It is always nice to come to Lake Geneva, both in summer, to enjoy the many water activities we offer,  and in winter to enjoy the magnificent views of the snowy mountains and also to greet our friends the ducks.

This weekend started with a cold but desired snowfall on Friday! The kids were really excited and happy to have seen snow.

As usual, on the weekends, we are used to rest but also to do a lot of activities during the day. This Saturday from bootcamp to tennis to cooking where we are seeing a lot of interest from all our kids. Will we have a full house cooking next week?

Besides these activities, yesterday we participated in the Light for Hope initiative to show our solidarity with the Lebanese people.It is very gratifying to see how during the development of our pillar number 2, our children have shown great support and solidarity with those in disadvantaged situations.

We will keep you posted on what happens tomorrow that will surely be as incredible or better than today!

Yesterday we commemorated and showed our respect and solidarity with the entire Lebanese community. Six months after the explosion in the port of Beirut, the country is still trying to recover from this disaster.

The CdL community devised and implemented the Light for Hope project. At 18:07 (time of the explosion in Beirut) all the Boarding House gathered around the flag of the Libano, and illuminated it with lights as a symbol of hope.

In addition to this and many other solidarity initiatives such as the donation of toys and food for those less privileged in CdL we show our commitment to those who need it most.

This afternoon, Owen and Liam filled their birdhouses with seeds.

I’m sure the birds will appreciate it boys, well done!

This evening Sasha did some baking, with the help of his housemates. We made delicious banana bread that we will donate to a school bake sale tomorrow. The money from the bake sale will be donated to UNICEF. Sasha was very passionate about doing this and finds it very important that we all do a bit to help those in need – wherever they are in the world. Thank you for this amazing work, Sasha.

Our house hoodies for the academic year have arrived, and they look awesome!

It has been another incredible weekend full of exciting times and enjoyable activities. Our students got the opportunity to take part in a range of amazing activities including cooking, woodcrafting, badminton, table tennis, chess, photography, tennis and horse riding. We also had the wonderful moment of celebrating the birthdays of some of the younger members of our community. Happy birthday boys.

This afternoon, together as a team, we created a piece of art for our chosen community project of the second pillar of wellbeing – ‘Protecting against bullying and promoting diversity’. This art project aims to represent all the different nationalities and cultures we have in our Boarding House. We are a diverse group here in Concha, from 9 different countries in total, but we still treat each other like we are in the same family. This canvas will be displayed proudly on the wall in the living area of our Boarding House.

The time has come to put up the decorations in ready for Christmas. Thanks to some of our Primary Boarders, we now have a wonderful tree in our Boarding House.

This week, we celebrated Thanksgiving. It is important for us to celebrate holidays from anywhere in the world. We had an amazing meal and the boys were able to do some important reflection about what they are truly grateful for.