The girls are packing their things and ready for a weekend in the mountains!

On the weekend the girls had an amazing experience hiking with huskies! They each had the opportunity to walk with a husky through the snowy pathways in the mountains. We were very lucky and had beautiful weather! The smiles on their faces says it all… what a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon!

       Today for our Wellbeing session we focused on identifying the warning signs within friendships. We looked at different scenarios that could occur amongst friends such as, “Your friend tells you not to hangout with certain people” or “Your friend threatens to hurt you” …

     With coloured sheets of paper, we decided on whether the situations were normal (green), a warning sign (yellow) or a bad sign (red). For each scenario, the girls expressed a variety of perspectives and gave insight of their own experiences dealing with toxic and healthy friendships. It was an insightful Wellbeing Session today!

This week we have started a new pillar in our Well-being program. We will develop this third pillar for the next weeks and it is about building positive friendships. As an introduction to the new topic, we had a presentation from Yasmina and Hai Ngan. Friendship is a very important value in our house and we hope this will be very useful for our girls.

We had a Boarding Assembly welcoming everyone back! Mr. Usher spoke about the importance of recognizing the success stories in 2019 and not only focusing on the negative news.  A variety of positive achievements were discussed that happened all over the world in 2019, which related to the environment, health, and people.

Later on in the assembly, Miss. Cristina and Sofia Valenzuela focused on New Years Resolutions linking it to the importance of healthy eating. Miss. Cristina described how the human body is the most perfect and efficient constructed machine that we must handle with care and nurture as we grow up.

Later on Sofia had a great presentation on the importance of healthy eating and exercising to better our wellbeing. Through an enthusiastic approach she engaged the audience by sharing her personal experience of balancing a healthy lifestyle as a boarder. Great job Sofia!

We are looking forward to welcome our girls back in the House.

May this new year bring you much joy and fun. May you find peace, love and success. Sending my heartiest new year wish for you!

We missed you 🙂

Villa du Lac is closing its doors for the winter break. Enjoy holidays have wonderful days, and come back full of energy. We will be waiting for our girls from January 11th.

Best wishes,

Lucelia, Berta, Kim and Aída

On Saturday December 14th we had an amazing time at the Winter Ball! All the girls looked beautiful!

Scarlett and Yasmina had the chance to speak in front of the whole Boarding where they presented lovely speeches spoken from their hearts. Really well done girls!

More photos to come in the Villa du Lac Times December edition!

Singing a Duet 

A big congratulations to Sue and Fiona who sang beautifully at the Boarding Assembly. They worked hard, practiced a lot and sang a really nice duet together. Great work girls!

Community Service

Tanya had the chance to talk about her experience helping in the Dominican Republic where she expressed how she had the opportunity to make a positive impact in someone else’s life. She explained how she helped build and repair a woman’s house who had been experiencing a lot of challenges in her life. It was a fulfilling experience for her and she did a great job inspiring others to go out of their comfort zone and take part in community service. Great job Tanya!