Private school in Switzerland

Why study at Chantemerle ?

Chantemerle school is like Switzerland: small, personalized and efficient.

Renowned for its high academic standards, our school teaches the importance of a balanced life, traditional values and the culture of effort.

The educational vision of our founders is now carried on by Mrs Anne White-Wegmüller and Mr Yann Wegmüller, directors of Chantemerle, supported by a team of experienced and dedicated teachers and educators.

For a sustainable education

Our main purpose is to empower every student to reach their potential through personal and academic success.

Our school teaches the importance of a balanced life, family values and the culture of effort. In a complex and rapidly changing world, we strive to pass on to new generations the fundamental values and life skills needed to create a sustainable future for all:

Values

Solidarity
Respect
Simplicity
Nature

Life skills

Household tasks
Table manners
Gardening
Repair & Recycle

The boarding spirit of Chantemerle

5-day boarding or permanent boarding

With a maximum capacity of 65 students, Chantemerle’s boarding school offers an enriching experience in a healthy and personalized family environment.

In a complex and fast-changing world, our students enjoy a peaceful and happy environment where they can focus and find balance. Chantemerle promotes digital awareness and teaches to disconnect through limited hours of access. By following daily good habits, as well as through sports, arts and nature activities children and teenagers become self-confident, happy to learn and to excel.

The Wegmüller family and its team are present 24/7 to ensure that life at Chantemerle runs smoothly. Our residential school nurse cares for our children’s well-being and monitors health issues on an individual basis. Simple community rules promote a healthy and happy environment.

Our rooms have a beautiful view on lake Geneva, most with private en-suite bathrooms. After class, students can relax on the terrace with a view, as well as enjoy our sport and leisure areas. Our chef prepares healthy and delicious menus. Holder of the “Fourchette Verte” quality label, our students benefit from fresh and well- balanced menus cooked “just like at home” using local ingredients. Special dietary needs are addressed with the chef and his team.

Living away from home offers invaluable opportunities for personal development. Most importantly, at Chantemerle, students learn to live together in a spirit of togetherness and respect. Upon leaving Chantemerle, our graduates carry into their adult lives the spirit of solidarity and the strong sense of friendship that characterize our school.

Day school at Chantemerle

A programme that meets the needs of local families

A good half of our students live in the area and study at Chantemerle as day students. Day students fully benefit from the structure of our boarding programme together with the boarding students :

Full on-site care at the school with flexible hours from 7:30am to 6:30pm
Healthy and delicious home-cooked meals and snacks
Supervised studies and assistance with homework on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
A rich and balanced after school activity programme (Sport, Art and Nature)

The pick-up and drop-off of students can be arranged with our own shuttle buses (Blonay-Montreux-Vevey).

The intelligent and rigorous application of simple community rules contributes to the efficient and organized running of the establishment and its harmony. Chantemerle promotes digital education and screen time management. Digital access is controlled on the school premises.

A team of dedicated and experienced educators garanties a healthy, well balanced and safe environment. Our on- campus school nurse follows the students in relation to their health.

Personal development

Afterclass Sports, Arts & Nature activities

During extra-curricular time, Chantemerle offers its students a rich programme of sports, artistic and cultural activities. Supervised by dedicated and experienced professionals, our students develop essential values and skills such as perseverance, leadership and team spirit.

Sports taught at Chantemerle include Jiu-Jitsu and boxing, archery, swimming, running and team sports. Wednesday afternoons are reserved for hands-on and nature activities, while Friday afternoons are devoted to the visual and performing arts.

At the request of parents, sport-study or art-study programmes can be set up. In partnership with top-level clubs and schools, these programmes bring together talented young athletes and artists who wish to combine formal academic training with top-level artistic or sporting training (between 8 and 12 hours of training per week):

Sports academies: football, basketball, tennis, golf, horse riding, skiing, ice hockey
Arts schools: ballet school, conservatoire piano, violin, cello, etc.
Personalized coaching programmes on demand

CORE PROGRAMME - ELECTIVES*

SPORTS

Archery, swimming, jiu-jitsu, running

Tennis, Football, Basketball, Volleyball

Sports & Studies Program* (tennis, basketball, football, golf, horse riding, sailing)

Winter Sports

ARTS

Performing arts : Music & singing, Dance, drama, circus skills

Visual arts: painting, photography, cinema

Art & Study Program* (Piano, Ballet)

Digital creation (3D, game design)*

NATURE & CULTURE

Pratical skills (cooking, gardening, repairing)

Nature worskhops

Swiss Museums and heritage

UN Youth Leadership Programme*