22 June 2024 Surval Takes on London! "It was the best trip we’ve ever had, filled with wonderful memories and experiences that we will remember for a lifetime.” Read more
29 May 2024 Global Etiquette at Surval Montreux Surval’s Etiquette celebrates tradition and embraces the future Read more
22 May 2024 Why choose Surval to learn French? Discover an interview between Mr Peltier and Joanne, who joined us for the French Language and Culture gap programme this year. Read more
21 May 2024 Learn more about our New Principal Mrs. Woodhouse We spoke with Mrs. Woodhouse on how she is feeling about her return to her former position Read more
17 May 2024 Re-Appointment of Patricia Woodhouse We are delighted to announce the return of Patricia Woodhouse as Principal of Surval Montreux. Read more
02 May 2024 Victoria's Trip to Tanzania Discover Victoria's experiences in Tanzania, she had a fantastic time! Read more
02 May 2024 Surval Service Project in Tanzania Our Principal, Nicola Dudley recently had the privilege of supporting and participating in our Surval Montreux Service Project in Tanzania Read more
29 April 2024 Boarding life at Surval Montreux Jump into the excitement of boarding life at Surval Montreux. Our vice principal Shirley Mitchell gives us a closer look! Read more
24 April 2024 USA, UK, and European University Offers for Surval Girls This years graduating class will depart Surval to take up university places throughout Europe, the UK and the USA. Read more
21 February 2024 The Importance of Learning Languages in Today's World In the heart of Surval Montreux, as we celebrate International Mother Language Day Read more
13 February 2024 A Journey of Diplomacy: Our Students' Experience at MITMUNC in Boston Last week, four of our students embarked on a transformative journey to Boston to participate in the prestigious MITMUNC (Model United Nations Confere... Read more
31 January 2024 Skiing Traditions at Surval Montreux: A Journey from Finishing School Elegance to Alpine Adventure With our unique location overlooking the Swiss Alps and Lac Léman, we have a rich history that intertwines with the skiing tradition, dating back to t... Read more
04 January 2024 Rediscovering History: Sofya Kovalevskaya's Journey Unveiled Discover the inspiring journey of mathematician Sofya Kovalevskaya presented in a student-led assembly. Explore her early years, educational pursuits,... Read more
28 December 2023 A Year of Excitement and Growth at Surval International School for Girls in 2024 Get ready for an exhilarating year at Surval International School for Girls in 2024! From skiing in Switzerland to impactful service projects and inte... Read more
22 December 2023 Unlocking Language and Confidence: Rosie's Journey Explore Rosie's transformative journey at Surval Montreux's French Language and Culture Programme, where language and culture seamlessly intertwine. Read more
10 December 2023 Surval's Student-Led Charity Initiatives Make a Lasting Impact Explore Surval's decade-long commitment to charity, from aiding the less fortunate with Cartons du Coeur to supporting displaced children with Evam Do... Read more
01 December 2023 Leading with Purpose: Meet Our Student Ambassadors at Surval Montreux! Meet Surval Montreux's Student Ambassadors – Maiia, Victoria, Valeria, and Rosie. From etiquette to sustainability, witness the inspiring leadership s... Read more
29 November 2023 An inspiring Art History excursion “When you first look at a painting, you don’t know what the story is. It brings you in and asks questions. You can connect an artwork when you spend m... Read more
17 November 2023 The Surval Sports Programme: closing the gap between school sport and sport for life At Surval Montreux we have one mission; to equip girls with tools which support them for life, be this in Language, Culture, Creative Pursuit or Physi... Read more
19 October 2023 The importance of data collection for tailored learning As teachers approach Half Term around the world, they will be consulting student data to measure progress, review academic targets and to write report... Read more
21 March 2023 International French Day at Surval We celebrated French with a day packed with fun challenges to learn about the cultures of different French-speaking countries. Read more
