A dance to remember: Champittet students get creative at Winter Masquerade Ball

The Winter Ball is an eagerly awaited annual tradition here at Champittet, but this year brought a twist: the school’s first ever Masquerade Ball. With the theme “Black and Gold, don’t forget your mask!”, this year’s winter dance was organised by 14th-grade IB students, and the event was open to students in grades 9 and 10.

For Emily Brezzi, a student from Champittet and head of the organising committee, the idea for this year's ball came from the organisers two years ago. Since then, she has been working with Mrs Colin and Mrs Chapuis to plan the masquerade and lead other students in bringing the concept to reality.

From decorations to selling tickets, a lot of work goes into pulling off a picture-perfect evening. Emily took on the head role as part of her CAS course in the IB programme. Along the way, she faced the challenges of leadership and saw the rewards of motivating a team towards a shared goal. She said, “It’s not easy to be a leader! I discovered that talking to people during meetings and assigning specific tasks was the best way to keep everybody engaged. On the other hand, everyone was really enthusiastic about participating and attending, because we’ve never had a masquerade ball before!”

All that hard work paid off on November 29th with a fantastic, masked evening at Café 1903. Our student attendees danced the night away while enjoying drinks, snacks and the creativity of their classmates’ costumes. The three best-dressed students received prizes. And with their 15CHF ticket, students were also paying it forward: profits from the sales are to be donated to the Champittet Foundation.

A huge thank-you to all our organisers for a magical evening – we’re already looking forward to next year’s ball!