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Mercredi 7 décembre 2011 3 07 /12 /Déc /2011 21:56

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.

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The Billboard Art Project takes over roadside digital LED billboards to turn them into free public art venues for 24 hours or more.

Those in-your-face and colorful canvases that you see as you sit stuck in traffic are turned over to local and international artists for a little break from everyday advertising, presenting larger-than-life art in glowing colors.


To learn more about the project and artists have a look at the website: http://billboardartproject.com/

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Mercredi 7 décembre 2011 3 07 /12 /Déc /2011 03:14

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 campus 12 hours to get back on its feet... How you ask? There is no mystery... Philippe Detzen has an extremely dedicated and amazing team.  On Thursday, all teachers and staff worked all day to put the campus back together while the students were home...  Thank You Pasadena team!!!!

Pasadena winds

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Samedi 3 décembre 2011 6 03 /12 /Déc /2011 23:10

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 had to shut down.  It was all very dramatic.  The positive side to the whole process was we got to test out our fancy new schoolwide messaging system which did relatively well for a first time out...  

Thought I would share a cute moment one of my Los Feliz families shared with me... despite the obvious constraints that a world with no electricity brings to our modern kids... some of our secondary find work-arounds to get the job done... now how cool is that!

sezgin

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Mardi 15 novembre 2011 2 15 /11 /Nov /2011 01:56

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 qualified candidates respond to our Ads and last week our search committee of 9 (made up of a few LILA administrators, Board members, teachers and parents) held the in-person interviews.

Stéphane Planke 6After careful review, spirited debate, and self-analysis we have unanimously chosen Stephane Plancke, current West Valley Campus Director, as the next Los Feliz Campus Director (in charge of Secondary). Stephane is highly-qualified for this post: he has been a LILA employee since 1999, including WV campus director for the past 6 years; he has a Masters degree and a teaching credential (CAPES) in Math.  He taught both Math and Physics/Chemistry at middle school and high school levels at LILA, including French Bac and International Baccalaureate classes in Math; and he is currently completing his Masters in Educational Psychology and Counseling. Most importantly he is ready and 
and eager to take on the new challenge the larger Los Feliz campus will provide him.


Stephane will slowly transition to Los Feliz for the remainder of this school year so he gets to better know the community and get re-acquainted with the campus. He will officially transfer here on July 1, 2012.

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Jeudi 15 septembre 2011 4 15 /09 /Sep /2011 01:28

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 of our students Preschool through high school…

However it must be said, the bilingual element is pretty impactful as well! 

The Wall Street Journal published a report on the benefits of a bilingual education for Preschoolers and one of our Los Feliz parents shared it with me… In the event that you haven’t seen this yet, have a look at the link below and learn about how beneficial bilingualism can be in addition to being really cool.   

I typically share print articles, I thought it would be nice to share video for once…

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Wall Street Journal - "Can Bilingualism Make Preschoolers Smarter?"

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