Lycée Français de New York

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The Lycée Français de New York (LFNY) is a French language school based in Manhattan, New York City which follows the French curriculum of study and allows students to study for the French general Baccalauréat, the international option of the French Baccalaureate, and the American High School Diploma. It fosters over 1200 students from many different nationalities from pre-nursery all the way through high school.


In the late 1930's "the LFNY was the brainchild of the then French Consul General in New York, Count Charles de Ferry de Fontnouvelle. He enlisted the help of Forsythe Wicks, a lawyer and businessman who was the president of the Alliance Française and Paul Windels, Sr.the attorney general of the City of New York.... Others who were involved in the founding of the LFNY.....include: Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, the President of Columbia University, Mr. Hesse Strauss, the American Ambassador to France, and Mr. Jean Marx, the Director of Cultural Affairs at the Quai d'Orsay.......The School granted its first baccalaureate degree in 1938. During the late 1930's and 1940's world events helped shape the School as it continued to expand to accommodate the many students who came here from Europe and elsewhere during WWII. Eight graduates of LFNY died in combat during the war........Since 1935 over 36,000 students have studied at the Lycée. More than 150 nationalities have been represented throughout the School's history." [1]


Mr. Maurice Galy (deceased 1993) was the school's President starting in 1957 "a post he held until he retired in 1989.....The school originally occupied a residential building on East 95th Street near Fifth Avenue and Mr. Galy arranged for the acquisition of three more landmark mansions, two on East 72d Street and one on East 93d Street." [2]


The school was located for many years in three locations on the upper East Side of Manhattan: Kindergarten to 5th grade at 72nd between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue, 6th to 10th grade at 95th between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue, and 11th and 12th grade at 93rd between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue. The school is now located in new locales at 505 East 75th Street.

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  1. ^ LFNY website, -The Lycée, History-
  2. ^ New York Times obituaries, June 24, 1993 [1]
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