Beau Site is a dorm that holds so many cherished memories, especially for the generations of students who have called it home since LAS acquired the building in 1995. Whether you lived there or just visited, you probably remember the unmistakable charm of its cozy halls, and of course, the legendary Valley View Room and the Red Frog. Late-night talks, impromptu dance parties, and alleged ghost sightings helped forge lasting memories, all set against the backdrop of one of campus’s most beautiful views.
 

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Suzy Meyskens Beau Site Dorm Head 2008-present (from the 2012 yearbook)
"Together we ride though years worth of laughter and tears, struggles and achievements, taste the sweetness of our youth and our emerging adulthood. And though this, we become one of the many threads in the fabric of each other's lives."

 

Lynsey Pennington '05 (from the 2004 yearbook)
"What one phrase describes Beau Site? I don’t think I can lay down a single one. There’s always the monster laundry piles, which attack you once you open the washing machine, and everyone in awe while the floods of water come pouring out. We’ve got our quiet rooms, and our party rooms. We’ve even got more than a few stinky and dirty rooms. With 95 girls it should be pretty packed. However, when you never leave your own floor…you’d never believe it until we have our infamous floor meetings which tend to last an entire second half of study hall, all because everyone is screaming about how much their roommate(s) annoy you. There will always be the noise; it goes unheard as the norm. The running around, trading clothes, and especially the questions of whether they look “pretty” in what they’re wearing. With all the fuss, everyone is at least one minute late. Hey, that’s fashionably late you know. Considering most people have been here one year or more, it’s amazing we still treat each other with some respect. For one, how could we not? The dance room is the closest…Yes, we’ve come down with “dance mania” and if we didn’t like it we’d be in Rocher. Miss Selim sees to the continual improvement, and we’ll never cease to get better. Thanks to Mrs. Moore for being a wonderful dorm head, all the supervisors for putting up with the mischief, the prefects for putting up with the supervisors, and everyone who “shares” our lovely dorm, which is always…of course…in perfect order."

 

Robin M Moore Beau Site Dorm Head 2002-2008
"A kaleidoscope of memories of Beau Site. When I took over as Beau Site Dorm Head in 2002, I had little notion of what the role was all about. There were 102 girls aged between 13 and 18. So many nationalities with so many different characters and personalities. What followed was six wonderful years full of adventures and experiences. Laughter and tears were both present as girls got used to boarding and being away from home. There is no doubt in my mind that being Beau Site Dorm Head under three different Headmasters was challenging and exhilarating. I loved those girls, and was very proud of my role. The wonderful experience at the 61st Celebration was meeting so many of those girls again, now grown with families of their own—memories which will stay with me forever."

 

Adriana Stoyanova '02 (from the 1999 yearbook)
"All we need to make the Beau Site perfect is to have a cafeteria and permission for boys to be allowed in Beau Site during the day."

Jon Carron '95
"We used to sled down that hill…and launch off the wall onto the cobblestone drive in front of Beau Site. This was back in the mid-90s while living in the KLAS dorms."

Carmel Garland
"Beau Site was a convalescent clinic for the CHUV for many years before Sylvana hospital was built in Lausanne. I worked as a qualified nurse at Beau Site when I arrived in Switzerland in 1978-1985. For many years before it was convalescent, it was classed as a sanatorium. It closed as a clinic when Sylvana opened in Lausanne."