We are proud to say that Seyed did an amazing job today for the Samedi du Partage. He directly volunteered to participate and successfully collected food, hygiene and cleaning products for the association. He demonstrated willingness to explain the purpose of it, practicing his french, and was really polite and welcoming. Thank you Seyed for this amazing experience !

This afternoon, some of our boys have performed some plays where they conveyed messages related to current issues such as technology or the environment. Apart from making it very entertaining and making us enjoy it. It was wonderful how they performed on stage. It seems that we have some good actors among the Leman students.

This weekend, like every other weekend, we had activities such as tennis, swimming, climbing, horse riding and the running and history clubs. As an excursion, on Sunday they went to the Grand Parc d’Andilly – Christmas Park. Here they were able to stroll around the stalls with Christmas sweets, drinks and Christmas food or activities inspired by Christmas. They had a lot of fun and the decorations for this special time of the year are already visible.

This week our wellbeing session took another shape from the usual format.

The topic of sexual orientation and gender identity can be a delicate one… Doubts, fear, embarrassment and prejudice can surely hinder ones willingness to openly talk on his views and needs.

Thus, our advocates have created a platform where any student can place his or her own questions, in a totally anonymous way, and have them answered back.

Despite the fact that we are an open community, where dialogue is encouraged and tolerance is paramount, we feel this can be of great help to some who can be not so confident to talk about these matters.

It’s great to know that CDL is a school that always tries to develop strategies to support the students and to give them voice.

Weekends are a synonym of fun at CDL and this weekend was particularly exciting with a group of 8 Léman boys joining the EuropaPark trip, in Germany.

EuropaPark was a blast and the boys have created memories of the days spent there that will link them for the rest of the year.

But for those staying on Campus, there was also some quality time reserved for them. A big group joined Tennis and others went Running despite the winterish cold day 🙂

More adventures to follow, in the next few weeks 🙂

A huge well done to Adi and Masafumi for their performance today in the Volleyball Match. Representing CDL is always an achievement to be proud of and they do it with pride and skill. Check these images out 😉

Yesterday evening we started with the second Pillar of the Wellbeing Programme: Protecting against Bullying and Respecting Diversity. Adi, our Advocate of Leman, presented the challenge related to Race and Ethnicity. Our boys have to find the similarities they have with their roommates and record a video or an audio.

Today we celebrate Apollo’s birthday. He told us that it was the first time he is passing it away, but it has been an amazing day for our boy.

Even though it rained, and it was very windy this weekend, this did not stop the boys from getting back to their weekend activities. They have resumed activities such as tennis, cooking, climbing… They have also returned to chess, running and history clubs. This weekend they had handball as a different activity. But they have also had a day trip to the oldest chocolate factory in Switzerland, they have visited Maison Cailler, where they have been able to taste some of their chocolates, even the cocoa beans after having gone through the roasting process.

What a weekend have had our Leman boys. The bad weather does not stop these guys to keep on doing things.

We were immensely proud of Adi for playing guitar in our monthly assembly last evening. Guitar is one of his passions and Adi gifted us with a showcase of his talent, since he had little notice to prepare his performance, a technical version of “Take me to church” by Hozier. Real artists are like this, willing to step up when needed… The show must go on 🙂 Well done Adi, and thank you

We are glad to see again our two students, Leon and Esteban, who came back from Vietnam and Cambodia yesterday. They had the amazing opportunity to discover typical dishes, sumptuous landscapes and an enriching culture. They embarked in a journey full of discoveries, altruism and activities, from visiting parks to canoeing, they had the possibility to enjoy their stay in a foreign country rich of surprises.

We are delighted to say that the boarding house is now reopened for our amazing students ! We hope that everyone had a restful break with their family. We look forward for this new term where we are going to celebrate Halloween, do a pumpkin carving competition and the Chrismas dance ! A lot of fun incoming !

Tonight we have our last dinner as a family, just Leman in the dinning hall. We enjoy our dinner with our friends and boarding mates before saying goodbye for 2 weeks for the October Break.

See you in 2 weeks!!

Whoever attended the match yesterday evening, witnessed a great Basketball game between fierce players and passionate talents. A bittersweet ending as our boys lost but were proud about how they played together even though they do not practice regularly as an official team every week. Sportsmanship and mutual respect on the court was beautiful to see and the boys walked out with a to-be-continued feeling …

As our prefect put it after the match ” We are warming up for the season”. The next match will indeed be thrilling!

Today we celebrated the 18th Birthday of one of our boy. Now Jinwoo is a young man adult.

We hope you had an awesome day and keep celebrating now during the break at home.

Congratulations to Rakann, and all the other students, that took part in our Public Drama Performance this evening. A fantastic show!!

Many congratulations to Emad, Jinwoo, Otabek and Yosuke – the Léman students who managed to successfully secure a place onto the National Honours Society.

This Sunday saw the CDL Boarding 5km run, as part of the first pillar of our Wellbeing Programme – Nurturing Healthy Bodies and Minds. The Run was an opportunity for everyone, whatever their running ability, to challenge themselves and achieve something special.

It was a brilliant atmosphere and we would like to congratulate everyone who took part – we are very proud of everyone’s achievements!

Our incredible activities programme was back in full force this weekend, and lots of the Léman boys were able to enjoy a wide range of fun activities. These included: Tennis, Horse-Riding, Running, Chess, Golf, Sailing, Climbing and Handball!!

Today we celebrate the 16th Birthday of Jinde, one of our boys. We gather as always with some friends in the kitchen and eat some cake, but this time was not chocolate as always, tonight we have RASPBERRY CAKE!!

What a delicious cake and awesome celebration!!

This afternoon our boys played the second game of the basketball tournament. Leman did not win, but we came close and our team fought hard on the court. We will see what happens next time.

Until the next derby!

This weekend was the first trip of the Boarding Community. The destination was the Disneyland Paris theme park! Our boys have the opportunity to meet the mythical characters of their favourite films, ride and have fun on the different attractions and see the incredible parades. They felt like children again in a magical world and lived the Disney experience 100%.

After having enjoyed a dinner with friends and the weekend with the family, we gathered in the kitchen to eat the chocolate cake and celebrate the 16th birthday.

This last weekend, our boys took part in many of the activities we have. Firstly, we started with the barbecue we had on Friday evening. The students were helping with the activities and selling moon cakes to celebrate the Chinese moon festival and raise money for charity. On Saturday and Sunday, they took part in the activities we usually have every weekend such as chess club, climbing, cooking, golf and tennis. This weekend they also went to Walibi amusement park where they had a great time and some of them also participated in the new history club.

This weekend there was a derby on Lake Geneva, Servette FC (Geneva) vs Lausanne. Many of our boys took the opportunity to watch this match and cheer for the team they liked the most. They had a great time together with their friends and saw the victory of the Geneva team.