Class of 2017 Graduation

A huge congratulations to the Class of 2017 who Graduated today.

From Léman 1 we had Abdulaziz, Anastas, Jo, Juxian, Murad, Nicolas, Pablo, Togrul, Yuriy and Vladimir.

You boys should be immensely proud of your efforts throughout your career in Collège du Léman. This day is met with profound happiness at your achievements and also sadness in saying goodbye to Collège du Léman. However, no matter what distance separates you from your ‘home from home’, you know it will forever be close in thought and memory. There are no goodbyes today, only a wave and a nod of acknowledgement of your time here to which you will always be part of the extended Collège du Léman family.

What a busy Week

Another great week has passed at CDL and we have again managed to pack so many activities into our schedule.

We had Dmitry on the winning football team for CDL

 

We had some serious games of chess

Attempts at cooking….

A basket ball session with the local refugees

And of course lots of other activities such as tennis, horse riding, paddle boarding, golf, karting, and more …

 

Fun this Past Month

It has been a great month and as usual lots and lots of things happening; Swimming, Horseriding, Basel excursion, Tennis, Art, Squash, Cinema outing, Alumni dinner, FIFA competition ……. and more.

The boys have been very active and here are a few of their photos.

Trip to Basel

Cinema Trip

Art

Football game vs Refugees

FIFA House Competition

Cooking in the House

More … Talent Show

We are pleased to announce that we came 3rd overall in the Talent Show Competition.

Hadi and Mahan amazed the crowd with some Mind Reading tricks. They picked random members of the audience and asked them to think of shapes and playing cards and then were able to show they had accurately predicted what had been chosen. They also had the help of the rest of the house as the ‘Masked Men’ who added some dramatics and mystic to the production.

The boys did well and should be really pleased with their efforts.

 

Boarding Awards Ceremony

This month we had our Boarding Award Ceremony to celebrate some of the achievements made during 2nd term. We acknowledged those in each house which showed outstanding enthusiasm, motivation, and involvement in the Boarding Activity program. We also had an award for Boarding Life, for those who exhibited all the qualities we would wish for in a global citizen and who are good role models through their actions within the boarding community.

From Leman 1, winning the Activity Awards were Amirreza and Mohammadjavad. These boys enthusiastically participate in the afternoon activity schedule along with enjoying the sports facilities on offer during social time in the evenings. They also eagerly participate in the weekend program, taking advantage of the trips on offer or the activities offered..

Winning the Boarding Life award were Hadi and Zhaoxiong. Both these boys are polite, respectful, and courteous to both their peers and staff. They are held in high regards amongst their peers.. They are happy and willing to assist the House Parents and often take on extra responsibilities within the house.

Geneva Motor Show

Motor show- by Boyuan Jiang
From the 9th to 19th of March is the annual motor show in Geneva Switzerland . It has been popular and leads the car fashion world. CDL organized an activity on Twelfth of March and we left school early in the morning. We got there soon and crowds of people showed how popular it was. We entered and had a look at all the cars. There were a great amount of brands of car like Volkswagen, Bentley, Buggati, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Land Rover, Rolls Royce, Chevrolet, Buick, Peugeot, Toyota, Volvo,.
It was really great to see.

Photo Competition

As part of the ongoing Boarding House competitions last week we were challenged to capture a photograph with the theme ‘Internationalism’.
The brilliant mind of Hadi came up with the idea of spelling out our guiding principles R.I.S.E. Which stands for Respect, Internationalism, Spirit and Excellence. But also using our flags to show the 19 different countries we come from.

See our results below.

Ski Weekend in Crans Montana

We had a fantastic weekend up in Crans Montana. The whole boarding community went together to have a Swiss Alp experience. The snow fall was wonderful and a great time was had by all. We stayed in La Moubra and the students had a choice of skiing, snow boarding or staying at camp and doing activities. It was a great experience for some of the students who had not seen snow before and the conditions were excellent for the experienced skiers.

 

Christmas Dance

Please enjoy some of the photos showing the Christmas Dance we had on Saturday. This was a joyful experience and one that will hopefully hold fond memories for all.

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Boarding Award Ceremony

Yesterday we had our Boarding Award Ceremony to celebrate some of the Academic achievements made this term. We also acknowledged those in each house which showed outstanding enthusiasm, motivation, and involvement in the Boarding Activity program. Our last category was Boarding Life, for those who exhibited all the qualities we would wish for in a global citizen and who are good role models through their actions within the boarding community.

From Leman 1, winning the Activity Awards were Zhaoxiong and Anastas. These boys enthusiastically participate in the afternoon activity schedule along with enjoying the sports facilities on offer during social time in the evenings. They also eagerly participate in the weekend program, taking advantage of the trips on offer or the activities offered. Both can be seen throughout our previous blogs posts taking part in these activities.

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Winning the Boarding Life award were Murad and Vladimir. Both these boys are polite, respectful, and courteous to both their peers and staff. They are held in high regards amongst their peers. They have participated in our House meetings and engage well in our activity program. They are happy and willing to assist the House Parents and often take on extra responsibilities within the house.

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Well done to these outstanding students.

 

Hiking with Huskies

Hello my name is Amirreza and I want to tell you about me and my friend’s tale of adventure on the weekend. We went to the mountains and to the Huskies. There they made us to be in a group of 2.
Mahan and I were in the same group and we asked them to give us the strongest huskie they had. As we walked through the forest it started to snow and that was the first snow we saw in Switzerland. It was really cold weather but the huskies felt in their natural habitat and kept pulling us harder and harder. When they saw their owner (our leader) they jumped towards her in excitement. We had lots of fun and made really good use of our Sunday
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