This evening, Leman 1 and Leman 2 barbecued together to celebrate the birthday of our dear Mr. Antonio from Leman 2!
Mr. Rogerio and the suspiciously ever youthful Mr. Antonio grilling up a storm…does anyone have any garlic?
Invading their oh-so-delicious space.
Henry digging in with abandon
This morning, Ablai once again joined Mr. Joe from Olympus for a 5km run. He was fairly tired already and it was a blisteringly hot day, but he pushed on.
We would like to commend him for his perseverance and tenacity!
Good job Ablai, we’re proud of you!
This sunny Sunday afternoon, a bunch of our 10th graders headed to the Golf de la Vieille-Bâtie and spent the afternoon on the course.
Carlos checking if Amirhossein is real, while Amir tees up.
Carlos baffled by Baudelio’s existence as well.
Our leman team played in the semi-finals of our Boarding Football Championship.
Timur full stretch to win the ball back.
Beautiful day for a kickabout!
Amirhossein trying to find the right pass.
Masanobu with a cool first touch!
The latest instalment of our adventurous trip programme saw a group of our Boarding Students travel to German this weekend to visit the incredibly fun Europa Park!! Although all our students are very tired now, they all had a brilliant time!
This week we will be focusing on the second takeaway point for this pillar.
Attachment figures.
The attachment theory focuses on relationships and bonds (particularly long-term) between people, including those between a parent and child and between romantic partners. The quality of our early attachments profoundly influences two things:
• Our personality
• Our relationships later in life
Depending on their attacment style, our students are either able to empathize with others, to share
feelings with other people, show trust, engage in long-term relationships, have high self-esteem, enjoy
intimate relationships, seek out for support etc or not.
Since our attachment styles are formed so early, we neither remember much about this stage of
development nor do we have control over it. Therefore, our attachment traits are typically subconscious and automatic. As a consequence, we might find ourselves repeating the same unhealthy patterns – in our relationships with ourselves and with others – over and over again. Therefore, we may make unsafe and irresponsible choices.
So, since Awareness is the beginning of change, this week we will ask our students to take an attachment questionnaire quiz to help them figure out their attachment style.
An action packed weekend with a variety of incredible activities including tennis, cooking, fitness and golf.
For our House Activity, we took the Léman 1 boys Karting in France.
Congratulaltions to Ablai and all the other Boarding students who completed the 10km run in the scorching sunshine this morning. Well done everyone.
Our second Leman 1 team are through to the next round of our Boarding Football Championship!!
Our very own musician created the final key to the performance!
It is International Dinner Night ladies and gentleman!
This balmy Wednesday evening we had the opportunity to enjoy some food generously provided by Chef Marie-Noelle from Le Chef Dodo.
Chef Marie-Noelle
Bon Appetit!
Welcome to the fifth and final of our Wellbeing Programme : Making Safe and Responsible Choices.
The key take-away points from this pillar will be as follows:
1. Time in: how do you connect with inner world?
2. Attachment figures: how our attachment style influences the way we make our decisions?
This week we will focus on Time in!
What we experience in our inner world, which includes our feelings, thoughts, perceptions,
memories, beliefs, hopes, dreams, desires, motivations, longings etc, can occur even without us
being aware of it. The lack of self-awareness entails the failure to see the patterns in our behaviours
and thinking. As a result, we risk making choices that are not aligned with what we really are and
with what we really want.
On the contrary, when we develop the habit to pay attention to these inner experiences we become
more self-aware. This can help us have more control over the decisions and choices we make and
prevent us from being at the mercy of our own feelings, desires and external negative pressure.
This evening, during our Boarding Assembly, Ablai played Claire de Lune by Debussy.
And what an excellent job he did! He has practiced diligently for days and it showed!
Laser focus.
Look at that smile!
On this day, the Fourth of May,
Leman Old Glories came to play,
With Leman 1, to see who would stay,
In our Boarding Football Tournament!
The Leman Old Glories (plus Chihana!)
Keep your friends close….
After an arduous game in the rain and a tight first half, Leman 1 came out ahead with a score of 6 – 3!
Happy Birthday Ablaikhan!
We wish you a life full of success and happiness!
This evening was the first round of our Boarding Ping-Pong Tournament.
Amirhossein represented Leman 1 in the first round and went up against Herman from Concha.
Ramadan is over, and our own Amirhossein is celebrating the end of his 30 days and 30 nights fast by enjoying a meal with his friends.
Nadim got a pizza too!
We ordered some Iranian kebabs, rice and drinks to make him feel more at home.
Today, the boarding volleyball team represented Collège du Léman in an intermural volleyball tournament which involved teams from the American School of Leysin and La Châtaigneraie.
Two of our boys – Tomohisa and Amirhossein – are a part of the team.
After a series of intense and incredibly tight matches, they took Second Place! 
Today our boys joined the Community Service group and helped keep our campus clean and beautiful.
The Crew (minus Karim), bellies full from brunch and ready to go. Especially Dias!
Carlos and Tima, doing their part.
Karim, looking dapper as always.
Happy Birthday to Tomohisa, who turned 19 years old.
We wish him good health and happiness.
Uh-oh
Our very own Hector took part in the Schools Basketball Tournament!
3rd place for CDL!
Alan, Ablai and Shintaro spent a beautiful morning at the Geneva Golf Academy in Collex-Bossy to fire off a few rounds on the driving range.
Alan, giving it a whack.
Ablai, working on his form.
Shin (left) keeping his eyes on the prize.
The boys getting some pointers.
Weihao, Henry and Kosei went to play a few rounds of badminton with our own Mr. Max this morning, helping him to get his step count in!
Mr. Max vs Henry
Weihao vs Kosei
Today, Ablai, along with some of our other students, went for a brisk 4km run in the morning sun with Mr. Roger from Leman 2.
Ablaikhan, chasing the sun.
Absolute winners!
Spring colors in the fields behind CDL.
On this day in the year 2022, we celebrated the birth of our dear Alan!
To his health, wealth and happiness!
A healthy bite, helped by his roommate Ilian
Look at that happy smile!
Yesterday, Shintaro participated in the SGIS golf Tournament in the sunny mountains of Aigle, just up the road from Montreux.
Shintaro putting away
Driving down the range
Lovely
Congratulations to Carlos, Timur, Amirhossein and Alan for putting in a stellar performance during their first Boarding Football Match yesterday evening. Through hard work and innate skill, the boys managed to win the game 5-2. Well done lads.
