Lyceum Kennedy International School

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Lyceum Kennedy International School is an international school occupying two buildings in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. [1] It serves preschool through grade 12. [2]

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The school was named after President of the United States John F. Kennedy. [3] Founded in 1964, Lyceum Kennedy French American school serves the needs of French and francophone families living in New York.

It has a French language K-12 day school program, and it has a Japanese language preschool and Saturday school program. [4]

History

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Main Campus
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815 2nd Ave. Campus
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815 2nd Avenue

Éliane Dumas, a teacher at the Lycée Français de New York, established the Lyceum Kennedy French American School in 1964. [3] Dumas established the school for French students, and the school used the New York regent standards so the students may easily move on to American schools. [5]

A Japan-born linguist and professor named Koji Sonoda acquired the school in 1986. [3] In 1987 the school had opened its Japanese kindergarten and elementary school program in the Ardsley campus. [6] [7] The school website stated that the Ardsley campus opened in 1996. [3] The Manhattan Japanese program, with a supplementary school and a preschool, opened in 1997, and the Japanese junior high supplementary school program began in 2010. [7] It previously had a Japanese day elementary school, but that closed in 2004. [8]

The school previously had a second campus in Ardsley, New York. [9] In 2015 Lyceum Kennedy had two programs: A French-English bilingual program at both campuses, and a program for Japanese people only at the Manhattan campus. [10] The Japanese program was previously called the Lyceum Kennedy Japanese School (リセ・ケネディ日本人学校 Rise Kenedi Nihonjin Gakkō ). [11]

Previously the French program was only in Manhattan. [12]

Accreditation

Lyceum Kennedy French American School is accredited by the French Ministry of Education. Lyceum Kennedy students can transfer easily into any French school in France.

In September 2014, Lyceum Kennedy became an authorized International Baccalaureate school for IB Diploma Programme (). The school offers to students in 11th and 12th grades a bilingual French and English IB Diploma, with Spanish as the second language.

Admissions

Admission to Lyceum Kennedy is selective and is based on factors which include previous school performance, teacher recommendations, discovery days, commitment to bilingual education, and behavior.

Lyceum Kennedy French American School enrolls students without regard to race, religion, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation and national, social or ethnic origin and affords its students all rights, privileges, programs and activities generally made available to all students at the school.

Demographics

As of 2011[update] about 33% of the school's population spoke a home language other than English and French and over 50% of the school's elementary students were non-French-speakers prior to enrolling at Lyceum Kennedy. [5]

Tuition

As of 2015, annual tuition at Lyceum Kennedy ranges from $17,660 for Preschool students, to $34,500 for its final year students in Manhattan.

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References

  1. ↑ "Our Campus." Lyceum Kennedy International School. Retrieved on May 1, 2015. "Manhattan Campus: 225 East 43rd Street New York, NY, 10017" and "Manhattan Campus: 815 Second Avenue 2nd Floor New York, NY 10017"
  2. ↑ "Tuition." Lyceum Kennedy International School. Retrieved on May 1, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "School History" (Archive). Lyceum Kennedy International School. Retrieved on May 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Home". Lyceum Kennedy International School. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Burton, Monica. "A Language en Vogue." Shoe Leather . Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University, 2011. p. 4 (Archive). Retrieved on May 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ Handelman, David. "The Japanizing of Scarsdale: East Meets Westchester." New York Magazine (ISSN 0028-7369). New York Media, LLC, April 29, 1991. Vol. 24, No. 17. 40-45. - CITED: p. 42.
  7. 1 2 "学校の沿革 Archived 2015-03-15 at the Wayback Machine " (Archive). Lyceum Kennedy International School. Retrieved on May 1, 2015. "1989年 ウェストチェスター郡アーズレーに、リセ･ケネディ日本人小学校･幼稚園開校" and "1997年 全日制幼児部・付属補習校 マンハッタン校開校 / 2歳児教室開設" and "2010年 中学生クラス開設（上級国語クラスがこれに代わる）"
  8. ↑ "Lyceum Kennedy Japanese School in Manhattan". Lyceum Kennedy. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Home". Lyceum Kennedy International School. September 16, 2014. Archived from the original on September 16, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2022. Ardsley Campus 1 Cross Road, Ardsley, NY 10502
  10. ↑ Home page. Lyceum Kennedy International School. Retrieved on May 1, 2015. "Manhattan Campus: 225 East 43rd Street New York, NY 10017"
  11. ↑ "あいさつ" (Archive). Lyceum Kennedy International School. Retrieved on May 1, 2015.
  12. ↑ "学校所在地" (in Japanese). Lyceum Kennedy International School Japanese Program. October 2, 1999. Archived from the original on October 2, 1999. Retrieved May 24, 2022.

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