Altevette Blog

Winter Arrived and Term Begins in Pokhara! Teaching staff and students, admin and support staff have travelled down from Upper Mustang to Pokhara to begin the winter termYear 12 education is being taught for the first time and year 11 for the second consecutive...

National Exam Time! It's that time of year the world over, where national exams are taking place and students, teachers and parents wait anxiously to see the outcome of their combined efforts! This year the school taught, for the first time, year 11 national...

WINTER TERM 2023 It hardly seems any time at all since we were in Upper Mustang during the summer!Late September, all our lovely staff, teachers and students packed up school in Mustang for the winter and travelled over the Himalayan Annapurna range to their winter...

So Much News to Share! Inevitably a trip to the school generates more news than I can share in one newsletter.  So I hope you're not overwhelmed by receiving 2 in close succession!  Local Mother's Group We were delighted to have the opportunity to meet the local...

Year 10 Successful Exam Results Exam results have arrived!  We’re so proud of our teachers, students and support staff for the excellent outcome of the Year 10 National Exams.  As I mentioned in a past newsletter, the students went to a national testing centre to sit...

As Promised - So Much News, Part 2! Goodness!  So much news to share - I might even have to create a part 3!! I hope it’s not too overwhelming. So, here we are, sharing more news about our visit to the school at the end of January.In Nora’s memory… One of our dear...

A Lot of News to Share…… There’s a sudden flurry of news to share about our school visit and also commitments for new projects so the newsletter will be in 2 parts.  So please look out for more news in the next few days about future projects.Our Luggage Safely...

Happy Tibetan New Year The Lunar New Year (Losar) for Tibet and Buddhists has hopped into western 2023 with the welcome arrival of the year of The Water Rabbit, marked as a year of hope. The Rabbit is considered the luckiest of all the zodiac animals.One of the Losar...

Happy New Year 2023 … to all our supporters worldwide wherever you are in the world and whatever traditions you follow.I hope you all enjoy this alternative New Year card - an image of Namgyal Monastery on the cliffs overlooking Lo Monthang in Upper Mustang. This is...

The Holidays Are Over The September holiday month quickly passed and students and staff packed up the summer school and travelled over the Himalaya to Pokhara to begin their winter term.Grateful Thanks! It's with grateful thanks to staff, monks and boys from the...