All of our campers know Thomas as he is the one handing out the pocket money; he is a very popular specialist. Thomas is currently working with our camp administration to help with the preparations for this summer season. He has held many different positions at camp and has been our camp banker for the past 4 summers. This position requires precision and patience. He is also in charge of running errands and for driving campers to the doctors. When Thomas is not in the bank he can be found on the tennis court or Mountain biking.

During the winter Thomas is a ski and snowboard Instructor here in Crans-Montana.

Starting this summer International Summer Camp Montana will have the use of a new sports facility at the south end of the camp property.

The large indoor complex comprises of 5 tennis courts that can be used for tennis, volleyball, badminton and other indoor activities. There will also be a camp café that is exclusively for campers and camp staff. This complex is actually the largest of its kind in the Swiss Alps.

In April we started the construction of a large building which will be home for our staff in 2010. The house will have 35 studios’, underground parking and one classroom for language lessons. The building will be operational in June 2010.

The house will be named “Residence Erica” in memory of Erica Studer who together with her late husband Rudy Studer and her brother Erwin Mathieu founded International Summer Camp Montana over 45 years ago.

It is now her son Philippe Studer together with co founder Erwin Mathieu who own and direct International Summer Camp Montana today. Philippe’s Cousin Tania Mathieu is currently studying at a hotel management school in Glion and will join the family team after she finishes her studies.

Here at ISCM the weather is getting better day after day. The snow on the camp property is now gone and our maintenance crew are working hard to get the sports fields and garden ready for summer. The pool will soon be emptied and cleaned for the arrival of both the campers and staff.

In some of the smaller villages in Switzerland we have an old tradition where the elders in the village predict the weather for the year to come; predictions are that this summer will be a beautiful one!

We are looking forward to the start of summer and to welcome campers to International Summer Camp Montana.

Just today we had Maria form Barcelona, Spain visiting the camp with her parents. She will be attending camp for the first time this summer during the second session.

Parents of interested families are welcome throughout the year to visit the camp.

Please contact our office ahead of your visit to arrange a camp tour.

In a few weeks we will be sending to the campers enrolled for summer 2009 the camp kit which has information for campers and parents. One of the very important items in the camp kit is the laundry numbers.
These will need to be sewn on to all the clothes that campers bring to camp.

As you might know we provide laundry service. In order to be more efficient the camp has invested in a brand new, very large washing machine and dryer. The washing machine fits 45kg of clothing, that’s 10 times bigger than your machine at home! If you don’t want your clothes to get lost in there make sure that you have the laundry numbers sewn on your clothing.

The team at International Summer Camp Montana hopes that wherever you are, the year has started well for you.

The winter here in Crans-Montana is in full swing, there has been a lot of snow in the past few weeks. The whole camp is covered in snow and looks very different than during the summer. We have pasted some photos for you to see.

Do you recognise the camp under all the snow?