Second weekend full of activities, trips and challenges for our students. In the picture we can see Nikita very focused ready to serve.
Aoto, Ryu, Azmat and Ayu also took part in the beach volleyball match.
A little bit later on the day students decided to treat themselves with steaks.
No rush, a good meal takes its time and dedication. Kevin knows about it.
Baby foot challenge to decide who do the dishes? 😜
Hello again from the Olympus Boarding House!
The first week is over! And with the first week, the first weekend graces us with clear skies and cool breezes! Perfect weather for dragging ourselves outside and getting the blood flowing with a host of wonderful activities.
On Saturday, a good number of our boys went on the Nature Walk activity to get more acquainted with the rural surroundings of C.D.L, in order to discover the raw nature that steeps even this far down the Swiss mountains and clusters near the foot of the lake.
And speaking of the lake:
Another group of our newer boarders dug themselves out of their comfortable beds and paddled out onto the fine waters of Lake Geneva for our Paddle-Boarding and Kayak activity. Despite a rough start with a lot of regrets about venturing to the cold shores of Geneva’s pride so early, everyone ended up being thrilled with the sweeping mountain breezes, the warm morning sun and the slow, laid-back surf.
For our more sporting boarders, a trip out to play the King’s Game was in order. And we couldn’t have asked for a better morning to Golf. With consistent wind and clear lines of sight, the quiet morning complimented our players focus and led to an exemplary display of driving, novice or not.
Paired with these activities was of course a great deal of relaxation. As the week swings around again tomorrow. But re-energised, everyone at Olympus is looking forwards to tackle the new week feeding into the first days of September.
Wishing everyone the best, from Olympus Boarding House!
Football evenings are back and Olympus students are happy to share the passion for this sport.
Not a second too soon, the Academic year has begun once again! And with that, Olympus Boarding House has opened its doors to many new and exciting faces, as well as many familiar ones. It doesn’t need to be said that we’re elated to welcome the boys once again into our care for a tremendous school year filled with relief as so many things that weren’t possible before, have come into our grasp once again as we weather the pandemic. Options for adventure are cautiously opened once again for everyone at Olympus House as well as the Collège du Léman as a whole. And we at Olympus couldn’t be more excited!
To celebrate the homecoming to C.D.L we opened the doors of the dining hall to the students to reveal a truly Swiss welcome experience with Rosti aplenty. All draped in the colours of CDL’s host nation:
After a hearty meal of Swiss cuisine preceded by a welcome speech by C.D.L’s own Justin Usher, the homecoming could finally come home to Olympus. And all of us at Olympus closed out the day early to bed, to prepare for the amazing year ahead of all of us.
Welcome Home!
We are so exited to welcome the students for the new academic year. Looking forward to seeing you. Greetings from Mr. Joe, Mr. Jakob, Mr. Tom & Mr. Xavier.
On behalf of the Olympus Team and all the Community of Collège du Léman we would like to wish to all you a great summer. It has been a great year. Get all the rest you deserve and enjoy the time together with your families.
Mr. Tom, Mr. Xavier, Mr. Ronan, Mr. Jaime
Happy Birthday Michel
This weekend we had a really nice weather. We could enjoy many different activities on the lake as : banana boat, kayaking, paddle among others…
We have also celebrated the End of Year party at Concha where we could enjoy many different games and have a great time in the pool.
We started the day with a little but beautiful hike to approach the High Ropes Park
The park was full of challenges but Ryu, Hanwen, Aoto and Boris feel very comfortable on the heights
Michel also loved zip lining from tree to tree.
After lunch we took an E-Bike tour from the Village of Champery (1000m) with a professional guide.
Riding up hill with these “toys” was much easier and enjoyable.
We did some stops for water and pictures. Here we have climbed already 500m.
Reaching the summit seems effortless for the fitness of Aoto and the support of the E-bike.
Overall we climbed 900 and the view and fresh air up there was amazing. Les Crossets looks very different since we came back to ski in winter.
Boris has shown his previous trial skills on the single track routes. Bravo Boris!
Ryu has improved a lot during the day. These boy definitely loves challenges.
One of the last downhill tracks before reaching the bottom again.
More than 25 km, lots of laughs, challenges and no injuries was the summary of last Saturday. Worth it to wake up at 7:00am.
On Saturday Iyowuna brought his guitar down to the lake to play and sing with Mason from Champ des Bois
Iyowuna finding some inspiration while looking at the lake down the lake towards Montreux where the Jazz festival is held in Switzerland
Mason and Iyowuna after skimming stones and having a nice chat