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COLLÈGE CHAMPITTET

Founded in 1903, Collège Champittet is a well established private school in the Lake Geneva area. Its magnificent campus welcomes primary and secondary students and has a boarding school as well. The school has been running summer camps for over 20 years.

• One school, two campuses
  Discover Collège Champittet, the Swiss day and boarding school open to the world. With campuses in Nyon and Pully.
• Discover Forest School at Champittet
  Since the start of the 2020 school year, Collège Champittet has developed a complementary pedagogical approach known as “open-air school” for preschool and primary school children.
• Champittet Summer Leadership Camp
  Summer Leadership Camps are held over two weeks and open to students from all over the world aged 11 to 18. Students may choose full boarding at the historic campus near Lake Geneva or attend as day camp participants.
• Bilingual education in Switzerland
  The school offers the students the best of both worlds. Unique amongst the peers, Collège Champittet offers a truly bilingual French/English education.

SCHOOL

Collège Champittet has been providing outstanding education to students in Switzerland for over a century. With internationally recognised curricula and a strong sense of values rooted in Catholic heritage, the school nurtures and inspire its students to achieve their best.
This bilingual French-English private school welcomes students of all nationalities and backgrounds from ages 3 to 18. Collège Champittet has two pristine campuses in the safe and scenic Lake Geneva area. Pully campus is home to learners of all ages, with optional boarding for secondary school students, while Nyon campus offers a vibrant day school for preschool and primary education.

• Languages Taught: English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish
• Curriculum: Bilingual Swiss Maturité, French Baccalaureat (France), International Baccalaureate, English National Curriculum
• Day and Boarding School
• Student to Teacher Ratio: Pully 9:1, Nyon 9:1
• 50+ nationalities
• Maximum Students: 980
• Age Range: 3-18
• Average Class Size: Pully - 16, Nyon - 16
• Languages of Instruction: English, French
• Facilities Highlights: climbing and hiking, computers/ pads and other IT gadgets, sports and music

BOARDING SCHOOL

Champittet boarding school in Switzerland is home to an international community of 90 boarding students, aged 11 to 18. Some of the boarders stay seven days a week, and some stay from Monday to Friday. Located in Pully, near Lausanne city centre and Lake Geneva, this private boarding school offers excellent amenities in secure and friendly surroundings.
Its staff is dedicated to providing individual care to each of the boarding students, so they feel at home away from home. With peers from around the world, including both native and non-native French speakers, all boarding students live and learn in a dynamic, supportive environment that nurtures their educational success and personal wellbeing.

HOUSING
Secure and friendly, the Champittet boarding house near Lausanne, Switzerland is a home away from home for your child.
Champittet provides all the top amenities you would expect of a Swiss boarding school – but the individual care the boarding house offers each child is what sets it apart.
The boarding house is divided into four residential floors, with boys and girls on separate floors. Each floor has a shared living room, where students can enjoy each other’s company, play games or watch movies. Resident staff live on each of these floors as well, so support is always within easy reach.
All students have a comfortable bed and desk space, and some bedrooms have views of Lake Geneva. 90% of the boarders share a room with another student. Care is taken to pair roommates of different nationalities in order to enhance the benefit of their international education.
Within the school grounds, students have access to excellent sporting facilities, including outdoor pitches, tennis courts, a running track and a gym. The Pully campus also has a chapel. While formal services follow the Catholic faith, students of any faith are welcome to use the chapel for their own contemplations.

DAILY LIFE
Daily life at Collège Champittet’s boarding school in Switzerland offers a perfect blend of variety and routine in a safe environment. The structured schedule enables boarding students to focus on their learning and wellbeing, while the location near Lake Geneva and the centre of Lausanne allows them to experience a rich assortment of activities outside of their daily schedule.
After classes have ended for the day, boarding school students have assigned study periods in the evening, with access to tutors for individual support and guidance. Beyond the classroom, the boarding students are encouraged to pursue personal interests, hobbies and extracurricular activities with their fellow classmates. In this way, Champittet helps students establish a healthy and sustainable balance between work and play.

WEEKEND ACTIVITES
Approximately half of the boarding school students stay with Champittet for the weekend. Different extracurricular activities are organised every Saturday and Sunday. Middle school students participate in both activities, whereas high school students may choose to participate in both or just one activity.
Weekend activities vary significantly from week to week and according to the time of year.
Examples include:
• Water sports on Lake Geneva (sailing, paddleboarding, water-skiing)
• Cultural visits to different parts of Switzerland, Italy or France
• Climbing
• Hiking
• Mountain biking
• Shopping trips (such as to the Christmas markets)
• Skiing (every weekend from January, throughout the ski season)
• Visits to local restaurants

HEALTH & WELLBEING
Collège Champittet is committed to the physical and emotional wellbeing of all of the students.
By placing your child in this Swiss boarding school, you are entrusting it with their care, and Champittet takes this very seriously.
Champittet's goal is for each student to graduate with health and wellness habits to lead a fulfilling, successful life. Champittet believes that a nutritious diet, physical activity and positive social relationships are essential to a healthy lifestyle. Champittet school provides personalised health and wellness guidance to all of the students as well as round-the-clock support on campus.

