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For Giving Tuesday, "I Have a Dream Foundation" received a Match Challenge from a donor who will MATCH every dollar donated up to $33,000 today only!
Help the MS Student Council support these students in need. Donate today: https://gf.me/u/zawrhn

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Gratitude Leaves project! Watch the beautiful slideshow put together by Sepi Monirabbassi. 

Thanks to everyone's extreme generosity, we beat our final stretch goal for LycéeLA's Virtual Fundraising Food Drive benefitting the LA Regional Food Bank!!!

We raised $10,200 — for families in need! I could not be more proud of our LycéeLA Community! 

Halloween was a great success! Many thanks to all the parent volunteers and teachers who helped make the day as festive as possible! Thank you again to everyone who participated in the Pumpkin Carving Contest. We'd like to give a big shout out to Pacific Palisades Campus parent Noelle Borao who generously curated incredibly thoughtful prize bags for all 15 winners!

Century City campus just welcomed back K2 and 1st graders on staggered days for in-person learning. Thank you to the amazing Students and Faculty that have made this possible!  

Sarah Monroe, a LyceeLA Lifer (Class of 2013) and recipient of the Excellence Major scholarship is featured in this video:

https://www.aefe.fr/aefe/operateur-du-ministere-de-leurope-et-des-affaires-etrangeres/dispositif-excellence-major

A huge MERCI to parent organizers Nathalie Rosen and Deb Longua-Zamero for their hardwork and commitment. Their dedication and unwavering focus are inspiring!

...and thank you to all the amazing LycéeLA families, grandparents, alumni, faculty, staff, and sponsors who supported the Casino Lycée Gala! Your generous support for our community exceeded all expectations.

With your partnership, $225,000 was raised for our school, which will help defray the costs already undertaken to (1) ready our campuses for safe re-opening, (2) provide the technical infrastructure for online learning, and (3) provide 2020-21 financial aid to LycéeLA families, especially those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Thank you again for your care for one another and for helping to keep our beloved community whole.

 

The Halloween spirit is A..LIVE throughout the LyceeLA community. Pumpkin carving, costumes, scary movie contests are all underway from preschool through 12th grade. Stay tuned for more updates

Thank you to all the LyceeLA community who participated in the transformative Pollyanna 2020 conference today. It was full of amazing speakers, and students inspiring actions on diversity, equity and inclusion. https://pollyannainc.org/

Not only the Presidential elections are taking place soon! LyceeLA high schools Student Leadership Team has been elected. Congratulations to:
Lorraine L. - President
Filipa N.- Vice President
Lila V. - Secretary

Middle School Student Council 2020:

President: Lucia L.
Vice-President: Bardia A.
Secretary: Julian M.
Treasurer: Siena K.

Theatre Raymond Kabbaz and Le LyceeLA  send warm thanks to Carlo Ponti and the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra for their outstanding first-ever streamed season-opening performance Oct 3. Heartfelt congratulations to the Rising Star solo pianists Ian Park and Jeong-hyun Lim! 
Thanks to the support of our generous donors, a record amount was raised towards music education! 

Optional, free, after school child care is offered at the Overland Campus for enrolled K2,1st and 2nd graders from 3:30-5:30pm, as well as at the Pacific Palisades campus for 1st and 2nd graders from 3-5pm daily.

Clotilde Meurisse's 5th grade class imitates Dutch artist Piet Mondrian while practicing perpendicular lines

Throwback Thursday: Clara-Lisa Kabbaz's classmate and Lycée alumnus, Maxo Benalal, Class of 1979 is his debuting the Lycée mask in the Spanish Parliament!

Reminder to please practice social distancing, wash your hands, and wear facial coverings to help stop the spread of co-vid. 

Mme Kabbaz discusses changes to the campuses and plans for the Reopening in a video and documentation sent out to families

LyceeLA 2020 Valedictorian Caleb Solomon - who has attend the Lycee since preschool - appeared on CNN "New Day" as part of the "Graduating Seniors Sharing Messages of Hope" #media-playlist-link

Read the impressive list of 2019 University Acceptances

Le Lycee will host its 7th Annual Career Day on Dec 7. We are looking for speakers.

Take a virtual tour of our campus on 10361 West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064.

Congratulations Class 2018!
Once again, Le Lycée 12th graders had 100% Passage for the BAC and FAB!!!

Le Lycée is implementing a new Student Information System this summer!

University Acceptances for Seniors 

Thanks to the generosity of sponsors and Le Lycée community the 2018 Gala and Auction raised over $310,000!!  $50,000 of which was from donations for Scholarships.

Congratulations to Marissa Bray (Lycée Class of 2014). Cornell University is awarding her one of two "Juliette MacMonnies Courant Prizes for 2018". This is an award in recognition of the most academically accomplished graduating female French major.

Le Lycée is very proud to announce that French professor Mrs. Lemesle won the prestigious "Louis Forest Prize of the Chancellery of the Universities of Paris" for her doctoral thesis, entitled "Eugène Ionesco en ses réécritures : le travail de la répétition".

She travelled to Paris to receive the prize in person on December 5.  Congratulations!

One of Le Lycee’s own, Mr. Steve Frank, has authored a book called 'Armstrong & Charlie'. Congratulations!

 "The Global Outreach Club" is a Lycée High School student-led group that fundraises and volunteers in support of different organizations each semester. Stay tuned - they will be starting their annual Sweatshirt sale soon!

Learn more about them here.

French television station TF1 filmed on the Elementary, Middle and High School campuses October 2 through October 5. They made a short-clip and a longer broadcast video. Both are also available on Le Lycée Facebook site.

The station was filming a documentary for their popular program called "50 Minutes Inside" which has been broadcasting since 2006. It airs on Saturdays from 5:55 to 7:50pm and is presented by French celebrities Sandrine Quétier and Nikos Aligas with over 3 720 000 viewers. The program reports on trends, celebrity news, travel and stories of interest. 

It was a very important week for the Middle School! The students once again participated in that time honored tradition of Student Body Council and elected their representatives: Student Body Council, Class President and Vice-President.

The High School also held elections. Congratulations go to:

President - Milla Ghandour

Vice President - Juliette Cornet

Secretary - Deema Basrawi

Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles was featured this month in the popular French magazine "Gala" - a magazine similar to "People".

Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles is proud to announce its Sixth Annual Career Day which will take place the morning of Friday, December 8th, 2017 at the Raymond and Esther Kabbaz High School, from 9am to 1pm.

We would be delighted to have you as a Career Day 2017 Speaker. Please, click on the link below to sign-up before October 20th, 2017.

https://www.cognitoforms.com/LeLyceeFrancais/_2017CareerDayPanelistSignup

The first edition of the "Lycée Link" - the school's all-school e-newsletter was published today. 

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