Ponts vers
l’avenir:
Building for
the Future

All students will continue to benefit from a rigorous, relevant, and future-ready bilingual education, built upon the Lycée’s expertise and legacy.

Human-Centered STEM & AI:

Build a coherent STEM and AI ecosystem across grade levels, empowering students to navigate a world shaped by technology, data, and AI with critical judgment, ethical responsibility, and creative problem-solving.

The Preschool Experience:

Design early childhood spaces and playgrounds that foster French immersion, joyful inquiry, and hands-on, language-focused exploration.

The Bilingual IB Diploma:

Launch a bilingual International Baccalaureate (IB)  Diploma alongside the French Baccalauréat to provide a rigorous new pathway for students to top global universities.

Every student is known, supported, challenged and positioned to flourish academically, socially, emotionally, and creatively.

A Whole School Continuum of Care:

Strengthen transitions and multi-disciplinary coordination from PS/Nursery through Tle/Y12 so that each student experiences coherent, consistent support throughout their schooling.

Center for Student Épanouissement:

Create a coordinated, visible, stigma-free support system, with dedicated spaces where all learners can receive guidance for every dimension of their Lycée experience.

The Arts in School Life:

Expand the role of the arts as a vital space for self-expression, discipline, confidence, and personal growth, including the intentional development of artistic skills across disciplines over time.

Students develop the confidence, judgment, and opportunities to engage across differences, contribute meaningfully, and lead for the greater good.

Global Learning and Engagement:

Make local and global engagement opportunities and service learning an integral, required part of every student’s Lycée experience.

Courageous Interculturalism:

Strengthen constructive dialogue across diverse viewpoints as a defining part of a Lycée education, helping students to learn to listen deeply and seek to understand differing points of view.

Cultural Center Expansion:

Broaden programming across the school’s learning priorities and create more opportunities for student leadership through events, initiatives, and partnerships.

Teachers have opportunities to deepen their practice, expand their capacity for innovation, and model the growth mindset for our students within a culture of research, collaboration, and continuous professional learning.

La Passerelle (Institute for Bilingual Teaching, Research & Innovation):

Expand teacher research and training initiatives to drive innovative and effective bilingual classroom practices and create a culture of continuous professional learning.

The Fellowship Program:

Build a pipeline of next-generation bilingual educators trained in the Lycée’s distinctive approach.

Educational Advisory Council:

Engage top international educators and thought leaders to inform the future of our bilingual educational offerings.

Turning ambition into physical reality and elevating the Lycée’s identity on York Avenue and in New York City, 1414 York is a strategic investment in our campus that expands our footprint and creates the conditions for sustained excellence in the years to come.

C³Lab@Lycée (Citizens of Culture and Courage Lab):

Create a state-of-the-art space for STEM, design thinking, and hands-on innovation with an experiential outdoor “high line“.

Flexible Lecture Hall and Exhibition Space:

Expand performance and exhibition spaces that also serve as community event venues and gathering spaces for the arts and cultural activities.

The Center for Student Épanouissement:

Build a center dedicated to learning support, belonging, well-being, and individualized student coaching.

Classrooms & Student Spaces:

Create flexible classrooms designed for collaboration, inquiry, and project-based learning, together with student.