Lyceum Kennedy International School

Lyceum Kennedy International School is an international school with two locations in the New York City area.[1] The main campus, Manhattan Campus, is located in two buildings in Midtown Manhattan, and the Ardsley Campus is in Ardsley, New York.[2] The Manhattan campus serves preschool through grade 12 while the Ardsley campus serves preschool through grade 5.[3] The school was named after President of the United States John F. Kennedy.[4] The French-Japanese Educational Institute operates the school.[5]

Lyceum Kennedy has two programs: A French-English bilingual program at both campuses, and a program for Japanese people only at the Manhattan campus.[1] The Japanese program is called the Lyceum Kennedy Japanese School (リセ・ケネディ日本人学校 Rise Kenedi Nihonjin Gakkō).[6]

History

Éliane Dumas, a teacher at the Lycée Français de New York, established the Lyceum Kennedy French American School in 1964.[4] 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.[7]

A Japan-born linguist and professor named Koji Sonoda acquired the school in 1986.[4] In 1987 the school had opened its Japanese kindergarten and elementary school program in the Ardsley campus.[8][9] The school website stated that the Ardsley campus opened in 1996.[4] The Manhattan Japanese program opened in 1997, and the Japanese junior high school program began in 2010.[9]

Demographics

As of 2011 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.[7]

Tuition

As of 2011 annual tuition at Lyceum Kennedy ranged from $19,630 ($20579.56 according to inflation) for first grade students to $25,230 for its final year students ($26450.45 according to inflation). In regards to Manhattan private schools these tuition rates were relatively inexpensive.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Home page. Lyceum Kennedy International School. Retrieved on May 1, 2015. "Manhattan Campus: 225 East 43rd Street New York, NY 10017" and "Ardsley Campus: 1 Cross Road Ardsley, NY 10502"
  2. ↑ "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" and "Ardsley Campus: 1 Cross Road Ardsley, NY 10502"
  3. ↑ "Tuition." Lyceum Kennedy International School. Retrieved on May 1, 2015. "Ardsley Campus: 1 Cross Road Ardsley, NY 10502"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "School History" (Archive). Lyceum Kennedy International School. Retrieved on May 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ "WEDDINGS; Midori Sonoda, Myoung-Jae Im" (Archive). The New York Times. June 24, 2001. Retrieved on May 2, 2015.
  6. ↑ "あいさつ" (Archive). Lyceum Kennedy International School. Retrieved on May 1, 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "学校の沿革" (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）"

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