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With our beautiful forest – home to our beloved Forest School – on the shores of Lake Geneva, our historic Collège Champittet campus is an exceptional place for students to learn, explore and grow.

In June, a meaningful new art installation came to grace the ceiling of our Champittet chapel – a multicoloured dove, consisting of 3,000 handmade origami pieces.

We are delighted to share that Collège Champittet has once again earned the Eco-Schools Green Flag Award, recognising our ongoing commitment to sustainability and environmental education.

As the summer holidays approach, I would like to express my gratitude to the teaching staff. The demands of their profession have changed considerably: there is increasing neurodiversity amongst the student body, as well as new technologies and evolving expectations from parents and the school management.

From preschool to Grade 8, our Champittet primary students celebrated the end of the school year with an entire day for exploration, learning and friendship.

The summer holidays provide the ideal time to discover new experiences and forge friendships beyond the classroom. Here are some ideas to help your child make the most of their summer break while resting and recharging for the next school year.

A joyful atmosphere filled the Collège Champittet campus as we celebrated the end of the 2025-2026 school year with our community.

AI is transforming learning – and how schools should prepare students for an AI-driven world. With answers just a click away, the future isn’t just about what children know, but how they think.

For our students in Grade 14, the last few weeks have been marked by dedication, effort and a sense of achievement.

On 9 May, the Collège Champittet Foundation invited our community to a charity dinner held at the Beau-Rivage Palace in Lausanne. Dedicated to supporting children with severe burns and their families in the wake of the tragedy in Crans-Montana.

With his permission, I would like to share some insights from a Champittet dad, INSEAD Professor Horacio Falcao, during his recent Graduation Ceremony speech.

May was full of nature and outdoor learning for our primary students at Collège Champittet. From Grades 1 to 4, our students enjoyed a variety of excursions that mixed art, science, animals and environmental discovery.

Our Champittet students took learning beyond the classroom in May with a stimulating variety of school trips. From outdoor exploration to cultural immersion and reflections on faith, these trips enabled our students to discover new frontiers and experiences.

School holidays are the perfect time to try something new – a new sport, a new hobby, a new talent! Over the Easter break, some of our students had the chance to do just that by joining one of our Holiday Clubs.

A few words about our campus, which has never looked more beautiful than it does in May 2026

At Collège Champittet, we know that health and wellbeing are essential to academic success. Sleep – both quality and amount – matters. Healthy sleep plays a central role in helping students thrive. Even so, this vital need is often overlooked in busy daily routines.

At Collège Champittet, we believe that student wellbeing is the foundation for success. For students to achieve their best academically, they need to feel supported to excel – and that includes learning in an environment that supports mental and physical wellbeing.

After months of preparation, it was finally time for our students in Grades 9 and 10 to show off their originality and problem-solving skills at our Champittet STEAM Fair.

After the Easter break, we were thrilled to welcome our primary students back to Collège Champittet with our Earth Week celebrations, bringing together lessons in nature and sustainability.

As an exercise in logic, concentration and creativity, chess holds useful lessons for players of all ages – something our own students at Collège Champittet know from experience.