Community
Faculty and Staff
Belonging at the Lycée is a shared commitment. Guided by the Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, the team works closely with faculty, staff, and students to foster a more inclusive and connected school culture. Through initiatives that support identity, voice, and cross-cultural understanding, the DEIB team—alongside coordinators, advisors, and the Assistant Director for Student Belonging—helps advance our mission through collaborative leadership and reflection.
Our Team:
- Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging: Dr. Angela Gittens
- Assistant Director of Student Belonging: Julien Relmy, with a focus on student engagement and Initiatives
- Department Coordinator of Engagement and Belonging: Eric Cielenou, Assistant Director of Athletics
- Department Coordinator of Engagement and Belonging: Farida Meddah, Spanish Teacher and Advisor
- Eight advisors of student-led groups for the Secondary's Coalition of Affinity & Alliance Groups
Faculty Grants
Research grants are awarded annually to faculty and staff with the goals of advancing community-wide learning and understanding and of deepening our efforts to make our school learning environment equitable and inclusive for all students and community members.
Grants have been awarded to:
Grants have been awarded to:
- Sylvain Charles, Secondary history-geography teacher, to develop an action plan that supports greater inclusion, protects and supports all members of the community as they develop and express their experiences of gender
- Bernadette Robine, Primary teacher, to research neurodiversity in the classroom and help students gain a better understanding of how their brains work while learning, to explore and define personal strategies for learning, and to improve their self-confidence
- Portia Morrell, Secondary computer science teacher and faculty advisor to our student DEIB clubs, to build stronger connections between our DEIB activities among students, faculty, staff, parents, and alumni
- Cassandre Milard, Primary specialized support teacher, to help faculty and staff create more inclusive classroom environments with their students
- Maud Leger and Zhora Tsouri, Secondary librarians, to bring a greater diversity of perspectives into our Primary and Secondary library collections
- Dr. Arthur Plaza, Dean of Professional Learning and Innovation, to research and develop curricula in justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.
- Rachel Stepanek, Primary school teacher, to create a learning guide for teachers on how to enter into conversations about diversity, equity and inclusion with Primary-school age students.
Contact Us
Other Links
© 2022 Lycée Français de New York. All Rights Reserved.