Travel Passes and School Travel

The Golden Pass Program, starting after the Fall cultural trips, rewards grades 7-9 students with excellent academics, attendance, and citizenship. It grants privileges like day travel permission, reviewed weekly. Grade 9 students may apply for day travel after winter break under grade 10 rules, with parental approval in Orah. Students must sign out with the Administrator on Call, and a health promotion the day before results in losing the privilege. Participation is optional.

Students are accountable for their conduct while traveling. Any incidents may affect their standing. By approving travel in Orah, parents accept responsibility for risks, including legal or medical issues, and understand that LAS will assist in emergencies at the family's expense

The LAS calendar includes two types of Passes on OPEN weekends:

• Overnight Weekend Pass: Available to Commendation List students for overnight travel.
• Day Pass: Available to Commendation List students for day trips (9:00–19:30). On Closed Weekends, students must stay in Leysin.

To earn a pass, students must:

• Academic: Meet LAS standards, with approval from deans.
• Behavior: No 1s in behavior grades.
• Assignments: No excessive missing assignments.
• Attendance: Fewer than two absences and no more than one tardy.
• Conduct: All restrictions served.
• Activities: No missed activities.
• Merit: At least one merit earned.
• Pass Revocation: A Friday night or greater infraction revokes the pass.
• Illness: Health Center and Dean of Students will review travel eligibility if ill; poor health or tardiness after a weekend trip results in pass revocation.

Students are responsible for tracking their eligibility on the commendation list, published on Mondays after school. Once published, the list is final, except for bureaucratic errors.

• Students must be on the Commendation List.
• Students must have parental day pass permission.
• Students must fill out an online Pass request in Orah.  
• Grades 10 and 11 must travel in groups of at least 2.  

• Students must complete an online Pass request in Orah before Wednesday, 13:00 CET.
• The travel form must be accurate and complete.
• Parents must approve the request in Orah before Friday, 13:00 CET.
• Any errors with the commendation list have to be cleared by Wednesday 13:00 CET.
• Students may not stay overnight in Leysin.

If plans change and early return is necessary, the student must call the AOC with their expected arrival time. Upon arrival, the student should check in at the dorm to end their pass.

Students must return by 22:30 on weekends and 19:30 on Sundays. If delayed, they must contact the school with proof of the delay. Late return consequences are as follows:

• 1 hour late: 1-hour early check-in
• 2 hours late: Friday night in the dorm
• Over 2 hours: One Day Clipboard and loss of next overnight pass.