10 March 2023 Let’s talk about “messy complexity” in English Literature at Surval Let's talk about "messy complexity" in English Literature at Surval. A blogpost by our English Teacher, Mrs Kruse, on a unite with grade 10 students. Read more
08 March 2023 Celebrating International Women's Day at Surval: empowering young women Today's students are tomorrow's leaders. In our international all-girls school, our students aspire to have an impact on tomorrow's world as they lear... Read more
03 August 2022 Survalienne Alexa Aguilar Izquierdo returns to Surval Summer Camp Alexa Aguilar Izquierdo, a fellow Survalienne, who studied her foundation year at Surval Montreux in 2016-2017, came back this year to work at our S... Read more
22 July 2022 Alex Bedwell joins us for Surval Summer Camp Alex Bedwell, Bellevue teacher, joins us for Surval Summer Camp Read more
19 July 2022 Small is beautiful - an intentionally small school What makes Surval such an exceptional school? Read more
12 July 2022 Viviana Aguilar Izquierdo - resident photographer and fellow Survalienne Upon her return to Surval, Vivi expressed: “Coming back to Surval was a roller coaster of emotions. A wave of nostalgia overcame me when going through... Read more
22 June 2022 End of Year Celebrations Celebrations abound; taken from Principal Ms. Nicola Dudley's End of Year Speech as the first cohort under her leadership graduate from Surval in its ... Read more
08 April 2022 Student Blog: Trip to Monaco Surval's Advanced French group took an exciting trip to Monaco and the French Riviera: read our student blog to find out more! Read more
31 January 2022 Advanced Placements at Surval Montreux Find out about the Advanced Placements APs program available at Surval Montreux! Read more
25 January 2022 Art Masterclasses at Surval Take a peek at Surval's exciting programme of online Art Masterclasses conducted by exciting new artists! Read more
20 January 2022 Surval Copenhagen Trip: Student Blog Our Swiss Gap student Montserrat shares her best memories from this year's trip to Copenhagen! Read more
22 December 2021 Model United Nations at Surval: Teacher's Blog Find out more about the work of Surval's Model United Nations club on climate change and sustainability! Read more
20 December 2021 Surval Swiss Tour: Student Blog Swiss Gap student Montserrat shares her best memories from this year's Surval Swiss Tour! Read more
26 November 2021 Surval Swiss Gap French Advent Calendar Click on the Surval Swiss Gap Advent Calendar to learn a new phrase every day and improve your French! Read more
11 October 2021 Principal's Blog: The Power of an All-girls Education Our Principal Ms Nicola Dudley reflects on the benefits of an all-girls education to engage and empower young girls to find their true voice and take ... Read more
10 September 2021 Principal's Blog: Reflections on Surval Our Principal Ms Nicola Dudley reflects on her arrival in Switzerland and first impressions of Surval. Read more about her vision for the school. Read more
21 August 2021 This Year at Surval 2021 Watch our latest video showcasing the highlights of the 2021 academic year at Surval Montreux! Read more
14 August 2021 University Destinations Congratulations to this year’s Grade 12 Graduates and Swiss Gap Leavers who are all heading on to their first choice of university. Read more
27 May 2021 Our Russian Speakers Share Their Surval Experience Our Russian speaking students share their Surval experience with you, explaining why they chose Surval, what makes the school so special. Read more
24 May 2021 Surval Online Conference Series - My Journey After Surval My Journey After Surval Paulina Gaille (2006, Mexico) Survalienne Paulina hosted April’s Inspiring Women Online Conference and spoke with our s... Read more
18 November 2020 Student Blog - Life in the Trenches During WW1 Katya (Grade 10, Russia) has recently completed this awesome film project focusing on WWI trench warfare. Read more
18 August 2020 Survalienne Lucia Tells How Surval Held Her In Fine Stead Originally joining Surval Summer Camp for two weeks, Survalienne Lucia tells how she fell in love with the school, and so joined Grade 10 that Autumn. Read more
