Today in the Boarding Award Ceremony we have received many medals. Congratulation to all of you, you are doing an amazing job!

As a school with almost over 100 nationalities present , diversity is our common language.It helps us recognize and respect “ways of being” that are not necessarily our own. So that as we interact with others we can build bridges to trust, respect, and understanding.It helps dispel negative stereotypes and personal biases about different groups. With that in mind we discussed a lot and at the end of our session the girls were encouraged to bring something from home,that they always keep with them no matter where they are,which shows their culture and  to share it with their housemates.

Ekaterina showed us a presentation about her beloved Moscow.

Steph showed us handcrafted bags from Bali, and pointed the importance of spirituality of Balinese people

Doria and Camila talked with passion about Peking Opera.Louise shared secrets of French cuisine.Kokoro told us about Osechi and its importance to Japanese people.Yuqi prepared traditional tea from her city in 3 different tastes. Alison  holding  a Chinese artcraft who she keeps for good luck, finally decided to put it in New Portena for all of us!!!!💖💕❤🙌🙌

Eva and Manya gave a heartbreaking speech about the importance of their families in their lives.

Yesterday we were part of the CdL Charity Christmas Market, we baked different pastries and we sold them. It was a great experience.

Thank you very much girls ^^

Today is Thanksgiving and we wanted to celebrate it with our American students, the Usher family invited us to join them. Thank you very much, it was really good!

Quick brainstorming of what we think each point means.

We’ll try to implement them in our day to day life.

Cooking is a great way to express your creativity and our boarders make the most out  of it on their free time..Lolita is mastering Vegetable soup

Yesterday we went to Lausanne to enjoy the marine fauna of the AQUATIS. It was an amazing experience!,

3 inspiring plays ,grades 9,10 and IG2,many many guests and a memorable evening for all.

Drama Kings and Queens..NOT!!!Our borders with great acting skills ,lightened our evening.

From “girls are not good in maths” and “men are so insensitive” to “he is getting a bit senile with age” or “some people struggle at university”, there’s no shortage of common stereotypes about social groups. Chances are we have heard most of these examples at some point. In fact, stereotypes are a bit like air: invisible but always present.With the girls tonight we tried to clear the air bit , about this hugely important issue, merely by  being aware of the damaging effects that stereotypes can have.

At the end of our session we played a game..a small piece of paper with the name of a country was placed in ones girls forehead, while the others should share stereotypes about people and culture of this country and the aim was for the girl with the paper in her forehead to guess ,according to these stereotypes, the country the rest of the girls were talking about.The girls acknowledge the inaccuracy of these stereotypes by simply not recognising  them in their friends behavior, in the house and school.We may not be able to avoid stereotypes completely and immediately, but we can try to clear the air of them.