Last weekend, Apollo, Ignacy and I went on a “trip” to Vienna. It was not only a trip but also for the maths competition ISMTF. On Saturday, we spent our whole day in Vienna university with a lot of people from other international schools. We did both individual and team rounds. The competition was very intense as we have to solve 5 problems in 10 minutes. When the result was being released, we hold our breath. Apollo and I both got Top 10 out of 195! We were so happy to have this result in our first year. It was such a great experience!

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A hugely successful week for 70 Boarding and Day students in Crans-Montana. Staff and students enjoyed an action packed week of skiing, snowboarding, tobogganing, ice skating and more.

A big thank you to the Camps Department for organising such a fun and exciting program!

We will back shortly, after a quick week to recharge batteries.

Many of the boys are now heading home, quite a few lucky ones are heading to Crans-Montana for the Winter Camp… and one very lucky boy from Léman is heading to the Artic Circle on the exciting Finland trip.

We will back with news, photos and accounts of their adventures.

Until then, enjoy this time 🙂

The Léman team

This weekend we had our usual activities again. Our boys took part in tennis, climbing and horse riding. They also went to running, chess, history and drama clubs. This weekend there was also ski club, this time they went to Verbier. New this weekend was the eSports club where several of them got together to play Fortnite and Fifa as a team. As you can see, we have activities for everyone. The boys have had time to rest and enjoy their last weekend before the holidays.

Every weekend, our boy from Leman, Apollo, plays ice hockey with the Geneva team, Geneve-Servette Associattion. Sometimes he plays in Geneva and sometimes he plays away. So far they are doing well in the league, we will see how they finish, but we are still very proud of what our boy from Leman is achieving.

Let’s go Servette!

Gong Xi Fa Cai (Wish you a very prosperous new year with fortune), is a popular phrase used to wish Happy New Year in Chinese Tradition.

The year 2024 is the Dragon year. According to the Chinese tradition, those born in the Dragon years are charismatic, ambitious and successful.

Our Leman boys prepared and celebrated the occasion inviting many of their friends and cooked, laughed and made a festive feast for each other. Great to see people from different nationalities coming together to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

Today Apollo inspired us with a Musical Performance, bringing sounds of Chinese traditional Music to our Eiger Auditorium.

He performed on a Hulusi flute which is a Chinese wind instrument made of a gourd and bamboo. It has been said to sound like bagpipes but unlike the bagpipe these pipes can be opened and closed. The reed resonator acts as an air pressure reservoir and allows the notes to be deeply bent – the Hulusi flute is in fact a chromatic instrument because the microtones in between the holes are all accessible.

The special ability to bend notes makes the Hulusi a highly expressive instrument which we clearly heard in Apollo’s performance tonight.

Thank you Apollo for sharing your Music with us.

This evening in our Monthly Boarding assembly our Leman boys just hit home runs with their performances, presentations awards and showing what Boarding is all about.

Have a look at these moments:

Sunday, two of our boys participated in the climbing competition. A good way to exercise and spend your week-end. Good job Antoni and Ignacy !

We are glad to announce that two of our boys, Stefan and Seyed, participated in the first day of the ski club! They enjoyed the good snow, the dry and sunny weather and the marvellous landscapes of the swiss mountains. See you next week for more memories !

This week-end our students had the amazing opportunity to take part in the trip to Rome. They had a lovely time where they spent it between italian culture & food, fun and of course shopping. They had to the chance to visit the Museum of Vatican and the famous Sistine Chapel. What an enriching trip !

Congratulations to the Léman basketball team who won the second place at the tournament against Zurich International School !!! We are particularly proud of our two boys, Teodoro and Roi who did an amazing job in the team. They are not only making us proud but the whole school.