12 March 2020 Student Blog - Top Tips for Successful School Blogs Following a comparative study of other schools’ blogs and their own favourite fashion, food, and lifestyle blogs, our girls devised their own Top Tips... Read more
07 February 2020 Student Blog: Our Ski Week at Anzère Viviana (FY, Mexico) will tell you about her first ski week. Read more
28 January 2020 Student speeches at Youth Forum Switzerland 2020 Read through the snapshots of our students' speeches that they delivered at the Youth Forum in front of several other students and schools. Read more
03 December 2019 Student Blog: My experience volunteering for ASRIMM Nastya led an assembly this morning on volunteering for ASRIMM Read more
26 November 2019 Student Blog: My highlights of the Prague trip Roby (FY, Mexico) shares her personal highlights from this weekend's trip to Prague Read more
09 November 2019 Student Blog: Let us build bridges, not walls On the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a fitting student speech Read more
07 November 2019 Surval News: Surval Equestriennes compete at Lyon International Horse Show Interviews with our equestriennes, Rosalie and Bianca Read more
31 October 2019 Student Blog: World Dyslexia Month Aisheeya (G10, India) uses poetry to see the written word through the eyes of someone with dyslexia... Read more
28 October 2019 Student Blog: Impressions of Italy Soledad (G9, Mexico) shares her impressions from the key sites visited on our October Holiday Tour of Italy… Read more
08 October 2019 Student Blog: Interview on MUN Conference Soledad shares her experience of her first MUN Conference Read more
08 October 2019 Surval Blog: The first MUN Conference of the year Mr Smale brings to life his first MUN experience... Read more
07 October 2019 Student Blog: Be the best version of ourselves Nastya delivered an incredibly uplifting Monday assembly Read more
25 September 2019 Student Blog: Diary from the French Riviera A long weekend living and learning in Monaco... Read more
20 September 2019 Student Blog: The Tour of Switzerland Soledad, G9, Mexico, shares her impressions of the Surval Swiss Tour Trip… Read more
19 September 2019 Surval Blog: A Published Author... Survalienne Angeles is now a published author... Read more
23 August 2019 Surval Blog: Reflections on Oxford University Summer Course Survalienne Mariana shares her reflections on a summer course in Sustainability at Oxford University Read more
19 August 2019 Surval Blog: Reasons to Care Survalienne Mariana Lebrija shares her passion for sustainability... Read more
01 July 2019 Student Blog: A Day in the Life of a Surval Summer Camper Ever wondered what a day in the life of a Surval Summer Camper is like? Then just read on... Read more
21 June 2019 Surval Montreux Student Speech Fer, G11, Mexico, was our Surval Student of the Year 2018/19 - here is her Prize Giving Vote of Thanks. Read more
21 June 2019 School Blog: Survalienne Valeria's Graduation Guest Speaker Speech Our Survalienne, Valeria, Venezuela, was our Guest Speaker at Graduation; read her inspirational words here... Read more
20 June 2019 News: Graduation & Prize Giving June 2019 Surval was at its most beautiful on a golden summer day on Tuesday for our Graduation & Prize Giving Ceremony... Read more
17 June 2019 Student Blog: Sandra's Learning Journey The Learning Journey of Sandra, one of our graduating students Read more
13 June 2019 Student Blog: We need to be positive about our body image A powerful assembly by Charlotte… Read more
08 June 2019 Student Blog: World Oceans Day Rubi, G9, Mexico, led a powerful assembly on World Oceans Day Read more
07 June 2019 News: A New Head of Boarding at Surval We are very pleased to be welcoming Mrs Debbie Wilkinson into our Surval family as the new Head of Boarding from August of 2019. Mrs Wilkinson is fr... Read more
21 May 2019 Student Blog: “We need to look after our mental health today to help it to be strong tomorrow.” As part of their Foundation Year English Language & Literature course, the girls learned about Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle and how to write for an... Read more
05 May 2019 Student Blog: Final International Award Expedition This weekend, ten intrepid students braved unseasonable blizzards and heavy rain to successfully complete their final over-night 40 kilometre hike for... Read more
