Meet Haut-Lac student-athlete & skier Victoria
Hello! My name is Victoria. I’m 16 years old and an alpine ski racer. I started skiing at age three near where we live in Les Paccots, and then began skiing in Morgins. From there, I joined the ski team and skied with Morgins until I was 12. I then joined Ski Valais for four […]
2023 at Haut-Lac revisited
Scene opens on Haut-Lac International Bilingual School’s Praz-Dagoud campus. Lights come on stage left, where Managing Director Grainne and Primary Deputy Head Sally are waving goodbye to the last of the students heading off for the Christmas holiday. They stop and turn to face each other. Sally: That’s all of them safely with their families. Grainne: […]
For athletes Axel & Victoria, success is a mindset
Haut-Lac student-athletes Victoria and Axel are enjoying a month’s rest after a very successful ski season with elite ski team, Ski Valais. We therefore managed to catch up with them to find out more about their sport, and of course to congratulate them. It’s not easy achieving such superb performances in slalom, giant slalom and super […]
Pre-season training: student-athlete tips
Despite winter weather conditions, MYP4 sport & study student Kyan has been training hard indoors to prepare for the next cycling season. He managed, however, to find some time to tell us a bit about what he’s been up to. After a season filled with races but no extreme training, I have started a […]
How the IB helped sofia become a Toky02020 finalist
From the Olympic stadium to Lake Geneva, our Class of 2021 graduate and parathlete Sofia is back and already thinking about the next step. She did, however, make time to share a few tips from her experience as an elite IB student-elite with Haut-Lac Sport & Study Coordinator James. Finishing 3rd in the T63 100m at […]
How to play high-level sport & obtain an IB diploma
Today I’m sitting down with a particularly unique student – one who joined us in order to simultaneously work towards an IB diploma and train for the biggest sporting event in the world calendar, the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (*article written before COVID-19).