Category: People

Safeguarding Workshop

What is safeguarding? What does it mean at Aiglon College? Safeguarding relates to the actions undertaken by individuals and an organisation to both promote and protect the welfare of children. In an international boarding school setting, where…

Posted on 26 November, 2018 in School, People, Spirit

Opening your Home

Since the opening of the la Clairière Centre in October 2015, and the Gryon centre later that year, asylum-seekers have become a settled part of the Villars community, bringing with them an astonishing range of experience and culture. Whether arriving…

Posted on 27 November, 2018 in People, Mountain, Spirit

IB Business Students at Glion

Last week five of our IB business students participated in a marketing workshop at the Glion Institute of Higher Education. The group learned about the Swiss hospitality education industry as well as participated in a challenge to pitch to launch a…

Posted on 27 November, 2018 in School, People, Mind

​A Belvedere Gift Box

70 Christmas presents. 7 countries. Over CHF 1500 raised. We are proud of the combined efforts put in by both students and staff from every house on campus, all led by the boys and Belvedere Assistant Houseparent, Miss Harold. . . As the holiday…

Posted on 21 November, 2018 in School, People, Spirit

Private Passions: Heart Warmers

An afternoon volunteering at La Castalie, the educational medical centre in Monthey for people with mental and physical challenges, isn’t for everyone. But, says Spanish teacher Miss Mila Lopez Sancho, for those who take part, it can be a very special…

Posted on 21 November, 2018 in School, People, Spirit