Today we celebrate Apollo’s birthday. He told us that it was the first time he is passing it away, but it has been an amazing day for our boy.

Even though it rained, and it was very windy this weekend, this did not stop the boys from getting back to their weekend activities. They have resumed activities such as tennis, cooking, climbing… They have also returned to chess, running and history clubs. This weekend they had handball as a different activity. But they have also had a day trip to the oldest chocolate factory in Switzerland, they have visited Maison Cailler, where they have been able to taste some of their chocolates, even the cocoa beans after having gone through the roasting process.

What a weekend have had our Leman boys. The bad weather does not stop these guys to keep on doing things.

We were immensely proud of Adi for playing guitar in our monthly assembly last evening. Guitar is one of his passions and Adi gifted us with a showcase of his talent, since he had little notice to prepare his performance, a technical version of “Take me to church” by Hozier. Real artists are like this, willing to step up when needed… The show must go on 🙂 Well done Adi, and thank you

We are glad to see again our two students, Leon and Esteban, who came back from Vietnam and Cambodia yesterday. They had the amazing opportunity to discover typical dishes, sumptuous landscapes and an enriching culture. They embarked in a journey full of discoveries, altruism and activities, from visiting parks to canoeing, they had the possibility to enjoy their stay in a foreign country rich of surprises.

We are delighted to say that the boarding house is now reopened for our amazing students ! We hope that everyone had a restful break with their family. We look forward for this new term where we are going to celebrate Halloween, do a pumpkin carving competition and the Chrismas dance ! A lot of fun incoming !

Tonight we have our last dinner as a family, just Leman in the dinning hall. We enjoy our dinner with our friends and boarding mates before saying goodbye for 2 weeks for the October Break.

See you in 2 weeks!!

Whoever attended the match yesterday evening, witnessed a great Basketball game between fierce players and passionate talents. A bittersweet ending as our boys lost but were proud about how they played together even though they do not practice regularly as an official team every week. Sportsmanship and mutual respect on the court was beautiful to see and the boys walked out with a to-be-continued feeling …

As our prefect put it after the match ” We are warming up for the season”. The next match will indeed be thrilling!

Today we celebrated the 18th Birthday of one of our boy. Now Jinwoo is a young man adult.

We hope you had an awesome day and keep celebrating now during the break at home.

Congratulations to Rakann, and all the other students, that took part in our Public Drama Performance this evening. A fantastic show!!

Many congratulations to Emad, Jinwoo, Otabek and Yosuke – the Léman students who managed to successfully secure a place onto the National Honours Society.

This Sunday saw the CDL Boarding 5km run, as part of the first pillar of our Wellbeing Programme – Nurturing Healthy Bodies and Minds. The Run was an opportunity for everyone, whatever their running ability, to challenge themselves and achieve something special.

It was a brilliant atmosphere and we would like to congratulate everyone who took part – we are very proud of everyone’s achievements!

Our incredible activities programme was back in full force this weekend, and lots of the Léman boys were able to enjoy a wide range of fun activities. These included: Tennis, Horse-Riding, Running, Chess, Golf, Sailing, Climbing and Handball!!

Today we celebrate the 16th Birthday of Jinde, one of our boys. We gather as always with some friends in the kitchen and eat some cake, but this time was not chocolate as always, tonight we have RASPBERRY CAKE!!

What a delicious cake and awesome celebration!!

This afternoon our boys played the second game of the basketball tournament. Leman did not win, but we came close and our team fought hard on the court. We will see what happens next time.

Until the next derby!

This weekend was the first trip of the Boarding Community. The destination was the Disneyland Paris theme park! Our boys have the opportunity to meet the mythical characters of their favourite films, ride and have fun on the different attractions and see the incredible parades. They felt like children again in a magical world and lived the Disney experience 100%.

After having enjoyed a dinner with friends and the weekend with the family, we gathered in the kitchen to eat the chocolate cake and celebrate the 16th birthday.

This last weekend, our boys took part in many of the activities we have. Firstly, we started with the barbecue we had on Friday evening. The students were helping with the activities and selling moon cakes to celebrate the Chinese moon festival and raise money for charity. On Saturday and Sunday, they took part in the activities we usually have every weekend such as chess club, climbing, cooking, golf and tennis. This weekend they also went to Walibi amusement park where they had a great time and some of them also participated in the new history club.

This weekend there was a derby on Lake Geneva, Servette FC (Geneva) vs Lausanne. Many of our boys took the opportunity to watch this match and cheer for the team they liked the most. They had a great time together with their friends and saw the victory of the Geneva team.

Special day to Amir today. Turning 17 is a landmark and after celebrating with his friends, he got the traditional chocolate cake.

Lots of things to celebrate in his life. He is our Head Boy, Piano magician, brilliant in academics… and a source of energy and joy on a daily basis.

We can only wish for him to continue like this.

Happy Birthday Amir. We wish you lots of joy.

It was another fantastic weekend here in Switzerland, with lots of the Léman boys taking full advantage of the amazing opportunities on offer.

This afternoon, some of the Léman boys contributed to an initiative to help keep our local community free from litter. We really appreciate their kindness and their enthusiasm to help.

Dmytry, our guitar hero, turned 17 today and after a nice meal out, we gathered his closest friends for a mini celebration in the House.

Chocolate cake and good moments were part of the celebration.

We wish you the best Dmitry 🙂

Bits of French culture… and autumn weather 🙂

Last week, our student Wellbeing Advocates introduced the Sleep Challenge to all the other students in Léman Boarding House, as part of the first Wellbeing Pillar. The aim of this challenge was to highlight the importance, as well as the benefits, of a good nights sleep in our everyday lives.

One of our senior students, Jinwoo in Grade 12, wrote some feedback about how he felt after participating in the challenge. Here’s what he said:

“Hi, this is my personal feedback for the well-being challenge. The most effective method for me to improve my sleep quality was by not being in front of the screen for 30 minutes prior to sleep. In my experience, the more time away from screen the better I felt throughout the day. However, considering the fact that I usually have to do the schoolwork until late (with laptop), 30 minutes is a reasonable time in my opinion. Meditation helped me as well. I’ve always done it occasionally throughout the day but I discover that it also improved the quality of my sleep. I didn’t try warm milk before bed because I have to brush my teeth afterwards which would wake me up anyway. Stretching didn’t help me with sleep for me personally because it woke me up due to the pain”.

It’s great to have visitors in the House, particularly if the visitors are the High School teachers who came to the House to visit the new Léman facilities and share some pleasant moments with our boarders in a relaxed and classroom free atmosphere 🙂

This initiative always produces good results as it allows teachers to see the boarders “at home” while the students get to see more the person, than the teacher they have in the classroom.

Here are some snapshots of these good moments.