshop ...
As many of you know, the Los Feliz campus is under new leadership. The new campus director, Philippe Vanhille, started in July and has already put his stamp and signature on many key improvements ...
As a member of the MLF (Mission Laïque Française), LILA is part of a network of schools worldwide that strives to advance French secular education. A few years ago, the MLF, with 17 member schools ...
It somehow seemed appropriate to launch my yearly Head of School blog by celebrating the success of a very recent graduate. The first week back to school, I was greeted by a very proud mother who ...
A few weeks ago, we announced that our two French Baccalaureat graduates had passed their exams with honors (‘mention bien’). A week later we found out that the entire 9th grade class passed their ...
Congratulations to our 12th grade ladies who successfully passed their French Bac with a "mention bien!" Félicitations à nos élèves de terminale qui ont passé leur Bac avec une mention bien!
English teacher, Jean-Yves Vesseau, who created a “United Nations” debating club this year, proudly reports back about the success our students had at a local conference held at USC last Friday. ...
When students of an international school write, they do it in 3 languages ! Reserve your copy of TRIO, an anthology of poetry and prose, written by LILA students. A compilation of genres, ...
Parents often ask where our graduates go to university. We publish a list on the website, but I thought I would give parents a 2009 blast of how our grads did this year. Not all results are in as ...
Every year LILA students sit for a record number of tests. When I talk to people from other private schools, they stare in amazement at the volume of tests a LILA student will ultimately take. ...
On Saturday, May 2nd, members of the Los Feliz campus community, in conjunction with City of Los Angeles Councilman, Tom LaBonge, partnered with Prospect Studios representatives to participate in ...
West Valley employee, Magguie has been an employee at LILA for many many years. She initially started working at the school in an attempt to help pay for her daughter Monique's tuition who at the ...
Student-centered, project-based learning can be magical when things go according to plan. This year a kindergarten project turned out to be just one of these magical moments. Both kindergarten ...
The Los Feliz's PA subcommittee, the Academic Awareness Committee, wanted to help parents who were hungry for extra resources and activities to stimulate their children. The Committee gathered ...
The third annual Paige Gleeson Tournament took place on the LILA-Orange County campus last Friday, May 1st. This year, the sports-oriented activities for Kindergarten through 6th grade took place ...
The French Ministry of Education mandates the elementary curriculum for all subjects taught at LILA. For PE, the program is broken into four areas. One area of the program relates to a student’s ...
On Friday, each of the northern LILA campuses held a kick-off event to showcase the silent auction items which will help raise funds for their respective campus through this year’s Soirée Noir et ...
Los Feliz 5th grader, Theo who participated in the 10 day trip to France tells about the amazing experience.... At the end of the article a little slideshow of their big adventure... On est ...
In March, our High School boys were matched up against the cross-town rival team from the Lycee Francais… and the match-up was at the Staples Center in celebration of French Heritage Night 2009. ...
Orange County campus 6th graders got together afterschool and worked on a project to help educate members of the LILA community about the importance of recycling. They designed and created a ...
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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