Dear Champiteans,
Welcome back to school! I hope that you have had a relaxed and pleasant summer; with a little boredom which sparks creativity, quality time with your loved ones and, ideally, a some reading and revision.
Life never really stops at Collège Champittet. The school holidays had just started and the campuses of Nyon and Pully were already filled with children.
Our Swiss Maturity, International Baccalaureate and French bac graduates bid farewell to their second home in a ceremony full of emotions and nostalgia.
Tradidi quod et accepi
When I started working at Champittet in 1984, I never imagined the length of the journey I would undertake and the extraordinary diversity I would experience there.
This month, in collaboration with the municipality of Nyon, Collège Champittet organised a toy swap and a photo exhibition presenting the different sustainability actions that can be implemented to preserve nature and work for citizenship.
This month, two major annual sporting events took place: the cross-country race organised by the Association of Directors of Institutes in French-speaking Switzerland (ADISR) and the 20km of Lausanne.
At Collège Champittet in Nyon, we have seen a number of magnificent projects and initiatives flourish throughout the year, led by the teachers, the headmistress and the parents' association, contributing to the development and education of the students.
The challenge of this year's STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths) competition revolved around the extreme climate changes occurring on Earth.
As every year, the Champittet Holiday Clubs took place on the Pully and Nyon campuses during the Easter holidays, with two new additions: the Happy Sciences camp, organised in collaboration with our partner Young Engineers, and the sailing camp, in partnership with the Pully Nautical Club.
Collège Champittet has launched a brand-new preparation programme for its 14th grade Swiss Maturité students who have already passed their exams earlier this year.
A group of students from grades 11 to 14 —accompanied by Samy, one of our sports instructors, and two professional mountain guides— carried out a difficult and adventurous weekend expedition in the Swiss Alps.
After long months of intense preparation and hard work, the Visual Arts Exhibition organized by our International Baccalaureate section students, opened its doors to the public last month.
Once a month, the Head of School Mr. Philippe de Korodi, along with the members of the management team, welcomes of the families of our students to Café 1903 for a relaxed breakfast.