We would like to wish you happy holidays and a year full of health and joy!!

Enjoy your break and your beloved ones. See you in January!

Lots of love,

Terri, Sarah, Maria and Ioanna

Good evening,

Last Saturday we celebrated our annual Winter Dance with all of our Boarders. They enjoyed a lovely dinner full of joy, laughs and music.

Rei, prefect and head girls of boarding, did an amazing speech we she talked about the importance of knowing our strengths and ourselves.

To end the night, the students showed their best moves on the dance floor and they spent the last weekend together before the winter break.

Much love,

Terri, Sarah, Ioanna and María.

In 1602, Geneva was coveted by the Savoyards. Chales-Emmanuel I intended to make Geneva his capital north of the Alps.

On the night of 11-12th December 1602, one of the darkest nights of the year, a troop of 2000 soldiers launched a surprise attack. Arriving in Painpalais, the mercenaries climbed the walls surrounding the city. That is why the commemoration is referred to as “l’Escalade” (which means “the climb” in French).

The alarm was sounded at 4:30 a.m. by a watchman firing his harquebus. La Clémence, the bell of Saint Peter’s Cathedral, rang the alarm supported by all the bells in the monuments.

Armed with nothing more than courage and halberds, the citizens of Geneva, men and women alike, ran out of their houses to defend the city alongside the bourgeois militia and the city’s soldiers. They fought off the enemies using any means to hand.

A number of stories recall the courage of La Mère Royaume, who scalded one Savoyard with her pot of soup. Since 1881, chocolate cauldrons decorated with the coat of arms of Geneva have been sold and eaten at this time every year in honour of the bravery.

The enemies withdrew empty-handed, leaving 54 casualties behind.

To celebrate this tradition, each year, the youngest and oldest person in each houselhold smash a chocolate ‘Marmite’ and recite the following sentence:

“Ainsi périssent les ennemis de la République”

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*Click on the link above to see a video of Cherry and Amaliya smashing the “Martmite”.

Good evening!

Last night we celebrated the first Boarding Award Ceremony of the year.

Sara, Manuela and Luisa received the boarding life award.

Skyler, Defne and Darina won the boarding activities award.

Manuela and Amaliya won the grade 9 academic award.

Bice and Skyler won the 10th grade academic award.

Anastasiia won the Première Maturité academic award.

Rei won the IB2 academic award.

We are really proud of all our girls, you are doing amazing 🤩

Lots of love,

Terri, Sarah, Ioanna and María.

Good afternoon!

Last night Darina, Defne A, Defne I, Luisa, Manuela and Amaliya joined forces and built this beautiful gingerbread house for the House Competition.

You did an amazing job; let’s see the results of the voting 🤞🏼

Much love,

Terri, Sarah, Ioanna and María.

Good evening!

While some of our girls when to Europa Park, the rest stayed here in Collège du Léman and attended different activities during the weekend. On Saturday they made the most of the good weather and enjoyed some shopping in Geneva.

Lots of love,

Terri, Sarah, Ioanna and María.

Good evening!

This weekend Luisa, Manuela, Defne I, Defne A, Venüs, Rin and Amaliya went on a trip to Europa Park, in Rust, Germany.

They enjoyed the beauty of the different European countries being represented in the park and also the rollercoasters (they lost count of how many times they went on the Silver Star ride). They had plenty of food and did some shopping for Secret Santa🎅🏼

Enjoy the lovely pictures they took 🤩

Terri, Sarah, Ioanna and María.

Good evening,

Last week we celebrated Nastia’s birthday with all the girls from the house. We hope you had an amazing day full of joy❤️

Lots of love,

Terri, Sarah, Ioanna and María.