Saturday morning tennis with our boys Taha, Matei, Tensho and Minghe.

Nothing better to start the day.

CONGRATULATIONS  Vansh, Leo, David, Luther, Joao, Mishaal and Taha on your 3rd place finish.

Spenser & Mathew enjoy tennis on Saturday morning to get their day underway.

Joao prepares the traditional Brazilian sweets Chocolate Brigadeiro.                                               Delicious

Luther & Joao enjoyed the exhibits found in the local Natural History Museum, discovering exotic animals of the world.

Kirill & Mikhail proudly show off their ginger cake making skills this evening.

Adam & David are put through their paces during an explosive training session at the local boxing club here in Versoix.

Sviat & Vitor enjoy a Saturday morning swim to help get their weekend underway.

Construction is in the early stages, as the guys get to grips using woodworking tools as they design and make toys from wood.

To be concluded next week.

Now the colder weather is upon us, the mountain bikes are put in hibernation ready for the return of spring.

This week in celebration of Halloween we had our annual pumpkin carving competition.

Javier and Sergio represented the House and did us proud producing the best pumpkin on display (in our opinion).

Leman 1 Pumpkin

Decoration in the House

Also in the House Vansh had a try

Taha is put through his paces at boxing training.

We proudly present Daniel as our very first House Captain and we enter  his name as the premier candidate to what will be a prestigious honour in the years to come.

Mishaal & Adam made some yummy cookies, which they kindly offered the boys at the Wednesday Boarding House meeting.

We had our second House Competition last week which was a Quiz. We had to send three representatives from Leman 1 to do their best at answering the general knowledge questions.

We had Leo, David and Dmitry volunteer.

There were strict rules and separation to ensure everything was fair.

But we are very pleased to announce that we came 1st out of 13 Houses!!

Biking in the forest, a 10km loop among the trees and wildlife.

CONGRATULATIONS

Well done to the boarding boys football team.

They finished Saturdays  tournament with a deserved third place medal.

And also with tired legs after the hours of football.

One last go on the banana boat before the autumnal weather moves into Geneva.

My name is Matei, I’ve recently started studying at College Du Leman, an International Boarding School in Versoix, Switzerland.

So far, I can say my experience here has been a pretty good one because I’ve made some good friends and I have learnt a lot of new subjects that will prepare me for the university that I want to apply for.

This is a top school that only a few people have the privilege to attend but it’s worth it. Besides the fact that you will leave with a lot of academic knowledge, you will also establish relationships with people from all across the world and you will have the possibility to use those relationships in the future.

Another aspect I really like about College Du Leman is that they give you the freedom to choose your preferred subjects. This is great because teenagers can exceed in what they want to do in the future and focus on their goals. For example, I see myself on the business/management side, so I chose 2 subjects that will help me improve my knowledge on this domain: Business and Economics.

Boarding life is amazing here, because after school, when students feel like they want to relax, they also have the choice of doing their favorite hobbies. This way, students will do something productive with their free time, as well as something educative.

In the weekend, students are free to explore Geneva. They are given this privilege because it’s important for them to feel free and happy while studying at College Du Leman.

To sum up, life at this school offers students a lot of opportunities and can be very enjoyable. You just have to respect some simple rules and you will have a great time. You will make a lot of good friends from all around the world, a lot of really nice memories and it will help you get in a lot of top universities from where you can start a career.

One of the most precious things we have is time. We all only have a limited amount of time and once we lose it we can not get it back. Therefore, giving someone your time is one of the biggest privileges we can give to someone.

When we think of charity or helping people, many people are generous in giving money which of course in certain circumstances is a vital aid. However, for things which money can not help, the most valuable thing we can give is our time.

Over this month we have seen lots of examples of this within the Boarding House. People giving their time to help others. Some examples of this where; students joining the annual Lake Clean-Up, students helping others with their homework, or teaching other to iron, or carrying the fruits to the Houses, building furniture, cleaning the kitchen. Sometimes its just as simple as spending time with someone else, inviting them to join in a game, sharing food or showing an interest in someone else’s interests.

Well done to the Leman 1 boys.