Academics at Collège Champittet

Collège Champittet offers an internationally recognised academic curriculum in a warm and engaging environment. In Pully (Lausanne) and Nyon, Collège Champittet delivers a stimulating education inspired by Swiss standards of excellence. Its caring and highly skilled teachers take a personalised approach to help every child achieve their best while developing a lifelong love of learning.
As part of the Nord Anglia Education family, Collège Champittet believes that learning goes beyond the classroom. All of its students benefit from educational programmes designed in collaboration with international partners Juilliard, MIT and UNICEF. Its Forest School encourages the youngest learners to explore, grow and play outdoors in natural surroundings. And if public health measures or other circumstances lead to school closures, the Virtual School Experience ensures that high-quality learning continues online.

Champittet Summer Leadership Camp

Summer Leadership Camp in Switzerland invites pre-teens and teenagers to build confidence, friendships and unforgettable memories in spectacular surroundings.
The Champittet Summer Leadership Camp offers children a unique opportunity to grow leadership skills and confidence through stimulating outdoor activities, workshops and games in Switzerland.
In the beautiful and safe environment of the Swiss Alps, students aged 11 to 17 are guided by a team of senior trainers and professional mountain guides. Families can choose between the day camp or the full residential programme for the perfect summer camp experience in Switzerland.
The Champittet Summer Leadership Camp is open to students from all over the world and based at the pristine Lausanne campus. Here, campers can develop confidence, teamwork and leadership skills in the spectacular setting of Lake Geneva and the Alps.
Organised together with the renowned Swiss Leadership Academy and taught in English, the summer camp in Switzerland invites students to learn more about themselves through guided challenges, excursions and outdoor adventures.
Teamwork and leadership are key, and participants are coached by professionals in order to get the most out of their summer camp experience in Switzerland. Students have opportunities to develop skills in communication, goal setting, time and stress management, savoir vivre and first aid, all while making new friends from different countries and cultures.

Residential Camp or Day Camp: Two Options for the Perfect Summer in Switzerland

• A 2-week residential camp in the beautiful boarding house of Collège Champittet and its surrounding campus
• A day camp for 7 or 14 days from 9:00 to 17:30, ideal for those based in Lausanne and the Lake Geneva area

For students who are interested in attending this Swiss private school in the future, the summer camp is an excellent opportunity to experience Collège Champittet and Switzerland. Children can discover the flagship campus, experience student life at the historic school in Lausanne, and potentially meet some of their future classmates.

PULLY CAMPUS

This flagship campus offers state-of-the-art facilities in a safe and natural setting to inspire your child’s growth and development.

• Located near the centre of Lausanne and the Lake Geneva shoreline
• Day school for ages 3 to 18
• Boarding school for ages 11 to 18
• Bilingual French-English programme, with German introduced from a young age
• Choice of 3 diplomas: bilingual Swiss Maturité, French Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate in English

FACILITIES & TECHNOLOGY
Pully campus offers first-rate facilities and technology to nurture your child’s body, mind and spirit. Students learn, study and explore in purpose-built spaces, including classrooms dedicated to science and STEAM, music rooms, fully equipped gyms and the school’s own library. Ample courts and sports fields, playgrounds and the nearby lakeside area all provide plenty of room for athletic activities and open-air recreation.
Collège Champittet has long embraced the integration of the latest technology to encourage innovation and enhance learning. The digital learning programme Champitech gives students and teachers continuous access to technology in order to make lessons more engaging, personalised and efficient, while also enabling learning to take place at any place and any time.
This private school was the first in the canton of Vaud and Nord Anglia Education group to offer individual iPads to teachers and students, to make use of their potential in lessons from an early age. All students and teachers in grades 4 to 14 have their own personal iPad to help them learn, collaborate and carry out projects. Students have access to both Macs and PCs in 2 computer suites, and MacBook Air laptops are also available for class projects.

NYON CAMPUS

A fully accredited Eco-School since 2018, Collège Champittet Nyon is committed to respecting the environment and introducing students to sustainable development issues from a young age.

• Located between Geneva and Lausanne
• Nyon campus provides a safe setting for primary school students to explore, grow and make new friends
• Day school for ages 3 to 11
• Bilingual French-English programme, with German introduced from a young age
• Seamless transition to continue secondary studies at Pully campus

FACILITIES & TECHNOLOGY
The facilities and technology of the campus in Nyon provide an inviting and stimulating space for young learners. Combined with Collège Champittet’s positive education approach, the welcoming surroundings are designed to inspire your child’s curiosity and growth.
Nyon campus offers dedicated classrooms for different age groups, as well as an art room, a music room and a “create” room for free play and exploration. In addition, the spacious playground provides a safe environment for students to enjoy outdoor sports and recreation.
We believe that technology plays a vital role in education. The digital learning programme Champitech provides students and teachers with continuous access to technology in order to make lessons more engaging, personalised and efficient, while also enabling learning to take place anytime, anywhere. Today, all students have their own personal iPad to help them learn more deeply and collaborate in new ways. All teachers are trained in how to integrate these devices effectively and encouraged to use them innovatively.