We would like to wish all our Parents, Students, Agents and friends of the Léman boarding house a happy, healthy and prosperous 2023.
The Boarding house is open, ready and waiting, to welcome the students back for a semester full of friendships, growth, learning and FUN!
The Leman family wishes you all a wonderful Christmas Break!
The annual Winter Dance took place this weekend at the Marriott Hotel in Geneva. The boys were all dressed incredibly smartly and they all had tonnes of fun!!! More photos to come!! Happy Holidays everyone!!
Each year, in the canton of Geneva, we celebrate a tradition to mark an incredible triumph against an invasion on the city in 1602. The story reads that some of the people of Geneva fended of the attack by pouring cauldrons of hot soup from their windows onto the troops, causing them to retreat.
To celebrate this tradition, each year, the youngest and oldest person in each houselhold smash a chocolate ‘Marmite’ and recite the following sentence:
“Ainsi péerissent les ennemis de la République”
*Please click on the link above to see a video of the Léman boys ‘smashing the marmite’.
Happy Birthday, Timmy!! And well done for delivering a fantastic speech to our Boarding community during the Winter Dance!!
A positive way for our students to start the weekend by taking part in a range of fun activities including; running, tennis, climbing. cooking and woodcrafting.
This evening we had the Boarding awards ceremony for Semester one.
The Boarding Life award was given the to the students who have embraced life in Boarding, who have contributed positively to our community, and who have displayed a fantastic attitude in many areas.
The Activities award was given to the students who have participated and committed to a wide range of sports and activities.
The Academic award was given to the Boarding students with the highest averages in each grade.
Congratulations to all the Léman boys who won awards!
For everyone who didn’t win awards this evening, we encourage them to keep working hard, keep displaying a fantastic attitude in the different aspects of Boarding, and we are sure good things will come to them.
Winners of the Boarding Life Award for Semester 1.
Winners of the Activities Award!
Winners of the Academic Awards for their grade.
With the arrival of Christmas come the decorations and festivities.
Amirhossein and Seyed have built our Gingerbread House and we have to say that seeing their enthusiasm the foundations must be of good quality 🙂
The question now will be… when will we get to eat it? 😀
Well done and a round of applause to Antoni, Ablai, Rakann, Alex, Yosuke and Roi for their participation in the Escalade Run Cadets A, today in the streets of Geneva. It’s great to see their willingness to join the thousands of people who gather to celebrate this special event in the history of the Geneva Canton.
And for us it’s a proud moment to see them doing their best and pushing themselves but always in a spirit of comradery and fair-play.
Congratulations boys 🙂
Support is always important when we face a new challenge and this is what Tony and Mr Rob gave each other for the Escalade Run 2022.
Beyond the challenge, this traditional run in the streets of Geneva is involved in a fantastic atmosphere and will surely be a great memory for Tony.
Well done for participation, sportsmanship and for pushing yourself, Tony.
More runners will take their part tomorrow in the younger categories.
This weekend our students have been busy having fun and enjoying a large range of activities from running club to tennis, cooking to tree decorating and volunteering with the Samedi du Partage.
Aydan loves to be in the kitchen, whether he’s cooking chicken teriyaki or making a tasty dessert.
Today we have the latest instalment of the Boarding House competition – The Bake-Off. There was only one boy for the job.
Aydan had the idea to make spaghetti meatballs – entirely out of cake!! We are so thankful for his efforts and creativity- Good job, Aydan!!
This weekend, around 20 Boarding students, took part in an incredible charity initiative. The students set up a station at a local supermarket all day on Saturday and took food donations from members of the public. Everything that was collected will now go to a local charity. They did an incredible job and gathered large amounts that will really help people in need. Well done everyone.
This evening Aydan and Seyed explored their acting talents and participated in the High School Drama Showcase. They were stars and performed very well !!
Congratulations to Aijuka and Asiimwe for WINNING the football tournament they played in today!!!
When things are done with our hearts, smiles and joy are the main ingredients.
Thank you to those who helped out in the Gift Box Appeal. This is CDL Charity at its best
It is one of our youngest Leman boy’s Birthday! We were so happy to celebrate this moment with him.
Enjoy your day Chady!
It sure is a basic and elementary expectation but it’s never too much to remind the boys of how important a tidy and organized room is for each one of us.
Besides that, it’s a matter of respect not just for themselves but also towards the roommates, cleaning ladies, House staff etc…
Simple gestures can sometimes convey an important message and therefore this was a particular effort we have done this week to ensure our rooms are (almost:) ) always presentable.
True that it’s not the most popular chore to do in a cloudy morning but surely everyone acknowledges the pleasure of walking back from school and having a tidy, neat and comfortable room to get back to and relax, rest or study.
Respect to these boys!!! 🙂
This evening our Leman boys were impecable and defeated Franconis in the Boarding Basketball Tournament. There was a real team spirit and they all had great fun. Well done !! A few shots of the game moments:
Last week we started our 2nd Pillar of our Wellbeing Programme.
It is a very delicate topic but it’s good to be able to talk about it openly and objectively. As in pillar 1, we have two take away points. This week we discussed about Take Away point 1
Take away point 1 – Integration and diversity are part of the international agenda of the world’s most important institutions.
We talk about it at a lower level, at schools, work and public places. However, that topic is at the heart of the identity of all the major international organizations and that is something that sometimes we overlook to consider diversity something to think of at an individual level. Beyond the political message on the importance of diversity, institutions like the UN have a policy of promoting diversity in their work force and enabling all types of people to access job position within their ranks and therefore setting the example on integration and teamwork.
Globally what we want to achieve with this point is that students understand that Diversity and Integration are present far beyond the school environment or our individual background and that it’s a top priority in the world today. Sometimes, this might be overlooked, and we believe it’s important they acknowledge that the work and reflection being done here is echoed in the World Leading Institutions.
The first weekend of November had to be awesome, therefore we planned great activities for our boys. We captured some of these moments so have a look at these champions in action:
Well done to these boys for representing Léman in the latest Boarding House competition – Pumpkin Carving! They did a fantastic job.
Happy Halloween from everyone in Léman!
