Trip to Italy

Like each year at La Tour, many trips were planned: the trip to Japan, to Taiwan, to Russia, to Baltimore, to Lesotho and to Italy. So the Terminales, Premières and the Troisièmes with LV3 Italian were offered a trip to Northern Italy, between the 18th and the 22nd of October. Finally they were twenty to…

The Pulitzer Center, the Organization that Illuminates Dark Places

The Pulitzer center is a journalist organization based in Washington D.C created in 2006 by Emily Rauh Pulitzer. Their goal is to support issues that affect us all and that other media platforms are less willing to talk about. They have journalists all around the world on various media platforms and an education program dedicated…

Une Semaine A Hamilton Island

Une semaine à Hamilton Island Cette année, six d’entre nous avons eu la chance de partir en échange à Sydney, en Australie. Un voyage inoubliable réparti entre trois semaines d’école dans la peau d’une véritable australienne et de deux semaines de découverte avec nos familles respectives dans ce magnifique pays qu’est l’Australie. Nous, Anne-Marie et…

Australian Schools

Overall, Cranbrook school is nothing like La Tour in Paris. First of all, a slight detail that is a little troubling in the beginning; there are only boys in the school. It feels a little bit weird but you get used to it actually pretty quickly. Arriving in this school where I didn’t know anyone…

Great Barrier Reef Adventure

This year I had the chance of being part of the amazing Australian exchange organized by the Anglophone Section for EA and AA. I and six other students of last year’s Seconde were lucky enough to miss out on the last few weeks of school to go to the other side of the world. The…

A Visit to Sydney Harbor

Let’s go to Sydney Harbor mate!   Even though it may be hard to believe, we can say that we went to Sydney. We explored the city, its monuments and their beauty. Kind of the real Aussie culture! During our stay, we got to enjoy the classic Australian school day: school from 8.30 am to…

Trip to China

         Every year, students learning Chinese at La Tour have the opportunity to travel to the other side of the world to visit some of China’s big cities: Beijing, Xian and Shanghai. This year, 3 Secondes and 17 Troisiemes were able to take advantage of this offer. China is completely different from France: because of the polluted…

Australia

The Australia Exchange with the Secondes last year lasted five weeks, during which they explored the country with their exchange partners. The La Tour students had an amazing time there, surrounded by their friends and their partners who made them discover a lot of places filled with different types of incredible fauna and flora. They…

Spain

Trip to Seville On the week of the 26th of March, the students went on a trip to Andalusia. They stayed in families in Seville. They visited several different cities such as Grenada and Cordoba. They had class two mornings in a local school during their trip. Many activities were prepared by the teachers such…

HMCE

Founded in 1987, Harvard Model Congress Europe (HMCE) is an educational student organization conference which is run exclusively by undergraduates from Harvard College. HMCE is an international government debate simulation available to high school students. Throughout its history, the conference has grown significantly with over 500 students attending in 2014. Over the past 27 years,…

Russia

A road from Paris to Saint Petersburg passing by Kiev Each year the students of Première who have been studying Russian since 4ème go to Russia to discover the jewels of Russian culture.  The trip started on the 28th of January and ended on the 8th of February. The best part of this outing was the visit…

PAMUN

The 21st of November, 15 La Tour students of the Anglophone Section attended PAMUN, a conference that simulates the United Nations. In this conference, students take the place of the UN states’ ambassadors. Most of the countries that are members of the United Nations are represented in the conference. International issues and problems are presented…