News & Weekly Letters
Final Building Update from Jean-Yves, Laurence & Philippe
We hope your summer is off to a wonderful start.
On our end, we’re pleased to share some exciting news: this week, we received the all-important Certificate of Occupancy from the City of New York. While this milestone was expected following the different inspections we successfully underwent over the past few weeks and months, it remains a significant achievement and a moment of collective joy (with a measure of relief!) for everyone involved.
Weekly Letter from Jean-Yves - A Celebratory Week
As I sat down at my computer this morning, I realized that this is my last real letter of the year—I’ll wish you a happy summer break on Wednesday, the last day of school, but that will be a brief message. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your positive feedback about these letters. I truly enjoy writing them, then reading Andria’s translation, and I’m glad to hear that, for at least some of you, they’ve become an important weekly rendezvous.
New Building Update #9 from Jean-Yves, Laurence & Philippe
As the school year comes to a close, we’re thrilled to share some exciting news with you regarding the progress on our new building.
Weekly Letter from Jean-Yves - An Artistic Turn
With this week of shows coming to an end, and only the 5th graders left to perform next week when they return from the AEFE-UNSS sports tournament, a chapter is also closing. When I arrived in 2020, the corridors were still humming with the rapturous applause from the end-of-year shows orchestrated by Julien Budrino and Vincent Pauchon. For a long time after, people sang the praises of the children’s talent, the beauty of the choreography, and the wonderful things they had seen. COVID brought all of that to a halt.
Weekly Letter from Jean-Yves - When You Work In A School
The weeks leading up to the end of the school year are packed with celebrations that we love. Ahead of the graduations, shows, and tonight’s traditional Splash of Summer party, we enjoyed two evenings of After-School recitals this week. Students from 1st to 8th Grade, who take individual music lessons as part of our After-School program, took to the stage to play a piece they had learned and put their heart and soul into.