15 April 2019 Student Blog: Why we need to fight Global Warming Ana Fer, FY, Mexico, has been studying persuasive techniques and speech writing in her English lessons. Here is the text for her assembly on why we ne... Read more
09 April 2019 Student Blog: Reflections on Habitat for Humanity Kenya Trip Fer's reflections on the Habitat for Humanity trip to Kenya... Read more
19 March 2019 Student Blog: The Importance of Learning a Foreign Language Alexa, FY, wrote a speech in her English lessons on the value of learning a foreign language... Read more
04 March 2019 Student Blog: The MUN Conference in the Netherlands In February, Surval MUN members travelled to Amersfoort for a Model United Nations Conference: here is their account of the trip. Read more
28 February 2019 Principal's Blog: Winter-Term 2018 at Surval Mrs Woodhouse reflects on the Winter Term at Surval... Read more
25 January 2019 Student Blog: Discovering Private Art Collections in Italy “An unforgettable experience that allowed me not only to expand my knowledge of art but also of life.” What is art? Art is a way of ex... Read more
18 January 2019 Student Blog: My Winter Camp Experience “Nothing outweighs what it is like to live in a different country and meet people from all over the world.” I decided to attend Winter C... Read more
15 January 2019 Student Blog: First Impressions of Ski Thursdays “…an exceptional opportunity to try new things in a natural environment” Several of Surval’s first-time skiers reflect on... Read more
14 January 2019 Student Blog: Careers Presentation from Survalienne Lusiya “I wanted to follow my dream of having a career” Former Surval student Lusiya Ftoyan reflects on how Surval helped prepare her to become... Read more
11 January 2019 Teacher Blog: Upcoming Visit from POW Switzerland Looking ahead to the POW visit, Miss MacLeod, the founder of the Sustainability Club, reflects on her first-hand experience of the impact climate chan... Read more
13 December 2018 Student Blog: Art is a beautiful tool for educating society A few weeks ago, I went to the Montreux Art Gallery and one painting really caught my attention while I was walking. I have always loved the paintin... Read more
12 December 2018 Student Blog: My Experience of Charity at Surval Surval is proud to announce that it has raised CHF2666.70 towards various important charities this term, including CHF1650 towards Swiss Tél&... Read more
29 November 2018 Teacher Blog: Visits to Le Byron Home for the Elderly Central to the Liberal Arts course at Surval is learning French and contributing to charity in the local community – their work at Le Byron Ho... Read more
23 November 2018 Student Blog: Our First MUN Conference “Even if our actions are small and simple in this moment, later our voice and initiatives could make a significant change…” Earl... Read more
22 November 2018 Student Blog: Our Day Trip to Annecy On Saturday, many of the girls from Surval visited Annecy, France, travelling just under two hours to one of the most beautiful lakeside towns in Fran... Read more
07 November 2018 Student Blog: Cartons du Coeur Charity “I have always had a desire to help people in need around the world” On November 3rd, 2018, I got an unforgettable opportunity to parti... Read more
11 October 2018 Student Blog: Why Sustainability matters “Then I realised: I AM somebody…” Surval is one of the growing number of schools where the teachers and the students are trying ... Read more
09 October 2018 Student Blog: Weekend Yoga Retreat in Italy On Friday 5th October, a small group of Surval girls set off across Switzerland to Lake Como for their Yoga Retreat Weekend. Starting with yoga on t... Read more
03 October 2018 Student Blog: Discovering Swiss Culture The Swiss Gap Course at Surval Montreux provides an exclusive programme in a unique and international setting for young women, aged 17-19, focusing ... Read more
24 September 2018 Teacher Blog: Surval Tour of Switzerland Our first school trip of the year enables the girls to discover the beautiful country they live in... Read more
18 September 2018 Student Blog: Our First Impressions of Surval “Our first impression of Surval itself is that it felt like home…” Once of the most important reasons for each of us when decidin... Read more