This evening, in a match between AC Leman and Conchattack, Leman won the final 6 – 4! Congratulations to our boys and good game to the Concha crew!

More congratulations for this young man this evening. Today Amir took the ‘End of First Cyle Exam’ at the Geneva Conservatoire.

He passed with ‘Distinction with Congratulation’s.

Another fantastic achievement for Amir. He works so hard and we are all so proud of him.

Amir played a piece tonight at a Concours de Piano.

Specifically, he played Prelude op 6 no.3 by Robert Muczynski.

Carlos enjoying the ride today in Champery and Crozet.

A little sweet and a little savory, tonight both Leman 1 & Leman 2 got together and had a blast making some delicious crepes and raclette.

We enjoyed an evening full of laughs, music, and of course – cheese.

The Batter, carefully prepared by Mr. Antonio from Leman 2 and our own Nadim.

It begins!

Inter-house unity…or collective hunger?

Multitasking at it’s finest

Amirhossein and Zihao spent Saturday morning cooking up a storm.

Apparently, they made a red berry crumble. I say apparently because it was gone before anyone could take a picture of it!

Anticipatory smiles as they put their food puzzle together.

Congratulations to Iman for winning this weekends SGIS Badminton tournament in Lausanne!

His legs sure are tired though.

Iman celebrating his win with Coach Jack and his housemate Tomohisa

Some seriously impressive play.

Keeping the energy levels up.

We would like to congratulate Amir on a fantastic achievement today! Amir took part in the Geneva Conservatoire North American Composers Competition. A competition he has been practicing for for a long time.

Amir was deservedly crowned the WINNER of this competition!

We are all so so proud of him. Well done Amir.

We would like to give a warm welcome to the latest addition of the Léman 1 team. Mr Tarun has now joined us as a Houseparent. Mr Tarun has worked in the Léman building before as well as several other Boarding Houses here at Collège du Léman. Mr Tarun is already well known by the Léman boys and we are delighted to have him back with us. Welcome Tarun!!

We start the term without a longstanding figure within The Léman 1 Boarding House. Mr Gordon has been a Houseparent in Léman 1 for almost 10 years and will now go to work in The Olympus Boarding House. Although he is not going far, he will be missed by all of us in Léman 1. We would like to thank Mr Gordon for everything he has done for us. We wish him all the best for his next adventure. See you soon, Mr Gordon.

Many of the Léman 1 boys have returned from the February break having spent the week in Crans Montana for this year’s Winter Camp. The boys returned very tired but with giant smiles on their faces after plenty of incredible skiing, beautiful mountain views, and fun winter activities.

We hope all our students and their families had a wonderful break during February half term. We are looking forward to welcoming all the boys back with us.

Another fantastic weekend here on campus, packed with incredible activities. This weekend the Léman 1 boys enjoyed a wide range of fun activities including tennis, volleyball, cooking, bowling, badminton, running, as well as a trip to a trampoline park.

More ski/snowboard opportunities for the Léman 1 boys this weekend. The first instalment of the special ‘ski days’ saw a number of the Léman 1 lads head to breaktaking mountains in La Tzoumaz. The conditions were perfect, the boys had a lot of fun and they are all incredibly sleepy this evening!!

The Boarding Football Tournament is back. After a small winter break, the Léman boys picked up where they left off with yet another fantastic performance, beating the Olympus Boarding House 5 – 4. This means Léman have clinched first place and have earnt a place in the final in 2 weeks time. Go Léman!!!!

Today it is World Pizza Day! To mark this celebration the Léman 1 Boarding House entered a competition along with the other Boarding houses here at Collège du Léman. A big well done to Nadim for his excellent work on our entry.

Happy Chinese New Year from Léman 1!

This evening we had a wonderful dinner together with the entire Boarding communuity, to celebrate another culture belonging to some of our Boarding students. The food was delicious and enjoyed by all. This is the year of the Tiger and it is said that people born in this year are brave and strong-willed.

This weekend the entire CDL Boarding community travelled to Crans Montana for our first Winter Mountain weekend. The students maximised the skiing and snowboarding opportunities, and there were a range of other incredible winter activities for our students. These included snowtubing, ice skating, bowling, as well as a trip to Sion for an escape room activity. Please find pictures below of the Léman 1 students and staff enjoying the mountain air!!

Living in a boarding community and surrounded by an amazingly diverse range of people, it is impossible to not find common interests and make new friends.

We promote diversity and internationalism within boarding and encourage students to mix with people from other cultures.

With the huge amount of different activities, trips and excursions on offer, these are excellent ways to interact and meet others in the community.

Wellbeing Pillar 3- Building Positive Friendships

@thatboardingvibe Friends good friends #wellbeing #pillar3 #thatboardingvibe #schoolstaff #boardinglife #goodfriends #positivefriendships #toxicrelationships #rob #max ♬ You’ve Got a Friend in Me – From “Toy Story” – The London Film Score Orchestra

This week we continued on our Wellbeing Journey of Pillar 3- Building Positive Friendships. We explored the topic of Boundaries and how these should be a healthy part of any friendships, partnership and relationship.

An example of this within the context of boarding are the boundaries we have as part of our boarding rules, or indeed the agreements in place with roommates. These are normal parts of our lives. We should feel comfortable and open to be able to share our boundaries with friends too. Even more so in relationships.

Being so close to the Swiss Alps we have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful snow on the mountains. Each weekend we have been able to offer activities on the slopes, from snowshoeing – to snow tubing- to sledging- and of course this coming weekend to Crans Montana for our 2nd Mountain Weekend.

Including, running, tennis, cooking, photography, woodwork, climbing and badminton.

Happy Birthday to Vlad, Mishaal, Baudelio and Junqi who ALL had birthdays this week. We hope you had great days boys. Now it’s time to eat the mountains of chocolate cake we now have in the office!!